Elastic Jira connector reference
editElastic Jira connector reference
editThe Elastic Jira connector is a connector for Atlassian Jira. This connector is written in Python using the Elastic connector framework.
View the source code for this connector (branch 8.16, compatible with Elastic 8.16).
Elastic managed connector reference
editView Elastic managed connector reference
Availability and prerequisites
editThis connector is available as a managed connector on Elastic Cloud, as of 8.9.1.
Jira Data Center support was added in 8.13.0 in technical preview and is subject to change. The design and code is less mature than official GA features and is being provided as-is with no warranties. Technical preview features are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features.
To use this connector natively in Elastic Cloud, satisfy all managed connector requirements.
Create a Jira connector
editUse the UI
editTo create a new Jira connector:
- In the Kibana UI, navigate to the Search → Content → Connectors page from the main menu, or use the global search field.
- Follow the instructions to create a new native Jira connector.
For additional operations, see Connectors UI in Kibana.
Use the API
editYou can use the Elasticsearch Create connector API to create a new native Jira connector.
For example:
resp = client.connector.put( connector_id="my-{service-name-stub}-connector", index_name="my-elasticsearch-index", name="Content synced from {service-name}", service_type="{service-name-stub}", is_native=True, ) print(resp)
const response = await client.connector.put({ connector_id: "my-{service-name-stub}-connector", index_name: "my-elasticsearch-index", name: "Content synced from {service-name}", service_type: "{service-name-stub}", is_native: true, }); console.log(response);
PUT _connector/my-jira-connector { "index_name": "my-elasticsearch-index", "name": "Content synced from Jira", "service_type": "jira", "is_native": true }
You’ll also need to create an API key for the connector to use.
The user needs the cluster privileges manage_api_key
, manage_connector
and write_connector_secrets
to generate API keys programmatically.
To create an API key for the connector:
-
Run the following command, replacing values where indicated. Note the
id
andencoded
return values from the response:resp = client.security.create_api_key( name="my-connector-api-key", role_descriptors={ "my-connector-connector-role": { "cluster": [ "monitor", "manage_connector" ], "indices": [ { "names": [ "my-index_name", ".search-acl-filter-my-index_name", ".elastic-connectors*" ], "privileges": [ "all" ], "allow_restricted_indices": False } ] } }, ) print(resp)
const response = await client.security.createApiKey({ name: "my-connector-api-key", role_descriptors: { "my-connector-connector-role": { cluster: ["monitor", "manage_connector"], indices: [ { names: [ "my-index_name", ".search-acl-filter-my-index_name", ".elastic-connectors*", ], privileges: ["all"], allow_restricted_indices: false, }, ], }, }, }); console.log(response);
POST /_security/api_key { "name": "my-connector-api-key", "role_descriptors": { "my-connector-connector-role": { "cluster": [ "monitor", "manage_connector" ], "indices": [ { "names": [ "my-index_name", ".search-acl-filter-my-index_name", ".elastic-connectors*" ], "privileges": [ "all" ], "allow_restricted_indices": false } ] } } }
-
Use the
encoded
value to store a connector secret, and note theid
return value from this response:resp = client.connector.secret_post( body={ "value": "encoded_api_key" }, ) print(resp)
const response = await client.transport.request({ method: "POST", path: "/_connector/_secret", body: { value: "encoded_api_key", }, }); console.log(response);
POST _connector/_secret { "value": "encoded_api_key" }
-
Use the API key
id
and the connector secretid
to update the connector:resp = client.connector.update_api_key_id( connector_id="my_connector_id>", api_key_id="API key_id", api_key_secret_id="secret_id", ) print(resp)
const response = await client.connector.updateApiKeyId({ connector_id: "my_connector_id>", api_key_id: "API key_id", api_key_secret_id: "secret_id", }); console.log(response);
PUT /_connector/my_connector_id>/_api_key_id { "api_key_id": "API key_id", "api_key_secret_id": "secret_id" }
Refer to the Elasticsearch API documentation for details of all available Connector APIs.
Usage
editTo use this connector natively in Elastic Cloud, see Elastic managed connectors.
For additional operations, see Connectors UI in Kibana.
Compatibility
edit- Jira Cloud, Jira Server, and Jira Data Center versions 7 or later.
Configuration
editThe following configuration fields are required to set up the connector:
- Jira data source
-
Dropdown to determine the Jira platform type:
Jira Cloud
,Jira Server
, orJira Data Center
. Default value isJira Cloud
. - Jira Data Center username
- The username of the account for Jira Data Center.
- Jira Data Center password
- The password of the account to be used for Jira Data Center.
- Jira Cloud service account id
- Email address to authenticate with Jira Cloud. Example: [email protected]
- Jira Cloud API token
- The API Token to authenticate with Jira Cloud.
