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JIRA 6.x Administration Cookbook

JIRA 6.x Administration Cookbook

By : Patrick Li
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JIRA 6.x Administration Cookbook

JIRA 6.x Administration Cookbook

3.9 (10)
By: Patrick Li
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Overview of this book

A comprehensive guide, full of practical recipes with real-life JIRA administration challenges, solutions, and examples with illustrations from the actual application. If you are an administrator who will be customizing, supporting, and maintaining JIRA for your organization, this book is for you. Familiarity with the core concepts of JIRA is essential. For some recipes, basic understanding in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript will also be helpful.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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Reader feedback
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Customer support
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1. JIRA Server Administration
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1. JIRA Server Administration
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Introduction
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Installing JIRA for production use
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Upgrading JIRA with an installer
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Upgrading JIRA manually
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Migrating JIRA to another environment
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Setting up the context path for JIRA
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Setting up SSL
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Installing SSL certificates from other applications
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Resetting the JIRA administrator password
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Generating test data in JIRA
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Anonymizing JIRA exports
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2. Fields and Screens
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2. Fields and Screens
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Introduction
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Creating a new custom field
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Creating separate select options for different projects
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Making a field required
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Making the assignee field required
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Hiding a field from view
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Choosing a different field renderer
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Creating a new field configuration
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Creating a new screen
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Removing the none option
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Adding help tips to custom fields
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Using JavaScript with custom fields
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Creating custom field with custom logic
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3. JIRA Workflows
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3. JIRA Workflows
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Introduction
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Creating a new workflow
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Adding screens to workflow transitions
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Using common transitions
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Using global transitions
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Restricting the availability of workflow transitions
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Validating user input in workflow transitions
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Performing additional processing after a transition is executed
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Rearranging the workflow transition bar
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Restricting the resolution values in a transition
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Preventing issue updates in selected statuses
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Making a field required during workflow transition
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Creating custom workflow transition logic
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Sharing workflows with workflow bundles
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4. User Management
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4. User Management
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Introduction
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Creating a new user
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Inviting a new user to sign up
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Enabling a public user sign up
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Managing groups and group membership
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Managing project roles
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Managing default project role memberships
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Deactivating a user
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Integrating and importing users from LDAP
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Integrating with LDAP for authentication only
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Integrating with Atlassian Crowd
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Integrating with another JIRA instance for user information
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Enabling JIRA as a user repository
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Setting up single sign-on with Crowd
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Setting up a Windows domain single sign-on
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5. JIRA Security
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5. JIRA Security
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Introduction
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Granting access to JIRA
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Granting JIRA System Administrator access
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Controlling access to a project
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Controlling access to JIRA issue operations
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Setting up issue-level permissions
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Restricting access to projects based on reporter permissions
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Setting up password policies
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Capturing electronic signatures for changes
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Changing the duration of the remember me cookies
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Changing the default session timeout
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6. E-mails and Notifications
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6. E-mails and Notifications
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Introduction
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Setting up an outgoing mail server
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Sending e-mails to users from JIRA
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Sending notifications for issue updates
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Creating custom events
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Creating custom e-mail templates
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Disabling outgoing notifications
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Creating mail handlers to process incoming e-mails
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Setting up a project-specific From address
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7. Integrating with JIRA
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7. Integrating with JIRA
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Introduction
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Integrating Atlassian applications via application links
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Integrating JIRA with Confluence
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Integrating JIRA with other JIRA instances
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Integrating JIRA with Bamboo for build management
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Integrating JIRA with Stash
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Integrating JIRA with Bitbucket and GitHub
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Integrating JIRA with HipChat
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Creating navigation links with other applications
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Integrating JIRA with Google Drive
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Using JIRA webhooks
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8. JIRA Administration
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8. JIRA Administration
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Introduction
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Troubleshooting notifications
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Troubleshooting permissions
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Troubleshooting field configurations
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Running JIRA in safe mode
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Importing data from other issue trackers
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Importing data from CSV
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Checking data integrity in JIRA
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Automating tasks in JIRA
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Running scripts in JIRA
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Switching user sessions in JIRA
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Working with JIRA from the command line
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Viewing JIRA logs online
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Querying the JIRA database online
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Tracking configuration changes
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9. JIRA Customizations
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9. JIRA Customizations
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Introduction
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Creating new issue types
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Setting up different issue types for projects
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Creating new resolutions
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Creating new priorities
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Adding language support for the JIRA interface
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Using the InProduct translation
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Translating JIRA contents
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Cloning JIRA projects
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Migrating JIRA configurations
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Creating announcements in JIRA
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Managing shared filters and dashboards in JIRA
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Creating a new workflow

A workflow is like a flowchart, in which issues can go from one state to another by following the direction paths between the states. In JIRA's workflow terminology, the states are called statuses, and the paths are called transitions; we will use these two major components when creating a workflow.

In this recipe, we will create a new, simple workflow from scratch. We will look at how to use existing statuses, create new statuses, and link them together using transitions.

How to do it…

The first step is to create a new skeleton workflow in JIRA:

  1. Log in to JIRA as a JIRA administrator.

  2. Navigate to Administration | Issues | Workflows.

  3. Click on the Add Workflow button and name the workflow Simple Workflow.

  4. Click on the Diagram button to use the workflow designer, or diagram mode.

The following screenshot explains some of the key elements of the workflow designer:

As of now, we have created a new, inactive workflow. The next step is to add various statuses for the issues to...

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