We’re renaming ‘products’ to ‘apps’

Atlassian 'products’ are now ‘apps’. You may see both terms used across our documentation as we roll out this terminology change. Here’s why we’re making this change

Manage an installed app

As an administrator, you can manage app administration tasks, like updating, uninstalling, troubleshooting, and configuring apps in the Connected apps page. Check the documentation for the permissions you may need to access the new setting.

View an app

Who can do this?
Role: Organization admin, site admin
Atlassian Cloud: All plans
Atlassian Government Cloud: Available

There are two ways to view your cloud apps: from your product instance or from Administration.

  1. Go to admin.atlassian.com.

  2. Select the relevant site.

  3. Select Apps in the global navigation.

  4. In the Sites section of the lefthand navigation, select the site you’re administering apps for.

  5. In the lefthand navigation, select Connected apps. The Connected apps page displays all apps currently installed in your instance.

Update an app

Who can do this?
Role: Organization admin, site admin
Atlassian Cloud: All plans
Atlassian Government Cloud: Available

App developers may periodically introduce security updates, performance improvements, and new features to their apps. Most updates will be automatically applied to your apps. However, for some major updates (such as app permission changes) admin approval is required.

We recommend that you keep your apps updated to ensure that you get the latest improvements. As a site/organization administrator, you can update apps installed on any product.

There are two ways to view and update your cloud apps: from your product instance or from Administration.

To check which apps have available updates:

  1. Go to admin.atlassian.com.

  2. Select the relevant site.

  3. Select Apps in the global navigation.

  4. In the Sites section of the lefthand navigation, select the site you’re administering apps for.

  5. In the lefthand navigation, select Connected apps. The Connected apps page displays all apps currently installed in your instance.

  6. Apps with available updates will have an UPDATE status next to their names. Click the app’s action button and select View app details.

  7. Select Update from the app details screen to update the app to the latest version.

  8. Review the updated capabilities for the app update. Select Update to proceed.

  9. Repeat this process for all other apps you need to update.

Modal to confirm app update

Mange access to analytics

You can manage access to analytics for individual apps, which lets administrators customize data-sharing preferences for specific apps. When access to analytics is enabled, this allows the app to send data to analytics domains that may be outside of Atlassian. This setting can be enabled or disabled independently of settings that apply to all apps. Check the documentation for the permissions you may need to access the new setting.

To manage access to analytics for an app:

  1. Select the action button for an app from the Connected Apps screen.

  2. In the Details tab, under Analytics access, enable or disable the setting accordingly.

Setting for access to analytics

Disabling access to analytics only disables the sending of data to domains that are categorized as analytics in the app. Apps may continue to send data to domains not categorized as analytics. We recommend reviewing such domains when installing new apps or upgrading existing apps.

When changing access to analytics, it may take a few minutes for the app to either start or stop sending data to analytics domains.

Manage access to logs

You can manage access to logs for individual apps, which lets administrators to customize data-sharing preferences for specific apps. When access to logs is enabled, this allows the app to automatically share app logs with the vendor. This setting can be enabled or disabled independently of settings that apply to all apps. Check the documentation for the permissions you may need to access the new setting.

To manage access to logs for an app:

  1. Select the action button for an app from the Connected Apps screen.

  2. In the Details tab, under Logs access, enable or disable the setting accordingly. Additionally, you can download the logs that are being shared with the vendor.

When you disable access to logs, the vendor will no longer be able to see any logs that have been created inside your site. You can re-enable log access at any time, from the same screen, and this will give vendors access to logs for up to 60 days ago, even if access was previously disabled.

You can check your log-sharing history when you access your audit logs on admin.atlassian.com.

Setting to enable log sharing

Uninstall an app

Who can do this?
Role: Organization admin, site admin
Atlassian Cloud: All plans
Atlassian Government Cloud: Not available, see how apps work

Site or organization administrators can uninstall apps from an Atlassian site. You should warn your users that the app is about to uninstalled from your site beforehand.

To uninstall an app from your site:

  1. Go to admin.atlassian.com.

  2. Select the relevant site.

  3. Select Apps in the global navigation.

  4. In the Sites section of the lefthand navigation, select the site you’re administering apps for.

  5. In the lefthand navigation, select Connected apps. The Connected apps page displays all apps currently installed in your instance.

  6. Select View App Details for the app.

  7. Select Uninstall.

Uninstalling an app requires all connected users to be removed first. As this is a slow operation with large numbers of users, the process is automated for you. You can monitor the progress from the connected apps screen. Once all users are removed, the app is uninstalled.

Troubleshoot an app

Who can do this?
Role: Organization admin, site admin
Atlassian Cloud: All plans
Atlassian Government Cloud: Available

When you install some apps (such as Forge), the app vendor gets access to your app logs. This means that if you experience an issue with the installed app, the vendor can use the logs to quickly solve the problem. If you want to check the content of the logs, you can download and review them. You can also disable log access for Forge apps at any time.

Granting log access will give vendors access to logs for up to 60 days ago, even if sharing wasn’t active before then. When you disable their access to logs, they will no longer be able to see any logs that have been created inside your site.

You can disable log access at any time.

Download logs

To download logs:

  1. Go to admin.atlassian.com.

  2. Select the relevant site.

  3. Select Apps in the global navigation.

  4. In the Sites section of the lefthand navigation, select the site you’re administering apps for.

  5. In the lefthand navigation, select Connected apps. The Connected apps page displays all apps currently installed in your instance.

  6. Next to the app you want to download logs for, click the action button and then select Download logs. Note: some apps may not support logs.

    A modal appears as seen below, giving a preview of the logs you're about to download.

  7. If necessary, use the date picker to choose a date range and select Apply.

  8. Select Download.

  9. Send the downloaded log file to the app vendor. If you have any concerns that the logs might contain personal or confidential data, you can always review the file before sending it.

The dates in the date picker are in your local time, and the dates in the logs are in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

A preview of the logs you're about to download, with start and end dates buttons.

Configure an app

Who can do this?
Role: Product admin
Atlassian Cloud: All plans
Atlassian Government Cloud: Available

Some apps expose configurable settings you can use to set up or specify preferences for the app. You should always read the documentation provided with the app to learn about such configuration options. The documentation can be accessed from the Resources section in the Overview tab of the app listing in the Marketplace.

Marketplace resource tab of an app listing which shows the app documentation

You can access configuration settings for apps that expose configuration settings and are enabled. You must be either an organization admin or a site admin to view the Connected apps page.

To configure your app:

  1. Go to admin.atlassian.com.

  2. Select the relevant site.

  3. Select Apps in the global navigation.

  4. In the Sites section of the lefthand navigation, select the site you’re administering apps for.

  5. In the lefthand navigation, select Connected apps. The Connected apps page displays all apps currently installed in your instance.

  6. Next to the app you want to configure, click the action button and then select Configure. The same settings are also accessible from a link on the App details page. Both links open the same configuration page.

  7. When finished making changes, click the Save button to apply your changes.

After making app configuration changes, the host application may need to be restarted for the changes to be applied. Consult the app documentation or test the change in a staging environment before making the change to production.  

The administrative configuration options are provided by the app itself. The app is responsible for ensuring its own compatibility with the host application; if you encounter problems while attempting to configure an app, you should seek support from the app provider. For more information, click the Support and issues link in the app details view. 

If you’re unable to perform certain actions on the Connected apps page, such as getting started or configuring, you may not have access to the product itself. We recommend you ask your organization admin to make you a product admin for the product that your app is installed on to.

 

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