JIRA Linker Plugin

Hi David,

Very usefull plugin, Thanks!
But I can't open search window (Java Script error) with IE 6.0, only with Mozilla

When will this plugin be final?

Martin

I configured the atlassian-linker-jira.properties file with confluence.urls = http://our.company.com:8080/confluence . When I try to Search for some text in Confluence via the plugin's search page I get the following error:

Unable to connect to server: Server returned HTTP response code: 403 for URL: http://our.company.com:8080/confluence//rpc/xmlrpc

Looks like a really good plugin, however,  when I click on the binoculars icon nothing happens.  Nothing appears in either confluence or JIRA console and nothing in the logs.  I have followed the instructions above and made sure Remote API is turned on in my confluence instance.  Is there anything else I need to do?

Thanks
Simon

Hi,

I'm trying to specify the URL as follows confluence.urls = http://<xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:yyyy but when I do a search all I get is:

java.lang.NullPointerException
        at com.atlassian.jira.plugin.linker.SearchQueryBean.doSearch(SearchQueryBean.java:106)
        at com.atlassian.jira.plugin.linker.ConfluencePageBrowserAction.doExecute(ConfluencePageBrowserAction.java:44)

And this goes on...

When I specify confluence.urls = http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:yyyy, http://confluence.atlassion.com I can search the attlassian site, so the plugin seems to be working, but does it have a bug in using IP-addresses directly or using the port definition? The IP address si pointing to in intranet IP where the confluense is residing. http://localhost:yyyy does not do trick either. We can access confluence just fine from http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:yyyy with a web browser

regards,
Mikko

Please fix the javascript popup bug in IE.  We can't use this until you do.

going through the install. i found the page that talks about using SSL (http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Connecting+to+SSL+services) and got through that part, i think. now i'm getting:

---- |

Unable to connect to server: HTTPS hostname wrong: should be <165.137.91.87>
  
i tried using a hostname, but got the same message with the host name inside the < > instead of the IP address. not quite sure what is generating that message. i tried https://165.137.91.87, https://165.137.91.87/confluence, and https://165.137.91.87/confluence/ , and they all return the same message:

Unable to connect to server: HTTPS hostname wrong: should be <165.137.91.87>
 

I'm having similar problems to those described above. Specifically:

SEARCH:
The [search] button doesn't do anything. While the search panel opens up and looks good (and the URL to Confluence is correct) clicking the [search] button doesn't seem to trigger an action.

On one occasion I saw the red "Unable to connect to server" message, but that hasn't repeated.

BROWSER:
In Internet Explorer, clicking the binocular icon causes a Javascript error and nothing else happens. In Safari, the search window opens (but, as noted above, the search button does nothing noticable).

EXCEPTIONS:
The following exception shows up in the catalina.out log:
Avoiding obscuring previous error by supressing error encountered while ending request: org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcClientException: Exception closing URLConnection
2006-08-25 11:31:08,390 ERROR [jira.plugin.linker.SearchQueryBean] There was an I/O problem java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect

Hi,

We would love to start using this plugin but we get the following error when the 'Search Confluence' button is pressed:

