We have noticed that Here Be Dragons tutorial has not been updated for a long time. The suggested JIRA version is 6.3.15 (released 2015) . This first experience with an old JIRA version can be frustrating to a new member.
This tutorial is being part of our new team members onboard because it provides a good overview on how the applications are installed and integrate with each other
We would love to see it updated with JIRA 7 new features;
I believe the Dragon Slayer quest was created many years ago, when integrating the full suite of Atlassian products was a more complicated matter (I remember doing it when I first started at Atlassian more than 6 years ago as an exercise to familiarise myself with the product suite). As years have gone on, we’ve worked hard to improve the integration between our products, and so there has been less need for such a tutorial to exist.
Of course you’re still welcome to challenge your new team members to install and integrate the full suite of applications - this might be a good place to start: Using AppLinks to link to other applications
As a new user, I have to agree with this. I thought having a detailed guide was a great thing, I read through it all and then went back to the start to start the installation process.
Java SE SDK at 1.7.x, currently at 12.
The PostreSQL database of 8.4.x as 9 isn’t supported apparently. Current version 11.
Now I have to go through to work out what prerequisites are required for the current software.
Is there at least a proper install guide? When I was looking at the main download page it linked to the Slay the Dragon which seems massively out of date.
I completely agree. I also completed this trail years ago and received the tshirt and then went on to wear and deploy atlassian products across 3 or 4 companies. I am now trying to bring on another dragon slaying friend and the above link on oauth app linking is not a satisfying feeling of pride and accomplishment in tweeting the battle wins and earning the gear.
I also completed the Dragon Quest when it came out, feels like it was ~2010. At the time they made it a soft requirement to keep Atlassian Expert status. Also at that time it actually felt pretty well done and the t-shirt was my all time favorite. It actually stood out as a moment of ‘high quality engagement’ from Atlassian. It does look quite out of date now. I would suggest to Atlassian it was a fun and valuable learning vehicle, but needs to be re-written from scratch, optionally leveraging docker, docker-compose, etc. Just my $0.02.
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