Make sure you have the Heroku toolbelt installed.You may need to add and commit the files generated by jekyll-auth new to Git before continuing.Run bundle exec jekyll-auth setup -client_id XXX -client_secret XXX -org_name XXX Setting up hosting with Heroku Automatically Run bundle exec jekyll-auth new which will copy the necessary files to set up the server If you get an error using bundle install, see Troubleshooting below. Within your new site repository or orphaned github branch (the branch could be named anything except 'gh-pages' since this would then be public on GitHub!), add gem 'jekyll-auth' to your Gemfile or if you don't already have a Gemfile, create a file called Gemfile in the root of your site's repository with the following content:Ĭd into your project's directory and run bundle install.Also, my-site is often called 'app-name' in Heroku documentation. Remember the 'my-site' part for later on when using heroku create. Hit Save, but leave the page open, you'll need some of the information in a moment.Specify the callback URL should be like this: note that this is https, not http.If using a free Heroku account, this will be something like Tell GitHub the URL you want the app to eventually live at.Navigate to the GitHub app registration page.Getting Started Create a GitHub Application A Heroku account (you can technically use this elsewhere, but the instructions are for Heroku).A GitHub Application (you can register one for free).A GitHub Organization (of which members will have access to the Jekyll site).Now, simply host the site on a free, Heroku Dyno, and whenever someone tries to access it, it will Oauth them against GitHub, and make sure they're a member of your Organization. What else could you ask for?īut what if you only want to share that site with a select number of people? Before, you were SOL. Jekyll and GitHub Pages are awesome, right? Static site, lightning fast, everything versioned in Git. A simple way to use GitHub OAuth to serve a protected Jekyll site to your GitHub organization

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