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Chapter 32. Jira Add Comment Sink

Add a new comment to an existing issue in Jira.

The Kamelet expects the following headers to be set:

  • issueKey / ce-issueKey: as the issue code.

The comment is set in the body of the message.

32.1. Configuration Options
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The following table summarizes the configuration options available for the jira-add-comment-sink Kamelet:

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PropertyNameDescriptionTypeDefaultExample

jiraUrl *

Jira URL

The URL of your instance of Jira

string

 

"http://my_jira.com:8081"

password *

Password

The password or the API Token to access Jira

string

  

username *

Username

The username to access Jira

string

  
Note

Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are mandatory.

32.2. Dependencies
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At runtime, the jira-add-comment-sink Kamelet relies upon the presence of the following dependencies:

  • camel:core
  • camel:jackson
  • camel:jira
  • camel:kamelet
  • mvn:com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-joda:2.12.4.redhat-00001

32.3. Usage
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This section describes how you can use the jira-add-comment-sink.

32.3.1. Knative Sink
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You can use the jira-add-comment-sink Kamelet as a Knative sink by binding it to a Knative object.

jira-add-comment-sink-binding.yaml

apiVersion: camel.apache.org/v1alpha1
kind: KameletBinding
metadata:
  name: jira-add-comment-sink-binding
spec:
  source:
    ref:
      kind: KafkaTopic
      apiVersion: kafka.strimzi.io/v1beta1
      name: my-topic
  steps:
  - ref:
      kind: Kamelet
      apiVersion: camel.apache.org/v1alpha1
      name: insert-header-action
    properties:
      name: "issueKey"
      value: "MYP-167"
  sink:
    ref:
      kind: Channel
      apiVersion: messaging.knative.dev/v1
      name: mychannel
    properties:
      jiraUrl: "jira server url"
      username: "username"
      password: "password"
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32.3.1.1. Prerequisite
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Make sure you have "Red Hat Integration - Camel K" installed into the OpenShift cluster you’re connected to.

32.3.1.2. Procedure for using the cluster CLI
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  1. Save the jira-add-comment-sink-binding.yaml file to your local drive, and then edit it as needed for your configuration.

  2. Run the sink by using the following command: 

    oc apply -f jira-add-comment-sink-binding.yaml
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32.3.1.3. Procedure for using the Kamel CLI
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Configure and run the sink by using the following command: 

kamel bind --name jira-add-comment-sink-binding timer-source?message="The new comment"\&period=60000 --step insert-header-action -p step-0.name=issueKey -p step-0.value=MYP-167 jira-add-comment-sink?password="password"\&username="username"\&jiraUrl="jira url"
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This command creates the KameletBinding in the current namespace on the cluster.

32.3.2. Kafka Sink
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You can use the jira-add-comment-sink Kamelet as a Kafka sink by binding it to a Kafka topic.

jira-add-comment-sink-binding.yaml

apiVersion: camel.apache.org/v1alpha1
kind: KameletBinding
metadata:
  name: jira-add-comment-sink-binding
spec:
  source:
    ref:
      kind: KafkaTopic
      apiVersion: kafka.strimzi.io/v1beta1
      name: my-topic
  steps:
  - ref:
      kind: Kamelet
      apiVersion: camel.apache.org/v1alpha1
      name: insert-header-action
    properties:
      name: "issueKey"
      value: "MYP-167"
  sink:
    ref:
      kind: Kamelet
      apiVersion: camel.apache.org/v1alpha1
      name: jira-add-comment-sink
    properties:
      jiraUrl: "jira server url"
      username: "username"
      password: "password"
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32.3.2.1. Prerequisites
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Ensure that you’ve installed the AMQ Streams operator in your OpenShift cluster and created a topic named my-topic in the current namespace. Make also sure you have "Red Hat Integration - Camel K" installed into the OpenShift cluster you’re connected to.

32.3.2.2. Procedure for using the cluster CLI
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  1. Save the jira-add-comment-sink-binding.yaml file to your local drive, and then edit it as needed for your configuration.

  2. Run the sink by using the following command: 

    oc apply -f jira-add-comment-sink-binding.yaml
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32.3.2.3. Procedure for using the Kamel CLI
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Configure and run the sink by using the following command: 

kamel bind --name jira-add-comment-sink-binding timer-source?message="The new comment"\&period=60000 --step insert-header-action -p step-0.name=issueKey -p step-0.value=MYP-167 jira-add-comment-sink?password="password"\&username="username"\&jiraUrl="jira url"
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This command creates the KameletBinding in the current namespace on the cluster.

32.4. Kamelet source file
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https://github.com/openshift-integration/kamelet-catalog/jira-add-comment-sink.kamelet.yaml

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