Documentation for JIRA 5.1.x. Documentation for other versions of JIRA is available too. 
This manual contains information on administering your JIRA system:
Getting Help
Configuring the Layout and Design
- Customising the Look and Feel
- Choosing a Default Language
- Configuring the Default Issue Navigator
- Configuring the Default Dashboard
- Configuring an Announcement Banner
- Enabling Logout Confirmation
User and Group Management
- Managing Users
- Managing Groups
- Managing Project Roles
- Migrating User Groups to Project Roles
- Configuring User Directories
- Configuring the Internal Directory
- Connecting to an LDAP Directory
- Connecting to an Internal Directory with LDAP Authentication
- Connecting to Crowd or Another JIRA Server for User Management
- Managing Multiple Directories
- Synchronising Data from External Directories
- Managing Nested Groups
- Diagrams of Possible Configurations for User Management
- User Management Limitations and Recommendations
- Allowing Other Applications to Connect to JIRA for User Management
- Viewing User Sessions
- Clearing 'Remember my login' Tokens
- Enabling Public Signup and CAPTCHA
Project Management
- Defining a Project
- Managing Project Role Membership
- Defining a Component
- Managing Versions
- Configuring Project Keys
Configuring Security
- Configuring Issue-level Security
- Managing Project Permissions
- Managing Global Permissions
- Configuring Secure Administrator Sessions
- Preventing Security Attacks
- JIRA Cookies
Configuring Fields and Screens
Configuring Workflow
- Activating Workflow
- Adding a Custom Event
- Configuring the Initial Status
- Workflow Properties
- Using Validators to Make Custom Fields Required on Transition Screens
- Configuring JIRA with HipChat for Workflow Transition Notifications
Configuring Email
- Configuring Email Notifications
- Creating Issues and Comments from Email
- Using Gmail as a JIRA Mail Server
Migrating from Other Issue Trackers
- Importing Data from Bugzilla
- Importing Data from FogBugz for Your Server
- Importing Data from FogBugz On Demand
- Importing Data from Mantis
- Importing Data from Pivotal Tracker
- Importing Data from Trac
- Importing Data from CSV
Moving or Archiving Individual Projects
Integrating with a Source Control System
- Integrating JIRA with FishEye
- Integrating JIRA with CVS and ViewCVS
- Integrating JIRA with Subversion
- Integrating JIRA with Perforce
- Integrating JIRA with ClearCase
Integrating with a Build Management System
Configuring Global Settings
- Configuring Time Tracking
- Configuring JIRA Options
- Setting Properties and Options on Startup
- Advanced JIRA Configuration
- Configuring File Attachments
- Configuring Application Links
- Configuring Issue Cloning
- Configuring Issue Linking
- Configuring the Whitelist
- Configuring Sub-tasks
- Managing Shared Filters
- Managing Shared Dashboards
Server Administration
- Increasing JIRA Memory
- Using the Database Integrity Checker
- Precompiling JSP pages
- Logging and Profiling
- Restoring Data
- Optimising Performance
- Backing Up Data
- Search Indexing
- Using robots.txt to hide from Search Engines
- Updating your JIRA License Details
- Viewing your System Information
- Monitoring Database Connection Usage
- Viewing JIRA's Instrumentation Statistics
- Generating a Thread Dump
- Finding the JIRA Support Entitlement Number (SEN)
- Performance Testing Scripts
Appendix A - Extending JIRA
Please see the JIRA User's Guide for an introduction to the concepts of issues and projects.
Overview
Content Tools
Apps
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