How to Set Custom Headers in Communication Between Exalate on Jira On-premise and Other Exalate Apps

This article describes how to send custom headers from Jira on-premise to the Exalate application which is installed on a separate server.

Set Custom Headers in an Environment Variable

You need to add the custom headers to an environment variable in your JIRA_INSTALL directory.

//Keys and their respective values should be separated by colons (:) and each key/value pair should be separated by an escaped semi-colon (\;)
//All the headers should be surrounded by single or double quotes
//The format for the headers you are going to add should be the following:
 
'key1:value2\;key2:value2'

1. Add this parameter into the ${JIRA_INSTALL}/bin/setenv.sh file with your custom headers.

   For more information, please read how to set properties and options on Jira startup.

   -Dcom.exalate.sync.headers='key1:value2\;key2:value2'

2.  Start up your Jira on-premise.
3.  Run the synchronization as usual. Now requests include the custom headers you've set. 

Use Custom Headers for Basic Authentication

//Encode your username and password separated by a colon (:) in Base 64 and put it after "Basic" and a space in the value of your header, like the following example:
//Aladdin:OpenSesame -> QWxhZGRpbjpPcGVuU2VzYW1l

-Dcom.exalate.sync.headers='Authorization:Basic QWxhZGRpbjpPcGVuU2VzYW1l'