JIRA 7 basic HTTP authentication

[Frédéric Tardieu]

Hi all,

We would like to set up a basic HTTP authentication to access a JIRA 7 instance on premise.

There would be an Apache server in front of the JIRA server, to serve the authentication page (see attached snapshot).

Question: is this setup possible? If yes, how to parameter this on JIRA side?

Thanks a lot,

F.

[Mirek]

Hi, 

Yes, Jira indeed can be hidden behind Apache/NGINX proxies. Here are complete guides how it can be achieved 

https://confluence.atlassian.com/kb/proxying-atlassian-server-applications-with-apache-http-server-mod_proxy_http-806032611.html

https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRAKB/Configure+Jira+to+run+behind+a+NGINX+reverse+proxy

Then of course if you create a custom page and a form which would send a API request to Jira with username and password and then redirect to it it should log you in already.