Automating Export and Import of Projects

You’ll need version 3.0.0 or higher of Project Configurator.

3.7.0 Update: Security vulnerabilities fixed in accordance with our bug bounty program. These vulnerabilities affect all prior versions of Project Configurator up to and including 3.6.2. We strongly advise that you upgrade to version 3.7.0 or later. See the 3.7.0 release notes for more information.

This section explains how to drive Project Configurator from the command line so you can create scripts that export or import complete projects. The method is based on interacting with the Jira server by issuing http requests to concrete URLs. You need a tool that lets you issue http requests from the command line, as wget or curl. If you are not familiar with wget or curl, it is recommended you first have a look at the manual for these products.

Some examples are provided below. Remember the export and import operations require system administrator permissions.

These examples have been tested on Ubuntu Linux 16.04, and they use curl and xmllint. Both programs must be installed on the system where you are going to run the scripts; you can install them with the following commands:

    apt get update

    apt get install curl

    apt get install libxml2-utils

In order to execute the scripts provided, copy them to a folder included in your machine’s path for executable files and make them executable.

Script versions 3.7.0 and newer

Download our latest script versions for Project Configurator 3.7.0 or later. The ZIP file contains the following scripts:

Auxiliary scripts

The auxiliary scripts are required by the Import and Export scripts:

wait-task-script
status-checker-script
get-csrf-script

Export script

This is an executable script that exports complete projects. Run the export script using the following command:

sh export.sh jira-host-url jira-context-path admin-user admin-password export-file-name export-mode project-key1 project-key2 ... -O export-options

Import script

This is an executable script that imports complete projects.

This 3.7.0 script version requires that you update the command used to invoke the import/export scripts. If you are upgrading, refer to the usage command at the top of the related scripts. It is also provided as a snippet, below.

sh import.sh jira-host-url jira-context-path admin-user admin-password import-file-name import-mode [-O import-options ...]

Script versions 3.6.2 and older

Download our earlier script versions for Project Configurator 3.6.2 or older. The ZIP file contains the following scripts:

Auxiliary scripts

The auxiliary scripts are required by the Import and Export scripts:

wait-task-script
status-checker-script

Export script

This is an executable script that exports complete projects. Run the export script using the following command:

export-project-script jira-host-url jira-context-path admin-user admin-password project-key export-mode [export-file-name] [project-key2 ...] [-O export-options ...]

Import script

This is an executable script that imports complete projects.

import-project-script jira-host-url jira-context-path admin-user admin-password import-file-name import-mode [-O import-options ...]

Legacy import script versions earlier than 3.1.10

Import script

import-project-script (versions earlier than 3.1.10)

# Usage import-project-script jira-host-url jira-context-path admin-user admin-password import-file-name import-mode [-O import-options ...]

RESPONSE_HTML="response.html"
COOKIES_FILE="cookies.txt"
IMPORT_MODE=""

USER=$3
PASSWD=$4

HOST=$1
CONTEXT=$2
BASE_URL="$1/$2"
IMPORT_FILE_NAME=$5

if [ "$6" == "-COMPLETE" ]
then
IMPORT_MODE=" -F "importMode=COMPLETE" -F "projectFile=$IMPORT_FILE_NAME""
SECOND_STEP="secure/complete-project-import.jspa"
else
IMPORT_MODE=" -F "importMode=CONFIGURATION" -F "projectConfigFile=@$IMPORT_FILE_NAME""
SECOND_STEP="secure/project-config-file-upload!backgroundImport.jspa"
fi

OPTION_STRING=""

shift 6

if [ "$1" == "-O" ]
then
shift
while (( "$#" ))
do
OPTION_STRING="$OPTION_STRING -F $1"
shift
done
fi

echo "options: $OPTION_STRING"

curl  -u "$USER:$PASSWD" --cookie-jar $COOKIES_FILE "$BASE_URL/secure/Dashboard.jspa?os_authType=basic" --head

curl -b $COOKIES_FILE -o $RESPONSE_HTML "$BASE_URL/secure/project-import-type!typeProject.jspa" $IMPORT_MODE
if ./status-checker-script $RESPONSE_HTML "-b $COOKIES_FILE -o $RESPONSE_HTML "$BASE_URL/$SECOND_STEP"" $OPTION_STRING" ; then
./wait-task-script $RESPONSE_HTML $HOST $CONTEXT $COOKIES_FILE
else
echo "Task has stopped"
fi

Command

It is launched with the following command:

import-project-script jira-host-url jira-context-path admin-user admin-password import-file-name import-mode [-O import-options ...]

