Documentation for JIRA 4.1. Documentation for other versions of JIRA is available too.
To install JIRA Standalone on UNIX/Linux, follow these steps:
Please ensure that you have installed Java and set JAVA_HOME.
jira-application.properties
file (see the JIRA Installation Directory page to find where this file is located), add a 'jira.home' property and set it to your desired location for the JIRA home directory.Please note that you cannot use the same JIRA home directory for multiple instances of JIRA. We recommend that you do not specify your JIRA home directory to be inside your installation directory, to prevent information from being accidentally lost during major operations (e.g. backing up and restoring instances).
$ sudo /usr/sbin/useradd --create-home --home-dir /usr/local/jira --shell /bin/bash jira
Ensure that only the following directories can be written to by Tomcat:
See also Tomcat security best practices
Run bin/startup.sh
. Wait until the following message appears in the application's log file:
*************************************************** You can now access JIRA through your web browser. ***************************************************
To access JIRA, go to your web browser and type this address: http://localhost:8080.
If JIRA does not appear, you may need to change the port that JIRA runs on.
Note: Logs will be written to logs/catalina.out
.
If something goes wrong, please verify that Java is installed correctly. If the problem persists, please contact us — we're happy to help.