access Jira database through windows integrated secruity

[Chenhao]

Currently our Jira instance is configured to run as an windows services and access MS SQL database through a SQL server authentication. Therefore,the login user name and password are stored in dbconfig.xml file.

Is there a way we can access MS SQL database through windows integrated security? By that means, I want to access database by the account that is running Jira windows service and we no longer store the username and password in the dbconfig.xml file.

I was searching documentations online but did not really find an official version for it. I am not sure whether there is one.

Could you please point me the right direction ?

[Rodrigo Girardi Adami · Accepted solution]

Hi there!

It seems that a KB was created recently for confluence regarding this functionality. I believe that JIRA will use the same steps in dbconfig.xml file, but you will need to store the domain username and password in the dbconfig file though.

1. Shutdown Confluence

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   Make sure the MyUser service account have all the proper permissions to access Confluence database.

2. Edit the <Confluence Home>\confluence.cfg.xml file.

3. Search for the following:

   <property name="hibernate.connection.password">DbUserPass</property>

   <property name="hibernate.connection.url">jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://localhost:1433/dummy;</property>

   <property name="hibernate.connection.username">DatabaseUser</property>

4. Upload the ";domain=MyDomain" at the end of the connection URL, the "MyUser" login in the connection username and the user pass in connection password. It will look like the following:

   <property name="hibernate.connection.password">MyUserPassword</property>

   <property name="hibernate.connection.url">jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://localhost:1433/dummy;domain=MyDomain</property>

   <property name="hibernate.connection.username">MyUser</property>

5. Save the file.

6. Start Confluence.

This should do the trick.

Cheers,

Rodrigo

[Deividi Luvison]

Hey Chenhao,

In case you want to use SSO and avoid storing the service account password in the config.cfg.xml file you can follow this guide as well :).

Thanks and Regards,

David|Atlassian Support

[Akeles]

According to https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-25791, it seemed that the method does not work for JIRA. It only works for Confluence and Crowd