Usage

To use the Jira plugin, the plugin must be loaded and an instance created before you can configure the plugin integration. You define configuration properties in the user interface or in a JSON file.

Integration type

The Jira plugin supports scheduled events integration which are listed in the following table.

Integration

There are two methods to integrate the plugin:

• Using the user interface
• Using a JSON file

The tables in the Configuration properties topic describe the properties used to define the integration.

Using the user interface

1. From the Plugins page, click Settings > Integrations > Plugins.
2. Under the Action column for the plugin, click Add Integration.
3. On the Add Integration page enter values for the fields used to configure the integration and define communication.
4. Click Save.

Using a JSON file

The JSON file contains the information for creating a value stream. Within the JSON file is a section for integrations. It is in this section that plugin properties can be defined.

1. From a value stream page, download the value stream map. The value stream map is a JSON file used to define integrations.
2. Edit the JSON file to include the plugin configuration properties.
3. Save and upload the JSON file. This replaces the current JSON file with the new content.
4. View the new integration on the Integrations page.

Minimum permission to integrate with Jira

The Jira Account used to generate the access token must have access to the project which is being integrated with HCL DevOps Velocity.

Configuration Properties

The following tables describe the properties used to configure the integration. Each table contains the field name when using the user interface and the property name when using a JSON file.

• The General Configuration Properties table describes configuration properties used by all plugin integrations.
• The Jira Configuration Properties table describes the configuration properties that define the connection and communications with the Jira server.

Some properties might not be displayed in the user interface, to see all properties enable the Show Hidden Properties field.

JSON code sample

The following sample code can be used as a template to define the integration within the JSON file for a value stream. Copy and paste the template into the JSON file Integration section and make the appropriate changes.

 "integrations": [
    {
      "type": "ucv-ext-jira",
      "tenant_id": "tenantid",
      "name": "Jira_Plugin ",
      "properties": {
        "baseUrl": "jira_server_url",
        "username": "jira_server_user_name",
        "password": "jira_server_password",
        "consumer_key": null,
        "consumer_secret": null,
        "access_token": null,
        "access_token_secret": null,
        "jiraProjects":["John-Project","John-Project 2"],
        "jiraJql":"project in ("John-Project")",
        "proxyServer": "proxy_server_url",
        "proxyUsername": "proxy_server_user_name",
        "proxyPassword": "proxy_server_password"
      }
    }  ]

Custom Field Mapping

The plugin assumes that the Jira server uses the fields names for Epics, Sprint and Story Points as  ‘Epic Link’, ‘Sprint’ and Story Points’. If the Jira server uses different field names than these, then the ‘Custom Field Mapping’ plugin property can be used to map the Jira field names to the above default field names assumed by the plugin. The field names can be mapped as name value pairs.

Example of a custom field mapping:

“Epic Link”: “Epic field name in Jira server”, “Sprint”: “Sprint field name in Jira server”, “Story Points”: “Story field name in Jira server”