Export options

jira-host-url: Host part of the exporting instance base URL, including port if needed (for example, http://my-server:2990)
jira-context-path: Context part of the exporting instance base URL (for example "jira"). Note that jira-host-url + "/" + jira-context-path equals "Jira base URL" (for example, http://my-server:2990/jira)
admin-user: Admin’s username
admin-password: Admin’s password
project-key [project-key2 …]: Keys of the projects to export, at least one must be provided
export-mode: COMPLETE for complete export or CONFIGURATION for exporting just configuration
export-file-name: Only for COMPLETE export. Name of the exported file, remember it will be left in "projectconfigurator" folder under directory $JIRA_HOME/export (for example 'exported-projects-10-04-2017-zip')
export-options: Additional export options. Each export option must be specified as key=value, preferably enclosed in double quotes.

Parameters	Possible Values	Notes
attachmentMode	automatic	Attachments will be included in the exported ZIP file (This is the default option)
attachmentMode	manual	You’ll need to copy the source Attachments in the target before launching a complete import.
filterUnusedCF	true	This parameter is deprecated. It is kept for backward compatibility with versions 1.3.0 and earlier of the app. It is equivalent to setting "filterCFMode=filterUnusedCFStrict".
filterCFMode	exportAllCF	Export all custom fields.
	filterUnusedCFStrict	Filter custom fields unused by the exported projects, as explained Filtering Unused Custom Fields but without taking into account whether there are issues in the project with values for that custom field. This option is deprecated, it is kept only for backwards compatibility with app versions older than 1.5.
	filterUnusedCFExtended	The default. Filter custom fields unused by the exported projects, as explained in Filtering Unused Custom Fields.
userExportMode, groupExportMode	fullExport	Export all (users or groups)
	ignoreInvalid	The default. Export all but users or groups not found or not valid
	doNotExport	No user or group will be exported.
jiraFilterExportMode	none	No filter will be exported
	global	Export only filters shared with all users
	projects	The default. Export only filters shared with projects being exported
	global-or-projects	Combines two previous options: export filters that are shared globally or with exported projects.
	shared	Export only filters that the owner has shared with somebody else
	all	All filters (either private or shared) will be exported
jiraDashboardExportMode	none	No dashboard will be exported
	global	Export only dashboards shared with all users
	projects	The default. Export only dashboards shared with projects being exported
	global-or-projects	Combines two previous options: export dashboards that are shared globally or with exported projects.
	shared	Export only dashboards that the owner has shared with somebody else
	all	All dashboards (either private or shared) will be exported
agileBoardsExportMode	none	No Scrum or Kanban board will be exported
	projects	The default. Export only Scrum or Kanban boards associated to the projects being exported. Boards associated to a project appear under the project name at the project navigation panel (see an example image).
	all	All Scrum or Kanban boards will be exported

Import options

jira-host-url: Host part of the importing instance base URL, including port if needed
jira-context-path: Context part of the importing instance base URL
admin-user: Admin’s username
admin-password: Admin’s password
import-file-name: name of the file to be imported, remember it must be placed before importing in "projectconfigurator" folder under directory $JIRA_HOME/import
import-mode: COMPLETE for complete import or CONFIGURATION for importing just configuration
import-options: additional import options. Each import option must be specified as key=value, preferably enclosed in double quotes

Field Name	Valid Values	Mandatory	Defaults to
attachmentsPath	A directory path with project attachments If you selected to move Attachments manually, introduce the Attachments path where you copied them	Yes (for complete imports)
projectConfigFile	A file with a valid project configuration	Yes
allowDifferentJiraVersionData	true, false	No	false
applyChanges	true, false	No	false
continueOnDashboardFilterErrors	true, false	No	false
createExtraProjects	true, false	No	false
doNotLoadObjects	Any of the following strings: Versions Components Role members Users Groups Project roles Priorities Resolutions Issue link types Statuses Event types Category Issue types Issue type scheme Custom fields Field configurations Field configuration scheme Screens Screen schemes Issue type screen scheme Workflows Workflow scheme Permission scheme Notification scheme Issue security scheme Filters Dashboards	No Empty. This means to load all object types	publishDrafts (new in v 1.13-JX)
true, false	No	false	smartCFContexts

Temporary files and error handling

These scripts create two temporary files in the same directory where they have been invoked. These files are cookies.txt (it holds the authentication cookie for the session in Jira) and response.html (it keeps the last HTML response received from Jira).
Scripts include a basic level of error handling. If any of the interactions with the server return an error HTML status, the script will stop and display the error status with its intended meaning. The last HTML response (that came with the error HTML status) will be left in the response.html file. For example, if you try to run the export script in a version previous to 2.1.3, the response.html file will show the trace of a NullPointerException.

