How to create an app password for Jira

[Sreenu Raghavan]

I need to do Jira ntegration with Sensu. Since 2FA enabled, default integration is not working. So I need a app password.

[Jan]

Is this what you are looking for? 

https://id.atlassian.com/manage/api-tokens#

[Moses Thomas]

Hi,

The API tokens for it not working after SSO is enable. Is this some bug from Atlassian or what, the tokens should work after Atlassian informed.

[Moses Thomas]

It worked after generating the correct API key :)

[Sreenu Raghavan]

Since 2FA enabled for Jira access, our monitoring application is not able to create Jira tcikets based on alerts. To bypass 2FA, we need a App password. 

Ex: 

https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucket/app-passwords-828781300.html

https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833?hl=en

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

This does not answer the question.

What are you expecting from an "app password", when Jira is built on users?

[vzarembouski]

Hello! I have the same question. For exampleI want ti integrate Jira with Intellij Idea for task management. This requires login with user\password, but it couldn't be done with 2fa. So "app password", that allows third-party apps login and communicate with Jira is what I need in that case.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

It's the same answer as above - you will need to consult the docs for whatever your 2FA system is.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

You'll need to explain what you mean by an "app password", as Jira doesn't have one and relies on user accounts for access.

[Sreenu Raghavan]

Using an app password I should be able to login to Jira using my username and 16 digit app password. 

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

You'll need to look at the documentation for whatever you've used to enable 2 factor authentication on Jira.

[Matthew Reede]

Are you trying to configure your jira with gmail?
if so, the app password is a google thing. you'll have to go to your google account's security settings and generate an app password.

see google's docs

[zunairf]

I just tested something but failed, this issue is related.

Sadly per this article it only works on jira cloud: https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloudkb/configure-gmail-imap-mail-servers-with-multi-factor-authentication-in-jira-965552856.html