Add user authentication

Authenticate your
FactoryTalk Optix
 user identity to your version control solution. You must add user authentication to push saved and committed changes to remote repositories.
Prerequisites
If you want to add a GitLab® on-premise identity, generate a personal access token. See Personal access tokens | GitLab.
IMPORTANT: When creating the token, select every scope.
  1. To add user authentication
  2. Select
    FactoryTalk Optix Studio Options
    .
  3. Select
    Version control
    .
  4. To add a GitHub® cloud identity, select
    GitHub
     and follow the instructions in your web browser.
  5. To add a GitLab® cloud identity, select
    GitLab (cloud)
     and follow instructions in your web browser.
  6. To add a GitLab on-premise identity, select
    GitLab (on-premise)
     and complete these fields:
    • GitLab server URL
      . Address of your GitLab® instance.
    • Personal access token
      . Access token required to authenticate your profile.
  7. Select
    Add identity
    .
Your version control provider identity appears under
Provider identity login
. You can now push any saved and committed changes in a shared project to the remote repository.
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