Setting properties and options on startup
Linux
To Configure System Properties in Linux Installations,
- From
<jira-install>/bin, open setenv.sh. - Find the section JVM_SUPPORT_RECOMMENDED_ARGS=
- Refer to the list of parameters below.
Add all parameters in a space-separated list, inside the quotations.
Windows (starting from .bat file)
To Configure System Properties in Windows Installations When Starting from the .bat File,
- From
<jira-install>/bin, open setenv.bat. - Find the section set JVM_SUPPORT_RECOMMENDED_ARGS=
- Refer to the list of parameters below.
Add all parameters in a space-separated list, inside the quotations.
Windows service
There are two ways to configure system properties when starting Running Jira as a Windows service, either via command line or in the Windows registry.
Setting properties for Windows services via command line
Setting Properties for Windows Services via Command Line
- Identify the name of the service that Jira is installed as in Windows (
Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services):
In the above example, the SERVICENAME is: JIRA231112155942 - Open the command window from
Start >> Run >> type in 'cmd' >> Enter cdto thebindirectory of your Jira application installation directory.Run:
tomcat8w //ES//%SERVICENAME% In the above example, it would be tomcat8w //ES//JIRA231112155942
- Click on the
Javatab to see the list of current start-up options:
- Append any new option on its own new line by adding to the end of the existing Java options. Refer to the list of parameters below.
Setting properties for Windows services via the Windows registry
In some versions of Windows, there is no option to add Java variables to the service. In these cases, you must add the properties by viewing the option list in the registry.
To Set Properties for Windows Services via the Windows Registry,
- Go to
Start >> Run, and run "regedit32.exe".
- Find the Services entry:
32-bit:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE >> SOFTWARE >> Apache Software Foundation >> Procrun 2.0 >> JIRA
64-bit:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE >> SOFTWARE >> Wow6432Node >> Apache Software Foundation >> Procrun 2.0 >> JIRA
- To change existing properties, especially increasing Xmx memory, double-click the appropriate value.
- To change additional properties, double-click options.
- Refer to the list of parameters below. Enter each on a separate line.
Verifying your settings
To verify what settings are in place, check the <jira-home>/logs/atlassian-jira.log or catalina.out file. A section in the startup appears like this:
JVM Input Arguments : -Djava.util.logging.config.file=/usr/local/jira/conf/logging.properties -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -Xms256m -Xmx384m -Djava.awt.headless=true -Datlassian.standalone=JIRA -Dorg.apache.jasper.runtime.BodyContentImpl.LIMIT_BUFFER=true -Dmail.mime.decodeparameters=true -Djava.util.logging.manager=org.apache.juli.ClassLoaderLogManager -Djava.endorsed.dirs=/usr/local/jira/endorsed -Dcatalina.base=/usr/local/jira -Dcatalina.home=/usr/local/jira -Djava.io.tmpdir=/usr/local/jira/temp
This display is also available by viewing your system information.
List of startup parameters
Memory property | Notes | Related pages |
|---|---|---|
-Xmx | These properties are pre-existing. See related pages for instructions. | |
-XX:+PrintGCDetails -XX:+PrintGCDateStamps -XX:+PrintGCTimeStamps -XX:+PrintGCCause -Xloggc:C:\Program Files\Atlassian\Application Data\JIRA\log\atlassian-jira-gc-%t.log -XX:+UseGCLogFileRotation -XX:NumberOfGCLogFiles=5 -XX:GCLogFileSize=20M | These properties are pre-existing, and are used for Garbage Collection tuning. | Using Garbage Collection Logs to Analyze Jira Application Performance |
-agentlib:yjpagent=onexit=memory,dir=/path/to/write/snapshots | ||
-XX:InitialCodeCacheSize=32m -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=512m | These properties are pre-existing, and are used to configure the size of the JVM code cache. A high value of reserved size allows Jira to load more installed apps. The default configuration should be optimal for most Jira instances and solve any problems with the code cache getting full. | KB article: Jira crashes due to the CodeCache |
Mail property | Notes | Related pages |
-Datlassian.mail.senddisabled | Set to 'true' to disable mail. In Linux setenv.sh, there is a pre-existing flag to uncomment. | Migrating Jira to another server |
-Dmail.debug | If set to "true", logs statements related to mail | Configuring Jira's SMTP mail server to send notifications |
-Dmail.mime.decodetext.strict | Unable to Decode Mail Subject or Body when Creating Issue From Email | |
-Dmail.imap.auth.plain.disable | IMAP setup fails with AUTHENTICATE Failed error in logs in Jira server when using OAuth | |
-Dmail.imap.starttls.enable | Jira server unable to retrieve messages from IMAP server with No login methods supported error | |
-Dmail.mime.decodeparameters | Sets mail handler to work correctly with emails from RFC 2231-compliant mail clients. | |
-Dmail.smtp.localhost | Problems Sending Email from Jira - EHLO requires domain address | |
Encoding property | Notes | Related pages |
-Dfile.encoding -Dsun.jnu.encoding | Set to utf-8 for encoding consistency | Characters Not Supported by ASCII are Being Displayed as Question Marks |
Other Properties | Notes | Related pages |
-Duser.timezone | ||
-Dsvnkit.http.methods | Values include Basic,Digest,Negotiate,NTLM | Jira Startup Fails Due to 'java.lang.SecurityException Unable to locate a login configuration' |
-Dorg.apache.jasper.runtime.BodyContentImpl.LIMIT_BUFFER | true | |
-ea/-da | Enable/Disable assertions | |
-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack | SocketException to Announce 'Invalid argument' for an Available Port | |
-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore | Unable to Send Email 'javax.net.ssl.SSLException' Due to SMTP Server via SSL | |
-Djava.awt.headless | Ships with true by default. Allows thumbnail generation. | |
-Dhttp.proxyHost -Dhttp.proxyPort -Dhttps.proxyHost -Dhttps.proxyPort | Outbound Proxy Server hostname and port | How to Configure an Outbound HTTP and HTTPS Proxy for Jira applications |
| -Dorg.apache.catalina.SESSION_COOKIE_NAME | Logging into another Atlassian application logs me out of Confluence | |
| -Datlassian.plugins.enable.wait | Time Jira waits for apps to load. | Jira System Plugin Timeout While Waiting for Plugins to Enable |
-Datlassian.plugins.startup.options="--disable-all-addons --disable-addons=com.atlassian.test.plugin" | Allows Jira to start with all user installed or specific user installed apps disabled. For more information on manual start up and specifying apps, see Start and Stop Jira applications. | Start and Stop Jira applications |
| -Dhide.system.error.details | Hides the details of errors that are displayed after starting Jira. The page (johnson) where these are displayed will still notify you about the errors. | |
| -Djira.startup.warnings.disable | Disables the page (johnson) that displays errors after starting Jira if there are only dismissible warnings. The page will appear if there are any important errors. |