Jira Grafana JSON Datasource Plugin

Connect Grafana to Jira Cloud to retrieve metrics on your Jira issues.

The original intention for this project was to allow me to show a singlestat count of open issues for my team's Service Desk.

Requirements

This project only requires your Grafana instance to have the SimpleJson plugin installed.

Installation

Run the Docker container (replace environment variables with your Jira Cloud credentials):

$ docker run -d -p 3000:3000 --name jira-grafana -e JIRA_HOST=myjira.atlassian.net -e [email protected] -e JIRA_PASS=XXXX bluefrg/jira-grafana-json-datasource

Confirm running by visiting: http://localhost:3000

Note: I've only tested running this project as a Docker container in an ECS cluster.

Atlassian credentials

It's recommended to use API tokens from your Atlassian API token page for authentication instead of your primary account username and password.

Testing Jira connection

You can validate the connection to Jira is authenticating properly by visiting the test-jria endpoint at: http://localhost:3000/test-jira

A successful authentication will return the current user, a failure will return the HTTP response and detailed error message from Jira.

docker-compose.yml

The docker-compose is included as an example of how to test Grafana and the Jira Grafana JSON Datasource integration. Not intended for production use.

Setup

To add this as a data source in Grafana, go to Configuration -> Data Sources and click Add. For the Type choose SimpleJson. Enter the root URL for this project (e.g. http://localhost:3000).

When adding a panel to a dashboard, choose the newly created data source. Under the metrics tab, you will see your Jira filters as an option to plot on your panel.

Authentication

You can require authentication by adding a HTTP_USER and HTTP_PASS environment variable.

You will need to reconfigure your data source to use "Basic Auth".

License

This project is licensed under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.