How to do it...

  1. In order to authenticate to Jenkins using GitHub, you will have to install the GitHub Authentication Plugin. To do this, click on Manage Jenkins on the panel on the left and on the new page click on Manage Plugins, as shown in the following screenshot:
  1. Now you can navigate to the Available tab and type github auth in the search box , as shown in the next screenshot:
  1. You can now install the plugin by checking the box on the left and clicking on Install without restart.
  2. Once the plugin is installed you can go back to the ...

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