- Jira Server username
- The username of the account for Jira Server.
- Jira Server password
- The password of the account to be used for Jira Server.
- Jira Cloud service account id
- The account email for Jira Cloud.
- Jira Cloud API token
- The API Token to authenticate with Jira Cloud.
- Jira host url
-
The domain where Jira is hosted. Examples:
- Jira project keys
-
Comma-separated list of Project Keys to fetch data from Jira server or cloud. If the value is
*
the connector will fetch data from all projects present in the configured projects. Default value is*
. Examples:-
EC
,TP
-
*
-
- Enable SSL
-
Whether SSL verification will be enabled. Default value is
False
. - SSL certificate
-
Content of SSL certificate. Note: In case of
ssl_enabled
isFalse
, thessl_ca
value will be ignored. Example certificate:-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIID+jCCAuKgAwIBAgIGAJJMzlxLMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAMHoxCzAJBgNVBAYT ... 7RhLQyWn2u00L7/9Omw= -----END CERTIFICATE-----
- Enable document level security
-
Toggle to enable document level security (DLS). When enabled, full syncs will fetch access control lists for each document and store them in the
_allow_access_control
field. Access control syncs fetch users' access control lists and store them in a separate index.To access user data in Jira Administration, the account you created must be granted Product Access for Jira Administration. This access needs to be provided by an administrator from the Atlassian Admin, and the access level granted should be
Product Admin
.
Documents and syncs
editThe connector syncs the following objects and entities:
-
Projects
- Includes metadata such as description, project key, project type, lead name, etc.
-
Issues
- All types of issues including Task, Bug, Sub-task, Enhancement, Story, etc.
- Includes metadata such as issue type, parent issue details, fix versions, affected versions, resolution, attachments, comments, sub-task details, priority, custom fields, etc.
- Attachments
Note: Archived projects and issues are not indexed.
- Content from files bigger than 10 MB won’t be extracted. (Self-managed connectors can use the self-managed local extraction service to handle larger binary files.)
- Permissions are not synced by default. You must first enable DLS. Otherwise, all documents indexed to an Elastic deployment will be visible to all users with access to that Elastic Deployment.
Sync types
editFull syncs are supported by default for all connectors.
This connector also supports incremental syncs.
Sync rules
editBasic sync rules are identical for all connectors and are available by default.
This connector supports advanced sync rules for remote filtering. These rules cover complex query-and-filter scenarios that cannot be expressed with basic sync rules. Advanced sync rules are defined through a source-specific DSL JSON snippet.
Advanced sync rules example
editExample 1: Queries to index content based on status of Jira issues.
[ { "query": "project = Collaboration AND status = 'In Progress'" }, { "query": "status IN ('To Do', 'In Progress', 'Closed')" } ]
Example 2: Query to index data based on priority of issues for given projects.
[ { "query": "priority in (Blocker, Critical) AND project in (ProjA, ProjB, ProjC)" } ]
Example 3: Query to index data based on assignee and created time.
[ { "query": "assignee is EMPTY and created < -1d" } ]
Document level security
editDocument level security (DLS) enables you to restrict access to documents based on a user’s permissions. Refer to configuration on this page for how to enable DLS for this connector.
Enabling DLS for your connector will cause a significant performance degradation, as the API calls to the data source required for this functionality are rate limited. This impacts the speed at which your content can be retrieved.
When the data_source
is set to Confluence Data Center or Server, the connector will only fetch 1000 users for access control syncs, due a limitation in the API used.
Refer to DLS in Search Applications to learn how to ingest data from a connector with DLS enabled, when building a search application. The example uses SharePoint Online as the data source, but the same steps apply to every connector.
Content Extraction
editSee Content extraction.
Known issues
edit-
Enabling document-level security impacts performance.
Enabling DLS for your connector will cause a significant performance degradation, as the API calls to the data source required for this functionality are rate limited. This impacts the speed at which your content can be retrieved.
Refer to Known issues for a list of known issues for all connectors.
Troubleshooting
editSee Troubleshooting.
Security
editSee Security.
Self-managed connector
editView self-managed connector reference
Availability and prerequisites
editThis connector is available as a self-managed self-managed connector. This self-managed connector is compatible with Elastic versions 8.7.0+.
Jira Data Center support was added in 8.13.0 in technical preview and is subject to change. The design and code is less mature than official GA features and is being provided as-is with no warranties. Technical preview features are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features.
To use this connector, satisfy all self-managed connector requirements.
Create a Jira connector
editUse the UI
editTo create a new Jira connector:
- In the Kibana UI, navigate to the Search → Content → Connectors page from the main menu, or use the global search field.
- Follow the instructions to create a new Jira self-managed connector.
Use the API
editYou can use the Elasticsearch Create connector API to create a new self-managed Jira self-managed connector.
