Atlassian Integration Guide : Dragons Stage 5 - Install FishEye and Crucible


There will be much flapping of wings and breathing of fire. You are embarking on stage 5 of the Atlassian Dragon Quest.

In this stage, you will install FishEye and hook it up to a Mercurial repository on Bitbucket for breathtaking overviews of your source code repository. At the same time, you will set up Crucible for piercingly insightful code reviews. Prepare to be blown away by FishEye/Crucible's integration with JIRA and Bamboo.

Time estimate: This stage will take approximately 30 minutes.

On this page:

Step 1. Install Mercurial

The first step is to install a source control management tool, so that you have a code repository for FishEye to look at. We will use Mercurial.

  1. Get Mercurial and Python. Make sure that you get Mercurial 1.5 or later (requiring Python 2.7).
    Note: For some UNIX distributions, the default download will include Mercurial 1.4.3. You will need a later version: 1.5 through 1.9.x. To find the download for a specific version of Mercurial, go to the download directory.
  2. Add or edit your Mercurial configuration file at C:\Documents and Settings\MY_NAME\mercurial.ini (Windows XP) or C:\Users\MY_NAME\mercurial.ini (Windows 7) or ~/.hgrc  (UNIX). The file should contain your preferred editor and your username.
    • If the Mercurial configuration file does not exist, create it.
    • If you do not already have a username, you can use atlassian_dragons:

      [ui]
      ; editor used to enter commit logs, etc.  Most text editors will work.
      editor = notepad
      username = atlassian_dragons
      

Step 2. Create your FishEye Database in PostgreSQL

Now you will create a database where FishEye will store its data, and the user that FishEye will use to connect to the database. Crucible will use this database as well. We are assuming that you have already created your PostgreSQL database server in Dragons Stage 1.

(info) We are using pgAdmin III, the administration user interface supplied with PostgreSQL. If you used the one-click installer in Dragons Stage 1, pgAdmin III will be already installed on your computer.

  1. Start pgAdmin III.
  2. Right-click (or double-click) the database server name and log in using the password that you specified for the 'postgres' super user.
  3. Add a new login role called 'fishuser':
    • Right-click Login Roles and select New Login Role.
    • Enter the role Role name: fishuser
    • Enter a suitable Password and enter it again to confirm it.
    • Click the Role privileges tab.
    • Select Can create database objects.
    • Select Can create roles.
    • Click OK to create the user.
  4. Add a new database called 'fisheye':
    • Right-click Databases and select New Database.
    • Enter the database Name: fisheye
    • Select the Owner: fishuser
    • Click OK to create the database.

Alternatively, If you are on UNIX and do not have pgAdmin III, you can use the command line interface instead. Assuming that you are using the default installation directory of /opt/PostgreSQL/8.4/bin/, enter the following commands:

sudo -s -H -u postgres
# Create the FishEye user:
/opt/PostgreSQL/8.4/bin/createuser -S -d -r -P -E fishuser
# Create the FishEye database:
/opt/PostgreSQL/8.4/bin/createdb --owner fishuser --encoding utf8 fisheye
exit

Screenshot 1 (click to enlarge): FishEye/Crucible database and user in PostgreSQL

Problems? Please raise a support ticket for the product you're stuck on, or see answers from the community.
Victory? Please continue.

Step 3. Install FishEye and Crucible

Requirements: FishEye/Crucible 2.7.10.

For Windows: (click to expand)
  1. Go to the Atlassian download centre.
  2. Download the FishEye 2.7.10 zip archive. This archive includes Crucible 2.7.10 as well.
    (warning) Please use the FishEye version specified in this documentation. If the download centre shows a FishEye version later than 2.7.10, click downloads archive and get FishEye 2.7.10.
    Why? We have tested the integration suite with this version. There is a chance that you will have problems integrating the other applications if you use a different version.
  3. Unpack the zip archive into a directory of your choice, avoiding spaces in the directory name. For example: c:\fisheyecrucible
    We will now refer to this location as the FishEye/Crucible installation directory.
  4. Now you will create another directory where FishEye/Crucible will store local data, separate from the installation directory:
    • Create the new directory. For example: C:\data\fisheyecrucible
    • Create an environment variable called 'FISHEYE_INST' and point it to your new data directory. (Open your Windows Control Panel. Click System to open the 'System Properties'. Click the Advanced tab. Click Environment Variables. Add a new System variable with the name 'FISHEYE_INST' and a value of your new data directory's location, such as C:\data\fisheyecrucible.)
      Note: Ignore the fact that this environment variable is called 'INST'. It has nothing to do with the installation directory. This environment variable points to the data directory, but it must still have the name specified above.
    • Copy the config.xml file from the root of your FishEye/Crucible installation directory to the root of your new data directory.
  5. Because FishEye/Crucible will be running on the same machine as JIRA (already installed), you need to ensure that the URL paths are different for FishEye/Crucible and JIRA. Change the default FishEye/Crucible path as follows:
    • Edit the config.xml in your FishEye/Crucible data directory.
    • Add the context attribute to the web-server  element:

