Team Synchronization and Secure Access Strategy
1. Team Synchronization and Secure Access Strategy
Welcome back. Now, we'll master Team Synchronization through an Employee Journey—from Onboarding to Offboarding, ensuring secure, efficient access in GitHub.2. Understanding Team Synchronization
Team Synchronization in GitHub links teams to Identity Provider groups, automating membership management. This process ensures that only authorized users have access and reduces manual workload. It requires GitHub Enterprise Cloud and integration with an IdP like Okta or Azure AD.3. Team Synchronization Benefits
Team Synchronization enhances security by automatically adjusting access based on changes in our IdP, ensuring only authorized users have access. It's scalable for large organizations and improves efficiency by automating team management tasks.4. Setting Up Team Synchronization
Now, let's set up Team Synchronization. We'll start by creating the necessary groups for our Identity Provider. In this example, we've created six groups in Azure AD. We'll add the Infra Team and Borg groups to sync members automatically.5. Setting Up Team Synchronization
Next, go to our GitHub organization’s settings and open the Authentication security tab. Add the credentials to connect our Identity Provider and enable SAML authentication. This allows secure single sign-on and setting up the foundation for team synchronization.6. Setting Up Team Synchronization
After enabling SAML, we turn on Team Synchronization, ensuring team memberships are automatically managed and updated through our IdP.7. Setting Up Team Synchronization
Next, when creating a new team in GitHub, choose the Identity Provider Groups option to manage team members via our IdP.8. Setting Up Team Synchronization
In this final step, we select the Infra Team and Borg Team, and click Create team. By doing this, all members from these groups will be automatically added to our GitHub team.9. Employee Journey: Onboarding and Offboarding
Now that we've established Team Synchronization, let's summarize the chapter with an employee journey. Meet Emily, a data science consultant joining our DataCamp Marketplace team temporarily. We onboard Emily, manage her access, and securely offboard her after the project ends.10. Onboarding Emily: Secure Access Setup
We begin by inviting Emily to the organization as a member and requesting her to set up 2FA for secure access.11. Onboarding Emily: Secure Access Setup
After adding Emily to the Data group in our Identity Provider, Team Synchronization automatically added her to the Data Team in GitHub. This gave her write access to the ecommerce-data-hub repository, ensuring she has the correct permissions from the start.12. Daily Workflow: Secure Repo Access
To work on the project, Emily generates PAT to securely connect ecommerce-data-hub repo to her DataLab workbook. This setup lets her run code, commit changes, and push updates efficiently.13. Employee Journey: Offboarding
At the end of Emily’s project, we remove her from the Data group in our Identity Provider, which automatically revokes her GitHub access. Finally, we review her contributions and archive them appropriately.14. Let's practice!
We’ve covered Team Synchronization and secure onboarding and offboarding through Emily’s journey. Now, it’s time to apply these concepts!Create Your Free Account
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