Examples

Export example

export-project-script 10.0.2.2:2990 jira admin admin scriptfile.zip LOREM IPSUM -O "filterCFMode=all" "attachmentMode=automatic" "jiraFilterExportMode=projects" "jiraDashboardExportMode=projects" "agileBoardsExportMode=projects"

We’re exporting the projects LOREM and IPSUM from the Jira Server located in 10.0.2.2:2990 into a file called scriptfile.zip, using the account admin:admin.

Results

export-project-script 10.0.2.2:2990 jira admin admin automatescriptfile.zip LOREM IPSUM -O "filterCFMode=exportAllCF"
projects param: -F selectedProjectKeys=LOREM -F selectedProjectKeys=IPSUM
options:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
X-AREQUESTID: 859x230x3
Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate
Pragma: no-cache
Expires: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT
X-ASEN: SEN-500
Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=3FE380E75727D8BA0397C9B42980C69E; Path=/jira/; HttpOnly
X-Seraph-LoginReason: OK
Set-Cookie: atlassian.xsrf.token=BWP3-NZB2-6EDY-6C7K|a547613084ffb9a2cfa76dca5c55779f17412814|lin; Path=/jira
X-ASESSIONID: 1qdqhfg
X-AUSERNAME: admin
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
X-Accel-Buffering: no
Content-Type: text/html;charset=UTF-8
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2017 12:19:57 GMT

  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
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100 50600    0 50097  100   503  11699    117  0:00:04  0:00:04 --:--:-- 11702
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/project-export-result.jspa?taskId=10100
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100 49844    0 49844    0     0  18396      0 --:--:--  0:00:02 --:--:-- 18392
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/project-export-result.jspa?taskId=10100
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100 49843    0 49843    0     0  82013      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 82113
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/project-export-result.jspa?taskId=10100
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100 49843    0 49843    0     0   127k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  127k
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/project-export-result.jspa?taskId=10100
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100 49843    0 49843    0     0   116k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  116k
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/project-export-result.jspa?taskId=10100
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100 49843    0 49843    0     0  87391      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 87443
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/project-export-result.jspa?taskId=10100
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100 49843    0 49843    0     0  78113      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 78246
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/project-export-result.jspa?taskId=10100
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100 49844    0 49844    0     0   102k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  102k
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/project-export-result.jspa?taskId=10100
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100 49879    0 49879    0     0  54246      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 54216
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/project-export-result.jspa?taskId=10100
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100 49879    0 49879    0     0   145k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  145k
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/project-export-result.jspa?taskId=10100
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100 49866    0 49866    0     0  72476      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 72479
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/project-export-result.jspa?taskId=10100
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100 49866    0 49866    0     0  61805      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 61791
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/project-export-result.jspa?taskId=10100
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100 49866    0 49866    0     0   224k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  225k
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/project-export-result.jspa?taskId=10100
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100 49856    0 49856    0     0  82899      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 82817
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/project-export-result.jspa?taskId=10100
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100 49856    0 49856    0     0   173k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  173k
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/project-export-result.jspa?taskId=10100
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100 49856    0 49856    0     0   306k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  308k
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/project-export-result.jspa?taskId=10100
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100 49857    0 49857    0     0  37096      0 --:--:--  0:00:01 --:--:-- 37123
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/project-export-result.jspa?taskId=10100
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100 49856    0 49856    0     0  69682      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 69728
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/project-export-result.jspa?taskId=10100
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100 49857    0 49857    0     0  56433      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 56399
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/project-export-result.jspa?taskId=10100
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100 49856    0 49856    0     0   161k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  161k
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/project-export-result.jspa?taskId=10100
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100 49856    0 49856    0     0   583k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  586k
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/project-export-result.jspa?taskId=10100
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100 49856    0 49856    0     0   141k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  141k
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/project-export-result.jspa?taskId=10100
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100 49856    0 49856    0     0   221k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  222k
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/project-export-result.jspa?taskId=10100
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100 49856    0 49856    0     0   242k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  242k
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/project-export-result.jspa?taskId=10100
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100 49856    0 49856    0     0  56313      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 56270
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/project-export-result.jspa?taskId=10100
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100 49856    0 49856    0     0  95634      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 95692
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/project-export-result.jspa?taskId=10100
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100 49856    0 49856    0     0   302k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  304k
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/project-export-result.jspa?taskId=10100
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100 49427    0 49427    0     0  45959      0 --:--:--  0:00:01 --:--:-- 45978
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990
Task has finished

