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In this chapter, we will learn how to install JIRA on your system.
Important Points to Note
JIRA is a web application that provides a private website to an individual or a set of requested users belonging to the same company/project.
JIRA can be run as a Windows Service at the server side.
JIRA is a pure Java based application and supports all OS platforms like Windows, Linux of different versions or MAC, etc., those satisfy JDK/JRE requirements.
JIRA supports all famous browsers like Chrome, IE, Mozilla and Safari.
It supports Mobile browsers as well in mobile views.
System Requirements
Since JIRA is a web-application, it follows the concept of client/server. It means that JIRA can be installed centrally on a server and users can interact with it through web-browsers using a website from any computer.
Browser − JavaScript should be enabled, the user is recommended not to use any script-blocking tool like NoScript to access full functionality of JIRA.
JDK/JRE − It is recommended to update JRE/JDK with the latest version. JIRA 6.4 recommends using JRE/JDK version 8.
Since our scope is to consume the JIRA application as end users, we can ignore the server side requirements.
Installation at the Server Side
JIRA follows the Client/Server concept. At the server side, JIRA must be installed before using it as end user.
At the server side, JIRA must connect with relation database to store issues/application data.
Download the JIRA Windows Installer.exe file from the following link − https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/download?_ga=1.28526460.1787473978.1 488778536.
Select the OS type and click on Download.
The following screenshot shows how to download the .exe file for a specific OS.
Run the .exe file to run the installation wizard. The following screenshot shows the downloaded .exe file.
After clicking the .exe file, the Run confirmation pop-up displays, click on RUN. The following screenshot shows the RUN confirmation pop-up.
The following JIRA installation wizard displays, click on Next.
Choose the appropriate installation option as shown in following screenshot and then click on Next.
The installation summary is displayed with the Destination Directory, Home Directory, TCP Ports, etc., as shown in the following screenshot.
Click on Install. JIRA will start installing as displayed in following screenshot. It takes a couple of minutes to finish the installation.
After installation, JIRA will be started automatically if the check box to “Start JIRA Software 7.3.4 now” is checked. Then click on Next, if not, it can be accessed using the appropriate Windows Start Menu shortcut.
Click the Finish button.
The installer will create the following shortcuts on the start menu −
- Access JIRA
- Start JIRA Server
- Stop JIRA server
- Uninstall JIRA
The following screenshot shows the above-mentioned shortcuts −
Select the license type and enter organization name as shown in following screenshot −
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Click on Generate License
A confirmation pop-up will display as shown in the following screenshot. Click on Yes.
Set up the administration account as displayed in the following screenshot.
JIRA will automatically finish the setting-up as shown below −
Once JIRA finishes the setup and starts running in the server, the user can access it from a browser on any computer with network access to the JIRA server.
Getting JIRA 7.0.5 on to my mac wasn’t as straight forward as I’d expected but I finally got there in the end. The first thing to note from the Atlassian website is:
which was taken from https://confluence.atlassian.com/jira/installing-jira-on-mac-os-x-191501161.html. These steps are what we will be following as well. If you are interested in what I had to do, read on!
Step 1. Download JIRA.
This is the easy part.
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Step 2. Set JAVA_HOME
This is where the fun begins. In order to set JAVA_HOME, you have to have Java installed. To see if you have Java installed, type:
If you get “no Java runtime present, requesting install.” then you need to head over to Oracle and download the latest version of Java. The important part here is that if you download the entire JDK, you can probably save yourself a lot of time. That wouldn’t be fun so I decided to just download the JRE. It’s all I need and I didn’t want to bloat my system with extra stuff.
When I download the JRE (1.8.65 in my case), typing in java -version still didn’t work. This is when I came across this blog post: http://anas.pk/2015/09/02/solution-no-java-runtime-present-mac-yosemite/ from Muhammad.
The key was that:
“…by default, /usr/bin/java is a symlink to /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/Commands/java . To make it work on command line, we have to delete it and then recreate it pointing it to the java command in newly installed Oracle JRE which resides at /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin.”
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So the solution was simple. Just run:
>> sudo rm /usr/bin/java
>> sudo ln -s /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/bin/java /usr/bin
Not so fast. In the latest OSX 10.11 (El Capitan), you can’t just modify content in /usr/bin. There is this funky new security feature called SIP. System Integrity Protection and you can read all about it here. Basically it restricts what a root user can do. ie no longer do you have full control as a root user.
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But wait, there’s more! You can actually disable it by running
in recovery mode. Read how to do this here.
So now you have disabled SIP, and you can repoint the sym link, lo and behold, you should get:
And all that was to get Java installed! We still have to set JAVA_HOME!
To set JAVA_HOME:
Open terminal and type:
Hit “export JAVA_HOME=”/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home”
Click ESC then type :wq (save and quit in vim)
echo $JAVA_HOME if you see the path you are all set.
Step 3: Atlassian home directory
Go back to the Atlassian docs and set your home directory. You’ll have to find the “jira-application.properties” file which is located in “atlassian-jira-software-7.0.5-standalone/atlassian-jira/WEB-INF/classes”.
I set mine to /Atlassian/jira705. This allows me to install multiple versions in the same directory keeping it tidy. I can also make this the home directory for Confluence also.
Step 4: Start JIRA and pray it works.
Go into you Atlassian bin directory and run this command:
and you should see:
Now if that wasn’t a mission and a half, I don’t know what is. It took me the best part of half a day figuring all this out and granted there are easier ways, but they wouldn’t be as fun right?
Conclusion:
In the latest OSX version 10.11 El Capitan, there are a few road bumps to watch out for. Installing Java requires a few additional steps, some repointing and the figuring out of what exactly JAVA_HOME points to.
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Thanks to the author of the various resources pointed out as well.