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could slow down the performance). This directory will be referred to as
JIRA_HOME
.
Note
It is a good practice to keep the
JIRA_INSTALL
and
JIRA_HOME
directories
separate, that is, the
JIRA_HOME
directory should not be a subdirectory inside
JIRA_INSTALL
. This will make future upgrading and maintenance easier.
9. Unzip the JIRA archive file in the
JIRA_INSTALL
directory.
10. Change both the
JIRA_INSTALL
and
JIRA_HOME
directories' owner to the
new JIRA user.
11. Open the
JIRA_INSTALL/atlassian-jira/WEB-INF/classes/
jira-application.properties
file in a text editor.
12. Locate the
jira.home=
line in this file.
13. Cut and paste this in the full path to the
JIRA_HOME
directory and remove the
#
symbol if present. Make sure you use the forward slash (/). The following line
shows how it looks on a Linux system:
jira.home=/opt/data/jira_home
Note
Windows uses the backward slash (\) in the file path. You should still use the for-
ward slash (/) while specifying the
jira.home
directory.
14. Copy the database driver JAR file to the
JIRA_INSTALL/lib
directory.
15. Start up JIRA by running the
start-jira.sh
(for Linux) or
start-
jira.bat
(for Windows) script from the
JIRA_INSTALL/bin
directory as
the JIRA user.
JIRA comes with a setup wizard that will help guide us through the final phase of
the installation.
16. Open up a browser and go to
http://host:8080
. By default, JIRA runs on
port 8080. You can change this by changing the connector port value in the
JIRA_INSTALL/conf/server.xml
file.
17. The first step is to select the language JIRA will use for its user interface.
18. The second step is to set up the database information. Select the
My Own Data-
base (recommended for production environments)
option.
