System requirements
JIRA requires a Java Developers Kit (JDK) or Java Runtime Environment (JRE) platform to be installed on your server's operating system.
Procedure to install the JDK
If you install JIRA from an archive file then the JDK needs to be installed and set up separately on your system. The Windows Installer and Linux Installer don't need to install the JDK as these installers come with the JDK in-built.
You can download the JDK from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html.
Select the version relevant to your operating system and architecture. JIRA 7 requires JDK 1.8 to run smoothly.
The steps to install the JDK on Windows are as follows:
- Uninstall any earlier version of Java that was installed ...
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