Challenges with Federation with JIRA

Question

We are planning to implement the Federation concept of JIRA. Before we do the POC, I am preparing a list of evaluation criteria, i am looking out for challenges which teams had faced earlier while implementation of Federation. Also, what all needs to be tested as part of Federation POC?

Sudheer Naik · Answer

Thanks Scott. Yes, this is our base document where we started off. This document clearly explains the federation process. But we are doing a POC and wanted to ensure that we are looking into all issues which will be encountered when this is implemented.

For e.g. Do we really need a single sign on for each instance if the user id's are from LDAP?

Scott Theus · Answer

Hi Sudheer,

I've not tried it yet so I did some digging to understand what you were asking about. (It's how I learn :)  )

There is a very good article on Federation here:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/enterprise/federating-jira-managing-multiple-instances-461504624.html

If you haven't read it yet, check it out. It may not answer your question, but its a good starting point.

-Scott

...I'm going to "watch" your post and see what others have to say.