# Introduction

This section explains how to set up GitHub and SonarQube for their integration at the global level. You need the global Administer System permission in SonarQube to perform this setup.

This setup consists of:

* [verify-sonarqube-server-base-url](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/10.7/devops-platform-integration/github-integration/setting-up-at-global-level/verify-sonarqube-server-base-url "mention")\
  You must configure your SonarQube server base URL in SonarQube, otherwise, integration features will not work correctly.
* [setting-up-github-app](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/10.7/devops-platform-integration/github-integration/setting-up-at-global-level/setting-up-github-app "mention")\
  You need to use a GitHub App to connect SonarQube with a GitHub instance.
* Setting up user provisioning and authentication: see [github](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/10.7/instance-administration/authentication/github "mention").
* [report-security-alerts](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/10.7/devops-platform-integration/github-integration/setting-up-at-global-level/report-security-alerts "mention")\
  Starting in Developer Edition, SonarQube can provide feedback about security issues inside the GitHub interface itself as code scanning alerts under the **Security** tab.
* [setting-parameters-for-github-actions](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/10.7/devops-platform-integration/github-integration/setting-up-at-global-level/setting-parameters-for-github-actions "mention")\
  You can define at the global level the parameters used in GitHub Actions workflows to connect to the SonarQube Server (Server URL and token).