Install Jira with Azure

Create a VM in Azure

• Resource group name: Jira
• Virtual machine name: Jira
• Region: (US) East US 2 (or another region where the B2s is available)
• Image: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• Size: B2s (this is needed to be able to run JIRA)
• Authentication Type: SSH public key (create an SSH key if necessary and paste in the public key)
• Inbound Ports: Allow SSH (22) only

Install MySQL on VM

Login to VM using ssh.

To install it, update the package index on your server with apt:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install mysql-server

Configuring MySQL

You will want to run the included security script.

sudo mysql_secure_installation

Configure your MySQL installation for JIRA.

1. Create a database user which Jira will connect as, for example jiradbuser
2. Create a database for Jira to store issues in, for example jiradb

to do this, run the mysql command as a root with a blank password

sudo mysql -u root -p

enter the following command from within the MySQL command client:

CREATE DATABASE jiradb CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_bin;

3. Make sure the user has permission to connect to the database:

GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,CREATE,DROP,ALTER,INDEX on <JIRADB>.* TO '<USERNAME>'@'<JIRA_SERVER_HOSTNAME>' IDENTIFIED BY '<PASSWORD>';

flush privileges;

Note: you can see your server hostname by using this command:

SHOW VARIABLES WHERE Variable_name = 'hostname';

GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,CREATE,DROP,ALTER,INDEX on jiradb.* TO 'dlatlrrb'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '!A1s2d3f4';

flush privileges;

4. Edit the my.cnf or my.ini file in your MySQL

sudo vi /etc/my.cnf

[mysqld]
default-storage-engine=INNODB
character_set_server=utf8mb4
innodb_default_row_format=DYNAMIC
innodb_large_prefix=ON
innodb_file_format=Barracuda
innodb_log_file_size=2G

😡 to save and exit vi editor and restart mysql service:

sudo /etc/init.d/mysql stop
sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start

Download the Jira installer

Head to https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/service-management/download/data-center and download the installer for your operating system.

scp -i ssh/Jira2_key.pem atlassian-jira-software-8.21.0-x64.bin azureuser@20.122.135.69:

login again using ssh.

Make the installer executable.

chmod a+x atlassian-jira-software-X.X.X-x64.bin

chmod a+x atlassian-jira-software-8.21.0-x64.bin

Run the installer, recommend using sudo to run the installer as this will create a dedicated account to run Jira and allow you to run Jira as a service.

sudo ./atlassian-jira-software-X.X.X-x64.bin

sudo ./atlassian-jira-software-8.21.0-x64.bin

Follow the prompts to install Jira. You’ll be asked for the following info:
 

• Install type – choose option 2 (custom) for the most control. 
• Destination directory – this is where Jira will be installed.
• Home directory – this is where Jira data like logs, search indexes and files will be stored.
• TCP ports – these are the HTTP connector port and control port Jira will run on. Stick with the default unless you’re running another application on the same port.
• Install as service – this option is only available if you ran the installer as sudo. 

Jira site is accessible from your URL like this:

http://<IP_address>:<port>

Copy the MySQL JDBC driver

Copy the MySQL JDBC driver to the Jira installation directory.

1. Download one of the recommended MySQL drivers:

MySQL Connector/J 5.1 driver

Move the file to Azure VM

scp -i ssh/Jira2_key.pem mysql-connector-java_8.0.28-1ubuntu18.04_all.deb azureuser@20.122.135.69:

Unpackage the deb file and Move to Jira directory

sudo dpkg -i mysql-connector-java_8.0.28-1ubuntu18.04_all.deb
cd /usr/share/java
sudo cp mysql-connector-java-8.0.28.jar /opt/atlassian/jira/lib/

Stop Jira service:

sudo bash /opt/atlassian/jira/bin/stop-jira.sh
sudo systemctl start jira
sudo systemctl status jira

access your Jira site and choose “I’ll set it up myself” option

Choose “My own database”

We do not need to setup an Email server
You can deal with the license when setting up JIRA. At that point, obtain a free 30 day trial.
You can download the JIRA installation to your laptop and then use sftp or scp to transfer the
file to the VM.
Make sure you store your admin password for JIRA in your password safe.