How to set up Atlassian JIRA on Amazon EC2 Linux

To set up Atlassian Jira on Amazon EC2 we can follow this fantastic post: See here.

(It’s a little bit outdated the previous link, but you can complement with the below list)

MySQL useful links:

• How to find out the MySQL root password
• Download latest Jira Software binary file
• Installing Jira on Linux
• How to Check if Your Linux System Is 32-bit or 64-bit
• Solving a “communications link failure” with JDBC and MySQL

Migrating from Jira Cloud to Jira Server

• How to merge some Jira Cloud projects into an existent Jira Server instance

If you encounter problems migrating from Jira Cloud to Jira Server (Incorrect String value for column X at row Y…). Usually if you have tickets with mail contents (…utf8mb4)

• SQL Exception while updating issues or importing data in JIRA applications with MySQL due to encoding
• Jira Server:Add support for 4 byte characters in MySQL connection

PostgreSQL useful links:

• How can I install PostgreSQL on AWS EC2, and how can I access that?
• Jira Server: Unable to connect to database with ‘Ident authentication failed’ error
• Setting up a PostgreSQL Database on Linux for JIRA

Attachments problems useful links:

• JIRA applications generate a FileNotFoundException due to permission denied

Change port from 8080 to 80 (not recommended, better https in port 443) useful links:

• How Do I Use Port 80 or 443 on my JIRA Server as a Non-Root User on Linux

Well-known problem if you use iptables to change the port from 8080 to 80:

• How to fix gadget titles showing as __MSG_gadget

Guide by MrAddon