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1. Enter the Kafka Topic name to read from

2. Enter the Key and Value deserializer.

3. Select the Action that shall take the input from each Kafka message and perform something in Jira.

4. optional specify a Data condition

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Step 2. - Add Outbound Integration to creata a Jira Issue

1. Click New (Action)

2. Select Template Category: Jira Core

3. Select Template: Create Issue

4. Click Create

5. Select a basic Auth Jira user see Basic Auth

6. Add Body
   

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   language js
   { "fields": { "project": { "id": "12200" }, "summary": "{{name}}", "issuetype": { "id": "10001" }, "reporter": { "name": "kg" }, "labels": [ "kafka" ], "description":"{{description}}", "customfield_10201":"{{someother_data}}" } }

This will create the issue based on the incoming data from Kafka. In the message we are sending

{
  "name":"the issue name",
  "description":"some description",
  "someother_data":"100"
}

the data in the message gets converted to an object that we can access using mustache syntax {{name}} etc.

Step 3. - Add Outbound Integration to update a Jira Issue

1. Click New (Action)

2. Select Template Category: Jira Core

3. Select Template: Edit Issue

4. Click Create

5. Change the URL {{baseUrl}}/rest/api/2/issue/{{issue.key}} to {{baseUrl}}/rest/api/2/issue/{{key}}

6. Select a basic Auth Jira user see Basic Auth

7. Add Body

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   language js
   { "fields": { "description":"{{description}}", "customfield_10201":"{{someother_data}}" } }

This will create the issue based on the incoming data from Kafka. In the message we are sending

{
  "key":"ISSUE-1234",
  "description":"new description",
  "someother_data":"945"
}

the data in the message gets converted to an object that we can access using mustache syntax {{key}} which is used for updating the issue