RDK Central Github Profile Setup for Elevated Privileges on a Repository

If you require elevated privileges on a repository hosted on RDK Central Github https://github.com/rdkcentral/  then you are required to have an rdkcentral user ID, a public GitHub account and to associate your public GitHub username with your RDK Central account.

You must also ensure the email account associated with your rdkcentral account is a corporate email account (e.g. comcast, sky etc)

This is done by first creating an RDK Central account on https://wiki.rdkcentral.com and once created then enter your GitHub public username in your RDK Central wiki profile.

If you do not have a public GitHub account you can create one here: https://github.com

If you do not already have a rdkcentral id then please sign up here: https://wiki.rdkcentral.com/signup.action 

PLEASE WAIT 15 MINUTES TO ALLOW YOUR ACCOUNT TO SYNCHRONISE WITH BACKEND SYSTEMS BEFORE EDITING YOUR PROFILE AS PER FOLLOWING STEPS

STEP 1: Sign In to rdkcentral wiki and navigate to your rdkcentral user profile

https://wiki.rdkcentral.com/users/viewmyprofile.action

STEP 2: Click on "Edit Profile" 

STEP 3: Enter your RDK Central public Github username:

In addition if you are a Comcast or Sky employee and have a GHEC account then please also enter your GHEC account username.

STEP 4: Press Save

Once saved the new settings will appear in your profile.

STEP 5: Wait for and then accept GitHub invite

Once you have done all the above you should receive a GitHub Invite to the email account associated with your PERSONAL GithHub Account, make sure you accept the invite.

1. 1. if you haven't received the invite within 24 hours then please send a support request to support@rdkcentral.com
   2. check https://github.com/settings/emails to see what your public GitHub primary email address is

If you have any issues please see RDK Central Github Access Issues FAQ before raising a support ticket.