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Grouper provisioning SCIM for GitHub

Grouper provisioning SCIM for GitHub

Jul 01, 2026

This is for v4+

https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7643.html#section-4.1

Github SCIM Provisioning

https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/rest/scim?apiVersion=2022-11-28#provision-and-invite-a-scim-user

 

Github only supports SCIM for user operations. An organization must already exist for which members need to be managed. If you want to manage memberships of multiple organizations, configure a separate external system for each organization.

User fields and attributes

Grouper name

Attribute or field

Type

Required?

Description

id

field

String

required

UUID read from Github. Select only.

userName

attribute

String

required

User name

displayName

attribute

String

optional

Display name of the user

familyName

attribute

String

required

Family name (Last name)

givenName

attribute

String

required

Given name (First name)

externalId

attribute

String

optional

External id

formattedName

attribute

String

optional

Formatted name e.g Mr. John Smith, II

emailValue

attribute

String

required

Email value e.g. test@example.com

emailType

attribute

String

optional

Email type e.g. work

 

Configure SCIM settings in Github for development purposes

  1. Go to Settings → Develop settings → Personal access tokens.

  2. Generate a new token and keep it safe. You will need it when configuring the external system. 

  3. In your Github organization, you need SAML.  For our testing we set up SAML integration between Github and Onelogin. You will need to set up an account on Onelogin. Github and Onelogin both offer trial versions for a few days.

  4. The SCIM URL that you need to enter while configuring the external system would look like: https://api.github.com/scim/v2/organizations/yourOrgName/

  5. Here is a video that shows how to integrate Onelogin with the Github organization (though you should integrate with your own saml).