You can allow other applications — e.g. Atlassian Confluence, FishEye/Crucible (in the near future), or another JIRA server — to connect to your JIRA server for management of users and groups, and for authentication (verification of a user's login).

On this page:

Allowing an Application to Connect to JIRA for User Management

1. Add the application in JIRA:
   1. Log in to JIRA as a user with the 'JIRA Administrators' global permission.
   2. Bring up the administration page.
   3. Select 'Other Applications' from the 'Users, Groups & Roles' section of the 'Administration' menu.
   4. Add an application.
   5. Enter the application name and password that the application will use when accessing your JIRA server.
   6. Enter the IP address or addresses of the application. Valid values are:
   7. Save the new application.
2. Set up the JIRA user directory in the application:
   e.g. see Connecting Confluence to JIRA for User Management or Connecting JIRA to Another JIRA Server:
   1. Log into the application that is going to connect to JIRA for user management.
   2. Go to the application's 'User Directories' administration area.
   3. Add a new directory of type 'Atlassian JIRA'.
   4. Define the directory order (e.g. see Managing Multiple Directories).
3. Create any groups in JIRA that are required by the application:
   e.g. see Connecting Confluence to JIRA for User Management.

Diagrams of Some Possible Configurations

RELATED TOPICS

Configuring User Directories