Using GitHub Copilot with an account on GHE.com

Update your development environment to access a Copilot subscription for an account on GHE.com.

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To use GitHub Copilot in an IDE or the command line, you must authenticate to an account on GitHub that has a Copilot license.

If you receive access to Copilot through a managed user account owned by an enterprise on GHE.com, you may need to adjust some settings in your IDE before you can authenticate to your account.

Use the tabs at the top of this article to see instructions for your environment.

Authenticating from VS Code

  1. To open your VS Code settings, press Command+, (Mac) or Ctrl+, (Windows).

  2. In the search bar, search for enterprise.

  3. For the Github-enterprise: Uri setting, enter the URL where you access GitHub. For example: https://octocorp.ghe.com.

  4. In the VS Code settings, search for copilot.

  5. Under "GitHub > Copilot: Advanced," click Edit in settings.json.

  6. Inside the github.copilot.advanced property, add "authProvider": "github-enterprise". For example:

    JSON
    "github.copilot.advanced": {
     "authProvider": "github-enterprise"
},

  7. Save the settings.json file.

  8. You will be shown a prompt asking you to sign in to use GitHub Copilot. Click Sign in to GitHub, then follow the prompts to authorize your account.

    If you don't see the prompt, try restarting VS Code.

If you ever need to switch to an account on GitHub.com, remove the authProvider setting from settings.json.

Authenticating from JetBrains IDEs

To authenticate to GHE.com in a JetBrains editor, you must install version 1.4.11 or later of the Copilot extension. You must then configure the extension to work with GHE.com.

  1. To open the editor preferences or settings dialog, press Command+, (Mac) or Ctrl+Alt+S (Windows).
  2. In the left sidebar, expand the "Languages & Frameworks" section, then click GitHub Copilot.
  3. In the "Authentication Provider" field, enter the hostname where you access GitHub. For example: octocorp.ghe.com.
  4. To save your changes, click OK.
  5. To sign in, open the Tools menu, then select GitHub Copilot > Login to GitHub. Follow the prompts to sign in.

If you ever need to switch to an account on GitHub.com, remove the value you entered in the "Authentication Provider" field.

Authenticating from Xcode

Note

The GitHub Copilot extension for Xcode is in public preview and subject to change.

  1. Open the "GitHub Copilot for Xcode" application.
  2. Click the Advanced tab.
  3. In the "Auth provider URL" field, enter the URL where you access GitHub. For example: https://octocorp.ghe.com.
  4. Authorize the extension by following the instructions in Signing in to GitHub Copilot.

Authenticating from the command line

To use the gh-copilot extension for the GitHub CLI, you must:

  1. Download and install the extension. To do this, you must be authenticated to an account on GitHub.com. See Installing GitHub Copilot in the CLI.
  2. Authenticate to the account on GHE.com where you receive your Copilot license.

GitHub.com is the default destination of GitHub CLI requests. To use gh copilot, you must ensure requests are sent to GHE.com, where you receive your license. You have the following options:

  • Include the flag --hostname SUBDOMAIN.ghe.com in all gh copilot commands.
  • Set the GH_HOST environment variable to change the default host for all GitHub CLI commands.
  • Sign out of GitHub.com with gh auth logout. However, you will need to sign back in to get updates to gh-copilot.

For general information on using the GitHub CLI across platforms, see Using the GitHub CLI across GitHub platforms.

Authenticating from Visual Studio

To authenticate from Visual Studio, follow the steps in Add your GitHub accounts to your Visual Studio keychain on Microsoft Learn.

For the "GitHub Enterprise URL" field, enter the URL where you access GitHub. For example: https://octocorp.ghe.com.