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The authorization page allows you to authorize your account to view issues related to your projects.

You have to authorize your account only once when you log into Security to view issues for the first time. For the subsequent login, you need not have to validate your account.

You can validate your account by logging through:

  • GitHub

  • Gerrit

  • Member Organization

Authorizing your Account GitHub

If you are a contributor or mentor of the project in GitHub, perform the following steps to validate your account to view issues related to your project:

  1. On a project card of interest, click View Dashboard.

  2. The Authorization page appears. Click Connect to GitHub.

3. The Authorization window between GitHub and Linux Foundation appears. Click Authorize linuxfoundation.

  1. Provide the username and password of your GitHub account. Your GitHub account is now connected.

  1. If you are a contributor or maintainer of the GitHub account, a green tick mark appears, and Continue as Contributor/Mentor button is enabled. Click the Continue as Contributor/Mentor to view issues related to the project.

If you're not a contributor or mentor, a red tick mark appears along with a message informing you that you are not a contributor or maintainer for the project.

Click Change to change the GitHub account.

Authorizing your Account as a Member

You can log in as a member of the project to view issues. You set up your organization details in your dashboard using My Profile. Based on the organization that you have set up in My Profile, the screens vary when you try to access the issues as a member login.

In order to view issues, your organization should be a member of the Linux Foundation. If your organization does not have a membership associated with the Linux Foundation, you will see a message that informs you that your organization does not have a project membership.

Organization Details Missing in My Profile

If you have not added your organization details in My Profile, perform the following steps to authorize your account as a member:

  1. On a project card of interest, click View Dashboard.

  2. The Authorization page appears. Select the required organization from the Organization Name drop-down list and provide the associated email belonging to the organization in the Your Organization Email field.

3.The Send Code button is enabled, click Send Code to get the authorization code. You will receive the authorization code in the registered email ID. Enter the code and click Continue with Member Access to view project issues.

Organization Details Available in My Profile

If you have added your organization name in My Profile along with the email ID, perform the following steps to authorize your account as a member:

  1. On a project card of interest, click View Dashboard.

  2. The Authorization page and the organization name are available in My Profile. The email ID is auto-populated in the Your Organization Email field. Click Continue with Member Access to view project issues.

You cannot edit the email ID. You can change the organization if needed by clicking Change.

Authorizing your Account from Gerrit

To authorize your account using Gerrit, perform the following:

  1. On a project card of interest, click View Dashboard.

  2. The Authorization page appears. Click Connect to Gerrit.

It would help to have a valid Gerrit account set up in the Individual Dashboard.

  1. If a valid Gerrit account is found, you can see the Dashboard page.

You can also connect the GitHub account using My Profile, see for more details.

For more information on adding organization details to My Profile, see .

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