How to Create an Account on JIRA

How to create an account on JIRA for members and contributors.

Step-by-step guide

To create an account for DHIS2 JIRA, Click on https://jira.dhis2.org/ then go to the right side of you screen, and select Sign up

Complete the Signup form and click the Signup button at the bottom of the page to submit the form. For your username, please use one that is easier for you to remember; i.e. For example, User James Omutsani would have his username as jomutsani or james.omutsani.

You will receive and email confirming your account creation (sent to the email account you provided during account sign up).
On the Confirmation screen, you can now proceed to log in. Select the "Click here to log in" button to log into JIRA.

On the Welcome to JIRA screen, enter in the username and password you provided during your signup.

Once you have successfully created your account on JIRA, you should be able to now log in and search for an issue, create a ticket for a bug or a feature request for the core team to review and advise. to create a ticket, Click on the Create button as highlighted below

POLITE NOTE:
Only create a ticket after conducting a search on JIRA to verify that the issue has not yet been reported by another user. this helps reduce duplication and eases the tasks our technical team get to focus on.

You Can now enter the details as they appear on the popup form on your screen.

Best,
James.

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