This page last changed on Jun 20, 2007 by rosie@atlassian.com.

If you have already been using Atlassian JIRA, and are now configuring JIRA as a Crowd application, you will probably want to import your existing JIRA users and groups into a Crowd directory.

It is recommended that you import your JIRA users into an Internal Directory that has its 'Password Encryption' set to 'ATLASSIAN-SHA1'. Otherwise, users' passwords will not be copied across to Crowd.

Before you begin:

You will need to have installed the JIRA instance's database JDBC driver in the Crowd CLASS-PATH.

To import users and groups from Atlassian JIRA into a Crowd directory,

  1. Login to the Crowd Administration Console.
  2. Click the 'Directories' link in the top navigation bar.
  3. This will display the Directory Browser. Click the 'Import Users' link.
  4. This will display the 'Import Type' screen. Click the 'Atlassian Importer' button.
  5. This will display the 'Options' screen. Complete the fields as follows:
    • 'Atlassian Product' — select 'JIRA'.
    • 'Directory' — select the directory that is mapped to the JIRA application.
    • 'DB URL' — type the URL of your JIRA instance's database. The exact syntax will depend on which database you are using; see Connecting JIRA to a Database in the JIRA Installation Guide.
    • 'DB Driver' — type the name of your JIRA instance's database JDBC driver (e.g. for MYSQL, type  com.mysql.jdbc.Driver).
    • 'Username' — type the username of the database user that Crowd will use to login to your JIRA instance's database.
    • 'Password' — type the password of the database user Crowd will use to login to your JIRA instance's database.
      The import process will log in to the database, not into JIRA.
  6. Click the 'Continue' button to import the users from your JIRA instance into your Crowd directory.
  7. The 'Status' screen will be displayed, showing how many users and groups have been imported into your Crowd directory.
  8. Click the 'Principals' button to view and manage the imported users and groups via the Crowd Administration Console (assuming the directory's permissions allow this).

Screenshot: 'Import JIRA Users'


 


Next Step

To give the imported groups access to the JIRA application, see 3.4 Specifying which Groups can access an Application.

Related Topics  

Crowd Documentation  


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