1.3 How to: Create Application Link (Cloud)

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Last updated: Oct 23, 2019 by Simone Schmidt
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This is the documentation for the old add-in. If you are looking for info about the new one, please click click here.


The Outlook app uses oAuth 1.0a to connect to your JIRA instance. You need to create a new application link, so Outlook can connect to it. Please follow the instructions carefully - any misspelling could prevent JIRA for Outlook from working correctly.


1.Open Admin Area


Open JIRA and open the applications area.

With the latest UI Update, the correct path is Jira Settings → Products → Application Links



2. New Appication Link


2.1 Create

Afterwards open the menu "Application Links" and create a new link for "https://office365.yasoon.com"

2.2 Confirm Popup

There will be a popup, telling you that no response was received. This is no error. The communication with JIRA will be exclusively done from Outlook, our server will at no time connect to JIRA directly. Just click "Continue" to skip to the next step.



2.3. Maintain Header Data

In the Creation dialog just enter the following mandatory values:

Application Name: JIRA for Outlook

Application Type: Generic Application

Continue again to save the application link


2.4. Maintain Incoming Authentication

There is a bug in JIRA and you cannot directly maintain incoming authentication data. So please save the link first and then edit your newly created application and switch to "Incoming Authentication".

Enter the following values:

Please follow these values carefully. Every misspelling may cause errors later on when using the Outlook add-on. Better spend a minute now to double-check if everything is correct. Thank you!
FieldValue
Consumer Keyyasoonjira
Consumer NameJIRA for Outlook
Description<This text is visible to the users. Set a text that helps users to identify this JIRA system>
Public Key<Insert the certificate shown on the configuration page (Addons → Outlook App → General Overview). Please also include "---BEGIN... ---END CERTIFICATE>
Consumer Callback Urlhttp://oauth.yasoon/v1/com.yasoon.jira/auth


2.5. Save

Save all your changes. JIRA is ready to provide the data to the Outlook client.


SSL Certificate

The whole communication between Outlook and JIRA is SSL encrypted so you need to add the certificate in the JIRA application link. There are two possibilities to get the certificate:

  • Recommended: Use the auto-generated certificate
    As soon as you registered the JIRA instance with yasoon, we automatically generate a new certificate for you. The certificate is shown on the Admin page of your JIRA addon. 

  • Create your own
    If you need a custom SSL certificate, due to corporate requirements, please contact us for more information.