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This is the guide for new DevOps Engineers working on the OHID mobile apps.

1. Set up your GitHub account

  1. Set up a [GitHub] account. Existing personal accounts are fine to use.
  2. You will need to be added to the DevOps Cloud Engineering Team to get access to the required OHID-related repositories.
  3. Generate and register an SSH key pair for your laptop for your GitHub account. You should use a 4096 bit key.

  4. Associate your name and email to your git commits:

    $ git config --global user.email "firstname.lastname@ukhsa.gov.uk"
$ git config --global user.name "Firstname Lastname"

2. Get AWS access

To work with products and services at, you will require an AWS IAM User in the OHID AWS Organisation.

Request an account

AWS IAM Identity Centre users are all managed in code using Terraform. These are in the OHID AWS Landing Zone Repo

Once your account has been created, an existing AWS admin will need to login to the AWS console, navigate to the IAM Identity Center and reset your password and send an email verification link.

Sign in to AWS

Once your password has been reset and MFA set-up, go to the OHID organisation AWS Sign page, and use the following credentials:

  • Username: firstname.lastname
  • Password: your password
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