improve github app installation

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Jörg Thalheim 2024-06-25 16:29:14 +02:00
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@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ At the moment all projects are visible without authentication.
For some actions a login is required. This login can either be based on GitHub
or on Gitea (more logins may follow). The backend is set by the
`services.buildbot-nix.master.authBackend` NixOS option.
`services.buildbot-nix.master.authBackend` NixOS option ("gitea"/"github", "github" by default).
We have the following two roles:
@ -68,18 +68,25 @@ We have the following two roles:
#### GitHub App
This is the preferred option to setup buildbot-nix.
This is the preferred option to setup buildbot-nix for GitHub.
To integrate with GitHub using app authentication:
1. **GitHub App**: Set up a GitHub app for Buildbot to enable GitHub user
authentication on the Buildbot dashboard. Enable the following permissions:
1. **GitHub App**:
1. Create a new GitHub app by navigating to `https://github.com/settings/apps/new` for single-user installations or `https://github.com/organizations/<org>/settings/apps/new` for organisations where `<org>` is the name of your GitHub organizaction.
2. GitHub App Name: "buildbox-nix <org>"
3. Homepage URL: `https://buildbot.<your-domain>`
4. Callback URL: `https://buildbot.<your-domain>/auth/login`.
5. Disable the Webhook
6. Repository Permissions:
- Contents: Read-only
- Metadata: Read-only
- Commit statuses: Read and write
- Metadata: Read-only
- Webhooks: Read and write
2. **GitHub App private key**: Get the app private key and app ID from GitHub,
configure using the buildbot-nix NixOS module.
- Set `services.buildbot-nix.master.github.authType.app.id = <your-github-id>;`
- Set `services.buildbot-nix.master.github.authType.app.secretKeyFile = "/path/to.pem";`
3. **Install App**: Install the app for an organization or specific user.
4. **Refresh GitHub Projects**: Currently buildbot-nix doesn't respond to
changes (new repositories or installations) automatically, it is therefore
@ -184,3 +191,4 @@ The following instances integrated with Gitea:
We have a matrix channel at
[buildbot-nix](https://matrix.to/#/#buildbot-nix:thalheim.io).