GitHub Enterprise Managed User Test API Credentials for GitHub Enterprise Managed User Application API integration, this integration error is seen:

Please review the form to correct the following error(s): Error authenticating: Forbidden. Errors reported by remote server

 

• GitHub Enterprise Managed User
• Provisioning
• Error

This error appears when the API token used in Application API integration is invalid.

1. Generate a valid personal access token on the GitHub side:

1. As a GitHub Enterprise Managed enterprise owner, navigate to the upper-right corner > click on the profile photo > and then click on Settings.
2. In the left sidebar, click Developer settings.

3. In the left sidebar, click Personal access tokens. Make sure to create the token while signed in as the setup user and that the token expiration is set to No expiration.

4. Click Generate new token.

5. Select the admin:enterprise scope for this token. 
6. Click Generate Token.

7. Copy and save the secret token. This value will be entered in the API Token field in the Provisioning tab of the GitHub Enterprise Managed User application in Okta.

2. Go to Okta Admin Console and navigate to Applications > Applications > GitHub Enterprise Managed User > Provisioning > Integration > Edit.
3. Enter the correct API token generated in Step 1 and click Test API Credentials.

4. There should be a message confirming successful authentication. Click Save.

Related References

• GitHub Enterprise Managed User: Configuration Guide
• GitHub Creating a personal access token
• GitHub Scopes for OAuth Apps