How should we authenticate with GitHub on the JupyterHub? about docs HOT 4 CLOSED

Very important issue.

On our Pangeo hubs, we recommend using SSH keys for this: http://pangeo.io/cloud.html#ssh-keys

This works fine. We can easily push / pull to github from the hub. However it's not a perfect solution, as storing the keys in the hub home directories is potentially insecure. Also, setting up ssh keys is a bit of a pain for inexperienced users.

A better solution would be if the github auth that we do on login could automatically propagate a github access token through the session, which could be used for frictionless interaction with github.

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Yeah I wasn't thrilled about uploading my private keys. Using GitHub Auth and somehow propagating that information seems like it would be a great user experience.

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Hey @cmgosnell & @jrea-rmi it looks like getting your SSH key on the hub is the way to go for now. There's some instructions / links on the Pangeo site linked above.

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Hey all - I've opened up 2i2c-org/infrastructure#371 to document this practice in our 2i2c pilot docs. In the meantime I'm going to close this issue as I think it's been resolved on @zaneselvans's end.

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