The adapter plug in must be installed in the JIRA application.
About this task
You install the adapter plug-in from a product DVD or an
electronic image.
Procedure
- If you are installing from the product DVD insert the DVD
into your DVD drive.
Mount the DVD drive
Run launchpad.exe or launchpad64.exe if
you have a Windows 64-bit
operating system, which is in the JIRA\Disk1 directory.
Run launchpad.sh, which is in
the JIRA/disk1 directory.
- Use the Interactive Installation Guide to create a custom
installation guide according to your environment.
- When you are ready to start the installation. Start the
JIRA server if it is not already started. Login to your JIRA server
(for example, http://YourJIRAhostname:8080/)
with administrative privileges.
- Click Administration, located at
the top right of the page.
- On the Administration page, select Plugins from
the Plugins drop down menu. You might be prompted to enter
your JIRA administrative credentials.
- On the Plugins page, click the Install tab.
Click Upload Plugin, and in the dialog that
opens, browse to the product DVD drive or to where you extracted the
electronic image to find the adapter jar file.
- Select the adapter, click Open and
then click Upload. A message
displays indicating that the plug-in was successfully installed.
Important: A message displays recommending that the JIRA database
be reindexed. Since reindexing can take some time to complete, you
can choose to reindex the JIRA database at a convenient time.
- Restart the JIRA server.
Results
You have installed the adapter plug-in into the JIRA application.
What to do next
Measure PVUs by which the adapter is licensed by setting
up PVU licensing for the Rational® Adapter
for JIRA, see
Setting up processor value unit pricing.