The Connect action authenticates the automation session to the Jira instance.

The Connect action uses Control Room based OAuth connection or a Jira API token to authenticate the session. The action creates a reusable Jira session that serves as the automation session for the subsequent Jira actions.

Settings

The following settings are available in Connect action:

Authentication mode
The preferred mode of authenticating the automation session to the Jira instance. The available options are Control Room based OAuth connection and Jira API token.
Control Room based OAuth connection
The Jira specific OAuth connection that is already set up in the Control Room.
API Token
The API Token based authentication requires the Jira instance URL, the email ID of the user, and the Jira API token of the user.