Connecting Jira to source control using a native integration
Most source control platforms have two ways to connect to Jira: a native connection (from the perspective of the source control application) or a plugin installation using Atlassian’s Universal Plugin Manager (UPM).
In this section, we will look at how to use native integration to connect Jira and GitLab. Native integration means we are adding the integration from the GitLab application directly and not going through an app on the Jira side.
GitLab is a popular web-based DevOps life-cycle tool that provides a Git repository for source control. GitLab also features wiki, CI/continuous deployment/delivery (CD), and code review capabilities. It is a complete application that allows developers and teams to cover the full software development life cycle (SDLC), from planning to creation, building, verifying, security testing, deploying, and monitoring.
Getting ready
To execute this recipe, you will need a GitLab...