Application links

Confluence can be integrated with other Atlassian tools using application links. An application link is a trusted relation between two applications. These applications are allowed to share information and work with each other.

To explain the possibilities, we will be connecting our Confluence installation to a JIRA installation. Using the same technique, Confluence can be connected to Bamboo, FishEye, Crucible, Stash, or another Confluence installation.

Integration of Confluence with JIRA allows you to, among others, display a list of JIRA issues in your Confluence page as shown in the following screenshot:

Application links

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