Setting jira.node.id Automatically

[Jeff Shepherd]

Is it possible to set the jira.node.id through a variable?

For example: 

jira.node.id = ${HOSTNAME}

 Sadly, the above example doesn't work. My node id becomes the text "${HOSTNAME}"

[Brant Schroeder · Accepted solution]

Jeff,

  Here is what someone else did to solve the issue.  https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Core-questions/cluster-properties-file-get-jira-node-id-ID-automatically-like/qaq-p/753801

[Jeff Shepherd]

Ick. A solution, but not very elegant.

[Tran Dien Hien]

@Jeff Shepherd ,

Have you solved this issue?  If yes please share your experiences because I'm facing the same problem.

I much appreciate your support

[Jeff Shepherd]

Referencing the above link, @Lessandro has a script to modify the cluster.properties before Jira is run (e.g. at reboot or via cron)

HOST=$HOSTNAME
JIRANODE="jira.node.id = "$HOST
sed -i "2s/.*/$JIRANODE/" /var/atlassian/application-data/jira/cluster.properties

The cluster.properties file only needs to be modified once, so a process that happens over and over seems a bit much.

However, I have a recipe I follow that includes a step to modify the file whenever I am adding a new Jira node. There are times I have overlooked the step in the past, so there is merit to an automated process.