Merge BitBucket Server Users with Jira Server

Question

We are running BitBucket, Jira, Service Desk, and Confluence (all server starter licenses).   During the initial evaluation, I didn't link them.  These are all starter licenses so there are only a few (<5 users in each).

We have decided to stick with the Atlassian products and will probably upgrade if needed (we are a small development group and may never need more than 10 users) as we add more users.  Is there an easy way to link them and "merge" the users.   For instance, I will would like to start with BitBucket so that we can link Jira bugs, etc. to the repositories.  I am a user (and admin) in both, is there an easy way to "merge" my login in both packages so that I don't loose any history and permissions?

I wanted to ask first before trying it and possible breaking something.

Thanks

unknown · Answer

Thanks, that's what I was concerned about.   I was hoping that maybe it would merge/consolidate them by email address or some other method.  Or maybe even some kind of "wizard" that would allow you to match up users.

Johan Soetens _Dumblefy_ · Answer

If all your users are currently in an internal user directory (eg Bitbucket Server), they will all be different.

Bitbucket Server - External user directories

Bitbucket Server - Users and groups

It will not be straightforward to merge when you have multiple duplicates, please also verify if you have configured SSH access keys.

unknown · Answer

Thank you Johan.   I did realize that, my concern is that I already have a user named "Mark" in Jira and a user named "Mark"  in BitBucket (there are other duplicates too).  How do those users get "merged", resolved, etc?  Will I end up with 2 users named "Mark"?   Will I have to reassing all the appropriate BitBucket permissions to the Jira users?  Or, are the users automatically merged/combined?