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This page allows to configure SSO link (oAuth) between Jira and ActivityTimeline.

Users will be able to login into ActivityTimeline with a single button click. 
There will be no need to enter username/password on ActivityTimeline Login form:

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ActivityTimeline Single Sign-On Setup page:

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There are two statuses

of oAuth SSO

connection:

• ActivityTimeline has configured oAuth SSO connection

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• ActivityTimeline without configured oAuth SSO connection

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Procedure to configure Single Sign-On (SSO) between Jira and ActivityTimeline:

Step 1

• Open JIRA

• →  Click on Gear icon → JIRA Administration → Applications (Jira Server) 
  or click on

• the Jira icon (top/left corner) → Settings → Applications → Application Links

•  page in the left menu (Jira Cloud)

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• Click on "Application links"

• Copy "Application Url" from the blank on Single Sign-On Setup in Activity Timeline → to blank on Configure Application Links tab in Jira

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• Click "Create new link" button → Click "Continue"

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• ℹ️ IMPORTANT: Tick "Use this URL" checkbox

• to preserve the original Url
  

• Fill-in the "Application Name" field, choose Generic Applicationfor Application Type, leave all other blanks empty,

•  and click "Continue" button

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• On Single Sign-On Setup page in ActivityTimeline click "Mark as done" button

Step 2

Generate ActivityTimeline certificate and token, to use for Jira Application Link:

Click "Generate" button:

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Public Key is created. 

Step 3

• Click on a pencil icon

• on Application

• Links page created

• in Step 1

• Choose Incoming Authentication link

•  and fill-in the details using data from ActivityTimeline in Step 2

• You can leave all other fields as default

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• Click "Save" button on Jira Application Link Configuration

• Click "Verify" button on Single Sign-On Setup page

Jira should ask whether you allow the connection as a currently logged-in Jira user.

Click "Allow" to grant connection and finish the setup of SSO.

ActivityTimeline will make that user as Synchronization user (that loads updates from Jira).

That should be it!