# Jira with Gitlab Integration
###### tags: `Devops` `gitlab` `Jira` `Integration`

## Jira provides 2 types of integrations

### Jira Integration

Jira development Panel Integration

We are going to do Jira Integration.

## Step 1: Create and API token for Jira Atlassian Cloud ( you need an API token to integrate gitlab with Jira)

→ Sign in to Jira (You should have Write acess to Jira projects)

→ Profile → Manage Account → Security → Create and Manage API Token


→ Create API Token

→ Enter a Label for your Token (e.g. Jira-integration-gitlab) → Create


→ Copy the API Token and Paste somewhere safely.

## Step 2: Configure the Gitlab
Limitation:

This integration is not supported on GitLab instances under a relative URL (for example, http://example.com/gitlab).

→ Ensure you have API Token and email address of your Jira Account .

→ On the top bar, → Menu → Projects → Your Project.


→ On the left side bar → Settings  → Integrations → Search Jira → Select Jira


→ Enable Integration 

→ Enter the web URL to the Jira Instance web interface you’re linking to the Gitlab Project

→ Jira API URL → Leave Empty

→ Username or Email →  Jira Server Username or Email

→ API Token you have generated before and copied at Jira


→ Trigger Actions → Select Both ( Commit and Merge Request) 

→ Trigger Actions → Comment Settings → Enable Comment → Standard 

→ Trigger Actions → Transion Jira Issues → Enable Jira Transitions → Move to done


Adding the JMESPATH:

→ Profile → Git Integrations: User Settings → Manage Integrations → Click Gitlab → Connection Settings


→ Integration Settings → JMESPATH Filter

Added Filters 

|| contains (name, ‘sohail-demo') || contains (name, '*') ||

Note: sohail-demo Project visibility change to public (Internal) and in the filter the '*' purpose is used to show all and waiting for the impact in output.


#### Till now we are done with our current settings, waiting for Jira response agianst our settigns. However there is another feature which is Jira Issues ( That is Premium feature, we need to make sure that feature is important for full integration)