DVCS connection to GitHub produces blank page

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Symptoms

When configuring a DVCS connection to GitHub, you can inadvertently specify an incorrect URL while generating the OAuth tokens.  More specifically, when associating the DVCS connection at Step 2 point 10 on the document for Linking a Bitbucket or GitHub repository with JIRA using the wrong URL, you will get a blank page

The following appears in URL bar:

https://not_a_correct_url.atlassian.net/?error=redirect_uri_mismatch&error_description=The+redirect_uri+MUST+match+the+registered+callback+URL+for+this+application.&error_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fdeveloper.github.com%2Fv3%2Foauth%2F%23redirect-uri-mismatch

the "not_a_correct_url.atlassian.net" example above is incorrect URL entered on the GitHub configuration

Example

When setting up the GitHub OAuth connection Both the Homepage URL and the Authorization Callback URL are supposed to be the JIRA instance BASE URL but you can enter something like the following:

Resolution

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Last modified on Mar 30, 2016

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