Jira troubleshooting

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Symptoms[edit]

unable to create a ticket[edit]

  • logging in as a newly created user with no special permissions, I see no "create issue" button.
  • the only area visible in the upper blue bar is "dashboards"
  • logging in and out are successful
  • verify the default project
  • verify user permissions and group membership


user permissions not syncing with ldap[edit]

Basic info gathering[edit]

  • version is under the "?" help icon in the upper right under "About Jira"
  • my version is 6.1.5
  • lf version is 6.1.4

Use logging to see what is going on[edit]

  • under the gear settings icon in the upper right is the "System" menu selection
  • in the left side menu bar is a the Logging and Profiling option
  • enabling a logging component on this page does not persist across application restarts
  • log location defaults to:
/var/atlassian/application-data/jira/log# tail -f atlassian-jira.log
  • every component on a jira page is built through a restful call which can be seen in the logs through the http access log which can be enabled here
  • sql calls can be enabled here to debug database access