JIRA administration 7.2 Documentation for JIRA administration 7.2 2 Contents JIRA applications and project types overview . 7 Installing JIRA applications . 9 JIRA applications installation requirements . 10 Installing Java . 12 Supported platforms . 16 End of support announcements . 19 Installing JIRA applications on Windows . 23 Uninstalling JIRA applications from Windows . 27 Installing JIRA applications on Linux . 27 Uninstalling JIRA applications from Linux . 31 Installing JIRA applications from an archive file on Windows, Linux or Solaris . 31 Connecting JIRA applications to a database . 34 Connecting JIRA applications to PostgreSQL . 35 Connecting JIRA applications to MySQL . 38 Connecting JIRA applications to Oracle . 44 Connecting JIRA applications to SQL Server 2008 . 47 Connecting JIRA applications to SQL Server 2012 . 51 Connecting JIRA applications to SQL Server 2014 . 56 Tuning database connections . 61 Surviving connection closures . 70 Switching databases . 72 Installing JIRA Data Center . 73 Running the setup wizard . 78 Licensing and application access . 81 License compatibility . 82 Extending JIRA applications . 83 Administering projects and links across multiple applications . 84 Integrating with development tools . 85 Enable Smart Commits . 90 Configure automatic team invitations . 93 Linking a Bitbucket or GitHub repository with JIRA . 94 Synchronize an account . 99 Integrating with collaboration tools . 100 Using AppLinks to link to other applications . 102 Integrating with other tools . 104 Listeners . 105 Managing add-ons . 107 Managing webhooks . 108 Services . 109 Upgrading JIRA applications . 111 Upgrading JIRA applications manually . 111 Upgrading JIRA applications with a fallback method . 117 Upgrading JIRA applications using a rapid upgrade method . 122 Skipping major versions when upgrading JIRA applications . 132 Disabling auto-export . 133 Rolling back a JIRA application upgrade . 133 Migrating JIRA applications to another server . 134 Migrating from JIRA Cloud to Server applications . 139 Establishing staging server environments for JIRA applications . 142 Installing additional applications and version updates . 145 Restricted functions in JIRA Cloud applications . 147 User management . 150 Managing users . 151 Create, edit, or remove a user . 151 Assign users to groups, project roles, and applications . 155 Monitor a user's activity . 156 Created in 2016 by Atlassian. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia License. Documentation for JIRA administration 7.2 3 Manage password security . 157 Prevent automatic login . 158 Managing groups . 160 View, create, or delete a group . 161 Modify group membership . 162 Assign group access to a project role . 162 Manage group access to applications . 163 Advanced user management . 165 Allowing connections to JIRA for user management . 165 Diagrams of possible configurations for user management . 168 Enabling public signup and CAPTCHA . 174 Managing nested groups . 176 User management limitations and recommendations . 180 Configuring user directories . 184 Configuring the internal directory . 186 Connecting to an LDAP directory . 187 Configuring an SSL connection to Active Directory . 196 Reducing the number of users synchronized from LDAP to JIRA applications . 206 Connecting to an internal directory with LDAP authentication . 206 Connecting to Crowd or another JIRA application for user management . 212 Managing multiple directories . 218 Migrating users between user directories . ..