How to Display Bugs from Bugzilla in Confluence

[Srinivas Prasad]

Hi,

I want my Confluence home page to display bugs from Bugzilla. Is there a specific macro plug-in for this, or a script that I can run? 

Any help in this regard is appreciated.

Regards,
Srini

[Bill Bailey]

I have developed a Bugzilla connector that makes REST calls to a Bugzilla 5.x server, plus a set of macros to enter bug links, or display a list of search results in a table. If you are interested to learn more, let me know.

[HIS eG]

Hi Bill!

I just found your answer via Google search and i am very intererested in your bugzilla connector for confluence. Can you tell me more about it? 

Regards!

Stefan

[Bill Bailey]

Hello Stefan,

It is a two-part solution. I have a plugin that builds a REST connection to a Bugzilla instance (set in the admin console). REST calls are returned as Java objects that are available in the Velocity context. Then I have a set of user macro:

• Bug link, that can display one or more bugs from a list as a set of links. Mouse-over on the link displays a bug summary, or the summary can be displayed inline after the bug link. Bug link decoration based on whether the bug is new, resolved, etc.
• Table lsting user-selectable values for a list of bugs.
• Table similar to above based on a Bugzilla search query.

The way it is structured, anyone familiar with Velocity could create their own macros for custom application. For example, I have a customer who stores release note data in Bugzilla. That information can now be brought in to Confluence, properly formatted for output to PDF release notes, all from a single macro with a search string. It greatly simplified their release-note process.

I don't have a publicly accessible demo site set up yet (too busy solving customer issues ), but  you can contact me through my website www.marketcomllc.com if you want more info.

[HIS eG]

Hi Bill!

Thanks for your reply. I tried to open your website, but it seems that your server is down...

[Pedro Cora]

Take a look at this page: https://www.cloudpipes.com/integrations/bugzilla/confluence It seems to provide some integration.

-- Pedro