In the previous recipe, Integrating with another JIRA instance for user information, we looked at how you can use another JIRA as a user repository. In fact, you can use JIRA as a user repository for other Atlassian applications, such as Confluence.
In this recipe, we will look at how to set up JIRA so it can be used as a user repository for other systems.
For an application to use JIRA as a user repository, it first needs to be registered with JIRA. Proceed with the following steps to register a new application in JIRA:
Navigate to Administration | User Management | JIRA User Server.
Click on the Add Application button.
Enter the application name and password for the target application. This will be the credentials used by target application to access JIRA.
Enter the IP address of the target application. JIRA will only allow connections from the IP addresses specified here.
Click on the Save button to complete the registration, as shown in the following...