Import example

import-project-script 10.0.2.2:2990 jira admin admin scriptfile.zip-COMPLETE -O "applyChanges=true" "createExtraProjects=true" "smartCFContexts=false" "publishdrafts=true" "continueOnDashboardFilterErrors=true" "attachmentsPath="

We’re importing the projects LOREM and IPSUM from a file called scriptfile.zip into the server located in 10.0.2.2:2990, using the account admin:admin.

Results

import-project-script 10.0.2.2:2990 jira admin admin automatescriptfile.zip
options:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
X-AREQUESTID: 863x537x1
Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate
Pragma: no-cache
Expires: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT
X-ASEN: SEN-500
Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=7167238DC067766192AA8E89EC37D97F; Path=/jira/; HttpOnly
X-Seraph-LoginReason: OK
Set-Cookie: atlassian.xsrf.token=BWP3-NZB2-6EDY-6C7K|842e3643cd6b103f4c5bc9a41158a1349cbf14b9|lin; Path=/jira
X-ASESSIONID: 4annn0
X-AUSERNAME: admin
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
X-Accel-Buffering: no
Content-Type: text/html;charset=UTF-8
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2017 12:23:50 GMT

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100 49139    0 48971  100   168  15973     54  0:00:03  0:00:03 --:--:-- 15977
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/preprocessor-step-result.jspa?taskId=10104
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100 48697    0 48697    0     0   7845      0 --:--:--  0:00:06 --:--:-- 12165
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/preprocessor-step-result.jspa?taskId=10104
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100 48716    0 48716    0     0  79320      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 79213
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/preprocessor-step-result.jspa?taskId=10104
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100 48716    0 48716    0     0   592k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  594k
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/preprocessor-step-result.jspa?taskId=10104
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100 48716    0 48716    0     0   109k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  109k
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/preprocessor-step-result.jspa?taskId=10104
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  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
100 49154    0 49154    0     0  11742      0 --:--:--  0:00:04 --:--:-- 16467
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/RealConfigStepResult.jspa?taskId=10105
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100 49173    0 49173    0     0  16970      0 --:--:--  0:00:02 --:--:-- 16967
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/RealConfigStepResult.jspa?taskId=10105
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100 48667    0 48667    0     0   156k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  156k
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/RealConfigStepResult.jspa?taskId=10105
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100 48668    0 48668    0     0  66442      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 66486
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/RealConfigStepResult.jspa?taskId=10105
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100 48667    0 48667    0     0   123k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  123k
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/RealConfigStepResult.jspa?taskId=10105
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100 48667    0 48667    0     0   345k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  346k
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/RealConfigStepResult.jspa?taskId=10105
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100 48663    0 48663    0     0  72545      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 72523
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/RealConfigStepResult.jspa?taskId=10105
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100 48664    0 48664    0     0  74098      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 74182
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/RealConfigStepResult.jspa?taskId=10105
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100 48664    0 48664    0     0   167k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  168k
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/RealConfigStepResult.jspa?taskId=10105
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 48664    0 48664    0     0   212k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  213k
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/RealConfigStepResult.jspa?taskId=10105
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 48671    0 48671    0     0  32900      0 --:--:--  0:00:01 --:--:-- 32885
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/RealConfigStepResult.jspa?taskId=10105
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
100 48736    0 48736    0     0  10953      0 --:--:--  0:00:04 --:--:-- 11472
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/DataImportStepResult.jspa?taskId=10106
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 48735    0 48735    0     0  14553      0 --:--:--  0:00:03 --:--:-- 14552
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/DataImportStepResult.jspa?taskId=10106
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 48734    0 48734    0     0  33427      0 --:--:--  0:00:01 --:--:-- 33425
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/DataImportStepResult.jspa?taskId=10106
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 48733    0 48733    0     0   8512      0 --:--:--  0:00:05 --:--:-- 13832
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/DataImportStepResult.jspa?taskId=10106
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 48732    0 48732    0     0  47855      0 --:--:--  0:00:01 --:--:-- 47870
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/DataImportStepResult.jspa?taskId=10106
