Server to cloud Jira Migration App

Robert G. Nadon

Hi all,

There are several posts about this and I have checked them.  I did not find what I am looking for though.   Is there a way besides going into each one individually and seeing if there is compatibility for the cloud version?   I know I can use Jira Update Check to see if there is compatibility on a later version.  Is there anything like that for Data Center / Cloud?  

We have many apps and I would prefer not to go into each one go to the vendor site and look for compatibility.    Though if that is the only choice, then I will do what is necessary. 

Figured it couldn't hurt to ask.

Thanks,

Robert

Earl McCutcheon

Hi Robert,

Unfortunately there's no quick way to do this as you suspected.  The Add-on Upgrade Compatibility check tool for server is looking a the server add-on package directly and checking its version history list for a compatible version on the destination version but does not have any cross platform capabilities.

There are more details on this and a walkthrough on the recommended approach covered in the documentation "Migrate from Jira Server to Jira Cloud" & "Plan your Jira Server to Cloud migration" but a breakdown on the way to do this is going to be going the "Manage apps" in the Server Application and look for all the apps that are under "User-installed apps" do not worry about "system".  That's the list you'll need to install on your cloud version, but each app may still have functional discrepancies because of the differences in the platform causing additional feature loss from the possible functionality differences within the app even if a version is available for cloud.

Once you check all Installed add-ons in your JIRA Server install you can go directly to the add-on apps Marketplace listing and developers documentation pages by expanding the app details on the "Manage apps" page, OR going to the Support tab or the apps market place listing, to see if the app requires any addiotnal steps or custom processes to migrate the app data to the Cloud platform, and these custom methods are gong to be on an app by app basis if they exist.

Regards,
Earl