Go through the following steps to integrate Jira with Crowd for user management:
- Navigate to Administration > User management > User Directories.
- Click on the Add Directory button and select the Atlassian Crowd option.
- Enter the Crowd server settings. Refer to the following table for details.
- Click on the Test Settings button to validate Jira's connectivity with Crowd.
- Click on the Save and Test button if there are no issues connecting with Crowd.
The following tables list configuration parameters for setting up integration with Crowd:
| Server settings | Description |
| Name | This is an identifier for the Crowd server. |
| Server URL | This is the Crowd's server URL. |
| Application Name | This is the registered application name for Jira inside Crowd. |
| Application Password | This is the password for the registered application. |
| Crowd Permissions | This is the column header. |
| Read Only | Select this option if you do not want Jira to make any changes to Crowd. This is the ideal option if everything, including the user's group membership, is managed with Crowd. |
| Read/Write | Select this option to let Jira synchronize any changes back to Crowd. |
The advanced settings are listed in the following table:
| Advanced settings | Description |
| Enable Nested Groups | This allows groups to contain other groups as members. |
| Enable Incremental Synchronization | This will only synchronize deltas. Enabling this option can help improve performance. |
| Synchronization Interval | This determines how often (in minutes) Jira should synchronize with Crowd for changes. Shorter intervals may cause performance issues. |