Team Synchronization and Secure Access Strategy

Intermediate GitHub Concepts

Stan Konkin

ML Enthusiast, DataCamp

Understanding Team Synchronization

 

• ⚡ Automation: Links GitHub teams to IdP groups, automating updates
• 🔒 Efficiency: Reduces manual work by syncing access with IdP
• 🔧 Requirements: GitHub Enterprise Cloud, IdP like Okta

Team Synchronization Benefits

 

• 🔒 Security: Automatically adjusts access based on IdP changes
• 📈 Scalability: Manages large teams without manual updates
• 💻 Efficiency: Automates tasks, reducing manual work

Setting Up Team Synchronization

Setting Up Team Synchronization

Setting Up Team Synchronization

Setting Up Team Synchronization

Employee Journey: Onboarding and Offboarding

Onboarding Emily: Secure Access Setup

 

 

• 🔒 Invite Emily to join the organization
• ⚡ Assign Member role
• 💻 Request 2FA setup for security

Onboarding Emily: Secure Access Setup

 

 

• ⚡ Add to IdP: Emily joins the Data group
• 💻 Sync to Team: Automatically added to the GitHub Data Team
• 🔨 Repo Access: Write access to ecommerce-data-hub

Daily Workflow: Secure Repo Access

 

• ⚡ PAT: Emily generates a Personal Access Token.
• 💻 Integration: Connects GitHub repo to DataLab workbook.
• 🔨 Daily Tasks: Runs code, commits, and pushes updates.

Employee Journey: Offboarding

 

 

• ⚡ Remove from IdP: Remove from Data group
• 🔒 Revoke Access: GitHub access revoked
• 💻 Review: Archive contributions

Let's practice!

Intermediate GitHub Concepts