Lab 1.3 ‐ Redeem your Copilot Coupon
To work with Copilot, you need a subscription. For this Hands-on lab we arranged a trial version for you that you can redeem by using a coupon code. Please follow along with the next steps carefully to redeem your Copilot trial subscription. The coupon gives access to Copilot for 7 days.
Log in to GitHub with the GitHub user you want to use during the workshop.
Verify you are logged in, otherwise the next steps will fail and the voucher gets voided!
Browse to https://github.com/redeem/cfp-xebia24mco. At the page, fill in your adress. It will not ask for a Credit Card.
Fill in all required fields and click Save.
Next, you will see the redeem option for the coupon. This should look as follows:
👆 Click Redeem.
You should now see on your github dashboard that you have Copilot available.
Now browse to the following location: https://github.com/github-copilot/free_signup and you should see you are eligible to use Copilot. This looks as follows:
Click on the Get access to GitHub Copilot button.
Configure Copilot so that it will not feed your data into the model for training purposes. This is done by de-selecting the option Allow GitHub to use my code snippets for product improvements
One other setting that is important is that you Allow or Disallow the use of public matching code. Disallow this if you are worried about GPL licensed code that might get suggested to you. That could potentially get you into the obligation to also publish your own code.
👆 Click "Save and get started"
