Jira Integration
This guide provides information on how to integrate Jira, a bug tracking and project management product, with the Binadox multi-cloud SaaS and IaaS usage monitoring and cost optimization platform to receive utilization insights, user data and spend optimization recommendations.
Important:
If your Atlassian account uses two-step verification, email-based OTP is not supported for integration. You must use an authenticator app (TOTP) instead.
Before connecting, make sure you have completed Step 1 and obtained the TOTP Secret Key (seed) from Jira. This key is required to enable TOTP-based authentication for the integration.
Step 1. Get TOTP Secret Key (Seed) from Jira
Log in to your Atlassian account.
Navigate to Account Settings → Security. Click Manage two-step verification.
Click Set up authenticator app and enter your password if prompted.
You will be redirected to a screen with a QR code. Click Can’t scan the code (or Problems with QR code, depending on your interface).
Copy the Secret Key (TOTP seed) displayed on the screen. This is a long alphanumeric string (typically 16+ characters) used to generate 6-digit authentication codes in your authenticator app.
This key will be used later to complete the integration.
Step 2. Connect Jira to Binadox
1. Log into your Binadox account.
2. In the navigation pane on the left, click SaaS Connections. Click on the Jira icon. To quickly locate the Jira software in the list of supported applications, type in its name in the search bar.
3. Indicate a meaningful connection instance name for further reference and differentiation. Click Continue.
4. Fill in the connection properties. Enter the email address and password of an administrator account.
If two-step verification (TOTP) is enabled, enter the TOTP Secret Key (seed) obtained in Step 1.
Click Connect.
5. Upon successful Jira configuration, the connection status will switch into Connected.