How to deploy a private GitHub repo on Netlify

If you are a software developer and you want to make your GitHub repository private and deploy it to netlify I will show you how to do that in this article, we will learn how to deploy a private repository to Netlify.

1. Generate deploy key

• In Netlify, go to the app, site settings > Build & deploy > Continuous Deployment > Deploy Key

• click on generate deploy key

• copy the deploy key

2. Go to the GitHub Repo you want to deploy

• go to, settings > Deploy Keys

• paste the deploy key and save

3. Make the GitHub Repo private

• Inside the Repo that you want to deploy, go to settings > change visibility

• make the repo private

4. Go back to Netlify

• re-deploy the app

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Comments

[Tommy]

FYI I just did a test deployment from a private repo on Netlify and it seems this step is no longer necessary.