Jira Cookbook

Description

Installs/Configures Atlassian JIRA. Please see COMPATIBILITY.md for more information about JIRA releases that are tested and supported by this cookbook and its versions.

Starting from release 2.8.0 of this cookbook, the default DB used is Postgres due to various bugs and speed issues with MySQL.

Requirements

Chef

• Chef 11.14+ for version 2.7.1+ of this cookbook

Platforms

• CentOS 6
• RHEL 6
• Ubuntu 12.04

Databases

• MySQL
• Postgres

JDK/JRE

The Atlassian JIRA Linux installer will automatically configure a bundled JRE. If you wish to use your own JDK/JRE, with say the java cookbook, then as of this writing it must be Oracle and version 1.7 or 1.8.

For the up-to-date list, please see Supported Platforms

Necessary configuration with java cookbook:

• node['java']['install_flavor'] = "oracle"
• node['java']['oracle']['accept_oracle_download_terms'] = true
• recipe[java]

A /ht to @seekely for the documentation nudge.

Attributes

These attributes are under the node['jira'] namespace.

Attribute	Description	Type	Default
checksum	SHA256 checksum for JIRA install	String	auto-detected by helper method
home_path	home directory for JIRA	String	/var/atlassian/application-data/jira
install_path	location to install JIRA	String	/opt/atlassian/jira
install_type	JIRA install type - "installer" or "standalone"	String	installer
init_type	JIRA init service type - "sysv"	String	sysv
url	URL for JIRA install	String	auto-detected by helper method
user	user running JIRA	String	jira
version	JIRA version to install	String	7.0.4
flavor	JIRA product flavor to install - 'core' or 'software'	String	software

Notice: If ['jira']['install_type'] is set to installer, then the installer will try to upgrade your JIRA instance located in ['jira']['install_path'] (if it exists) to the ['jira']['version'].

If you want to avoid an unexpected upgrade, just set or override ['jira']['version'] attribute value to that of your current JIRA version.

JIRA Database Attributes

All of these node['jira']['database'] attributes are overridden by jira/jira encrypted data bag (Hosted Chef) or data bag (Chef Solo), if it exists

Attribute	Description	Type	Default
host	FQDN or "127.0.0.1"	String	127.0.0.1
name	JIRA database name	String	jira
password	JIRA database user password	String	changeit
type	JIRA database type - "mysql", or "postgresql"	String	postgresql
user	JIRA database user	String	jira

The Postgres DB is automatically tuned for 'web' and with 1GB of memory for Postgres. Please see the https://github.com/hw-cookbooks/postgresql cookbook for more details, specifically the config_pgtune section.

Please note that specifying "127.0.0.1" for the host automatically installs ['database']['type'] server in the default recipe.

JIRA JVM Attributes

These attributes are under the node['jira']['jvm'] namespace.

Attribute	Description	Type	Default
minimum_memory	JVM minimum memory (set by autotune recipe if autotune enabled, see below)	String	512m
maximum_memory	JVM maximum memory (set by autotune recipe if autotune enabled, see below)	String	768m
maximum_permgen	JVM maximum PermGen memory	String	256m
java_opts	additional JAVA_OPTS to be passed to JIRA JVM during startup	String	""
support_args	additional JAVA_OPTS recommended by Atlassian support for JIRA JVM during startup	String	""

JIRA Autotune Attributes

These attributes are under the node['jira']['autotune'] namespace. Autotune automatically determines appropriate settings for certain attributes. This feature is inspired by the config_pgtune recipe in the https://github.com/hw-cookbooks/postgresql cookbook. This initial version only supports JVM min and max memory size tuning.

There are several tuning types that can be set:

• 'mixed' - JIRA and DB run on the same system
• 'dedicated' - JIRA has the system all to itself
• 'shared' - JIRA shares the system with the DB and other applications

Total available memory is auto discovered using Ohai but can be overridden by setting your own value in kB.

