Stephen Yeager (Apr 19 2021 at 17:51): Stephen Yeager (Apr 19 2021 at 17:51):Does ESDS have recommendations for setting up github authentication with either 2FA or SSH keys? If the latter, is there a cheat sheet for setting it up?
Deepak Cherian (Apr 19 2021 at 18:07):IIRC the github docs on this are good : https://docs.github.com/en/github-ae@latest/github/authenticating-to-github/connecting-to-github-with-ssh
Katie Dagon (Apr 19 2021 at 18:10):My understanding is that Github is moving away from password-based authentication by Aug of this year, so it makes sense to switch anyway (see: https://github.blog/2020-12-15-token-authentication-requirements-for-git-operations/). I used the same link that Deepak just sent to switch to SSH and that worked well for me.
Kevin Paul (Apr 19 2021 at 18:11):I use 2FA and prefer it, but it is just a preference.
Max Grover (Apr 19 2021 at 18:25):I drafted up an addition to the ESDS FAQ page related to this, including links to both the 2FA/SSH keys documentation through Github. We can expand this to other Github related questions in the future, but for now, I think this will help. https://github.com/NCAR/esds/pull/42
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