Setting up github

Prerequisites

• A developer workstation meeting the minimum system requirements is available for use.
• The developer workstation OS software has been set up successfully - instructions here.

Outcome of this step

• Your developer machine is set up to access Rethink files from Github.

Setting up Github

• If git is not already installed on development workstation, you will need to install it as follows:

  $ sudo apt-get install git-core

• Set up your git credentials on the Development Workstation as follows.

  $ git config --global user.email <user@company.com>

  $ git config --global user.name "<FirstName LastName>"

###Setup Git SSH Keys

• Github will need your SSH public (*.pub) key.
  • Navigate to your ~/.ssh directory and copy the full contents of the id_dsa.pub file to the clipboard.
    • If there is no id_dsa.pub file in this folder, run: $ ssh-keygen -t dsa to create one.
    • Simply hit enter when prompted without typing anything to create the files in the correct location.
    • Once this is finished add the new ssh key to the ssh-agent with: $ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_dsa
  • Now go to Github.com and log in with the Github account you will use with Rethink Software.
  • Go to Account settings (2nd icon right of your account name, on the top navigation bar of Github.com).
  • Navigate to the left panel, and click "SSH Keys".
  • Now click the "Add SSH key" button in the upper right of the SSH Keys page.
  • Enter a name for the key and paste the contents of your clipboard into the "Key" section, then save the key.

Next Steps

Installing the Research SDK