Deploy Jira Data Center Locally & Generate Test Data | Plugin Testing Toolkit
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The Jira Data Center Tools Suite is a local deployment and test data generation toolkit designed for plugin developers, QA engineers, and Jira admins. It simplifies and accelerates the setup of local Jira Data Center clusters using Docker and provides tools to generate realistic test data, manage instances, and perform common admin tasks—all through a set of scripts.
🧰 Core Features & What You Can Do
🔧 Deploy Jira Data Center Locally
Launch any Jira DC version locally via Docker
Configure number of nodes, ports, database ports, and more
Run multiple versions or instances in parallel
⚙️ Automated Cluster Management
Start, stop, restart individual nodes or the entire cluster
Automatically create required Docker volumes and containers
Centralized logging and log streaming (real-time)
🧪 Generate Customizable Demo/Test Data
Create users, projects, issues, and groups in bulk
Configuration-driven: define numbers in data/variables.sh
Speeds up QA and plugin testing with ready-to-go data
🚀 Performance & Scaling
Supports horizontal scaling by adding/removing nodes
Simulate realistic multi-node Jira DC environments
🧹 Maintenance & Cleanup Tools
Tear down full environments
Remove unused containers and volumes
Easily stop/start clusters without losing configurations
📦 Plugin Testing Support
Apply plugin timebomb licenses
Easily test custom plugins in any Jira DC version
💻 Cross-Platform Support
Works on Linux, macOS, and Windows (with WSL/Git Bash)
🛢️*DB Compatibility*
PostgreSQL
Support for Oracle and MySQL is planned for future updates.
⚡️ How It Speeds Up Your Work
🔧 Spin up a Jira DC Cluster
❌ Without this tool: Manual Docker setup, configuration for each node
✅ With Jira DC Tools Suite: Launch with a single deploy.sh command
📊 Generate Demo/Test Data
❌ Without this tool: Manually create users, issues, projects or write scripts
✅ With this tool: Auto-generate realistic test data using create-demo.sh
🖥️ Manage Nodes & Logs
❌ Without this tool: Use complex Docker commands for each node
✅ With this tool: Start/stop nodes and view logs in runtime using simple scripts
🔁 Test Across Jira Versions
❌ Without this tool: Set up and configure each version manually
✅ With this tool: Just change the version number in config
🧹 Clean Up Environments
❌ Without this tool: Manually remove Docker containers and networks
✅ With this tool: Tear down the full environment with one command ( teardown.sh )
🏁 Use Cases
Local testing of Jira Data Center apps/plugins
QA automation with consistent data and environments
Performance/load testing in real cluster setups
Reproducing customer issues on specific Jira versions
Private GitHub access for updates (available after purchase)
💡 Get Involved
Suggest features, support development, or request custom improvements via Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/artiomaleksandrovici
📨 Questions or support?
Email me at: [email protected]
🛒 Get the complete tool & setup files on Gumroad:
👉 https://artio5.gumroad.com/l/efsqe
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