Article version: Enterprise Server 2.17
Preparing the GitHub Enterprise Server source instance
Before migrating data from GitHub Enterprise Server, ensure that you have the proper authentication and administrative access to the instance.
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Verify that you are a site administrator on the GitHub Enterprise Server source. The best way to do this is to verify that you can SSH into the instance.
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Generate an access token with the
repoandadmin:orgscopes on the GitHub Enterprise Server source instance. -
To minimize downtime, make a list of repositories you want to export from the source instance. You can add multiple repositories to an export at once using a text file that lists the URL of each repository on a separate line.