JIRA 6.x Administration Cookbook.

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Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: JIRA Server Administration; Introduction; Installing JIRA for production use; Upgrading JIRA with an installer; Upgrading JIRA manually; Migrating JIRA to another environment; Setting up the context path for JIRA; Setting up SSL; Installing SSL certificates from other applications; Resetting the JIRA administrator password; Generating test data in JIRA; Anonymizing JIRA exports; Chapter 2: Fields and Screens; Introduction; Creating a new custom field.

Creating separate select options for different projectsMaking a field required; Making the assignee field required; Hiding a field from view; Choosing a different field renderer; Creating a new field configuration; Creating a new screen; Removing the none option; Adding help tips to custom fields; Using JavaScript with custom fields; Creating custom field with custom logic; Chapter 3: JIRA Workflows; Introduction; Creating a new workflow; Adding screens to workflow transitions; Using common transitions; Using global transitions; Restricting the availability of workflow transitions.

Validating user input in workflow transitionsPerforming additional processing after a transition is executed; Rearranging the workflow transition bar; Restricting the resolution values in a transition; Preventing issue updates in selected statuses; Making a field required during workflow transition; Creating custom workflow transition logic; Sharing workflows with workflow bundles; Chapter 4: User Management; Introduction; Creating a new user; Inviting a new user to sign up; Enabling a public user sign up; Managing groups and group membership; Managing project roles.

Managing default project role membershipDeactivating a user; Integrating and importing users from LDAP; Integrating with LDAP for authentication only; Integrating with Atlassian Crowd; Integrating with another JIRA instance for user information; Enabling JIRA as a user repository; Setting up single sign-on with Crowd; Setting up a Windows-domain single sign-on; Chapter 5: JIRA Security; Introduction; Granting access to JIRA; Granting JIRA System Administrator access; Controlling access to a project; Controlling access to JIRA issue operations; Setting up issue-level permissions.

Restricting access to projects based on reporter permissionsSetting up password policies; Capturing electronic signatures for changes; Changing the duration of the remember me cookies; Changing the default session timeout; Chapter 6: E-mails and Notifications; Introduction; Setting up an outgoing mail server; Sending e-mails to users from JIRA; Sending notifications for issue updates; Creating custom events; Creating custom e-mail templates; Disabling outgoing notifications; Creating mail handlers to process incoming e-mails; Setting up a project-specific From address.

Chapter 7: Integrating with JIRA.

A comprehensive guide, full of practical recipes with real-life JIRA administration challenges, solutions, and examples with illustrations from the actual application. If you are an administrator who will be customizing, supporting, and maintaining JIRA for your organization, this book is for you. Familiarity with the core concepts of JIRA is essential. For some recipes, basic understanding in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript will also be helpful.