Self-hosted GitHub Runner(s) Registration Token

The docker container entrypoint script executes a start-up command to register the runner to an GitHub Enterprise/Organization/Repository using a Classic Personal Access Token (PAT) which has been assigned the required access privileges.

For the following examples, the assumption is that a PAT is being generated by an administrator of an organization named foo-organisation, i.e, the GitHub URL for the org is would be: https://github.com/foo-organisation.

Generating a PAT

• Login to Github using an account with administrator privileges to foo-organisation
• Navigate to Settings -> Developer Settings --> Personal access tokens --> Tokens (classic)
• Select Generate new token (classic)
• Enter a description for the Note input box
• Ensure the scope admin:org is selected

• Finally, click on Generate token
• Note down the token and/or store in a secure location (device encrypted at rest)