Documentation for JIRA Administrators 7.0 Documentation for JIRA Administrators 7.0 2 Contents Installing JIRA applications . 6 JIRA application requirements . 6 Installing Java . 8 Supported platforms . 10 End of support announcements . 13 Installing JIRA applications on Windows . 16 Uninstalling JIRA applications from Windows . 21 Installing JIRA applications on Linux . 21 Uninstalling JIRA applications from Linux . 26 Connecting JIRA applications to a database . 26 Connecting JIRA applications to PostgreSQL . 27 Connecting JIRA applications to MySQL . 30 Connecting JIRA applications to Oracle . 35 Connecting JIRA applications to SQL Server 2008 . 37 Tuning database connections . 41 Surviving connection closures . 52 Switching databases . 54 Installing JIRA applications from an archive file on Windows, Linux or Solaris . 55 Installing JIRA Data Center . 58 Running the setup wizard . 62 JIRA applications and project types overview . 65 Licensing and application access . 68 License compatibility . 69 Extending JIRA applications . 70 Administering projects and links across multiple applications . 71 Integrating with development tools . 72 Administering Bitbucket and GitHub with JIRA applications . 76 Linking a Bitbucket or GitHub repository with JIRA . 77 Managing linked Bitbucket and GitHub accounts . 83 Enabling DVCS smart commits . 84 Configure Automatic Team Invites . 85 Synchronize an account . 86 Troubleshoot the DVCS Connector . 87 Integrating with collaboration tools . 91 Using AppLinks to link to other applications . 93 Integrating with other tools . 95 Listeners . 96 Managing add-ons . 98 Managing webhooks . 99 Services . 101 Upgrading JIRA applications . 102 Upgrading JIRA applications manually . 103 Upgrading JIRA applications with a fallback method . 109 Upgrading JIRA applications using a rapid upgrade method . 113 Skipping major versions when upgrading JIRA applications . 117 Disabling auto-export . 117 Rolling back a JIRA application upgrade . 117 Migrating JIRA applications to another server . 118 Migrating from JIRA Cloud to Server applications . 124 Establishing staging server environments for JIRA applications . 127 Installing additional applications and version updates . 130 Layout and design . 132 Configuring the look and feel of your JIRA applications . 132 Configuring an announcement banner . 137 Configuring the default dashboard . 138 Using dashboard gadgets . 138 Created in 2015 by Atlassian. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia License. Documentation for JIRA Administrators 7.0 3 Adding a gadget to the directory . 141 Subscribing to another application's gadgets . 143 Choosing a default language . 144 Translating JIRA . 145 Configuring the default issue navigator . 146 Creating links in the application navigator . 147 Configuring the user default settings . 148 User management . 149 Managing users . 150 Clearing 'remember my login' tokens . 155 Disabling "remember my login" on this computer . ..