TAMU Cloud GitHub - New User Setup

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Instructions
  • Create a Personal GitHub Account
  • Sign in to TAMU Cloud GitHub
    • For Faculty and Staff (Institution)
    • For Students

Overview

Texas A&M University has partnered with GitHub to provide a code hosting platform for our community. GitHub is a place to store and share code, manage projects, and build software.

GitHub is free for all faculty, researchers, staff, and students for public and private projects. New users need to set up access to TAMU Cloud GitHub, link their GitHub account to their TAMU NetID, and join the tamu-edu organization for access to organizational repositories.

Instructions

Create a Personal GitHub Account

NOTE: If you already have a GitHub account then you will just need to join it to the organization.

1. Go to https://github.com/join.
2. Complete the registration form with your TAMU email, username, and password.
   
    
3. Click on Create Account.
   
    
4. Verify your email address by following the instructions sent to your inbox.
5. Complete your GitHub profile setup.

Sign in to TAMU Cloud GitHub

After you have created your personal GitHub account, your next step is to access the TAMU Cloud GitHub portal to link your GitHub account with your university identity. The sign-in experience is slightly different depending on whether you are faculty/staff or a student.

For Faculty and Staff (Institution)

1. Go to https://github.cloud.tamu.edu/home.
2. Under Institution, click on Sign Up.
   
   NOTE: GitHub's Teams is solely for the groups in Texas A&M GitHub, not Microsoft Teams. 
    
3. Enter your NetID and password. 
   NOTE: You may be recognized automatically as faculty or staff based on your NetID credentials.
4. After signing in, you will be prompted to connect your personal GitHub account. Follow the prompts to authorize the connection.
   
    
5. Click on Verify 2FA, which will prompt you to set up 2-Factor Authentication in your Personal GitHub account. 
   
   NOTE: You select a preferred method:  SMS/Text Message or an Authenticator app ( i.e., 1Password, Microsoft Authenticator)
    
6. Once connected, click on Join to be invited to the tamu-edu organization as a faculty or staff member.
   

For Students

1. Go to https://github.cloud.tamu.edu/home.
2. Under Students, click on Sign Up. 
   
    
3. Enter your NetID and password.
   NOTE: You may be recognized automatically as a student based on your NetID credentials.
4. After signing in, you will be prompted to connect your personal GitHub account. Follow the prompts to authorize the connection.
5. Click on Verify 2FA, which will prompt you to set up 2-Factor Authentication in your Personal GitHub account. 
   NOTE: You select a preferred method:  SMS/Text Message or an Authenticator app ( i.e., 1Password, Microsoft Authenticator)
6. Once connected, click on Join to be invited to the tamu-edu organization as a student. 

For more information on TAMU Cloud GitHub: https://docs.cloud.tamu.edu/github/index.html

To request support: https://service.tamu.edu/TDClient/36/Portal/Requests/ServiceOfferingDet?ID=540