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Jiraˈdʒiːrə/ JEE-rə)[4] is a proprietary product developed by Atlassian that allows bug tracking, issue tracking and agile project management. Jira is used by a large number of clients and users globally for project, time, requirements, task, bug, change, code, test, release, sprint management.

The product name comes from the second and third syllables of the Japanese word pronounced as Gojira, which is Japanese for Godzilla.[5] The name originated from a nickname Atlassian developers used to refer to Bugzilla, which was previously used internally for bug-tracking.[5]

Jira was an open source tool available for anyone to download. Its popularity drove thousands of users to adopt it within organizations across the globe. Unlike IBM Engineering Management Platform, Jira is primarily for use in small teams and individuals, not large projects or enterprises. Subsequently, the product was made closed-source and Atlassian created a business around this product. However, even the lowest paid license level provided access to the Jira source code.

According to Atlassian, Jira is used for issue tracking and project management.[6] Some of the organizations that have used Jira at some point in time for bug-tracking and project management include Fedora Commons,[7] Hibernate,[8] and the Apache Software Foundation, which uses both Jira and Bugzilla.[9] Jira includes tools allowing migration from competitor Bugzilla.[10]

Jira is written in Java and uses the Pico inversion of control container, Apache OFBiz entity engine, and WebWork 1 technology stack. For remote procedure calls (RPCs), Jira has REST, SOAP, and XML-RPC interfaces.[12] Jira integrates with source control programs such as Clearcase, Concurrent Versions System (CVS), Git, Mercurial, Perforce,[13] Subversion,[14] and Team Foundation Server. It ships with various translations including English, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish.[15]

Atlassian provides Jira for free to open source projects meeting certain criteria, and to organizations that are non-academic, non-commercial, non-governmental, non-political, non-profit, and secular. For academic and commercial customers, the full source code is available under a developer source license.[17]

In April 2010, a cross-site scripting vulnerability in Jira led to the compromise of two Apache Software Foundation servers. The Jira password database was also compromised. The database contained unsalted password hashes, which are vulnerable to rainbow attacks, dictionary lookups and cracking tools. Apache advised users to change their passwords.[18] Atlassian themselves were also targeted as part of the same attack and admitted that a legacy database with passwords stored in plain text had been compromised.[19]

When launched in 2002, Jira was purely issue tracking software, targeted at software developers. The app was later adopted by non-IT organizations as a project management tool. The process accelerated after the launch of Atlassian Marketplace in 2012, which allowed third-party developers to offer project management plugins for Jira.[20] BigPicture, Scriptrunner, Advanced Roadmaps (formerly Portfolio), Structure, Tempo Planner, and ActivityTimeline[21][22] are major project management plugins for Jira.[23]

The Jira Cloud integration in Slack works at your Atlassian Account level - once your Atlassian account (based on your email address) is authorized to Slack, all the Jira Cloud sites you have access to should be available.

One thing to double-check is that the "Logged in as _____@company.com" line has the right email address. Just moving roles in-company I would assume that you're still using the same email address, but if for some reason the new Jira instance you're trying to connect to added you with a different email address, that might be the culprit.

Sorry to break in on this thread. I have this issue where I have multiple slack workspaces and multiple Jira accounts. Jira is added two of the slack workspaces. However, I can't figure out how to switch the Jira accounts in slack. I receive messages for both, but I can only answer to one; the other one says "no access" and that's indeed not the one showing as the logged in email address.

Hi @rlangevoort , welcome! You should be able to use the /jira logout command in the Slack instance you need to change Jira email addresses in. When you run this, you'll be logged out and have a green "Log In" button available in Slack:

Clicking the button will start the login flow! First you'll authorize the Jira Cloud for Slack app in your browser (this is on Slack's website), and then you'll be directed to log in to an Atlassian account. At that point, you can use the other email address / Atlassian account you needed to switch to for that Slack workspace. Cheers!

I'm currently on a couple of projects for different developers, each with their own Jira/Conf Cloud. Is it possible to receive notifications from all of these within Slack if they're on different email addresses?

