Will I need a development license to do a test run of migrating JIRA?

[Daniel Pipe]

I am looking to migrate JIRA 6.3.4 to a new VM. But first I want to do a test run of this with a new JIRA instance, exporting a database backup of the current JIRA. 

Will I require the use of a development license to carry this out when it comes to installing a new JIRA instance on a test environment? 

[Alexis Robert · Accepted solution]

Hi @Daniel Pipe ,

if you have an active maintenance, then you can use the developer license that is on your Atlassian account : my.atlassian.com

This license is intended for non-production use : testing, development, pre-production ...

Let me know if this helps.

--Alexis

[Daniel Pipe]

What are my options if I do not have an active maintenance license?

Update: I now have access to developer license key. 

[Alexis Robert]

Great, that's good to know ! If my answer helped you, please click on "Accept Answer" so that it can be useful to other people :)

[Pramodh M · Accepted solution]

Hi @Daniel Pipe 

You can use the same license on an intranet network.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver/creating-a-test-environment-for-jira-966063324.html

Thanks and Regards,
Pramodh

[Daniel Pipe]

Sorry, I'm a little confused as I do not see where it says that in the link. 

It seems to say instead that I should use a Dev. license for this. 

"The suggested license to apply to a non-production environment is a  Developer License , not an Evaluation license. You should only use an Evaluation license if you don't have a Developer license tied to your main license."

[Pramodh M]

Hi @Alexis Robert 

Thanks for the Information

It would be available in https://my.atlassian.com/products/your-licenses

Thanks

[Pramodh M]

Reference

https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/get-a-developer-license-for-jira-server-744526918.html

[Daniel Pipe]

Alright, thanks for the help. I now need to know if there is any way I can get a developer license without having an active maintenance license. 

[Exper Labs]

As of my knowledge cutoff in September 2021, JIRA, which is a popular project management tool developed by Atlassian, does not require a development license for performing a test run of migrating JIRA