GitLab Tutorials: Gitlab integration with Jira
Step 2 – Configure your project
- On the top bar, select Menu > Projects and find your project.
- On the left sidebar, select Settings > Integrations.
- Select Jira.
- Select Enable integration.
- Select Trigger actions. Your choice determines whether a mention of Jira issue (in a GitLab commit, merge request, or both) creates a cross-link in Jira back to GitLab.
- To comment in the Jira issue when a Trigger action is made in GitLab, select Enable comments.
- To transition Jira issues when a closing reference is made in GitLab, select Enable Jira transitions.
- Provide Jira configuration information:
- Web URL: The base URL to the Jira instance web interface you’re linking to this GitLab project, such as
https://jira.example.com
. - Jira API URL: The base URL to the Jira instance API, such as
https://jira-api.example.com
. Defaults to the Web URL value if not set. Leave blank if using Jira on Atlassian cloud. - Username or Email: For Jira Server, use
username
. For Jira on Atlassian cloud, useemail
. - Password/API token: Use
password
for Jira Server orAPI token
for Jira on Atlassian cloud.
- Web URL: The base URL to the Jira instance web interface you’re linking to this GitLab project, such as
- To enable users to view Jira issues inside the GitLab project, select Enable Jira issues and enter a Jira project key.You can display issues only from a single Jira project in a given GitLab project.If you enable Jira issues with this setting, all users with access to this GitLab project can view all issues from the specified Jira project.
- To enable issue creation for vulnerabilities, select Enable Jira issue creation from vulnerabilities.
- Select the Jira issue type. If the dropdown is empty, select refresh () and try again.
- To verify the Jira connection is working, select Test settings.
- Select Save changes.
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