Migration to Cloud
- Yuri Lapin
Quick intro
If you are considering to migrate your Jira instance to Cloud we we would be happy to introduce our Advanced Kanban and Agile Boards - Cloud App.
This post is mainly about “How to migrate?” and “What is the difference?” so you can make an educated decision about migration strategy if applicable.
Let’s start with so quick Q&A.
FAQ about Cloud App
Question | Answer |
|---|---|
Is it secured? | Yes, we are Cloud security Participant in collaboration with Atlassian & Bugcrowd where 300+ researches are continuously trying to breach our security. As a result of this effort and meting reliability and resilience requirements we are now Cloud Fortified by Atlassian. Also please check Data Processing Addendum (DPA) | EXHIBIT B: Technical and Organizational Security Measures Our SOC2 Type 1 observation window start on Oct 21, 2024. |
Did they find any vulnerabilities? | Yes, a number items were reported. All of them are fixed on timely manner. We have a practice in place to communicate within 48hours any P1 and P2 items found and our action to eliminate. |
Where the data is stored? | As of September 14, 2024 Distributed cluster in AWS (US, East) Till September 14, 2024 Distributed cluster in two location in Europe (Germany, Finland). Backups Also backups in AWS (Germany). |
Is it GDPR/CCPA compliant? | Yes, please check Data Processing Addendum (DPA) |
The biggest client tier using the App? (performance concerns) | 4750 (as of Nov 11th, 2024) |
Is there any automation migration tool? | Nope, but there are options to perform migration though. See below. |
Functionality is the same or different? | 99% the same. There’s a small difference. See below. Sametime, Cloud App has 2 editions - Standard and Advanced (parity to Data Center). Thus, while migrating you have to choose Advanced Edition to use the same feature set. Otherwise, you can use a downgraded Standard version. |
More details
Migration Guide
As of now (Nov 11th, 2024) we do not have a tool for migration automation. We also do not have it on roadmap.
Manual Migration
We suggest you to use Automated Migration Assistance from Atlassian to migrate all your data (projects, issues, versions, components, etc.). Once it’s done you would need to re-create your favorite Advanced Kanban and Agile Boards manually.
It’s actually much easier as it might sound.
If you use the configuration with automatically generated swimlanes and columns the App will create it automatically and you would need just transfer specific Column/Swimlane configuration like WIP, Aging Limits; Returns Counters; Flow Efficiency Settings and Thresholds; etc. Otherwise you would need to create columns and swimlanes manually.
Following it we suggest to re-create Column Groups with all the configurations.
And finally, your set of Quick filters and Predefined Views.
That’s it!
Migration with scripts created by your team with our support
Coming soon.
Migration with support of Solution Partner
Coming soon.
Functionality parity
We just (Nov, 2024) launched Data Center version and closing the gap to Cloud shortly. This should narrow to almost zero shortly.
The below table outlines the features gap due to specific of Cloud vs Data Center platforms in general.
Data Center App | Cloud App |
|---|---|
Not supported by Nave. Please reach out to support link below if you want it for Data Center Version. | |
Cloud has a better defined hierarchy of issue so you can create multi-level boards and dependencies. In Data Center version this is somewhat limited and pre-defined. |
Add Editions
Cloud App has 2 editions - Standard and Advanced (parity to Data Center).
Thus, while migrating you have to choose Advanced Edition to use the same feature set. Otherwise, you can use a downgraded Standard version.
We suggest to kick off a trial with Cloud solution before you decide to migrate to check all the features you use in Data Center versions. Any assistance you might need on the way please contact our support team.