What is the best way to create a JIRA URL like 'jira.companyname.com'?

[Deleted user]

This is how it is done at Atlassian for example. The closest thing I found in the documentation was to use mod_proxy, but it only gave examples which added '/jira' to the (existing) company URL.

How does the base URL (setting in JIRA) work in relation to this?

[Deleted user · Accepted solution]

Found what I was looking for, though under the Confluence documentation: http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Using+Apache+with+mod_proxy#UsingApachewithmodproxy-complex

Please comment if you know any differences I should be aware of if I apply it to JIRA.

[Deleted user]

Working a bit with this I see there are quite a few ways to achieve this. Not everything is straightforward though. For example combining it with a Confluence site called confluence.companyname.com.

It would be nice to have this setup as part of the documentation. There are several technical solutions that are clearly recommended for the Atlassian products, and it should be possible to do the same here.

[Kimberly McKinnis]

I don't know if it's officially supported, but I use nginx to proxy around the tomcat port, and then DNS to create a CName.

[Pankaj Jangid]

Such setting can only be done at DNS level. And use Apache mod_jk if you don't want to change the tomcat port and just want to use apache at port 80.