Application Links Installation Guide

This page tells you how to install the Application Links (AppLinks) plugin into your Atlassian products.

On this page:

Step 1. Check the System Requirements

Components

You will need the following products to make use of Application Links:

• Two or more of the following: Confluence, JIRA, FishEye, Crucible and/or Subversion.
• The AppLinks plugin — refer to the Installation Guide.

Version Matrix

• Version numbers next to a tick show the earliest release of the application which supports the relevant AppLinks version.
• Version numbers in brackets show a future application release expected to support the relevant AppLinks version.

Other useful links:

• AppLinks AppLinks full version compatibility on the Atlassian Plugin Exchange
• Version matrix for the Atlassian Plugin Framework

Step 2. Download the AppLinks Plugin

1. Download Application Links, along with its dependencies, as a simple zip archive from the Atlassian repository.
2. Unzip the archive into a location of your choice.

The Application Links archive includes the Atlassian Shared Access Layer jars.

Step 3. Install AppLinks in JIRA

Follow these steps if you want to install Application Links into JIRA:

1. Copy the following jars into JIRA's <Installation Directory>/atlassian-jira/WEB-INF/lib directory:
   • applinks-api.jar
   • applinks-core.jar
   • applinks-jira-plugin.jar
   • sal-api.jar
   • sal-core.jar
   • sal-jira-plugin.jar
     
     
2. Restart JIRA.

Step 4. Install AppLinks in Confluence

Follow these steps if you want to install Application Links into Confluence:

1. Copy the following jars into Confluence's <Installation Directory>/confluence/WEB-INF/lib directory:
   • applinks-api.jar
   • applinks-core.jar
   • applinks-confluence-plugin.jar
   • sal-api.jar
   • sal-core.jar
   • sal-spring.jar
   • sal-confluence-plugin.jar
     
     
2. Restart Confluence.

Step 5. Install AppLinks in FishEye and Crucible

Follow these steps if you want to install Application Links into FishEye. This will also install AppLinks in Crucible:

1. Make sure that your FishEye has a FISHEYE_INST/lib/ directory. Please refer to the FishEye Installation Guide for instructions.
2. Copy the following jars into FishEye's FISHEYE_INST/lib/ directory:
   • applinks-api.jar
   • applinks-core.jar
   • applinks-fisheye-plugin.jar
   • sal-api.jar
   • sal-core.jar
   • sal-spring.jar
   • sal-fisheye-plugin.jar
     
     
3. Restart FishEye.

Next Step. Configure AppLinks

Now you will need to configure the linked applications using the administration screens of each application. Please refer to the Administration Guide.

RELATED TOPICS

Application Links Administration Guide
Application Links Documentation Home
Atlassian Product Integration