Powershell SSO with JIRA

Question

Hey everyone,

I'm creating a script that runs on the user end where it checks certain things. If the computer doesn't have the package we want, I want the script to create a ticket with in JIRA using REST method. I can get everything working POSTMAN and also I can create tickets with my script with no issues.

The problem is, I don't want to add my password (even if its Base64) to the script and distribute across the company. Does anyone know a way of using PowerShell or even .NET to use SSO since everyone in the company has the right to create a ticket.

I searched for this answer but couldn't find anything relevant to what I'm trying to do.

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you everyone in advance.

Guti_nnmky1 · Answer

Thanks Bruno,

I like the add-on, however not looking to purchase anything at the moment since this is only a side project for me.

I just figured there would be an easy way since all users have the permission to create a ticket without having to enter their credentials (SSO using a browser).

Thanks,

Bruno Vincent · Answer

Hi @Guti

Disclaimer: What I am suggesting below will only work if you are running Jira server, not Jira Cloud. Besides it involves a commercial add-on and I work for the vendor of that add-on. However since they rely upon a standard protocol (Kerberos), the examples of code should work with our competitors' add-ons as well.

You may want to take a look at the IWAAC Kerberos SSO add-on which provides password-less authentication based on Kerberos. The add-on is usually intended for browser usage but you can also use it for scripts so as to avoid the need to hard-code a username and password in those programs.

We provide several examples in PowerShell, Python and Groovy on that page.

Hope this helps!

Bruno