Creating or editing an endpoint for JIRA activity

Endpoints provide the configuration information that the Studio and the Integration Appliance used to connect to JIRA platform. JIRA connector supports only Basic authentication mechanism so as to authorize users to perform operations. JIRA connector also supports HTTPS connection.

Selecting or editing an JIRA endpoint

  1. In the Create Endpoint or Edit Endpoint pane, configure the JIRA endpoint as described in the following table.
    Note: Changing the configuration properties of an endpoint affects all orchestrations that use that endpoint in the project. The edits are global, not local.
  2. Click Test Connection to confirm that the connection details are valid and you are able to connect to the JIRA successfully.
  3. Click OK.
Table 1. Connection properties
Field Name Description
Host Name Host Name for JIRA instance (on-premise or cloud).
Port Number Port for JIRA instance User Name Authentication user name for accessing JIRA instance.
Password Authentication password for accessing JIRA instance.
Following parameters are required in endpoint test connection screen to make connection via Proxy:
Host Name Host Name of Proxy Network
Port Port Number of the Proxy Network.
User Name User name for accessing service via proxy network.
Password Password for accessing service via proxy network.
Following parameters are required in endpoint test connection screen to make HTTPS connection:
HTTPS Checkbox to indicate weather HTTPS to be used
Certificate HTTPS certificate
SSL Protocol Version Protocol version for certificate.
Following parameters are required in endpoint test connection screen to make settings for Connection TimeOut:
Timeout after........ seconds when establishing a connection to the endpoint Specifies the amount of time in seconds before a timeout occurs between the activity making a request on an Endpoint and the time it takes the Endpoint to respond. The default is 300 seconds.

In addition with the above parameters, there is also a provision for Secure Connector configuration to connect the Endpoint with JIRA on-premise instance.

Objects Supported by the JIRA Connector

JIRA connector supports the JIRA objects as detailed in the table below:

Table 2. Operations supported by the JIRA objects
JIRA Objects Create Update Delete Retrieve All Retrieve Search
Attachment Yes Yes Yes
Component Yes Yes
Filter Yes Yes Yes Yes
Issue Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
IssueComment Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
IssueLink Yes Yes Yes
IssueLinkType Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
IssueWorkLog Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
IssueVote Yes Yes
Version Yes Yes Yes Yes
ProjectRole Yes Yes
Votes Yes
Watchers Yes Yes Yes
Group Yes
IssueType Yes Yes
Priority Yes Yes
Project Yes
Resolution Yes Yes
Status Yes Yes
User Yes Yes
UserOverMultiProject Yes
AssignableUser Yes
UsersWithPermissions Yes



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