Github Cli on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Installation Guide

First step is to add Github CLI Repo by using config manager. See the steps below for different OS

For RHEL8

  sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://cli.github.com/packages/rpm/gh-cli.repo
  sudo dnf install gh

For RHEL7

  sudo yum-config-manager --add-repo https://cli.github.com/packages/rpm/gh-cli.repo
  sudo yum install
  sudo yum install gh

For other operating systems, please checkout Official Github Page Github

Login to start using Github CLI

  gh auth login --with-token "token here"
  # env variable for token
  export GH_TOKEN="token here"
  export GH_REPO="[HOST/]OWNER/REPO"

To Authenticate with Github Enterprise Server

  gh auth login -h "domain here" --with-token "token here"

If you prefer to use environment variables

  export GH_HOST="hostname here"
  export GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN="token here"

To check authentication status

  gh auth status
  # if you have multiple projects
  gh auth status -h "hostname"