Setting up a Windows domain single sign-on

If your organization is running a Windows domain, you can configure JIRA so that the users are automatically logged in when they log in to the domain with their workstations.

Getting ready

For this recipe, we will need the Kerberos SSO Authenticator for JIRA. You can get it at http://www.appfusions.com/display/KBRSCJ/Home.

You will also need to have the following set up:

• A service account in Active Directory for JIRA to use

• A Service Principle Name (SPN) for JIRA

How to do it...

Setting up the Windows domain SSO is not a simple task, as it involves many aspects of your network configuration. It is highly recommended that you engage the product vendor to ensure a smooth implementation.

Proceed with the following steps to set up the Windows domain SSO:

1. Shut down JIRA if it is running.

2. Copy login.conf,  krb5.conf and spnego-exclusion.properties to the JIRA_INSTALL/atlassian-jira/WEB-INF/classes directory.

3. Copy appfusions-jira-seraph-4.0.0.jar and appfusions...