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Instant Atlassian part 3: Instant Backup and Restore

Earlier this week, I showed you a way to set up a JIRA and Confluence server in minutes, and how to customise its URL. Today, I'm going to show you how to back up the data on your Instant Atlassian server in a matter of seconds, and how to restore from your backup in the event of a mishap. So, grab yourself a $5 license while you still can, and read on... Backing up your data Using the same Instant Atlassian tool we used in my previous posts, run the following command: java -jar instant-atlassian-1.1.jar

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Instant Atlassian part 2: Creating a Custom URL

In my previous post I showed you how to get your own Confluence and JIRA server up and running in a few minutes, with the help of this week's amazing $5 license offer (Get one while they last!) and Amazon's EC2 hosting service. Today, I'm going to show you how to set up an easy-to-remember custom URL for your new server. If you followed the instructions from my previous post, your server will have a URL that looks something like http://ec2-192-0-2-73.compute-1.amazonaws.com. The obvious problem

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Setting up JIRA and Confluence in minutes

This week's offer of $5 licenses puts JIRA and Confluence within reach of even the smallest of teams. You'd be mad not to take advantage of it. You're probably thinking: "Yup, that's a great deal, but I how do I run it?". Anticipating this, I took some 20% time last week to find a way to get you up and running quickly. What I've worked out will get you started with no up-front costs, and running costs that can be less than $5 a week! With a few simple steps, anyone can use Amazon's Elastic Compute

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FedEx 9

We recently held Atlassian's ninth "FedEx" competition, and it's time to share the results with you. FedEx is an Atlassian tradition that requires a little explanation: Every 3 months or so, we put aside our regular development work for a day and a half, and work on our own crazy ideas. At the end, everyone gets three minutes to present their project to the rest of the company, and we all vote to determine the winner of the prized FedEx trophy. Why do we do this? We see a number of benefits: Firstly,

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FedEx VI Winner – JIRA Caller ID

The Problem Many people have come to know and love JIRA as an issue tracker for software development projects. What many people don't realise is that JIRA, with its customisable workflows, is useful for any team that needs to track issues. For example, within Atlassian, we use JIRA to: Track support requests from our customers; Track candidates in our recruitment process; Track the tasks and issues that arise in any significant project, such as our recent move, or our acquisition of Cenqua. For

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