# Resume in Azure #02: GitHub Repository

In my last post on this challenge, I was planning and drafted what I was going to do for this. Now I need to move onto the first technical step which is to create a repository in GitHub. It is a very basic task but requires some considerations I need to review which I will share for full transparency.

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*These blog posts are a part of a series of my notes and experience during this challenge. I will have a final and detailed blog post which will be used as part of my submission for the challenge. *

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## GitHub Account

I already have a GitHub account I use for small projects that I either fork repos to then commit to the original master or for local projects. When it comes to this project, I want to consider all security aspects to the GitHub account as there will be some type of link from the account to resources in my Azure environment.

I first go into **Settings** by clicking the top right of my profile picture

![profile-settings.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1619797751808/E9Bt1S4pR.png)

Once the page loads, I select **Account Security** from the side menu.

![accountsecurity-menu.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1619797812440/iXYCrkiLv.png)

Here I can review all security aspects of my account security before creating the repository. Within the window, I can check to see if my password is long enough and if I should reset it to something stronger.

![password-length.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1620200725945/gWGMFN-qn.png)

I am also able to check if I have at least one form of two factor authentication.

![2factorenabled.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1620200846413/hNAeZ_KZc.png)

I took this opportunity to review all the sessions that I have used on device and revoke those who shouldn't or are no longer being used.

![sessions.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1620200939464/hHJOfFMrMt.png)

## Repository Creation

Once happy with the security of my account, I started with creating a repository by clicking on the **+** symbol next to my profile picture in the top right of the screen. Here I select **New repository** to start the creation of the repo.

![newrepo-menu.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1620201176930/KDuqSmGl5.png)

The first field to complete is the name of the repo. I am going to use this as an replacement for my about me page (resume) so called the repo **about.jamescook.dev**. This name represents the domain and url to get to the static web page.

![reponame.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1620201277257/TmNz-JUB8.png)

The next field is asking if I want to make the repo public or private. As part of this challenge the repository needs to be reviewed so I have made it **public**.

![repopublic.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1620201914487/0f01gpPWj.png)

The final fields to complete is the selection files to be created as part of the repository. I decided to use Terraform to deploy the infrastructure, so I selected the **Add .gitignore** option and from the dropdown selected Terraform to provide me with a basic template on files to ignore for commits.

![repoinitial.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1620202212740/LDFlv4_lb.png)

Now I am ready, so I selected the **Create repository** button to complete the creation.

![createbutton.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1620202321947/2vo0oCV8J.png)

## Whats next

The next step is to create the website which I will use the recommended resources to create a template and then fill in the details about me.

![whatsnext.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1620202464979/rshEV2yk9.png)

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