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Configure the New personal access token.

Use the GitHub instructions to create a personal access token to use with ServiceNow.

A personal access token is used in place of a password when authenticating. GitHub requires personal access tokens to access repositories from other platforms, like ServiceNow. Go to and enter your email address and click Sign up for Github and follow the instructions Create a personal developer token The most popular one is GitHub, which we will be using in this walkthrough. To back up your scoped application using Studio, you will need a version control system called Git. You will only have to do the following preparation work once. This is important information to know because you should always be storing your backups in an external location outside of your PDI. This section explains how to backup your PDI using Studio (not to be confused with App Engine Studio).

Importing your update set back into ServiceNow.

Exporting a scoped application via update set.

How to backup your PDI with update sets.

How to backup your PDI with App Engine Studio.

Importing your repository back onto your ServiceNow instance.

There are multiple ways to backup your instance nowadays. You request another, reinstall from backup and proceed ahead. If you have a backup of everything important to you, then losing your instance is a trivial operation.

However, you as the developer have the ability to mitigate this. There aren’t enough resources to give developers free instances that last forever, so we do the best we can. I don’t like the idea of anyone losing their work but there is only so much we can do to prevent it. No matter how well intentioned you are, it is always possible to have a time period where you are out of the office and miss the email about your Developer Instance expiring. One of the ongoing issues that we deal with in the Developer Program is the continuity of the free Personal Developer Instances (PDI).

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