How do I connect internal Jira users with LDAP accounts during the upgrade to 4.3 or higher?

Jim Birch
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June 1, 2011

I have an existing set of Jira users that match users in our active dirirectory. Currently, we use ldap for password verification only.

I am upgrading to 4.3.x where and want to use new ldap users and groups capability, so I don't need to create users manually.

Are the old internal user accounts automatically matched/linked with the AD accounts when I link Jira to AD? Do I need to do anything except set up the link?

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Dana Scoggins _CCC_ June 1, 2011

Internal user accounts that are currently using LDAP for password checks will be linked to the AD accounts during the upgrade as long as a few criteria are met:

1. the osuser.xml file from the old instance *must* be in place (moved to the new WEB-INF/classes directory) during the upgrade

2. the usernames within Jira and AD must match - case and all.

I would suggest reading the upgrade guide thoroughly since user management has changed so much:

http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/JIRA+4.3+Upgrade+Guide#JIRA4.3UpgradeGuide-ForcustomersusingLDAPforauthentication

By the way, which version of Jira are you upgrading from? Also, I would definitely perform a development upgrade before going straight to prod.

Edit: I do not believe internal accounts are linked with ldap accounts automatically. They will need to be created in LDAP for authentication to work just as your existing ldap users.

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