Configure Basic (cookie-based) Connection

Basic authentication can only be used for Jira Server integration. This authentication type is not applicable for connections to Jira Cloud. Another possible authentication type for Jira Server is OAuth.

Basic authentication is also called cookie-based in Zephyr UI.

Requirements

To connect to Jira Server, you will have to specify a Jira user account. If webhooks will be created automatically, this account must have the following permissions:

• Browse Project permissions for all projects

• Issue Permissions: Assignable User, Assign Issues, Close Issues, Delete Issues, Edit Issues, Link Issues, Move Issues, Set Issue Security, Transition Issues

• Comments Permissions

• Attachment Permissions

• Jira Web-hook Enabled

• Issues Related Events: Updated, Deleted

• Project Version Related Events: Released, Unreleased, Created, Moved, Updated, Deleted

• Project Related Events: Updated, Deleted

Before configuring the connection, log in to Jira and check the permissions there. If needed, ask you Jira administrator for assistance.

We recommend that you create a special user account for integration with your Jira instance and assign all the needed permissions to it.

 Create a Jira connection using the Basic authentication

1. Log in to your Zephyr Enterprise instance as a user with administrator permissions.

2. Go to Administration > (System Setup) Jira Integration.

3. Click + above the Jira instance list:

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4. In the subsequent dialog, specify the following values:
   
   

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