An error occurred whilst rendering this message. Please contact the administrators, and inform them of this bug. Details: ------- java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.velocity.context.InternalContextAdapterImpl.put(InternalContextAdapterImpl.java:157) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTSetDirective.render(ASTSetDirective.java:139) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:230) at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:256) at org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine.mergeTemplate(VelocityEngine.java:450) at com.atlassian.velocity.DefaultVelocityManager.getEncodedBody(DefaultVelocityManager.java:76) at com.atlassian.jira.plugin.webwork.JiraPluginWebworkVelocityServlet.service(JiraPluginWebworkVelocityServlet.java:50) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:672) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:463) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:398) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:301) at com.atlassian.jira.web.dispatcher.JiraServletDispatcher.service(JiraServletDispatcher.java:253) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.AccessLogFilter.doFilter(AccessLogFilter.java:51) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.parsePage(PageFilter.java:119) at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.doFilter(PageFilter.java:55) at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.SitemeshExcludePathFilter.doFilter(SitemeshExcludePathFilter.java:38) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.SecurityFilter.doFilter(SecurityFilter.java:182) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.LoginFilter.doFilter(LoginFilter.java:181) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at com.atlassian.util.profiling.filters.ProfilingFilter.doFilter(ProfilingFilter.java:132) at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.ProfilingAndErrorFilter.doFilter(ProfilingAndErrorFilter.java:35) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.ActionCleanupDelayFilter.doFilter(ActionCleanupDelayFilter.java:39) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at com.atlassian.johnson.filters.JohnsonFilter.doFilter(JohnsonFilter.java:91) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.gzip.GzipFilter.doFilter(GzipFilter.java:72) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractEncodingFilter.doFilter(AbstractEncodingFilter.java:37) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148) at org.apache.jk.server.JkCoyoteHandler.invoke(JkCoyoteHandler.java:199) at org.apache.jk.common.HandlerRequest.invoke(HandlerRequest.java:282) at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.invoke(ChannelSocket.java:754) at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.processConnection(ChannelSocket.java:684) at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket$SocketConnection.runIt(ChannelSocket.java:876) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)

I've already turned on both Remote API AND Anonymous Access to Remote API. But I still get the :"

java.lang.Exception: com.atlassian.confluence.rpc.NotPermittedException: User does not have Use Confluence permission
"

what should i do with it ? 

Apart from the instructions above is there something that needs to be done to make this work ?

We have a brand new jira-enterprise-3.6.5 & confluence-2.2.9 setup we are testing and I've had no luck with this plug-in.  I have gone into Confluence and turned ON Anonymous Access to Remote API.   I've restarted Tomcat 5.0 but I don't see any Documentation Link box come up when I create a new issue.  I've looked in the Custom Fields to see if I needed to create a new field, doesn't appear so & I can't find the plug-in within the Jira plug-ins page (but with no search option who knows).  Does Issue Linking in Jira's Global Settings need to be ON ?  Seemed to be the closest option but didn't see to make a difference.

Is there a magic thing to make it load ?   How do I check its loading as well ?

Thanks,

Scott

It would be great if the Confluence page could be called using [spacekey:pagetitle].

Any plans for something like this?

If not, is there any way of creating a shortcut link in JIRA similar to what Confluence offers?

I want to create a single point of configuration for the Confluence server address.

Thanks,

Neal

I agree. A specific Confluence based option would make this more robust and more user friendly. Having a Jira project based space key default would be an added bonus.

Is it possible to pass user credentials to the confluence server in any way?
Enabling anonymous user access and adding permission to a space for the anonymous user allows that space to be searched, but this is not ideal.

Thanks,

Neal 

Hi

I have set up the plug in as directed but i am having problems getting the search to work.

In atlassian-linker-jira.properties i have the following entries confluence.urls=http://ourserver.ourcompany.prv:8087/confluence,http://confluence.atlassian.com

and as expected both servers appear in the drop down list when i bring up the search page. The search using http://confluence.atlassian.com works and gives me the display page as expected. However, if i use http://ourserver.ourcompany.prv:8087/confluence, i simply get an empty page and no errors in the logs.

I have Remote API AND Anonymous Access to Remote API turned on.

Any Ideas ?

Thanks

Andy

OK I have found the solution to this issue

You need to make sure the Space Permission for Anonymouse Access has the View permission ticked.

For each space you wish to search, from to the space admin ( under browse space ), click on permissions then Edit Permissions for the Anonymous Access group and make sure that View is checked.

HTH

Andy 

From my initial testing the Linker URL is not passed to the Trackback system and does not result in Trackback pings being sent to Confluence, can you confirm that is this the case?

Ideally we'd like to use this Linker and Trackbacks together - i.e. a Linked URL should still result in a Trackback.

Should i raise a JIRA issue for this functionality?

Is this plugin coming out of beta soon? A lot of organizations have a policy against using plugins classified as "beta".

Thanks,
Stafford