Personal access token (PAT)

wikipedia:Personal access token

• GitHub token: Settings -> Developer settings

• Azure DevOps
• GitLab: PAT, Feed token, Incoming email token

When you push your code (or pull code from GitHub), you will be prompted to enter a username and password. Enter your GitHub username and then enter the string of characters associated with the PAT. For example: f8bfdfd5bf51046ea51eb0c4c00c95a563bdbxx8

Related terms

• Auth0 access token
• terraform init: Error: Failed to download module
• Bearer token
• az devops login
• flux bootstrap github

See also

• PAT, GitHub token
• Authentication, AAA, MFA, OpenID, OAuth, OATH, PAM, Personal access token, CWE: Broken Access Control, PAT, Mutual authentication, Federated authentication, IdP, Amazon Cognito, Phone to sign in, Firebase Authentication, Auth0, WebAuthn, Web3auth, Challenge-response, Passwordless authentication, HMAC, HOTP, TOTP, OATH

https://docs.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/creating-a-personal-access-token