How can I add a new hyperlink to the JIRA login form?

[Douglas Leech]

I have been asked to add a link to the login form so that our users can choose to login via username/password, or to proceed to use a CAC/pin.

In the \JIRA 4.4.2\atlassian-jira\includes folder there is a loginform.jsp which would seem to be the file to modify but no change I make is visible when the form is displayed via the dashboard.

Can anyone tell me what steps I must follow to make a change such as this?

[MatthewC · Accepted solution]

Hi Doug,

You're part way there but this is one of those occasions where you have to learn to think like Atlassian.... there are in fact two almost identical login forms, not one so it depends which one you are modifying.....

/login.jsp - this is generated from /includes/loginform.jsp

/secure/Dashboard.jspa - see below

however, if you touch any secure URL (dashboard) & don't have a valid session, you get re-directed to the login GADGET on a dashboard. This comes from one of the standard JAR files and you're going to have to unpack 2 levels of JAR, make your change, repack & restart Jira. It's all explained here:

http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRAKB/How+to+Customise+the+Login+Gadget

If you're also going to be modify templates in Jira, you should switch of template caching on your dev box until you're sure it's tested & working.

https://developer.atlassian.com/display/CONFDEV/Disable+Velocity+Caching

[Douglas Leech]

Hi Matthew,

Thanks for your response - I am running with 4.4.3 and had to modify the Login-gadget.soy file - got the instructions from the links you provided - works like a charm - thanks agin.

[Andrew Frayling]

Hi Doug,

Just a thought, but are you restarting JIRA after making changes to loginform.jsp? I'd expect the JSP's to only be re-compiled and cached after a restart.

Andrew.