Creating a new user

In order to access and use JIRA, you need to be a valid user. Normally, while using the built-in JIRA user management feature, users are created and stored in the JIRA database. In this recipe, we will look at how to create new user accounts in JIRA.

How to do it…

Proceed with the following steps to create a user account in JIRA:

1. Log in to JIRA as a JIRA administrator.

2. Navigate to Administration | User Management | Users.

3. Click on the Create User button.

4. Fill in the new user details and click on Create.

   Field	Value
   Username	This is a unique identifier for the user. This is what the user will use to log in to JIRA. You can use formats such as firstname.lastname or the user e-mail to ensure uniqueness. Since JIRA 6, the username can be changed after it is set.
   Password	This is the password for the user to authenticate. You need to leave this blank for JIRA to generate a random password.
   Confirm	This is to repeat the password.
   Full Name	This is the full name of...