Purpose

For some configurations of Jira, the pre-logon System Dashboard is used as an Information Radiator to show gadget information without requiring a login. In this use case, the login gadget steals precious real estate and also throws off the whole look.  

Solution

The steps below will allow you to disable this system gadget entirely.    If you do this, users would then only be able to login to the site via the /login.jsp page, which they can also reach by clicking the Log In button in the top right corner of that page.

Introduction

For some configurations of JIRA, the pre-logon System Dashboard is used as an Information Radiator to show gadget information without requiring a login. In this use case, the login gadget steals precious real estate and also throws off the whole look.

Preparing the jpm.xml

1. Navigate to <jira-install>/atlassian-jira/WEB-INF/classes/
2. Make a backup copy of jpm.xml named jpm.bak
3. Edit the jpm.xml file
   

   1. Find the following stanza:

      <property>
      <key>jira.disable.login.gadget</key>
      <default-value>false</default-value>
      <type>boolean</type>
      <admin-editable>false</admin-editable>
      <sysadmin-editable>false</sysadmin-editable>
      </property>

4. Change the value of <default-value>false</default-value> to <default-value>true</default-value>
5. Change the value of <admin-editable>false</admin-editable> to <admin-editable>true</admin-editable>
6. Change the value of <sysadmin-editable>false</sysadmin-editable> to <sysadmin-editable>true</sysadmin-editable>
7. Save the file

Creating or Editing jira-config.properties

1. Navigate to <jira-home>
2. Check for the presence of a jira-config.properties file (see also Advanced Jira application configuration)
   
   1. If it exists, back it up now.
   2. If not, create a new, blank text file with that name.

3. Add this line to the end of the file:

    jira.disable.login.gadget=true

4. Save the file;
5. Restart Jira to commit changes;