Reference
GitHub Enterprise Server Actions
Export secrets into Actions on your own GitHub Enterprise Server.
Export secrets into Actions on your own GitHub Enterprise Server.
The connection
| What | This provider |
|---|---|
| Vendor | GitHub |
| Key | github-enterprise-actions-secrets |
| Availability | available. You can connect it today. |
| Credential penv holds | github-enterprise-token |
| Values read back | no |
| Activation | immediate |
What it moves
| Direction | What it does |
|---|---|
export | Writes names and values from penv into the store. |
GitHub returns no value once it holds one, so penv can write here and cannot read back.
When a written value goes live
immediate. The running app sees a new value at once.
What happens to a name that exists
| Direction | Policies you can pick |
|---|---|
export | create_only, overwrite, overwrite_and_prune |
How syncs work says what each one does.
How you connect
You paste a credential you already hold. penv seals it and never shows it again.
| Field | Label | Kind | Required | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
token | Access token | secret, masked here and sealed | yes | A personal access token on your server with the repo scope. |
What the connection asks for
Fixed when you connect, and shared by every mapping on it.
| Field | Label | Kind | Required | Advanced | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
instanceUrl | Server URL | text | yes | no | Must be reachable from the internet for us to write to it. |
What a mapping asks for
Answered once per environment you map.
| Field | Label | Kind | Required | Advanced | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
repository | Repository | text | yes | no | The repository this sync writes to. |
owner | Account | text | yes | no | The account or organization that owns it. |
environment | Environment | text | no | yes | Leave empty for the repository's own store. An environment must already exist. |
Permissions it needs
penv probes for these when it verifies the connection.
| Permission | Directions | Blocking | Without it |
|---|---|---|---|
user:read | every direction | yes | We cannot confirm which GitHub account this token belongs to. |
secrets:write | export | yes | Export cannot write anything. |