Pull from a private Github repo

[robcowie]

After a (little) bit of poking around, I can't find a way to have a self-hosted instance of rtd pull and build from a private Github repo. Is it currently possible? Have there been any discussions about implementing support for private repos?

[ericholscher]

https://github.com/rtfd/readthedocs.org/blob/master/readthedocs/projects/forms.py#L63

It's done so the main site doesn't have people trying to do this, where it isn't possible for us to check it out. If you want to make this a setting or something, feel free and submit a pull request.

[rca]

I am trying to build docs for a private github repo on readthedocs.org. Is this a planned or desired feature?

[kevinlondon]

I'm interested in this as well

[ghost]

Also interested in building docs for a private GitHub repository via readthedocs.org.

[wraithan]

It is not a planned feature at this time. Having the ability to pull from a private repo means having access to that repo which is a burden I don't currently want. As it is, if there is a security breach, I don't have any one's private information on the server aside from email address. Even if the private key that is used is password protected, the attacker can still get at copies of the repo on the local system.