The best way to redirect old links from Jira to the new Jira server.

[Steven Parsons]

HI,

I was wondering if anyone has done this before in the past. I am planning on upgrading Jira this weekend. During the upgrade it will be moved to a new server and renamed.

Can anyone give me the best solution for routing the old jira links to the new server?

thanks,

Steven

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Accepted solution]

I've always done that with a rewrite or proxy in Apache. Assuming you're behind an Apache server of course.

[JamieA]

If you're not behind apache you can still run one on the old host/port combination. Or get the old DNS entry pointed to the new server and have apache listening on the old port, then rewrite to the new port. Now would be a good time to incorporate apache or nginx into your new setup...

[Radu Dumitriu]

or with: http://tuckey.org/urlrewrite/

[Steven Parsons]

Thanks, I will take a look at http://tuckey.org/urlrewrite/

[JamieA]

It's the easiest way, problem is you will need to keep the old jira running (unless you know how to knock up a java webapp). Make sure you point to a dummy database if you keep jira running.