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Learn MoreThe following tutorial describes the configuration to use Two-Factor Authentication with SecSign ID Plugin on a third party application using Jira REST API
JIRA is a web application for operational project management as well as for error management and troubleshooting. There are many 3rd party apps available, which can access Jira, to post, update or modify content. Many companies maintain their own on-premise solutions, to access Jira data in their own applications.
Those 3rd party applications use the Jira REST API to exchange information. The following tutorial describes why you should set up OAuth with SecSignID to secure your Jira REST API.
SecSign ID is a plugin for real two-factor authentication (2FA) for Jira. 2FA adds another layer of security to your installation by using a second token. In this case the physical token is your smartphone.
If you seek for more information about about two-factor authentication have a look at the Jira Marketplace or our Github site.
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The Jira REST API is the primary way to interact with Jira remotely, whether you are building an app, scripting interactions with Jira or developing any other integration:
If you are integrating directly with the Jira Cloud REST APIs it is recommended to use OAuth authentication method. The OAuth authorization framework enables a third-party application to obtain limited access to Jira resources. The third-party apps won’t store protected data like user passwords or credentials. OAuth is the recommended way to authenticate users to the Jira REST API. Read more about OAuth and SecSignID
For implementations with low security requirements, such as scripts and bots, it is possible to use Basic authentication method. It utilizes just plain old user credentials with name and password. Those credentials are transmitted in plain text and pose a security risk.
A great starting guide to the Jira REST API with OAuth authentication is described in the Jira Developer Tutorial:
After Jira was set up properly, you have to register your 3rd party application under Administration > Applications > Application links.
Your client will require the following URLs to be able to make authentication requests to JIRA:
OAuth Config | Value |
request token url | JIRA_BASE_URL + /plugins/servlet/oauth/request-token |
authorization url | JIRA_BASE_URL + /plugins/servlet/oauth/authorize |
access token url | JIRA_BASE_URL + /plugins/servlet/oauth/access-token |
The third-party app or client can be in whatever language you prefer, it just needs to implement the OAuth protocol. OAuth offers a collection of libraries and services that support OAuth 2.0 for common languages like Java, Php, Swift, Python, Ruby and so on.
At the moment Oauth 2.0 is only available for Atlassian Connect add-ons. For REST API calls, only Oauth is supported.
The Jira Tutorial also offers an example client (rest-oauth-client-1.0.one-jar.jar) in java. You can find example clients in Perl, Php, Python, Ruby etc. in the bitbucket repository.
SecSignID Plugin needs to be installed in your Jira instance. Follow the instructions to set up SecSignID in Jira:
Refer to the Jira Tutorial OAuth on how to obtain a request token with the example client. After obtaining the request token from JIRA, you will get the access URL. The user needs to open the URL, in a browser or internal web view, to authenticate with Jira. If the SecSignID plugin is set up correctly, your users will be able to authenticate via their SecSignID.
Jira will ask, if you give the third-party app the permission to read and write content under your account. After approving the access, Jira will confirm that you have successfully authorized the access. It gives a verification code which you’ll need to get the access token like described in the Jira Tutorial.
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