Installing GitHub Enterprise Server on VMware

[@llJoDall]

Thx for the video :) Do you still have a slack?

[@OCPdude]

I do, although it's not really used... you can find me at `OCPdude`.

[@shahbaazrahi]

Thank you for the very informative video. I am getting "This account is currently not available" when I ran "sudo su -" command after connecting to the host using SSH. Did I miss something?

[@OCPdude]

GHES doesn't offer root access, you have to run sudo commands.

[@shahbaazrahi]

@@OCPdude Thank you. This worked. I am stuck with the LDAP authentication now. I am getting "Invalid LDAP Login credentials" error. User ID and password that is being used is correct. Any suggestions?

[@OCPdude]

@@shahbaazrahi honestly, this could be a few things - a certificate issue, port issue, or dn path issue. docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.12/admin/identity-and-access-management/using-ldap-for-enterprise-iam/using-ldap#ldap-attributes

[@shahbaazrahi]

@@OCPdude Thanks again. I really appreciate it.

[@RipRop__]

Have you been able to setup a NuGet package registry on GHES? I can't find a valid package index URL in GHES.

[@OCPdude]

I haven't done it. I suspect you've seen the documentation on GitHub, yeah? docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.12/packages/working-with-a-github-packages-registry/working-with-the-nuget-registry

[@RipRop__]

Yeah, I've read through all of it. The URLs that they give are not correct for the self hosted GHES. For instance, index.json doesn't seem to exist without subdomain isolation. Then when you turn that on, index.json exists, but the PackagePublish URL described in it doesn't exist.

[@iamansarifaizan]

Were have you set the ldap user name and password please it's urgent

[@iamansarifaizan]

Please it's urgent

[@subhobroto]

Any chance you would install gitea and use it as an SSO IDP 😇?

[@OCPdude]

I'm dedicated to GitHub, more of its platform will be coming to this channel in addition to whatever I find interesting with OKD. It's what my channel is all about 🤓

[@subhobroto]

@@OCPdude that's fair! I was hoping you would be building infrastructure for self hosters on a budget 😋

[@OCPdude]

@@subhobroto Sure. I will blend in open source whenever I can. Like my IdM is FreeIPA, I run ODK now... and it's a lab install so I subscribe to VMUG. With GitHub, a lot of what I'll cover is also open source and hosted online. Having GHES in my lab allows me to work on more 'subscription' learning as well. Just like all of my videos on OpenShift. I do hope you'll get something useful out of my channel, thank you for participating.

[@subhobroto]

@@OCPdude appreciate it. Your two videos on ceph has been very helpful

[@niranjanhettiwatte9535]

What happens when the 45 day license expires?

[@OCPdude]

Access will be disrupted

[@niranjanhettiwatte9535]

@@OCPdude Thank you for the reply. So the reason to host GitHub this way compared to the publicly available GitHub is security? Security offered by "private repositories" not sufficient?

[@OCPdude]

@@niranjanhettiwatte9535 it’s for full ownership, private access, managed users, yet has limitations that the enterprise cloud (with EMU) offering does not. Mine is hosted on prem which has access to all of my internal systems and services and is a common deployment for enterprises looking for access & control. Small businesses, and individuals may find the clouds free, team or pro license adequate. Where enterprises usually choose server (GHES) or SaaS with EMU (GHES+EMU), which would provide scale, services and access controls. docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.5/admin/overview/about-github-enterprise-server & docs.github.com/en/get-started/onboarding/getting-started-with-github-enterprise-cloud

[@237311]

@@OCPdude Is there a way to renew the license before that happens?

[@OCPdude]

@@237311 I you have a legit license, you can download that one from your account and install it at any time.

[@vehbirestelica2243]

Do we need to register the hostname somewhere? If yes, where?

[@OCPdude]

Your hostname is recored in the install step - time 5:25

[@vehbirestelica2243]

@@OCPdude yes, As an IP address! But as a DNS name do we have to configure it anywhere?

[@OCPdude]

@@vehbirestelica2243 Maybe I am misunderstanding, but at that 'time' you'll notice that I put in the dns name... git.redcloud.land - this becomes the hostname "git-redcloud-land" on the server.

[@vehbirestelica2243]

@@OCPdude Yes, after putting a dns name the site is inaccessible and it says connection not secure :/

[@OCPdude]

@@vehbirestelica2243 Access uses “self signed certificates” so you’ll get a insecure warning. You should be able to continue the install…