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title: Charmhub | Deploy GitHub runner using Charmhub - The Open Operator Collection
description: Deploy the latest version of GitHub runner on any cloud.
url: https://charmhub.io/github-runner/docs/how-to-change-token
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# GitHub runner

[Canonical IS DevOps](https://charmhub.io/publisher/canonical-is-devops "View all packages from Canonical IS DevOps")

* [Canonical IS DevOps](https://charmhub.io/publisher/canonical-is-devops "View all packages from Canonical IS DevOps")

Platform:

24.04

22.04

20.04

stable 24801f1f

```
juju deploy github-runner
```

[Learn to deploy on juju >](https://juju.is/docs/juju/manage-applications)

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#### Contacts

##### Maintainers

+ [Launchpad Team](https://launchpad.net/~canonical-is-devops)

* [Submit a bug](https://github.com/canonical/github-runner-operator/issues)

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# How to change GitHub personal access token

This charm supports changing the [GitHub personal access token (PAT)](https://github.com/settings/tokens) used.

## [Changing the token](https://charmhub.io/github-runner/docs/how-to-change-token#p-30353-changing-the-token)

Create a new [GitHub Personal Access Token](https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/managing-your-personal-access-tokens).

An example classic token scope for repository use:

* `repo`

For managing token scopes (fine-grained token), refer to [the token scopes Reference page](https://charmhub.io/github-runner/docs/reference-token-scopes).

By using [`juju config`](https://juju.is/docs/juju/juju-config) to change the [charm configuration token](https://charmhub.io/github-runner/configure#token) the charm unregisters and removes the old self-hosted runners and instantiates new ones.

```
juju config <APP_NAME> token=<TOKEN>
```

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