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---
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title: Enabling automatic access to GitHub.com actions using GitHub Connect
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intro: 'To allow {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %} in your enterprise to use actions from {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %}, you can connect your enterprise instance to {% data variables.product.prodname_ghe_cloud %}.'
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permissions: 'Site administrators for {% data variables.product.product_name %} who are also owners of the connected {% data variables.product.prodname_ghe_cloud %} organization or enterprise account can enable access to all {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %} actions.'
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redirect_from:
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- /enterprise/admin/github-actions/enabling-automatic-access-to-githubcom-actions-using-github-connect
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- /admin/github-actions/enabling-automatic-access-to-githubcom-actions-using-github-connect
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versions:
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ghes: '*'
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ghae: '*'
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type: how_to
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topics:
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- Actions
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- Enterprise
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- GitHub Connect
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shortTitle: Use GitHub Connect for actions
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---
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{% data reusables.actions.enterprise-beta %}
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{% data reusables.actions.enterprise-github-hosted-runners %}
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## About automatic access to {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %} actions
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By default, {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %} workflows on {% data variables.product.product_name %} cannot use actions directly from {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %} or [{% data variables.product.prodname_marketplace %}](https://github.com/marketplace?type=actions).
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To make all actions from {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %} available on your enterprise instance, you can use {% data variables.product.prodname_github_connect %} to integrate {% data variables.product.product_name %} with {% data variables.product.prodname_ghe_cloud %}. For other ways of accessing actions from {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %}, see "[About using actions in your enterprise](/admin/github-actions/about-using-actions-in-your-enterprise)."
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To use actions from {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %}, your self-hosted runners must be able to download public actions from `api.github.com`.
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## Enabling automatic access to all {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %} actions
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{% data reusables.actions.enterprise-github-connect-warning %}
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Before enabling access to all actions from {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %} on your enterprise instance, you must connect your enterprise to {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %}. For more information, see "[Connecting your enterprise to {% data variables.product.prodname_ghe_cloud %}](/admin/configuration/managing-connections-between-your-enterprise-accounts/connecting-your-enterprise-account-to-github-enterprise-cloud)."
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{% data reusables.enterprise-accounts.access-enterprise %}
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{%- ifversion ghes < 3.1 %}
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{% data reusables.enterprise-accounts.settings-tab %}
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{%- endif %}
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{% data reusables.enterprise-accounts.github-connect-tab %}
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{%- ifversion ghes > 3.0 or ghae %}
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1. Under "Users can utilize actions from GitHub.com in workflow runs", use the drop-down menu and select **Enabled**.
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{%- else %}
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1. Under "Server can use actions from GitHub.com in workflows runs", use the drop-down menu and select **Enabled**.
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{%- endif %}
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1. {% data reusables.actions.enterprise-limit-actions-use %}
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{% ifversion ghes > 3.2 or ghae-issue-4815 %}
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## Automatic retirement of namespaces for actions accessed on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %}
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When you enable {% data variables.product.prodname_github_connect %}, users see no change in behavior for existing workflows because {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %} searches {% data variables.product.product_location %} for each action before falling back to {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website%}. This ensures that any custom versions of actions your enterprise has created are used in preference to their counterparts on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website%}.
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Automatic retirement of namespaces for actions accessed on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %} blocks the potential for a man-in-the-middle attack by a malicious user with access to {% data variables.product.product_location %}. When an action on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %} is used for the first time, that namespace is retired in {% data variables.product.product_location %}. This blocks any user creating an organization and repository in your enterprise that matches that organization and repository name on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %}. This ensures that when a workflow runs, the intended action is always run.
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After using an action from {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %}, if you want to create an action in {% data variables.product.product_location %} with the same name, first you need to make the namespace for that organization and repository available.
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{% data reusables.enterprise_site_admin_settings.access-settings %}
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2. In the left sidebar, under **Site admin** click **Retired namespaces**.
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3. Locate the namespace that you want use in {% data variables.product.product_location %} and click **Unretire**.
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4. Go to the relevant organization and create a new repository.
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{% tip %}
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**Tip:** When you unretire a namespace, always create the new repository with that name as soon as possible. If a workflow calls the associated action on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %} before you create the local repository, the namespace will be retired again. For actions used in workflows that run frequently, you may find that a namespace is retired again before you have time to create the local repository. In this case, you can temporarily disable the relevant workflows until you have created the new repository.
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{% endtip %}
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{% endif %}
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