JIRA administration 7.3 Documentation for JIRA administration 7.3 2 Contents Administering JIRA applications 7.3 . 7 JIRA applications and project types overview . 7 Installing JIRA applications . 10 JIRA applications installation requirements . 10 Installing Java . 12 Supported platforms . 16 End of support announcements . 19 Evaluation installation . 24 Installing JIRA applications on Windows . 25 Uninstalling JIRA applications from Windows . 30 Installing JIRA applications on Windows from Zip File . 31 Installing JIRA applications on Linux . 35 Uninstalling JIRA applications from Linux . 38 Installing JIRA applications on Linux from Archive File . 39 Unattended installation . 45 Installing additional applications and version updates . 46 Connecting JIRA applications to a database . 48 Connecting JIRA applications to PostgreSQL . 48 Connecting JIRA applications to MySQL . 52 Connecting JIRA applications to Oracle . 57 Connecting JIRA applications to SQL Server 2012 . 60 Connecting JIRA applications to SQL Server 2014 . 64 Tuning database connections . 69 Surviving connection closures . 78 Switching databases . 80 Installing JIRA Data Center . 81 Running the setup wizard . 86 Licensing and application access . 89 License compatibility . 90 Extending JIRA applications . 91 Using AppLinks to link to other applications . 92 Administering projects and links across multiple applications . 94 Managing add-ons . 95 Integrating with development tools . 96 Synchronize an account . 101 Configure automatic team invitations . 102 Linking a Bitbucket or GitHub repository with JIRA . 103 Enable Smart Commits . 108 Getting started with Bitbucket and JIRA Cloud . 111 Integrating with other tools . 117 Listeners . 119 Managing webhooks . 121 Services . 121 Integrating with collaboration tools . 123 Upgrading JIRA applications . 127 Upgrading JIRA applications manually . 128 Upgrading JIRA applications with a fallback method . 133 Upgrading JIRA applications using a rapid upgrade method . 138 Skipping major versions when upgrading JIRA applications . 148 Rolling back a JIRA application upgrade . 149 Migrating JIRA applications to another server . 150 Migrating from JIRA Cloud to Server applications . 155 Establishing staging server environments for JIRA applications . 158 Managing zero downtime upgrades . 161 Restricted functions in JIRA Cloud applications . 168 Getting started with JIRA Data Center on AWS . 171 Created in 2017 by Atlassian. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia License. Documentation for JIRA administration 7.3 3 Running JIRA Data Center in AWS . 172 Recommendations for running JIRA Software Data Center in AWS . 174 Layout and design . 177 Configuring the look and feel of your JIRA applications . 177 Configuring an announcement banner . 182 Configuring the default dashboard . 183 Using dashboard gadgets . 183 Adding a gadget to the directory . 186 Subscribing to another application's gadgets . 188 Choosing a default language . 189 Translating JIRA . 190 Configuring the default issue navigator . 191 Creating links in the application navigator . 193 Configuring the user default settings . 194 User management . 194 Managing users . 195 Create, edit, or remove a user . 195 Assign users to groups, project roles, and applications . 199 Monitor a user's activity . 200 Manage password security . 201 Prevent automatic login . 202 SAML SSO for JIRA Data Center applications . 203 Enabling public signup and CAPTCHA . 206 Managing groups . ..