Prerequsites
Linux User
All scripts and the crontab stuff assumes that there is a "jira" user, with access to /opt/jira-cron
Atlassian CLI
The Atlassian CLI must be installed and prepared
Workflow
My IssueType is called "Repeatable Task" and has a very small workflow:
Upon the Transition of Initiate, the Post Function, creates a copy of the Issue as a subtask and sets the the issue back to Status "Frozen":
Make a custom Field
The Issuetype has a custom field called "Cron Scheduling", as this will hold the schedules for the Issue:
Location
I have my stuff in /opt/jira-cron
The usefull Scripts
Make the crontab script
The scripts makes and enables a crontab for the "jira" user. It search for issues that satisfies:
Issuetype=Repeatable Task
Status=Frozen
Cron Scheduling has a value
#!/bin/bash IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b") TransitionScript="/opt/jira-cron/jiraTransitionIssue.sh" JIRAFilter="issuetype = \"Repeatable Task\" AND status in (Frozen) and \"Cron Scheduling\" IS NOT NULL" FIELD="12821" CHAR="'" CRONTABUSER="jira" rm /tmp/crontab 2> /dev/null rm /tmp/value 2> /dev/null echo " --------- " >>/opt/jira-cron/jiraMakeCrontab.log issueList=`/opt/atlassian-cli/jira.sh --action getIssueList --search "$JIRAFilter" --outputFormat 200 | grep -v "issues" | grep -v "Created"` for issue in $issueList do issueKey=`echo $issue | awk '{print $1}' | sed 's/,//g'` CustomFieldValue=`/pack/atlassian-cli/jira.sh --action GetFieldValue --issue "$issueKey" --field "customfield_$FIELD" --file /tmp/value` if [ -f /tmp/value ] then crontabEntry=`cat /tmp/value | sed 's/'"$CHAR"'//g'` echo "#Crontabs for $issueKey" >> /tmp/crontab for cronEntry in $crontabEntry do echo "$cronEntry $TransitionScript $issueKey >> /opt/jira-cron/jiraTransitionIssue.log 2>&1" >> /tmp/crontab echo "Added: $cronEntry $TransitionScript $issueKey to /tmp/crontab" >> /opt/jira-cron/jiraMakeCrontab.log done echo "" >> /tmp/crontab fi rm /tmp/value 2> /dev/null done rm /tmp/value 2> /dev/null #Replace JIRA Users crontab su - jira -c "crontab /tmp/crontab"
After running the script the /var/spool/cron/crontabs/JIRA (on Ubuntu LTS) should look like this:
#Crontabs for SUPPORT-513 * * 1 * * /opt/jira-cron/jiraTransitionIssue.sh SUPPORT-513 >> /opt/jira-cron/jiraTransitionIssue.log 2>&1 #Crontabs for HOMEPAGE-3846 0 5 2 * * /opt/jira-cron/jiraTransitionIssue.sh HOMEPAGE-3846 >> /opt/jira-cron/jiraTransitionIssue.log 2>&1 #Crontabs for HOMEPAGE-2933 0 0 1 * * /opt/jira-cron/jiraTransitionIssue.sh HOMEPAGE-2933 >> /opt/jira-cron/jiraTransitionIssue.log 2>&1 #Crontabs for PROJECTTOOLS-2467 0 5 5 * * /opt/jira-cron/jiraTransitionIssue.sh PROJECTTOOLS-2467 >> /opt/jira-cron/jiraTransitionIssue.log 2>&1
Make the Transition Script
#!/bin/bash # CLI Reference: https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/JCLI/JIRA+Command+Line+Interface IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b") CHAR="'" OKSTATUS="Frozen (10003)" issueKey=$1 if [ $issueKey != '' ] then StatusFieldValue=`/opt/atlassian-cli/jira.sh --action GetFieldValue --issue "$issueKey" --field "Status" --file /tmp/value` if [ -f /tmp/value ] then Status=`cat /tmp/value | sed 's/'"$CHAR"'//g'` if [ $Status == $OKSTATUS ] then # Transition issue /opt/atlassian-cli/jira.sh --action progressIssue --issue "$issueKey" --step "Initiate" >> /opt/jira-cron/jiraTransitionIssue.log 2>&1 else echo "Issue $issueKey was not in $OKSTATUS State, but in $Status" fi fi else echo "No IssueKey as parameter" fi