# GitHub Advanced Security Integration
With the ilert GitHub Advanced Security integration, you can create alerts in ilert based on code scans, secret scans and Dependabot scans from GitHub.
## In ilert: Create a GitHub alert source
1. Go to **Alert sources** --> **Alert sources** and click on **Create new alert source**
2. Search for **GitHub** in the search field, click on the GitHub tile and click on **Next**.
3. Give your alert source a name, optionally assign teams and click **Next**.
4. Select an **escalation policy** by creating a new one or assigning an existing one.
5. Select you [Alert grouping](https://docs.ilert.com/alerting/configure-alerting/alert-sources#alert-grouping) preference and click **Continue setup**. You may click **Do not group alerts** for now and change it later.
6. The next page show additional settings such as customer alert templates or notification prioritiy. Click on **Finish setup** for now.
7. On the final page, an API key and / or webhook URL will be generated that you will need later in this guide
## In GitHub: Create a Repository Webhook
1. Go to your GitHub repository and then to **Settings -> Webhooks** and click on **Add webhook** to add a new webhook (`https://github.com///settings/hooks`)
2. In the **Payload URL** section, set the **Webhook URL** that you generated in ilert
3. In the **Content type** section, select **application/json**
4. In the **Which events would you like to trigger this webhook?** section, change it to **Let me select individual events** and select following events: **Check runs**, **Code scanning alerts**, **Dependabot alerts**, **Issues**, **Secret scanning alert locations**, **Secret scanning alerts**.
5. Click on **Save**
## FAQ
**Will alerts in ilert be resolved automatically?**
Yes, as soon as the Github alert get resolved or closed, the alert in ilert will be resolved automatically.
**Can I connect Github with multiple alert sources from ilert?**
Yes, simply create more webhooks in Github.
