About Me

DevOps@RajeshKumar.XYZ

About this course

• Understand, set up and use JIRA
• Not version specific
• Practical demonstrations

Modules

• Module 1: Introduction
• Module 2: Planning and Installing
• Module 3: Configuring
• Module 4: Reporting
• Module 5: Administrating and Extending

Agenda

• What is JIRA?
• The anatomy of an Issue
• JIRA Concepts
• Basic Features Demo

What is JIRA?

• Project and Issue tracker
• Great tool for Agile teams
• Extendable

The anatomy of an Issue

• Base information fields
• Resolution and Status
• Custom fields

JIRA Concepts

• Issue
• Component
• Project
• Workflow

Other concepts

• JIRA Query Language
• Filters
• Reports
• Add-ons

Summary

• What is JIRA
• Issues
• Concepts
• Demonstration of basic features

Agenda

• Supported platforms
• Topology
• Hardware requirements
• Walkthrough of installation
• Migrating from other trackers

On demand or in-house?

• On-Demand
  • Easy to get started, no installation
  • High availability
• In-House
  • Runs on your hardware
  • Can be more secure

Different modes of installing

• Archive installation
• Installation Wizard
• Unattended installation

Supported Operating Systems for JIRA 6.0

• Java (Oracle JDK/JRE) 1.7
• Microsoft Windows / Linux / Solaris

Application servers and databases

• Apache 7.0.29
• Tomcat 6.0.32
• Oracle 11G (with Oracle 11.2 X drivers)
• MySQL 5.x
• PostgreSQL 9.0, 8.4 and 8.3
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2005

Web browsers

• Chrome
• Microsoft Internet Explorer
• Mozilla Firefox
• Safari
• Mobile browsers

Topology

• Single or Multiple server
• Placement of server

Hardware Recommendations

• Recent multicore server with 2gb ram and a fast hard-drive
• Add more ram and cores to handle concurrent requests
• Large scale

Walkthrough: Installation

• Setting up the database
• Installing Jira
• Configuring for first time use

Migrating from other issue trackers

• Built-in importers
• The CSV importer
• Third-party tools

Summary

• Deciding type of installation
• Supported platforms
• Walkthrough of installation
• Migrating from other trackers

Agenda

• Creating your first project
• The Jira Structure
• Screens
• Fields
• Workflows

Demo: Creating your first project

• Project
• Components
• Versions

The JIRA structure

The system workflow

Steps and transitions

• Step
  • Can only be in one step at a time
  • Correspond to a status
• Transitions
  • Move between steps
  • One way link
• Specification of transition
  • Screen
  • Condition
  • Validators
  • Post functions

Summary

• Creating your first project
• Screens
• Fields
• Workflows

Agenda

• Searching
• Understanding JQL
• Creating filters
• Creating reports
• Setting up a Dashboard

Searching

• Quick Search
• Basic Search
• Advanced Search using JQL

Keywords for Smart Querying

The JIRA Query Language (JQL)

	project="Acme RoadRunner Tracker"
	                    

	project="Acme RoadRunnerTracker" order by assignee
						

Operators and Keywords

Creating reports in JIRA

• Prebuilt Reports
• Plugin API
• Export issue-filters to Microsoft Excel
• SQL Queries
• Marketplace

Reports in JIRA

• Workload Pie Chart Report
• User Workload Report
• Version Workload Report
• Single Level Group by Report
• Created vs Resolved Issues Report
• Resolution Time Report
• Pie Chart Report
• Average Age Report
• Recently Created Issues Report
• Time Since Issues Report

Summary

• Basic search with Smart Querying
• JQL
• Filters
• Reports
• Dashboards

Agenda

• Managing users
• Advanced Configuration
• Server Administration
• Extending JIRA

Understanding JIRA Security

Integrating with User Directories

• Microsoft Active Directory
• OpenLDAP
• Several directories

Configuring Email

• Email setup
• Notification scheme

Increasing available memory for JIRA

• Diagnose
• Increase

Server Administration

• Database Integrity Checker
• Backup and Restore
• Tips for Optimizing Performance
  • Local files
  • Upgrade JAVA
  • Consider the usage

Extending JIRA

• Integrating with a Source Control provider
• Using Webhooks
• Development with SDK
• Add-ons

Summary

• Users and groups
• Integration with user directories
• Configuring email
• Server Administration
• Webhooks
• Addons

Questions?

Thanks for You!

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