How to find the currently installed Atlassian Confluence and Jira version on the command line

Written by Claudio Kuenzler - 0 comments

Published on October 19th 2023 - last updated on April 4th 2024 - Listed in Atlassian Linux

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When you need to find out the currently installed Atlassian Jira or Confluence version, you might scratch your head. Obviously when logged, the footer reveals the current version. This is also mentioned in the official Atlassian Knowledge Base.

However when you've got no login (e.g. you're the server admin but have no access to the application itself) you might have to find out the currently installed version on the command line.

Identify the installed Confluence version

If you have Confluence installed using the Atlassian bin file (which is the standard way), the current Confluence version can be found in one of the properties files:

root@confluence:~# grep ^version /opt/atlassian/confluence/confluence/META-INF/maven/com.atlassian.confluence/confluence-webapp/pom.properties
version=7.19.4

Note: You might need to adjust the path where your Confluence Tomcat is located. The default path is /opt/atlassian/confluence. 

In this case, Confluence 7.19.4 is installed.

Identify the installed Jira version

For Jira there are two (and possibly even more) ways to find the currently installed version. One way is similar to finding the Confluence version, by using the Tomcat embedded properties file:

root@jira:~# grep ^version /opt/atlassian/jira/atlassian-jira/META-INF/maven/com.atlassian.jira/atlassian-jira-webapp/pom.properties
version=8.20.11

Note: You might need to adjust the path where your Jira Tomcat is located. The default path is /opt/atlassian/jira. 

In this case, Jira 8.20.11 is installed.

Another way is to execute version.sh in the Tomcat bin directory:

root@jira:~# /opt/atlassian/jira/bin/version.sh

                  `sMMMMMMMMMMMMMM+
                     MMMMMMMMMMMMMM
                     :sdMMMMMMMMMMM
                             MMMMMM
          `sMMMMMMMMMMMMMM+  MMMMMM
             MMMMMMMMMMMMMM  +MMMMM
              :sMMMMMMMMMMM   MMMMM
                     MMMMMM    `UOJ
   `sMMMMMMMMMMMMM+  MMMMMM
     MMMMMMMMMMMMMM  +MMMMM
      :sdMMMMMMMMMM   MMMMM
             MMMMMM    `UOJ
             MMMMMM
             +MMMMM
              MMMMM
               `UOJ

      Atlassian Jira
      Version : 8.20.11


If you encounter issues starting or stopping Jira, please see the Troubleshooting guide at https://docs.atlassian.com/jira/jadm-docs-0820/Troubleshooting+installation
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You might recognize this output from the logs when starting Jira.

Note: Although this script also exists in Confluence installations, it won't show the Confluence version.

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