To allow users to sign in to YouTrack with their JIRA accounts, enable a JIRA authentication module.
Prerequisites
Before you start, verify the following requirement:
You have Create Auth Module and Update Auth Module permissions in YouTrack.
Instructions
To enable the module, follow these steps.
In the Access Management section of the Administration menu, select Auth Modules.
From the Add Module drop-down list, select Atlassian Jira.
The Add Module dialog opens in the sidebar.
In the Add Module dialog, enter values for the following settings:
Field
Description
Name
Enter a name for the authentication module.
Server URL
Enter the server address of the JIRA instance. For example, http://mycompany.com/jira.
The JIRA authentication module is created, enabled, and configured automatically.
The Auth Modules page displays the settings for the JIRA authentication module.
For additional information about the settings on this page, see Atlassian JIRA Auth Module.
Users can log in to YouTrack with their JIRA credentials.
Test the Connection
To verify that the authentication module is connected to your JIRA instance, test the connection.
Click the Test Login button.
In the Test Authentication dialog, enter the credentials of a user who is stored in your JIRA instance:
In the Login field, enter the domainusername.
In the Password field, enter the password.
Click the Test Login button.
YouTrack searches for the specified user account in the JIRA instance.
If the user is found, a success notification is displayed.
If you get an error, check your user credentials and server URL.
Settings
The settings are configured automatically when the module is added to YouTrack. You do not have to change these settings.
To configure the options that define how YouTrack treats new user accounts with JIRA credentials, see Atlassian JIRA Auth Module.
Field
Description
Type
Displays the name of the application or service that is enabled for third-party authentication in YouTrack.
Name
Stores the name of the authentication module. Use this setting to distinguish this module from other authentication modules
in the Auth Modules list.
Authentication
Displays the current status of the module. This status indicates whether the module is currently enabled or disabled.
Audit
Links to the Audit Events page in YouTrack. There, you can view a list of changes that were applied to this authentication module.
Server URL
Stores the URL used to authenticate a login request in YouTrack.
Change Password URI
Stores the URL of the page used to manage change password requests for a JIRA account.
User Account Management
When a user logs in to YouTrack with a JIRA account for the first time, YouTrack checks if an account with the same email address exists.
If an account with the same email address exists, the JIRA credentials are added to the existing account.
Use the following settings to configure how YouTrack manages user accounts.
Field
Description
Create Users
Enables creation of YouTrack accounts for unregistered users who log in with JIRA credentials.
YouTrack uses the email address to determine whether the user has an existing account.
If you disable this option, only users who already have accounts with matching emails are able to log in to YouTrack.
Auto-join Groups
Adds users to a group when they log in with JIRA credentials. You can select one or more groups.
New users that auto-join a group inherit all of the permissions assigned to this group.
We recommend that you add users to at least one group.
Otherwise, a new user is only granted the permissions that are currently assigned to the All Users group.
