{"id":273,"date":"2016-06-03T10:31:46","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T10:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevingoedecke.com\/?p=273"},"modified":"2016-06-03T10:35:52","modified_gmt":"2016-06-03T10:35:52","slug":"setup-jira-on-aws-ec2-using-port-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevingoedecke.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/03\/setup-jira-on-aws-ec2-using-port-80\/","title":{"rendered":"Setup JIRA on AWS EC2 using port 80"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hosting JIRA on an Amazon EC2 instance is quite easy and can save you a lot of money. Compare $10 per month to a one-time payment of $10 for the self hosted solution. The setup per se is quite easy but by default JIRA doesn’t\u00a0allow you to use port 80 as it’s default access port. In this tutorial we are going to look into how to still achieve this using iptables on a Linux system.<\/p>\n

I recommend using Amazon RDS as the database for JIRA, to increase redundancy and data safety in general.<\/p>\n

The first step is to set up an Amazon RDS database, afterwards you can go ahead fire up an EC2 instance and install JIRA. I used the recommended Amazon Linux Image for my installation.<\/p>\n

After the machine is up and running you simply get the latest JIRA binary and execute it.
\nGet the\u00a0download link of the latest version here:\u00a0https:\/\/www.atlassian.com\/software\/jira\/download
\n<\/a><\/p>\n

Afterwards use wget to download the file onto your EC2 instance:<\/p>\n

wget https:\/\/downloads.atlassian.com\/software\/jira\/downloads\/atlassian-jira-software-7.1.7-jira-7.1.7-x64.bin\r\n<\/pre>\n
Now all you have to do is make the file executable and then run it and follow the steps in the guided installation:<\/p>\n
sudo chmod a+x atlassian-jira-software-7.1.7-jira-7.1.7-x64.bin\r\n<\/pre>\n
sudo .\/atlassian-jira-software-7.1.7-jira-7.1.7-x64.bin<\/pre>\n
After you have finished the installation guide, you need to change the port mapping using iptables.<\/p>\n
Set the iptables configuration using the following commands:<\/p>\n
sudo iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT\r\nsudo iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 8080 -j ACCEPT\r\nsudo iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8080<\/pre>\n
Afterwards the iptables configuration needs to be stored to a local file, which late on is going to be used to load the configuration at boot of the host system.<\/p>\n
Store the configuration under\u00a0\/etc\/iptables.rules<\/span><\/p>\n
sudo bash -c \"iptables-save > \/etc\/iptables.rules\"<\/pre>\n
In order to load this file after the system has been booted, edit\u00a0\/etc\/rc.local<\/span>\u00a0 and append\u00a0the following command at the very end of it:<\/p>\n
iptables-restore < \/etc\/iptables.rules<\/pre>\n
Save the file and reboot your system. Double check if everything is working properly, use sudo iptables -L<\/span>\u00a0to see if the custom rules have been loaded during the boot. The output should look similar to this:<\/p>\n
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)\r\ntarget     prot opt source               destination         \r\nACCEPT     tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere             tcp dpt:http\r\nACCEPT     tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere             tcp dpt:webcache\r\n\r\nChain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)\r\ntarget     prot opt source               destination         \r\n\r\nChain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)\r\ntarget     prot opt source               destination<\/pre>\n
Afterwards you can continue to use your JIRA by accessing the web interface through port 80.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hosting JIRA on an Amazon EC2 instance is quite easy and can save you a lot of money. Compare $10 per month to a one-time payment of $10 for the self hosted solution. The setup per se is quite easy but by default JIRA doesn’t\u00a0allow you to use port 80 as it’s default access port. 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