The only way I can see is to log out of one and into another, which would then only show me that company's updates.

Thanks!

That's currently correct - the Slack integration currently connects to Jira Cloud with a 1:1 relationship between the Slack user and the Atlassian account (where the login is an email address). A single Atlassian account can be a member of multiple Jira/Confluence Cloud sites, so I don't see the architecture of the connection being likely to change. We would just expect additional developers to add you to their sites using a single email address (and thus Atlassian account).

I am working for a company that is undergoing a consolidation effort to bring the management of all projects into a single platform, that is JIRA. As a result we are facing the challenge of migrating from various tools we are using at the moment for the different projects, that, desirably, also includes transferring all of the past history. The scenario that is relevant for me is switching from Kanbanize (kanbanize.com) to JIRA.

We are primarily looking at solutions that would not require dedicated programming and involvement of corresponding APIs, i.e., via widely used software (e.g., Excel) or any plugins (may be commercial as well). Has anyone had a similar challenge in the past, or have any suggestions in general?

Internet absolutely did not prove helpful with this one. In fact, trying to Google anything about migration TO JIRA actually yielded more results containing information about migration FROM JIRA to to other tools. It does look like competition puts way more emphasis on luring clients away from Atlassian, than the other way around :) It also seems to be the first time something like this is asked in this community. Hopefully someone can provide at least some guidance.

I find myself in similar position to yourself where my organisation are moving from Kanbanize into Jira and we are experience the same challenges around moving and retaining all the data that we need. I was wondering how this progressed for you and if you found any decent solutions?

Hi Andrius, welcome to the Community. It seems your primary question (?) has to do with migrating from Kanbanize. TBH, I have never heard of the tool, not that I am in all project management tools by any means. My point is, you are correct that there does not appear to be any specific posts in the Community about migrating to Jira from Kanbanize that my brief search yielded. With that said, the defacto answer for "how to migrate to Jira from product-xxx" is to use CSV import which I have used for various tools, e.g. excel, bugzilla, spiceworks, etc. While not glamorous and not perfect in all aspects, e.g. attachments, it is effective. In my opinion and experience the most important aspect of migrating to a new platform is the future and the past comes secondary. I keep instances of the old tools around w/ 1-2 licenses for a period of time if a user needs to reference any data that did not get imported. I also use a custom field "old ticket system" to import the previous ticket ID for quick reference. It is also worth mentioning that if you have a sizable project here then you might consider reaching out to a local Atlassian Partner to see if they can assist. Generally speaking their experience can be invaluable in these efforts.

Finally, if your team seems to really love Kanbanize maybe this addon for Jira would help w/ the transition - cards-plugin-for-jira . I have zero experience with this tool, just found searching the Marketplace for addons that might assist w/ migration, for which there were none. Finally, finally... you might go to and use the search for "importing" etc. as there are many articles that speak to various import challenges, e.g. attachments, links, etc.

Ran into a problem that others might have, figured I would record it here. When Exporting a Backup from one Jira instance to another while attempting a migration, I ran into the error that "The file **** is not a valid Jira backup". Since I had just created it from another Jira instance of the same build, I was surprised to see this. No edits by me, other than moving it between instances.

I tried recreating the backup, moving it different ways between VMs, but no success. Finally, I tried literally copying the backup RIGHT AFTER IT WAS MADE to the Import folder of the SAME Jira instance, and going to Project Import just to see what was up. Same error...

I'm not a linux person usually, so this may be obvious to some, but the less than helpful error message was trying to tell me that I didn't have PERMISSION to access this file. I had moved it from Export to Import while root, so the jira process couldn't access it, but didn't have a better way to tell me.

Welcome to the JIRA Server platform REST API reference. You can use this REST API to build add-ons for JIRA, develop integrations between JIRA and other applications, or script interactions with JIRA. This page documents the REST resources available in JIRA Server platform, along with expected HTTP response codes and sample requests.

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