Jira OAuth/OpenID Server

Pre-requisites

To integrate your OAuth/OpenID Client Application with Jira Server, you need the following items:

• Jira should be installed and configured.
• Admin credentials are set up in Jira.

Download And Installation

• Log into your Jira instance as an admin.
• Navigate to the settings menu and Click Manage Apps.
• Click Find new apps or Find new add-ons from the left-hand side of the page.
• Locate miniOrange OAuth/OpenID Server for Jira via search.
• Click Try free to begin a new trial or Buy now to purchase a license.
• Enter your information and click Generate license when redirected to MyAtlassian.
• Click Apply license.

Step 1: Register an OAuth/OpenID client app:

Follow the steps given below to register your client application on the Jira OAuth/OpenID server.

• Open the plugin configurations.
• Go the OAuth/OpenID Client tab.
• Select the Protocol in the dropdown.
• Enter an App Name as you want.
• Copy Redirect / Callback URL from your OAuth/OpenID client and enter it under Redirect URI. It is the URL where users will be redirected after they are authenticated.
• Enter Scope as “email” (If you have selected OAuth protocol).
• Click on Save.

Step 2: Configuration on the Client Application:

• After saving the client application, the server displays Client ID, Client Secret and Scope.

• Navigate to the Server Endpoints to get all the endpoints of the OAuth/OpenId provider and Public Key.

• Note down Client ID, Client Secret, Scope, all the endpoints and Public Key to configure in your OAuth Client.

• Important Note:

  Sending the client credentials parameters to the Token Endpoint in HTTP Body is required.

Additional Resources

• What is OAuth?
• miniOrange OAuth Server
• Jira OAuth Client
• Confluence OAuth Client