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There are many attempts to explain this process on the internet. Every one I have found has been awful: either hand-waving away details, or too dense, trying to explain the mechanics of OAuth with missionary zeal. Just tell me what to type and where to click, and give me my token!
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On with the instructions.
Every OAuth token has a key: for the purposes, the key will be monitor-jira-license.
Install Python 3
Running python3 or python --version should show Python 3.x.
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In Jira (or Confluence), create an applink. Applinks normally connect to other HTTP apps, but in this case our OAuth client doesn't have a URL, so use a fake one.
I originally created these instructions when creating an OAuth token for a Nagios Jira license monitor, hence the token I use is monitor-jira-license , and the fake URL is http://monitor-jira-license:
Jira will complain, but just click Continue:
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