External issue tracker

GitLab has a great issue tracker but you can also use an external one such as Jira, Redmine, YouTrack, or Bugzilla. Issue trackers are configurable per GitLab project and allow you to do the following:

• you can reference these external issues inside GitLab interface (merge requests, commits, comments) and they will be automatically converted into links

You can have enabled both external and internal GitLab issue trackers in parallel. The Issues link always opens the internal issue tracker and in case the internal issue tracker is disabled the link is not visible in the menu.

Configuration

The configuration is done via a project's Services.

Project Service

To enable an external issue tracker you must configure the appropriate Service. Visit the links below for details:

• Redmine
• YouTrack
• Jira
• Bugzilla
• Custom Issue Tracker

Service Template

To save you the hassle from configuring each project's service individually, GitLab provides the ability to set Service Templates which can then be overridden in each project's settings.

Read more on Services Templates.