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 48731    0 48731    0     0  36090      0 --:--:--  0:00:01 --:--:-- 36097
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/DataImportStepResult.jspa?taskId=10106
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 48731    0 48731    0     0  78667      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 78725
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/DataImportStepResult.jspa?taskId=10106
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 48733    0 48733    0     0  46363      0 --:--:--  0:00:01 --:--:-- 46412
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/DataImportStepResult.jspa?taskId=10106
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 48732    0 48732    0     0  50485      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 50499
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/DataImportStepResult.jspa?taskId=10106
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 48732    0 48732    0     0  47041      0 --:--:--  0:00:01 --:--:-- 47084
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/DataImportStepResult.jspa?taskId=10106
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 48729    0 48729    0     0  64234      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 64286
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/DataImportStepResult.jspa?taskId=10106
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 48743    0 48743    0     0  58835      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 58797
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/DataImportStepResult.jspa?taskId=10106
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 48734    0 48734    0     0   229k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  229k
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/DataImportStepResult.jspa?taskId=10106
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 48736    0 48736    0     0   9250      0 --:--:--  0:00:05 --:--:-- 11986
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/DataImportStepResult.jspa?taskId=10106
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 48731    0 48731    0     0  69950      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 70015
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/DataImportStepResult.jspa?taskId=10106
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 48731    0 48731    0     0  80039      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 80018
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/DataImportStepResult.jspa?taskId=10106
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 48733    0 48733    0     0  32022      0 --:--:--  0:00:01 --:--:-- 32019
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/DataImportStepResult.jspa?taskId=10106
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 48732    0 48732    0     0  39439      0 --:--:--  0:00:01 --:--:-- 39459
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/DataImportStepResult.jspa?taskId=10106
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 48733    0 48733    0     0  45665      0 --:--:--  0:00:01 --:--:-- 45672
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/DataImportStepResult.jspa?taskId=10106
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 48729    0 48729    0     0  37192      0 --:--:--  0:00:01 --:--:-- 37169
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/DataImportStepResult.jspa?taskId=10106
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 48983    0 48983    0     0  49285      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 49278
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/DataImportStepResult.jspa?taskId=10106
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 48996    0 48996    0     0  45996      0 --:--:--  0:00:01 --:--:-- 46005
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/DataImportStepResult.jspa?taskId=10106
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 48743    0 48743    0     0  99629      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 99475
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/DataImportStepResult.jspa?taskId=10106
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 48745    0 48745    0     0  37123      0 --:--:--  0:00:01 --:--:-- 37124
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/DataImportStepResult.jspa?taskId=10106
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 54111    0 54111    0     0  22398      0 --:--:--  0:00:02 --:--:-- 22396
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990
Task has finished

Error handling

Let’s look at a couple of examples of error traces and how to fix those errors.

Error example when exporting

export-project-script 10.0.2.2:2990 jira admin admin scriptfile.zip SCRUM -O "agileBoardsExportMode=all"
projects param: -F selectedProjectKeys=SCRUM
options:  -F agileBoardsExportMode=all
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
X-AREQUESTID: 844x6048x1
Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate
Pragma: no-cache
Expires: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT
Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=A62379852B3DEFC5466B5DC53264E467; Path=/jira/; HttpOnly
X-Seraph-LoginReason: OK
Set-Cookie: atlassian.xsrf.token=B74A-S9EF-8DS8-KK7L|d6c953f80429e43ab3ff75583a59401d0ae64c5b|lin; Path=/jira
X-ASESSIONID: 1e9uxb0
X-AUSERNAME: admin
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
X-Accel-Buffering: no
Content-Type: text/html;charset=UTF-8
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2017 12:04:43 GMT

  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 93679    0 93184  100   495  1033k   5619 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 1045k
Destination URL 10.0.2.2:2990/jira/secure/project-export-result.jspa?taskId=10307
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 94225    0 94225    0     0  1670k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 1704k

  Something went wrong, http status: 500
  Error in export, please check response.html

Task has finished

Here, the trace ended with an http status: 500, and it states that we should check the response.html.

