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Raising a Support Request

You can raise a support request either in JIRA or via the internet, as described below:

To raise a support request via your JIRA system

  1. Log in as a user with the 'JIRA System Administrators' global permission.
  2. Bring up the administration page by clicking either the 'Administration' link on the top bar or the title of the Administration box on the dashboard.
  3. On the panel on the left, under the title 'System', click the 'Atlassian Support Tools' link.
  4. Click the 'Support Request' tab. The 'Support Request' form will be displayed:
    • Please provide as much information as possible, including any error messages that are appearing on the console or in the logs.
  5. Once you have submitted your support request, you will receive email updates about its progress. You can also view the status of your support request by visiting the Atlassian Support System

OR:

To raise a support request via the internet

  1. Please visit the Atlassian Support System and create a support request.
  2. Please provide as much information as possible, including any error messages that are appearing on the console or in the logs. Please also mention the operating system, database and version of JIRA you are using.

Sometimes it is necessary to adjust JIRA's logging levels to get a more detailed error message or a stack trace. Please see the logging section of the documentation for information on how to do this.

Creating a Support Zip

If you have created a support request via the internet, you may want to create a 'Support Zip' (which contains information about your JIRA system) and attach it to the support request. This will assist our support engineers in troubleshooting the issue.

To create a Support Zip:

  1. Log in as a user with the 'JIRA System Administrators' global permission.
  2. Bring up the administration page by clicking either the 'Administration' link on the top bar or the title of the Administration box on the dashboard.
  3. On the panel on the left, under the title 'System', click the 'Atlassian Support Tools' link.
  4. Click the 'Support Zip' tab. The 'Support Zip' page will be displayed.
  5. Leaving all the boxes ticked, click the 'Create' button at the bottom of the screen.

You can now go to your support request and attach the Support Zip.



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