Which authentication modes for Jira On-Premise instance are supported for synchronization?

Description

Which authentication modes for Jira On-Premise instance are supported for synchronization?

Solution

There are two types of authentication modes that are supported for Jira On-Premise instance. In both of these authentication modes username and password of the user will be used but OpsHub Integration Manager will internally handle how it will make authenticated REST API request with the server.

These are the two authentication modes:

1. Basic Authentication: If this mode is selected, then Jira will internally log-in for every API call sent during integration.

2. Cookie-based Authentication: If this mode is selected, then one-time cookie session will be generated that will be used for all subsequent API requests sent during integration.

It is recommended to use Jira Cookie-based Authentication over Basic Authentication as there would be significant improvement in OpsHub Integration Manager's performance as Jira will not login for every API call sent during integration.

OpsHub Integration Manager support for Cookie-based Authentication: The Cookie-based Authentication for Jira system has been incorporated from OpsHub Integration Manager Version 6.9 U1.

How to Configure Configure Authentication Type in system configuration of Jira. For more details on Jira's system configuration refer: System Configuration of Jira