jira-httpheader-auth

HTTP Headers authentication plugin.

Summary

Will allow authenticated access to JIRA for http requests with the following (hardcoded) header:

• X-Forwarded-Login (the username of a valid JIRA user)

This might be useful when JIRA instances are hosted behind a reverse-proxy which is responsible for authentication.

Installation

• Deploy httpheader-.jar to ${jira_base}/atlassian-jira/WEB-INF/lib
• Use <authenticator class="com.redgate.jira.auth.httpheader.HttpHeaderAuthenticator"/> in ${jira_base}/atlassian-jira/WEB-INF/classes/seraph-config.xml

Development

Prerequisites

• JDK 1.8
• Maven
• Atlassian SDK (to start a local jira instance)

Build & Test

The .jar file can be build by mvn package. The .jar file will be available in target/

# How to quickly start a local jira instance.
atlas-run-standalone --product jira --version 7.12.0
# local jira instance is available at http://localhost:2990/jira/

# build the jar file
mvn package
# deploy it to the local jira instance
cp ./target/httpheader-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar ./amps-standalone-jira-7.12.0/target/jira/webapp/WEB-INF/lib/

# update seraph-config to use our custom authenticator
# in amps-standalone-jira-7.12.0/target/jira/webapp/WEB-INF/classes/seraph-config.xml
# set <authenticator class="com.redgate.jira.auth.httpheader.HttpHeaderAuthenticator"/>

# restart jira

Release a new version

• Update <version> in pom.xml
• mvn package
• Create tag and upload jar to https://github.com/red-gate/jira-httpheader-auth/releases