Attribute	Description	Type	Default
enabled	Whether or not to autotune settings.	Boolean	false
type	Type of tuning to apply. One of 'mixed', 'dedicated' and 'shared'.	String	mixed
total_memory	Total system memory to use for autotune calculations.	String	Ohai value

JIRA Tomcat Attributes

These attributes are under the node['jira']['tomcat'] namespace.

Attribute	Description	Type	Default
port	Tomcat HTTP port	Fixnum	8080

Recipes

• recipe['jira'] 'Installs/configures Atlassian JIRA'
• recipe['jira::apache2'] 'Installs/configures Apache 2 as proxy (ports 80/443)'
• recipe['jira::container_server_configuration'] 'Configures container server for JIRA deployment'
• recipe['jira::database'] 'Installs/configures MySQL/Postgres server, database, and user for JIRA'
• recipe['jira::installer'] 'Installs/configures JIRA via installer'
• recipe['jira::standalone'] 'Installs/configures JIRA via standalone archive'

Usage

JIRA Server Data Bag

Optionally for securely overriding attributes on Hosted Chef, create a jira/jira encrypted data bag with the model below. Chef Solo can override the same attributes with a jira/jira unencrypted data bag of the same information.

required:

• ['database']['type'] - "mssql", "mysql", or "postgresql"
• ['database']['host'] - FQDN or "localhost" (localhost automatically installs ['database']['type'] server)
• ['database']['name'] - Name of JIRA database
• ['database']['user'] - JIRA database username
• ['database']['password'] - JIRA database username password

optional:

• ['database']['port'] - Database port, defaults to standard database port for ['database']['type']

Repeat for other Chef environments as necessary. Example:

{
  "id": "jira",
  "development": {
    "database": {
      "type": "postgresql",
      "host": "localhost",
      "name": "jira",
      "user": "jira",
      "password": "jira_db_password",
    }
  }
}

Default JIRA Installation

The simplest method is via the default recipe, which uses node['jira']['install_type'] (defaults to installer).

• Optionally (un)encrypted data bag or set attributes
  • knife data bag create jira
  • knife data bag edit jira jira --secret-file=path/to/secret
• Add recipe[jira] to your node's run list.

Standalone JIRA Installation

Operates similarly to installer installation, however has added benefits of using ark to create version symlinks of each install. Easily can rollback upgrades by changing node['jira']['version'].

• Optionally (un)encrypted data bag or set attributes
  • knife data bag create jira
  • knife data bag edit jira jira --secret-file=path/to/secret
• Set node['jira']['install_type'] to standalone
• Add recipe[jira] to your node's run list.

Custom JIRA Configurations

Using individual recipes, you can use this cookbook to configure JIRA to fit your environment.

• Optionally (un)encrypted data bag or set attributes
  • knife data bag create jira
  • knife data bag edit jira jira --secret-file=path/to/secret
• Add individual recipes to your node's run list.

Testing and Development

• Quickly testing with Vagrant: VAGRANT.md
• Full development and testing workflow with Test Kitchen and friends: TESTING.md

For Vagrant, you may need to add the following hosts entries:

• 192.168.50.10 jira-centos-6
• 192.168.50.10 jira-ubuntu-1204
• (etc.)

The running JIRA server is then accessible from the host machine:

CentOS 6 Box:

• Web UI (installer/standalone): https://jira-centos-6/

Ubuntu 12.04 Box:

• Web UI (installer/standalone): https://jira-ubuntu-1204/

Contributing

For information on how to contribute to this cookbook, please see: CONTRIBUTING.md

Development of this cookbook has been generously supported in part by the code contributions of the following organizations and/or users:

• University of Pennsylvania (@bflad)
• KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (@mvdkleijn)
• Parallels Inc. (@legal90)
• Blended Perspectives Inc. (@patcon)

For a full list of contributors, please see Github

Current maintainers

• KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

License

Please see licensing information in: LICENSE