What can be considered as Middleware in Jira Server Architecture ?

Question

May be funny/Silly type of question . But i bit curious to know .

Middleware : Its type of framework which is used for communication between OS and Application . from which i know correct me if i'm wrong

Consider a Jira server installed in windows operating system .  then what is middleware in this system

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

Given that description of middleware, the answer is "The JVM you're running your Jira in".  You are running Tomcat on top of Java, Jira talks to Tomcat, and that in turn talks to the JVM which then interacts with the operating system.

However, that definition of middleware is not what I think is the standard one.

Middleware is software that provides services and communication between your application and another (which may or may not be the operating system)

In that sense, Jira doesn't use middleware.  Although it's eminently possible to hook it up to middleware of course.

Kishan Sharma · Answer

Hi @Rahul Jodavula

Jira is a web application written in Java. It is deployed as a standard Java WAR file into a java Servlet Container such as Tomcat. So, Tomcat is the middleware here.

Rahul Jodavula_5c4nx0 · Answer

@Nic Brough -Adaptavist-  @RK