From 5899294583219c34c8fd5afea02587f80b5c4c48 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Achilleas Pipinellis Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 13:47:41 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Add link to JIRA article in docs --- doc/user/project/integrations/jira.md | 21 +++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/user/project/integrations/jira.md b/doc/user/project/integrations/jira.md index cfa4c8a93f8..4f583879a4e 100644 --- a/doc/user/project/integrations/jira.md +++ b/doc/user/project/integrations/jira.md @@ -1,18 +1,22 @@ # GitLab JIRA integration -GitLab can be configured to interact with JIRA. Configuration happens via -user name and password. Connecting to a JIRA server via CAS is not possible. +GitLab can be configured to interact with [JIRA], a project management platform. -Each project can be configured to connect to a different JIRA instance, see the -[configuration](#configuration) section. If you have one JIRA instance you can -pre-fill the settings page with a default template. To configure the template -see the [Services Templates][services-templates] document. +Once your GitLab project is connected to JIRA, you can reference and close the +issues in JIRA directly from GitLab. -Once the project is connected to JIRA, you can reference and close the issues -in JIRA directly from GitLab. +For a use case, check out this article of [How and why to integrate GitLab with +JIRA](https://www.programmableweb.com/news/how-and-why-to-integrate-gitlab-jira/how-to/2017/04/25). ## Configuration +Each GitLab project can be configured to connect to a different JIRA instance. +If you have one JIRA instance you can pre-fill the settings page with a default +template, see the [Services Templates][services-templates] docs. + +Configuration happens via user name and password. Connecting to a JIRA server +via CAS is not possible. + In order to enable the JIRA service in GitLab, you need to first configure the project in JIRA and then enter the correct values in GitLab. @@ -213,3 +217,4 @@ your project needs to close a ticket. [services-templates]: services_templates.md [jira-repo-old-docs]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/8-13-stable/doc/project_services/jira.md +[jira]: https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira