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Configuring GitHub Pages for your enterprise

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You can enable or disable GitHub Pages for your enterprise and choose whether to make sites publicly accessible.

Enabling public sites for GitHub Pages

If private mode is enabled on your enterprise, the public cannot access GitHub Pages sites hosted by your enterprise unless you enable public sites.

Warning: If you enable public sites for GitHub Pages, every site in every repository on your enterprise will be accessible to the public.

  1. From an administrative account on GitHub Enterprise Server, in the upper-right corner of any page, click .

  2. If you're not already on the "Site admin" page, in the upper-left corner, click Site admin.

  3. In the " Site admin" sidebar, click Management Console.

  4. In the "Settings"" sidebar, click Pages.

  5. Select Public Pages.

  6. Under the "Settings" sidebar, click Save settings.

    Note: Saving settings in the Management Console restarts system services, which could result in user-visible downtime.

  7. Wait for the configuration run to complete.

Disabling GitHub Pages for your enterprise

If subdomain isolation is disabled for your enterprise, you should also disable GitHub Pages to protect yourself from potential security vulnerabilities. For more information, see "Enabling subdomain isolation."

  1. From an administrative account on GitHub Enterprise Server, in the upper-right corner of any page, click .

  2. If you're not already on the "Site admin" page, in the upper-left corner, click Site admin.

  3. In the " Site admin" sidebar, click Management Console.

  4. In the "Settings"" sidebar, click Pages.

  5. Deselect Enable Pages.

  6. Under the "Settings" sidebar, click Save settings.

    Note: Saving settings in the Management Console restarts system services, which could result in user-visible downtime.

  7. Wait for the configuration run to complete.

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