Fresh install of jira

[ronald Lagle]

Trying to install JIRA for the first time.  Step 3 is connect to database.  This isn't clear what database, how does it need to be installed and configured?  I dealt with older versions but don't remember having to install a database

[Robert Wen_Cprime_]

Hello @ronald Lagle ! Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Jira has always required connection to a database.  Your options are:

for Production use (recommended), you can connect to a database served by PostgreSQL, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle

testing allows for installation of H2. 

[ronald Lagle]

Thanks for the reply

I didn't do the install at my old job just maintained jira.  So the issue is I'm on a isolated system so no internet connectivity.   So software installs can be a pain.  I'm on a Rhel 7 box, I have mariadb (which is a version of mysql)  Will that work?  What do I need to do for Jira (i.e. configuration/space requirements)  

Joe

[Robert Wen_Cprime_]

Here's an installation guide for Linux that should help: https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver/installing-jira-applications-on-linux-938846841.html

It looks like MariaDB is not supported.  You should probably look at MySQL or PostgreSQL.

[ronald Lagle]

Yes, i've looked at this which is what prompted me to post here.  This issue is it just says "connect to your database"  Which isn't a very helpful answer

[Robert Wen_Cprime_]

Here's additional instructions for configuring the database, divided by which database you're going to use.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver/connecting-jira-applications-to-a-database-938846850.html