GitHub Authentication

Use GitHub authentication with your Swarmia organization

Swarmia supports authentication using GitHub. GitHub authentication is automatically used if you used GitHub when signing up your organization to Swarmia.

Access control with multiple GitHub organizations

If you have connected multiple GitHub organizations to a single Swarmia organization, everyone who can access Swarmia will be able to see data from all connected GitHub organizations.

In this scenario, you can choose between several options for access control:

1. User must have access to all connected GitHub organizations on GitHub to be allowed logging into the Swarmia organization. This ensures Swarmia users will never have more access than they would already have on GitHub. This is the default.

2. User must have access to at least one connected GitHub organization on GitHub to be allowed logging into the Swarmia organization. This is more convenient, as you don't need to add all users to all organizations GitHub-side. You may opt into this access control setup during organization merge, or later, by reaching out to our support.

3. User must have access to your external SSO provider (such as Okta, Google, or Microsoft Entra SSO). In this case, users logging into your Swarmia organization will see all data from all connected GitHub organizations, regardless of the access control configuration GitHub-side. This is the default when using an external SSO provider.

To choose between option 1 and 2, navigate to Setings > Authentication > GitHub and select who can sign in to Swarmia.