Configuring your enterprise

After GitHub Enterprise Server is up and running, you can configure your enterprise to suit your organization's needs.

About enterprise configuration

You can use the site admin dashboard, Management Console, and administrative shell (SSH) to manage your enterprise.

Accessing the management console

You can use the Management Console to manage virtual appliance settings such as the domain, authentication, and SSL.

Accessing the administrative shell (SSH)

SSH access allows you to run the GitHub Enterprise Server command line utilities to troubleshoot, run backups, and configure replication.

Enabling and scheduling maintenance mode

Some standard maintenance procedures, such as upgrading your GitHub Enterprise Server instance or restoring backups, require the instance to be taken offline for normal use.

Configuring backups on your appliance

As part of a disaster recovery plan, you can protect production data on your GitHub Enterprise Server instance by configuring automated backups.

Site admin dashboard

You can use the site admin dashboard to manage users, organizations, and repositories in your enterprise directly in GitHub Enterprise Server.

Enabling private mode

In private mode, GitHub Enterprise Server requires every user to sign in to access the installation.

Managing GitHub Mobile for your enterprise

You can decide whether authenticated users can connect to your GitHub Enterprise Server instance with GitHub Mobile.

Configuring email for notifications

To make it easy for users to respond quickly to activity on GitHub Enterprise Server, you can configure your GitHub Enterprise Server instance to send email notifications for issue, pull request, and commit comments.

Verifying or approving a domain for your enterprise

You can verify your ownership of domains with GitHub to confirm the identity of organizations owned by your enterprise account. You can also approve domains where organization members can receive email notifications.

Configuring rate limits

You can set rate limits for GitHub Enterprise Server using the Management Console.

Configuring applications

You can configure internal application settings for your GitHub Enterprise Server instance.

Troubleshooting SSL errors

If you run into SSL issues with your appliance, you can take actions to resolve them.

Configuring time synchronization

GitHub Enterprise Server automatically synchronizes its clock by connecting to NTP servers. You can set the NTP servers that are used to synchronize the clock, or you can use the default NTP servers.

Command-line utilities

GitHub Enterprise Server includes a variety of utilities to help resolve particular problems or perform specific tasks.

Configuring GitHub Pages for your enterprise

You can enable or disable GitHub Pages for your enterprise and choose whether to make sites publicly accessible.

Configuring the referrer policy for your enterprise

You can increase the privacy of your GitHub Enterprise Server instance by configuring the policy for cross-origin requests.

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