is it mandatory to use different binary for server and datacenter in jira for plugins

Question

Hello Team,

We recently upgraded our jira from 8.5 to 9.12.1

when i download binary for jira , there is no different binary for server and datacenter

but for plugins , this is not the same case ,

As i have upgraded my jira instance to server 
according to server , i have upgraded all plugins as per server

do we need to download datacenter plugin again for jira datacenter instance?

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

Hi Pavan,

Not for Scriptrunner.  Most app, including Scriptrunner, now are written entirely for DC, because Server is going away in a few weeks.  We've not had a different compilation for Scriptrunner for Server and DC since DC arrived!

But DC apps all work on server (they just never run the DC-specific code) - you can think of a Server install as "A DC install with only one node".

The marketplace lists them separately for historical reasons, but most vendors simply provide the same DC binary for the Server and DC listings.

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

Hi Pavan,

Some apps do have different distributables for Server and Data Center, but Scriptrunner is not one of them.  It has been built for Data Center only for years now.

Apps written for DC always work on Server, so there's no need to have a Server version separately.

It is not the other way around - DC apps sometimes require code for handling things Server does not do, (sessions and clustering stuff), so you can't be sure a Server app will work on DC.  But a DC app will be fine on Server, it just never needs to call the DC specific code in it.