GitHub (Server) connector overview - Amazon Q Business

GitHub (Server) connector overview

The following table gives an overview of the Amazon Q Business GitHub (Server) connector and its supported features.

Category Feature Support
Security Authentication type OAuth token, Personal token
Authentication credentials

  • GitHub token
Access Control List (ACL) crawling Yes. For more information, see ACL crawling.
Identity crawling Yes
VPC Yes
Crawl features Custom metadata Yes
Entities Yes. The following entities are supported:

  • Repository

  • Repository Commit

  • Issue Document

  • Issue Comment

  • Issue Attachment

  • Pull Request Comment

  • Pull request Document

  • Pull Request Attachment
Field mappings Yes. Supports default and custom field mappings. For more information, see Field mappings.
Filters Yes. The following filters are supported:

  • Include select repositories

  • Include content by specific entities.

  • Include specific branched by name

  • Include/exclude content by file name, file type, and file path
Sync mode Supports full and incremental sync.
File types Supports all files supported by Amazon Q.