Jira Home directory configuration

Question

Trying to configure a Jira install to have it's home directory on a file server.  Tried these approaches:

1. Updated jira.home in jira-application.properties with a mapped drive to the file server.  Resulted in a Could not create jira home directory.. message upon trying to start Jira

2. Updated jira.home in jira-application.properties with a symbolic link to the file server.  Resulted in a Could not create jira home directory.. message upon trying to start Jira

3. Updated jira.home in jira-application.properties with the UNC to the file server.  Resulted in a jira.home must be an absolute path.. message upon trying to start Jira

So the question...is this possible?

Dieter · Answer

https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRAKB/Searching,+Indexing,+and+Filters+Troubleshooting#SearchingIndexingandFiltersTroubleshooting-Indexingrecommendations

Radu Dumitriu · Answer

Yes, it's possible but it's higly unadvisable. 1) should work.