Elevated GitHub Admin permissions on a separated Bot

[Fishrock123]

In order to have a bot that can automate adding/removing org users, and perhaps other things, elevated permissions from the TSC are necessary for a separate bot user to enable these things.

Some things to consider:

1. How to host this bot's github keys on build machines
2. Who has deployment access to these keys
3. Who can push the github repo to make it live on the deployment

Note: I call this a bot since it will probably need a separate GitHub user, it may just be a simple script.

[jbergstroem]

..and now we also have this: https://developer.github.com/early-access/integrations/

[phillipj]

Just got a protip from GH staff about organisation being able to create private org wide integrations, which seems like a good fit for the bot.. That would make it a lot easier for us to enable bot integration on different repos, rather than adding the webhook manually in repos like we're doing today.

https://platform.github.community/t/allow-integration-for-organisations/467/2

[williamkapke]

I just re-reviewed the Personal Access Token access options. If we set up the bot's token correctly, there isn't much it can do that is majorly destructive.

Q & A

Q: Can it delete the org!?
A: No. The GitHub API doesn't even have this option.

Q: Can it delete the Node repo!? (or any repo)
A: Don't give it delete_repo scope... and then No, it can't.

Q: Can it delete teams?
A: From the API docs...

In order to delete a team, the authenticated user must be an owner of the org that the team is associated with, or a maintainer of the team.

Permission Options

Here is a screenshot of the available permissions that can be assigned to a token:

Can someone log in to the Bot account and check what this screen looks like? Post it here so we can discuss? ... and also uncheck many of them ASAP if they're obvious ones.

It seems scary to see it say "Full control of orgs and teams" but I can't seem to find anything scary that is available via the API. Please double check and prove me wrong so we make sure we get this right ;)

So, for now, I believe this fear of "Elevated Permission" is a moot point... but I miss things & look forward to finding out what. 😅

[phillipj]

It only has one checkbox checked: repo -> public_repo.

[williamkapke]

Excellent!

The TSC already approved allowing the bot to have the permission as long as it is contained to just adding/removing people- which it appears it is. So, can you add the "admin:org" checkbox?

[phillipj]

Done :)

On Saturday, 24 September 2016, William Kapke [email protected]
wrote:

Excellent!

The TSC already approved allowing the bot to have the permission as long
as it is contained to just adding/removing people- which it appears it is.
So, can you add the "admin:org" checkbox?

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