How can I clone a project (including everything, issues, configuration...) on the same server

[Bernd Anderer]

I know that the project key needs to change - this would be ok.

Does anyone know a plugin that can do that?

Or know the necessary steps to achieve this?

[Taranjeet Singh · Accepted solution]

@Bernd Anderer I know of two plugins which can do that:

PowerScripts for JIRA:

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/43318/power-scripts-jira-script-automation?hosting=cloud&tab=overview

ScriptRunner for JIRA:

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/6820/scriptrunner-for-jira?hosting=cloud&tab=overview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uikm3MSHgiw

[Bernd Anderer]

Thank you. Funny thing .. we have Scriptrunner installed, but I hardly use the build in scipts :-) Turns out, they are quite useful.

Did you use the "Copy Project" function of Scriptrunner yet? Will it run without issues (e.g. kill the server) if you have > 12.000 Issues to copy?   

[Taranjeet Singh]

@Bernd Anderer I used this built-in "Copy project" feature a long time ago, but not for such a large number of issues. So, I cannot comment much on this, may be the Vendor can help you better.

[Bernd Anderer]

I was actually able to copy a project with >14.000 Issues. It took 10 hours but worked without any problems.

There is one major issue though - Issue Status will not be copied. So all issues have their initial WF status :-( 

[Scott Theus]

Hi @Bernd Anderer,

You can't do this with Jira out of the box, but there are several add-ons that will. I've never evaluated any of them, so I suggest you search the market place for "Clone project" and review the applications there.

-Scott

[Bernd Anderer]

Thank you. I did see this plugin, but as the reviews are not all that great I decided to not test this on our server ;-)