JIRA - Linux

[Mano Chitra R]

Hi,

Can any one please help me to understand how to install and access JIRA in Linux ?

I have JIRA installed as a service in Windows server but i wanted to learn how to use in Linux.

I checked some documents about this but i have few doubts still. 

1) Is JIRA must be installed on a Linux server ?

2) How to create a command line to access JIRA ? Is putty sufficient ?

Please assist me.

Thanks,

Mano.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

You can install Jira on anything that can run Java, but only Linux and Windows are fully supported by Atlassian.

You only need the command line to do it - you can download and run an installer, or unpack a install.  It's slightly easier if you have a GUI available, as you can run a browser locally to complete the install, but you don't need it.  Start at https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver/installing-jira-applications-on-linux-938846841.html

[Andre Lehmann]

Hi Mano,

Jira itself doesn't care where it is installes. It runs on Windows and on UX-Systems.

So, if you are more comfortable with Windows-Server - stay with it.

Although many many Sys-Administrators will tell you: run it on UX-Systems...

If you want to do that, just login on your linux-server with SSH (putty should be fine) and run the installer of Jira.

Find a path where to install it our use the default ones.

Kind regards
André

[Sloan]

Andre is absolutely right!
And Putty is absolutely fine. I use it to manage Jira and Confluence servers regularly. :)

[Mano Chitra R]

Nice to see quick response on my query :)

If you want to do that, just login on your linux-server with SSH (putty should be fine) and run the installer of Jira. --------- > How can i do that ? I have installed JIRA in my local machine as a service. Please guide me to login using putty. I would to like to know basic commands of working in Linux like checking logs, stop & start JIRA server etc,.

[Andre Lehmann]

there are plenty of documentations on how to use putty.

just connect to the host and login with the credentials.

to run the installer, it needs to be executable.
to do this => chmod +x path_to_installer.bin

after that you can run the installer: ./path_to_installer.bin

with the tail-command you can look into logfiles.

with "tail -F path_to_log_file" you have a "running log" where new entries are shown directly.

If you installed Jira as a service there are several ways to start/stop your Jira.:
* service jira start
* /etc/init.d/jira start
both ways are possible and some are os-related

hope that helps. a personal hint: try to find some tutorials for basic linux/unix handling.

Kind regards
André