Qlik Talend Product Q and A: Is it possible to authenticate Talend Studio to Github using SSO login？

[Robert_Pence]

Question

After moved migrated GitHub from on-premises to cloud and so switched from credential login to SSO, is there a way to authenticate Talend Studio to GitHub using SSO login? If using personal access tokens (PATs), is it on the security risk?

So far Talend Studio cannot SSO directly to GitHub, it can use a workaround with PATs or SSH keys, and thereby also be more secure than without SSO. 

• How a personal access token can be authorized for SSO

  https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/authentication/authenticating-with-saml-single-si...

  This link above explains how a personal access token can be authorized for SSO. So using a username and PAT from Studio to login to GitHub. GitHub allows granular permission controls for PATs and SSO authorization further mitigates security risks. Developers will need considerable rights.

• How an ssh key can be authorized for SSO

  https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/authentication/authenticating-with-saml-single-si...

  You can do much the same with SSH keys

Environment

Talend Studio