baton-github

baton-github is a connector for GitHub built using the Baton SDK. It communicates with the GitHub API to sync data about which teams and users have access to various repositories within an organization.

Check out Baton to learn more about the project in general.

Getting Started

brew

brew install conductorone/baton/baton conductorone/baton/baton-github

BATON_TOKEN=githubAccessToken baton-github
baton resources

docker

docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/out -e BATON_TOKEN=githubAccessToken ghcr.io/conductorone/baton-github:latest -f "/out/sync.c1z"
docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/out ghcr.io/conductorone/baton:latest -f "/out/sync.c1z" resources

source

go install github.com/conductorone/baton/cmd/baton@main
go install github.com/conductorone/baton-github/cmd/baton-github@main

BATON_TOKEN=githubAccessToken baton-github
baton resources

Data Model

baton-github will pull down information about the following GitHub resources:

• Organizations
• Users
• Teams
• Repositories

By default, baton-github will sync information from any organizations that the provided credential has Administrator permissions on. You can specify exactly which organizations you would like to sync using the --orgs flag.

Contributing, Support and Issues

We started Baton because we were tired of taking screenshots and manually building spreadsheets. We welcome contributions, and ideas, no matter how small -- our goal is to make identity and permissions sprawl less painful for everyone. If you have questions, problems, or ideas: Please open a GitHub Issue!

See CONTRIBUTING.md for more details.

baton-github Command Line Usage

baton-github

Usage:
  baton-github [flags]
  baton-github [command]

Available Commands:
  capabilities       Get connector capabilities
  completion         Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
  help               Help about any command

Flags:
      --client-id string       The client ID used to authenticate with ConductorOne ($BATON_CLIENT_ID)
      --client-secret string   The client secret used to authenticate with ConductorOne ($BATON_CLIENT_SECRET)
  -f, --file string            The path to the c1z file to sync with ($BATON_FILE) (default "sync.c1z")
  -h, --help                   help for baton-github
      --instance-url string    The GitHub instance URL to connect to. (default "https://github.com") ($BATON_INSTANCE_URL)
      --log-format string      The output format for logs: json, console ($BATON_LOG_FORMAT) (default "json")
      --log-level string       The log level: debug, info, warn, error ($BATON_LOG_LEVEL) (default "info")
      --orgs stringArray       Limit syncing to specific organizations. ($BATON_ORGS)
  -p, --provisioning           This must be set in order for provisioning actions to be enabled ($BATON_PROVISIONING)
      --ticketing              This must be set to enable ticketing support ($BATON_TICKETING)
      --token string           The GitHub access token used to connect to the GitHub API. ($BATON_TOKEN)
  -v, --version                version for baton-github

Use "baton-github [command] --help" for more information about a command.

Authentication

To use this Baton connector, you need to create a GitHub organization access token with the following permissions:

Org:

• Member Read and Write

Repo:

• Administrator: Read and Write
  • This permission implies Metadata: Read