In this course, you'll learn how to build and host a secure repository in GitHub. A secure repository is important for many reasons.
- Prevents exposing sensitive data
- Enforces secure development best practices
- Guards against unintended access rights permissions
In this course you will learn how to:
- Opt-in to vulnerability alerts for private repositories
- Note: These security settings are default for public repositories that are not forks.
- Detect and fix vulnerable dependencies when notified by a vulnerability alert
- Follow security best practices to protect sensitive data by using a
.gitignorefile
For this course, you'll need to be comfortable with the GitHub Flow. If you need a refresher on the GitHub flow, check out the [the Introduction to GitHub course]({{ host}}/courses/introduction-to-github).
This project is centered around a memory game that will be deployed with GitHub Pages.
{% if private %}
- Click the [Settings]({{ repoUrl }}/settings) tab in your repository.
- Scroll down until you see Security & Analysis in the navigation side bar.
- Under Security & Analysis, click the check boxes to enable all the data services.
- Scroll down to GitHub Pages and select
mainas a Source.
{% else %}
- Click the [Settings]({{ repoUrl }}/settings) tab in your repository.
- Scroll down to GitHub Pages and select
mainas a Source.
{% endif %}
For a printable version of the steps in this course, check out the [Quick Reference Guide]({{ host }}/public/{{ course.slug }}.pdf).
Turning on GitHub Pages creates a deployment of your repository. I may take up to a minute to respond as I await the deployment.
Sometimes I respond too fast for the page to update! If you perform an expected action and don't see a response from me, wait a few seconds. Then refresh the page for your next steps.