Trying to get dev in synch with production configurations

Question

I'm trying to get my development environment system configuration to be the same as what is in production.

First let me say that "NO" I cannot get a copy of the production system brought down to my dev environment. The process will take 3 months to get approval, and that is best case scenario.

So, I'm trying to get things to match up Apples to Apples not Apples to apple if you know what I mean.

I need to create new workflows and schemes that have the same configuration and names as what is in production. I thought I could just go into the database and rename the current ones to prefix them with Wrong and the new ones with the correct names.

For example the current 'My Project Workflow' has the wrong values and I cannot modify them. So, I created a new workflow 'New My Project Workflow' with the correct values.

I go into the database and alter
'My Project Workflow'  – > 'Wrong My Project Workflow'
 and
'New My Project Workflow' – . 'My Project Workflow'

When I try to associate any organization with the workflow it then throws errors in the log stating

...WorkflowException: Could not find workflow associated with project 'OrgName', issuetype 8

Is there an easy way to rename this?

Or do I have to dis-associate every organization from the workflow

then delete that workflow

then recreate the workflow

then reassociate the organizations to the new workflow?

I have about 80 organizations and this is taking forever to manage.

George Dinkov _Botron_ · Answer

Hi Elijah,

You can solve this issue easily with Configuration Manager for JIRA. You can create a system snapshot from the production server and deploy it on the dev using "Restore" mode which was created exactly for the use case that you are describing. If you need any assistance or have some questions or comments don't hesitate to drop us an email at support@botronsoft.com

Thanks,

George, Botron Software

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

Yes, your assumption is correct - the workflows and schemes are what I mean by "setup".  There's some other stuff as well, like global settings, but you probably have all of those already.

Elijah · Answer

Nic, when you say copy the setup, I'm assuming you mean all of the stuff that I can find in the workflows, schemes etc. Or are you referring to something else?