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
   
   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