For example:
resp = client.connector.put( connector_id="my-{service-name-stub}-connector", index_name="my-elasticsearch-index", name="Content synced from {service-name}", service_type="{service-name-stub}", ) print(resp)
const response = await client.connector.put({ connector_id: "my-{service-name-stub}-connector", index_name: "my-elasticsearch-index", name: "Content synced from {service-name}", service_type: "{service-name-stub}", }); console.log(response);
PUT _connector/my-jira-connector { "index_name": "my-elasticsearch-index", "name": "Content synced from Jira", "service_type": "jira" }
You’ll also need to create an API key for the connector to use.
The user needs the cluster privileges manage_api_key
, manage_connector
and write_connector_secrets
to generate API keys programmatically.
To create an API key for the connector:
-
Run the following command, replacing values where indicated. Note the
encoded
return values from the response:resp = client.security.create_api_key( name="connector_name-connector-api-key", role_descriptors={ "connector_name-connector-role": { "cluster": [ "monitor", "manage_connector" ], "indices": [ { "names": [ "index_name", ".search-acl-filter-index_name", ".elastic-connectors*" ], "privileges": [ "all" ], "allow_restricted_indices": False } ] } }, ) print(resp)
const response = await client.security.createApiKey({ name: "connector_name-connector-api-key", role_descriptors: { "connector_name-connector-role": { cluster: ["monitor", "manage_connector"], indices: [ { names: [ "index_name", ".search-acl-filter-index_name", ".elastic-connectors*", ], privileges: ["all"], allow_restricted_indices: false, }, ], }, }, }); console.log(response);
POST /_security/api_key { "name": "connector_name-connector-api-key", "role_descriptors": { "connector_name-connector-role": { "cluster": [ "monitor", "manage_connector" ], "indices": [ { "names": [ "index_name", ".search-acl-filter-index_name", ".elastic-connectors*" ], "privileges": [ "all" ], "allow_restricted_indices": false } ] } } }
-
Update your
config.yml
file with the API keyencoded
value.
Refer to the Elasticsearch API documentation for details of all available Connector APIs.
Usage
editTo use this connector as a self-managed connector, see Self-managed connectors For additional usage operations, see Connectors UI in Kibana.
Compatibility
edit- Jira Cloud, Jira Server, and Jira Data Center versions 7 or later.
Configuration
editWhen using the self-managed connector workflow, initially these fields will use the default configuration set in the connector source code.
These are set in the get_default_configuration
function definition.
These configurable fields will be rendered with their respective labels in the Kibana UI. Once connected, you’ll be able to update these values in Kibana.
The following configuration fields are required to set up the connector:
-
data_source
-
Dropdown to determine the Jira platform type:
Jira Cloud
,Jira Server
, orJira Data Center
. Default value isJira Cloud
. -
data_center_username
- The username of the account for Jira Data Center.
-
data_center_password
- The password of the account to be used for Jira Data Center.
-
username
- The username of the account for Jira Server.
-
password
- The password of the account to be used for Jira Server.
-
account_email
- Email address to authenticate with Jira Cloud. Example: [email protected]
-
api_token
- The API Token to authenticate with Jira Cloud.
-
jira_url
-
The domain where Jira is hosted. Examples:
-
projects
-
Comma-separated list of Project Keys to fetch data from Jira server or cloud. If the value is
*
the connector will fetch data from all projects present in the configured projects. Default value is*
. Examples:-
EC
,TP
-
*
This field can be bypassed by advanced sync rules.
-
-
ssl_enabled
-
Whether SSL verification will be enabled. Default value is
False
. -
ssl_ca
-
Content of SSL certificate. Note: In case of
ssl_enabled
isFalse
, thessl_ca
value will be ignored. Example certificate:-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIID+jCCAuKgAwIBAgIGAJJMzlxLMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAMHoxCzAJBgNVBAYT ... 7RhLQyWn2u00L7/9Omw= -----END CERTIFICATE-----
-
retry_count
- The number of retry attempts after failed request to Jira. Default value is 3.
-
concurrent_downloads
- The number of concurrent downloads for fetching the attachment content. This speeds up the content extraction of attachments. Defaults to 100.
-
use_document_level_security
-
Toggle to enable document level security (DLS). When enabled, full syncs will fetch access control lists for each document and store them in the
_allow_access_control
field. Access control syncs fetch users' access control lists and store them in a separate index.To access user data in Jira Administration, the account you created must be granted Product Access for Jira Administration. This access needs to be provided by an administrator from the Atlassian Admin, and the access level granted should be
Product Admin
. -
use_text_extraction_service
-
Requires a separate deployment of the Elastic Text Extraction Service.
Requires that ingest pipeline settings disable text extraction.
Default value is
False
.
Deployment using Docker
editYou can deploy the Jira connector as a self-managed connector using Docker. Follow these instructions.
