Using client credentials grant of OAuth 2.0 with Jira Software

[Pranjal Shukla]

As per release notes of jira 8.22, it seems Jira supports oauth 2.0 for rest api’s too. I read the documentation on the below link and could ascertain that it only supports Authz Code grant type.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver/jira-oauth-2-0-provider-api-1115659070.html

We have lots of machine to machine integrations which uses service accounts to access jira rest api (using client cert for authentication on a dedicated api node).

As understood from various documents, client credentials grant type suits best for machine to machine integration. Can somebody tell whether it’s supported in jira or not?

[Ananjan_miniOrange]

Hi Pranjal and Blake!

Good news! You can seamlessly employ the Client Credential Grant in Jira and Confluence. This feature allows easy REST API authentication for trusted server-to-server or machine-to-machine interactions, all without the need for user input.

Our add-on, mO REST API, makes this process a breeze. Give it a try!

For any more questions feel free to raise a ticket here.

Best Regards,

Ananjan Mishra

[Blake Nelson]

I'd also appreciate any information on this.