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Mastering JIRA 7

You're reading from   Mastering JIRA 7 Become an expert at using JIRA 7 through this one-stop guide!

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786466860
Length 450 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Ravi Sagar Ravi Sagar
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Planning Your JIRA Installation 2. Searching in JIRA FREE CHAPTER 3. Reporting – Using Charts to Visualize the Data 4. Customizing JIRA for Test Management 5. Understanding Zephyr and its Features 6. Sample Implementation of Use Cases 7. User Management, Groups, and Project Roles 8. Configuring JIRA User Directories to Connect with LDAP, Crowd, and JIRA User Server 9. JIRA Add-On Development and Leveraging the REST API 10. Importing and Exporting Data in JIRA and Migrating Configuration 11. Working with Agile Boards in JIRA Software 12. JIRA Administration with ScriptRunner and the CLI Add-on 13. Database Access 14. Customizing Look, Feel, and Behavior 15. Implementing JIRA Service Desk 16. Integrating JIRA with Common Atlassian Applications and Other Tools 17. JIRA Best Practices 18. Troubleshooting JIRA

User and group management


JIRA is a web-based application used to track project issues that are assigned to people. The users to whom these issues will be assigned need to exist in the system. When JIRA is deployed in any organization, the first thing that should be done is gather the list of people who will be using this tool; hence, their accounts need to be created in JIRA. Each user will have their username and password unique to them; this allows them to log in to the system. JIRA has its own internal authentication mechanism as well as the ability to integrate with Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).

Deciding upon the creation of user accounts

In large organizations where there is no license limit or where there is a need to create users regularly, as in the case of a customer care system, JIRA can be configured in two modes—public and private. If you want to enable signup, then configure JIRA in public mode and it will display a signup link on the user login screen. However...

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