      <web-server context="/fisheye">
  6. Start FishEye/Crucible from the command line by running bin\run.bat  from your FishEye/Crucible installation directory.
    • Wait a few minutes for the server to launch. This message will appear on the command line once ready:
      'INFO - Server started on :8060 (http) (control port on your-server-IP-address:8059)'.
For UNIX or Linux:
  1. Go to the Atlassian download centre.
  2. Download the FishEye 2.7.10 zip archive. This archive includes Crucible 2.7.10 as well.
    (warning) Please use the FishEye version specified in this documentation. If the download centre shows a FishEye version later than 2.7.10, click downloads archive and get FishEye 2.7.10.
    Why? We have tested the integration suite with this version. There is a chance that you will have problems integrating the other applications if you use a different version.
  3. Unpack the zip archive into a directory of your choice, avoiding spaces in the directory name. For example: /opt/fecru-x.x.x
    We will now refer to this location as the FishEye/Crucible installation directory.
  4. Now you will create another directory where FishEye/Crucible will store local data, separate from the installation directory:
    • Create the new data directory. For example: /opt/fisheyecrucible
    • Create an environment variable called 'FISHEYE_INST' and point it to your new data directory.
      Note: Ignore the fact that this environment variable is called 'INST'. It has nothing to do with the installation directory. This environment variable points to the data directory, but it must still have the name specified above.
    • Copy the config.xml file from the root of your FishEye installation directory to the root of your new data directory.
  5. Because FishEye/Crucible will be running on the same machine as JIRA (already installed), you need to ensure that the URL paths are different for FishEye/Crucible and JIRA. Change the default FishEye/Crucible path as follows:
    • Edit the config.xml in your FishEye/Crucible data directory.
    • Add the context attribute to the web-server  element:

      <web-server context="/fisheye">
  6. Start FishEye/Crucible from the command line by running ./bin/run.sh from your FishEye/Crucible installation directory.
    • Wait a few minutes for the server to launch. This message will appear on the command line once ready:
      'INFO - Server started on :8060 (http) (control port on your-server-IP-address:8059)'.

Problems? Please raise a support ticket for the product you're stuck on, or see answers from the community.
Victory? Please continue.

Step 4. Set Up FishEye and Crucible

In this step you will do the initial setup of your FishEye/Crucible site. As part of this process, you will connect FishEye and Crucible to JIRA, so that you can manage all your users via JIRA and share information between JIRA and FishEye/Crucible.

  1. To access FishEye/Crucible, go to your web browser and type this address: http://localhost:8060/fisheye. Alternatively, type the host name or IP address instead of localhost.
  2. The FishEye/Crucible setup wizard will start.
    • If you already have a license key, click Enter existing license. Enter your FishEye license into the FishEye License Key field and your Crucible license into the Crucible License Key field.
    • If you do not have a license key, click Obtain evaluation license and follow the instructions on screen. If prompted, ensure that you choose to include Crucible as part of this evaluation.
  3. Click Next. The 'Connect to JIRA' step will appear. Enter the following information:
    • JIRA Base URL – Enter the web address of your JIRA server. For example: http://www.foobar.com:8080
    • Admin Username: charlie
      This is Charlie's username in JIRA.
    • Admin Password – Enter Charlie's password for JIRA.
  4. Leave the other fields (the 'advanced options') at their default values and click the Connect to JIRA button.
  5. The 'Set administrator password' screen will appear. Enter an administration password and then enter it again to confirm it.
    This is the password you can use to access your FishEye/Crucible administration screens, by clicking the 'Administration' option at the bottom of the FishEye screens. In addition, you will be able to access the administration screens using the username charlie and Charlie's JIRA password.
  6. Click Next.
  7. Click Add repository to exit the wizard.
  8. Log in to FishEye/Crucible when prompted.
    You can use the administration password that you defined in the previous step, or you can use Charlie's login. We recommend that you log in as Charlie:
    1. Click Log In in the top menu bar.
    2. Enter the username 'charlie' and Charlie's password in JIRA.
  9. The FishEye/Crucible 'Admin' screen will appear. Now you will connect FishEye/Crucible to your database. In the left-hand 'Admin' menu, click Database under 'Systems Settings'.
  10. Click Edit  and enter the following details:
    • Type: PostgreSQL
    • Driver Location: Bundled
    • URL: jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/fisheye – Note that this value is different from the default value.
    • User Name: fishuser – This is the user you created in step 2 (above).
    • Password – Enter the password you defined in step 2 (above).
  11. Click Test Connection to verify that FishEye/Crucible can log in to the database.
  12. Click Save & Migrate, then click OK when the migration is complete.

