Do we need to purchase Oracle java separately for JIRA and Bamboo

Devendar Gangapuram
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January 12, 2022

Hi Team,

Currently, our JIRA and Bamboo are using Oracle Java which was came installation. Now do we need to now purchase this Oracle Java again ?

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Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
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January 12, 2022

It depends.

Oracle made their Java non-free a while ago, and they did it on a version change.

If you are on a version of Java that is old enough that it is not paid for, then no, you are fine.  If you have moved up to a version that is not free any more, then yes, you will need to pay a licence fee for it (the licence fee is not part of what you have paid to Atlassian)

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KAGITHALA BABU ANVESH
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January 12, 2022

Hi @Devendar Gangapuram

java is bundled with Jira and Bamboo. 
no need to get external.

Thanks,

Anvesh Kagithala

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January 17, 2022

Hi @Nic Brough -Adaptavist- / @KAGITHALA BABU ANVESH , 

Thank you for the replies. 

We have installed JIRA v8.13.0 and Bamboo 7.0.4 , do this servers need to purchase the Oracle JAVA license? I could not get any useful information on Atlassian site for my scenario. 

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
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January 18, 2022

As I said before, you will need to pay the licence fee for Oracle Java.

See 

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/Price-upgrade-for-oracle-JDK-in-2019/qaq-p/914167 

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-discussions/Java-11-and-OpenJDK-support-for-Atlassian-Server-amp-Data-Center/td-p/872998

Atlassian's documentation sites don't mention it anywhere obvious though.  Maybe because they've expected everyone to move to OpenJDK by now (3 years later)

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January 19, 2022

Jira has bundled Adopt Open JDK since version 8.3 - the bundled version with 8.13 is Adopt OpenJDK 8u202b08. If for some reason the bundled version has been replaced, or if the application is using a system Java, you can also change the JVM being used by the application. 

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