Step 1: Download sample configuration file
Download the sample configuration file. You can either download it manually or run the following command:
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elastic/connectors/main/config.yml.example --output ~/connectors-config/config.yml
Remember to update the --output
argument value if your directory name is different, or you want to use a different config file name.
Step 2: Update the configuration file for your self-managed connector
Update the configuration file with the following settings to match your environment:
-
elasticsearch.host
-
elasticsearch.api_key
-
connectors
If you’re running the connector service against a Dockerized version of Elasticsearch and Kibana, your config file will look like this:
# When connecting to your cloud deployment you should edit the host value elasticsearch.host: http://host.docker.internal:9200 elasticsearch.api_key: <ELASTICSEARCH_API_KEY> connectors: - connector_id: <CONNECTOR_ID_FROM_KIBANA> service_type: jira api_key: <CONNECTOR_API_KEY_FROM_KIBANA> # Optional. If not provided, the connector will use the elasticsearch.api_key instead
Using the elasticsearch.api_key
is the recommended authentication method. However, you can also use elasticsearch.username
and elasticsearch.password
to authenticate with your Elasticsearch instance.
Note: You can change other default configurations by simply uncommenting specific settings in the configuration file and modifying their values.
Step 3: Run the Docker image
Run the Docker image with the Connector Service using the following command:
docker run \ -v ~/connectors-config:/config \ --network "elastic" \ --tty \ --rm \ docker.elastic.co/integrations/elastic-connectors:8.16.2.0 \ /app/bin/elastic-ingest \ -c /config/config.yml
Refer to DOCKER.md
in the elastic/connectors
repo for more details.
Find all available Docker images in the official registry.
We also have a quickstart self-managed option using Docker Compose, so you can spin up all required services at once: Elasticsearch, Kibana, and the connectors service.
Refer to this README in the elastic/connectors
repo for more information.
Documents and syncs
editThe connector syncs the following objects and entities:
-
Projects
- Includes metadata such as description, project key, project type, lead name, etc.
-
Issues
- All types of issues including Task, Bug, Sub-task, Enhancement, Story, etc.
- Includes metadata such as issue type, parent issue details, fix versions, affected versions, resolution, attachments, comments, sub-task details, priority, custom fields, etc.
- Attachments
Note: Archived projects and issues are not indexed.
- Content from files bigger than 10 MB won’t be extracted
- Permissions are not synced by default. You must first enable DLS. Otherwise, all documents indexed to an Elastic deployment will be visible to all users with access to that Elastic Deployment.
Sync types
editFull syncs are supported by default for all connectors.
This connector also supports incremental syncs.
Sync rules
editBasic sync rules are identical for all connectors and are available by default.
This connector supports advanced sync rules for remote filtering. These rules cover complex query-and-filter scenarios that cannot be expressed with basic sync rules. Advanced sync rules are defined through a source-specific DSL JSON snippet.
Advanced sync rules example
editExample 1: Queries to index content based on status of Jira issues.
[ { "query": "project = Collaboration AND status = 'In Progress'" }, { "query": "status IN ('To Do', 'In Progress', 'Closed')" } ]
Example 2: Query to index data based on priority of issues for given projects.
[ { "query": "priority in (Blocker, Critical) AND project in (ProjA, ProjB, ProjC)" } ]
Example 3: Query to index data based on assignee and created time.
[ { "query": "assignee is EMPTY and created < -1d" } ]
Document level security
editDocument level security (DLS) enables you to restrict access to documents based on a user’s permissions. Refer to configuration on this page for how to enable DLS for this connector.
Enabling DLS for your connector will cause a significant performance degradation, as the API calls to the data source required for this functionality are rate limited. This impacts the speed at which your content can be retrieved.
When the data_source
is set to Confluence Data Center or Server, the connector will only fetch 1000 users for access control syncs, due a limitation in the API used.
Refer to DLS in Search Applications to learn how to ingest data from a connector with DLS enabled, when building a search application. The example uses SharePoint Online as the data source, but the same steps apply to every connector.
Content Extraction
editSee Content extraction.
Self-managed connector operations
editEnd-to-end testing
editThe connector framework enables operators to run functional tests against a real data source. Refer to Connector testing for more details.
To perform E2E testing for the Jira connector, run the following command:
$ make ftest NAME=jira
For faster tests, add the DATA_SIZE=small
flag:
make ftest NAME=jira DATA_SIZE=small
Known issues
edit-
Enabling document-level security impacts performance.
Enabling DLS for your connector will cause a significant performance degradation, as the API calls to the data source required for this functionality are rate limited. This impacts the speed at which your content can be retrieved.
Refer to Known issues for a list of known issues for all connectors.
Troubleshooting
editSee Troubleshooting.
Security
editSee Security.