Screenshot 2 (click to enlarge): FishEye/Crucible database migration successful

Full details are in the FishEye documentation.

Problems? Please raise a support ticket for the product you're stuck on, or see answers from the community.
Victory? Please continue.

Step 5. Connect FishEye to Bitbucket

For this integration exercise we provide a Bitbucket repository that you can connect to your FishEye 'Dragons' repository. Bitbucket is a code hosting site for the Mercurial distributed version control system (DVCS). We recommend this repository because:

  • We have committed a code change with a JIRA issue key in the commit message, to match a JIRA issue you created earlier. This will allow you to see the JIRA and FishEye integration immediately, without having to do your own commit.
  • The sample repository is small, so that FishEye's initial repository indexing process will be fast.

(info) FishEye supports Mercurial, Subversion and a number of other repository types. When you start using FishEye outside this integration exercise, you will need to create another FishEye repository and connect it to your source repository as described in the FishEye documentation.

For this integration exercise, follow the steps below to connect to our sample repository.

  1. Go to your FishEye administration screen in your browser.
  2. In the left-hand 'Admin' menu, click Repositories under 'Repository Settings'.
  3. Click Add Existing. The first screen of the 'Add Repository' wizard will appear.
  4. Enter the following information:
    • Repository Type: Mercurial
    • Name: Dragons
    • Description: Dragons repository
  5. Click Next  and enter the following information:
    • Repository Location: https://bitbucket.org/atlassian_dragons/dragonslayers
    • Authentication Style: No authentication
  6. Click Next  and enter the following information:
    • Store Diff Info – Select this checkbox.
    • Enable Repository After Adding – Select this checkbox.
  7. Click Test Connection to verify that Bitbucket is properly connected to FishEye. Click Close.
  8. Click Add. The 'Repositories' page will display the 'Dragons' repository.
  9. Click the Source tab at the top of the screen.
  10. Click the star symbol next to the 'Dragons' repository to select it as a favourite. (Note: You need to be logged in as Charlie in order to see the star symbol. If you are logged in purely for administration, you will not see the symbol. If you are not logged in as Charlie, please log in now.)
  11. Click the FishEye logo at top left of the screen to return to the FishEye dashboard. You should be able to see the activity stream showing recent commit messages for the repository.
    If you do not see any activity, please wait a while for FishEye to finish scanning (indexing) the repository. With our sample repository, this should only take a few minutes.

Screenshot 3 (click to enlarge): FishEye dashboard with activity stream

Full details are in the FishEye documentation. You can learn about Bitbucket and Mercurial in the Bitbucket documentation.

Problems? Please raise a support ticket for the product you're stuck on, or see answers from the community.
Victory? Please continue.

Victory!

(tick) You can now see your source in FishEye. Go to the FishEye dashboard, click the Source tab and click Dragons to browse the contents of your new 'Dragons' repository.

(info) If your repository is large, FishEye may take a while to index all your files. If the index scanning is still underway, you will see a message at the top of the screen saying 'NOTE: The repository is being scanned, some statistics may not be up to date. ...'

(tick) Want an RSS feed of your repository activity? Go to the Activity tab on the 'Source' view. Click Tools then RSS Feed. You can get an RSS feed on the dashboard too.

(tick) Click the changeset number (0:922fd9308885) in the activity stream to see FishEye's view of your source code.

Screenshot 4 (click to enlarge): FishEye source repository viewer

Problems? Please raise a support ticket for the product you're stuck on, or see answers from the community.
Victory? Please continue.

Don your armour and move to the next stage