In the response.html, we see the following:

response.html

java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: NONE

    at com.awnaba.projectconfigurator.projectconfigserialize.JSBoardsGlobalTable.dumpCardColors(JSBoardsGlobalTable.java:147)

    at com.awnaba.projectconfigurator.projectconfigserialize.JSBoardsGlobalTable.insert(JSBoardsGlobalTable.java:113)

    at com.awnaba.projectconfigurator.projectconfigserialize.JSBoardsGlobalTable.insert(JSBoardsGlobalTable.java:55)

    at com.awnaba.projectconfigurator.projectconfigserialize.AbstractGlobalTable$1.doAndReturn(AbstractGlobalTable.java:27)

    at com.awnaba.projectconfigurator.utils.SmartErrorReporter.wrapSafely(SmartErrorReporter.java:84)

    at com.awnaba.projectconfigurator.projectconfigserialize.AbstractGlobalTable.findOrInsertObject(AbstractGlobalTable.java:23)

    at com.awnaba.projectconfigurator.projectconfigserialize.ExportManager.dumpAgileBoards(ExportManager.java:305)

    at com.awnaba.projectconfigurator.projectconfigserialize.ExportManager.createJAXBTree(ExportManager.java:139)

    at com.awnaba.projectconfigurator.projectconfigserialize.ExportManager.dumpConfigurations(ExportManager.java:98)

    at com.awnaba.projectconfigurator.operationsapi.impl.ProjectConfigExporterImpl.doExport(ProjectConfigExporterImpl.java:96)

    at com.awnaba.projectconfigurator.operationsapi.impl.ProjectConfigExporterImpl.callExport(ProjectConfigExporterImpl.java:78)

    at com.awnaba.projectconfigurator.operationsapi.impl.ProjectConfigExporterImpl.exportSynchronous(ProjectConfigExporterImpl.java:136)

    at com.awnaba.projectconfigurator.transporter.engine.FullExportManager.exportConfig(FullExportManager.java:191)

    at com.awnaba.projectconfigurator.transporter.engine.FullExportManager.call(FullExportManager.java:67)

    at com.awnaba.projectconfigurator.transporter.engine.FullExportManager.call(FullExportManager.java:34)

    at com.atlassian.jira.task.TaskManagerImpl$TaskCallableDecorator.call(TaskManagerImpl.java:528)

    at com.atlassian.jira.task.TaskManagerImpl$TaskCallableDecorator.call(TaskManagerImpl.java:491)

    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)

    at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)

    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)

    at com.atlassian.jira.task.ForkedThreadExecutor$ForkedRunnableDecorator.run(ForkedThreadExecutor.java:254)

    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

In this example, something in Project Configurator failed. After searching PCP’s wiki or contacting support, we find this error occurred because we tried to export a project with agile boards from a Jira instance with Jira Agile v6.7.6, and Project Configurator is only compatible with Jira Agile v6.7.7 or higher.

Error example when importing

import-project-script 10.0.2.2:2990 jira admin admin wrongfile
options:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
X-AREQUESTID: 849x6051x1
Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate
Pragma: no-cache
Expires: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT
Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=0761B3D4DDF6416BE52C4E310D5DD671; Path=/jira/; HttpOnly
X-Seraph-LoginReason: OK
Set-Cookie: atlassian.xsrf.token=B74A-S9EF-8DS8-KK7L|e15eb9d34e71b17d894875a1999d50eaca79c6a7|lin; Path=/jira
X-ASESSIONID: oyjtjj
X-AUSERNAME: admin
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
X-Accel-Buffering: no
Content-Type: text/html;charset=UTF-8
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2017 12:09:58 GMT

  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 98971    0 98816  100   155   487k    782 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  489k

  Something went wrong, http status: 400
  Error in load, please check response.html

Task has stopped

This trace ended with an http status: 400. In response.html, we find the following:

An error occurred: File C:\Atlassian_tutorial\myPlugin\target\jira\home\import\projectconfigurator\wrongfile does not exist or Jira does not have permissions to open and read it.

This means the file name was wrong, it doesn’t exist, or it may be missing its extension.