Jira is a proprietary project management software from Atlassian which allows bug tracking and agile project management. It comes with a user-friendly web interface that allows users to create stories and issues, and plan and distribute tasks across teams and departments. Whether you’re creating a personal or company setting up a self-hosted project management platform, Jira can help you build and manage your content on every device with its intuitive and powerful user and admin dashboard. For more about Jira, please check its homepage. When you’re ready to install Jira on Ubuntu, follow the steps below:
Update Ubuntu
Before installing Jira software on Ubuntu, you must first prepare Ubuntu and update installed packages. To do that, run the commands below: Continue below to install and set up Jira.
Install MariaDB Database Server
Jira also needs a database server to store its content. and MariaDB database server is a great place to start when looking at open-source database servers to use with Jira. To install MariaDB run the commands below. After installing MariaDB, the commands below can be used to stop, start and enable the MariaDB service always to start up when the server boots. Run these on Ubuntu After that, run the commands below to secure the MariaDB server by creating a root password and disallowing remote root access. When prompted, answer the questions below by following the guide.
Enter current password for root (enter for none): Just press the Enter Set root password? [Y/n]: Y New password: Enter password Re-enter new password: Repeat password Remove anonymous users? [Y/n]: Y Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n]: Y Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n]: Y Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n]: Y
Restart MariaDB server To test if MariaDB is installed, type the commands below to logon into the MariaDB server You should see similar messages below: That’s how to install MariaDB on Ubuntu.
Create Jira Database
Now that MariaDB is installed, go and create a blank database for Jira. Run the commands below to log on to MariaDB. When prompted for a password, type the root password you created above. Then create a database called jira Create a database user called jirauser with a new password Then grant the user full access to the jira database. Finally, save your changes and exit. Next, run the commands below to open the MariaDB configuration file. Copy and paste the highlighted lines under [mysqld] Save the file and exit. When you’re done, restart MariaDB. That should be it!
Download and Install Jira
To get Jira installed, visit its download page from the link below: https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/download As of this writing, the current version is 8.7.1. Change into the temp directory and download Jira. Then extract the downloaded file using the commands below: Next, run the commands below to begin the installation. When running the binary file you will be prompted to answer a couple of questions as highlighted below. You can choose to install Jira in any directory. To simplify things, I chose to install it in my home folder. After that, Jira should be installed and started. Before you can configure Jira for web portal access, make sure to download the MySQL JDBC driver. You can get it from the link below: Run the commands below to download it: After that stop and start Jira services To access its portal, simply open your browser and browser to the server hostname or IP address followed by port 8080. The first page presents two options as shown. Click on I’ll set it up myself and click on the Next button. On the next Window, click on My database and for the Database type value, click and select MySQL 5.7+. Set up your application property and continue. Next, you will be required to enter the license key of JIRA. You need a license key to set up Jira. Enter your license key or generate a new license key below. You need an account at MyAtlassian to generate a license key. Create an account, if you don’t already have one; log in and generate a trial license key for your application. Then paste the license key in the box and continue. Create an admin account and continue. Continue and complete the installation wizard. Once done, you should be able to set up your projects. That’s it! Conclusion: This post showed you how to install Jira software on Ubuntu 18.04 | 16.04. If you find any error above, please use the comment form below to report it. Thanks,
