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Set up Atlassian OAuth for Jira and Confluence integration

Connect your users to Atlassian for Jira issue tracking, Confluence wiki access, and team collaboration.

PropertyValue
Provider IDatlassian
CategoryDeveloper Tools
PKCESupported
Token refreshAutomatic
Redirect URIShown in Developer Portal

Go to the Atlassian Developer Console

Create a new OAuth 2.0 integration

Click Create then OAuth 2.0 integration. Enter the application name.

Add the callback URL

Under Authorization, add the Redirect URI from the Developer Portal to the Callback URL field.

Configure permissions

Under Permissions, add the required scopes for your Atlassian products (Jira, Confluence).

Get credentials

Go to Settings to find your Client ID and Secret.

Open the Developer Portal

Go to portal.alterauth.com and navigate to the application.

Add Atlassian provider

Go to OAuth Providers > Add Provider > Atlassian.

Enter credentials

  • Client ID: Paste your Atlassian Client ID
  • Client Secret: Paste your Atlassian Client Secret

Select scopes

Choose the scopes the application needs.

Save

Click Save. The provider is now active.

ScopeDescription
read:meRead the current user’s profile and discover accessible cloud instances (required for all Jira/Confluence API calls)
offline_accessAccess resources on behalf of the user when they are not present
ScopeDescription
read:jira-workRead Jira project and issue data
write:jira-workCreate and edit Jira issues and projects
read:jira-userRead Jira user information
ScopeDescription
read:confluence-content.allRead Confluence pages and blog posts
write:confluence-contentCreate and update Confluence pages
read:confluence-space.summaryRead Confluence space summaries
  • You must configure specific API scopes under Permissions in the Atlassian Developer Console for each product (Jira, Confluence).
  • The read:me scope is required for all Atlassian API calls to discover accessible cloud instances.
  • See the Atlassian OAuth documentation for more details.

Alter policy rules can target these attested operations and families for operation-level and parameter-aware controls.

Operation IDFamiliesMethodProvider path
addCommentadmin, sendPOST/rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/comment
addNotificationssendPUT/rest/api/3/notificationscheme/{id}/notification
createNotificationSchemesendPOST/rest/api/3/notificationscheme
getCommentsByIdssendPOST/rest/api/3/comment/list
notifyadmin, sendPOST/rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/notify
publishDraftWorkflowSchemesendPOST/rest/api/3/workflowscheme/{id}/draft/publish
setCommentPropertyadmin, sendPUT/rest/api/3/comment/{commentId}/properties/{propertyKey}
updateCommentadmin, sendPUT/rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/comment/{id}
updateProjectEmailsendPUT/rest/api/3/project/{projectId}/email
reorderCustomFieldOptionspaymentPUT/rest/api/3/field/{fieldId}/context/{contextId}/option/move
reorderIssueTypesInIssueTypeSchemepaymentPUT/rest/api/3/issuetypescheme/{issueTypeSchemeId}/issuetype/move
AddonPropertiesResource.deleteAddonProperty_deleteadmin, deleteDELETE/rest/atlassian-connect/1/addons/{addonKey}/properties/{propertyKey}
bulkDeleteIssuePropertyadmin, deleteDELETE/rest/api/3/issue/properties/{propertyKey}
bulkDeleteWorklogsadmin, deleteDELETE/rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/worklog
cancelTaskdelete, writePOST/rest/api/3/task/{taskId}/cancel
deleteActoradmin, deleteDELETE/rest/api/3/project/{projectIdOrKey}/role/{id}
deleteAndReplaceVersiondelete, writePOST/rest/api/3/version/{id}/removeAndSwap
deleteAvatardeleteDELETE/rest/api/3/universal_avatar/type/{type}/owner/{owningObjectId}/avatar/{id}
deleteCommentadmin, deleteDELETE/rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/comment/{id}
deleteCommentPropertyadmin, deleteDELETE/rest/api/3/comment/{commentId}/properties/{propertyKey}
deleteComponentdeleteDELETE/rest/api/3/component/{id}
ConnectToForgeMigrationTaskSubmissionResource.submitTask_postadmin, writePOST/rest/atlassian-connect/1/migration/{connectKey}/{jiraIssueFieldsKey}/task
addAttachmentadmin, writePOST/rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/attachments
addSecurityLevelMembersadmin, writePUT/rest/api/3/issuesecurityschemes/{schemeId}/level/{levelId}/member
addVoteadmin, writePOST/rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/votes
addWatcheradmin, writePOST/rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/watchers
addIssueTypesToContextwritePUT/rest/api/3/field/{fieldId}/context/{contextId}/issuetype
addIssueTypesToIssueTypeSchemewritePUT/rest/api/3/issuetypescheme/{issueTypeSchemeId}/issuetype
addScreenTabwritePOST/rest/api/3/screens/{screenId}/tabs
addSecurityLevelwritePUT/rest/api/3/issuesecurityschemes/{schemeId}/level
appendMappingsForIssueTypeScreenSchemewritePUT/rest/api/3/issuetypescreenscheme/{issueTypeScreenSchemeId}/mapping
createCustomFieldContextwritePOST/rest/api/3/field/{fieldId}/context
createCustomFieldOptionwritePOST/rest/api/3/field/{fieldId}/context/{contextId}/option
createIssueTypeAvatarwritePOST/rest/api/3/issuetype/{id}/avatar2
ConnectToForgeMigrationFetchTaskResource.fetchMigrationTask_getreadGET/rest/atlassian-connect/1/migration/{connectKey}/{jiraIssueFieldsKey}/task
getAllIssueFieldOptionsreadGET/rest/api/3/field/{fieldKey}/option
getAlternativeIssueTypesreadGET/rest/api/3/issuetype/{id}/alternatives
getBulkOperationProgressreadGET/rest/api/3/bulk/queue/{taskId}
getChangeLogsreadGET/rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/changelog
getCommentreadGET/rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/comment/{id}

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