Support for Azure Database for MySQL

Problem Definition

Jira - Supported Platforms includes support for MySQL 8.0 and MySQL 5.7 as of Jira 8.13 (Long Term Support release).

• If you’re creating your own deployment in AWS or Azure, you can use any configuration (e.g. OS or database) that’s supported both by Jira and AWS/Azure.

Currently, Jira platform doesn't support "Azure Database for MySQL". This results in the following ERRORs during start of the Jira:

ERROR [c.a.jira.health.HealthChecks] We've found an error in MySQL supported version!
ERROR [c.a.jira.health.HealthChecks] The database type in your dbconfig.xml is set up to MySQL 8.0 and your MySQL version is different. Consider using MySQL 8.0 database type instead
See our documentation for more information on changing database type.

Suggested Solution

Add support for "Azure Database for MySQL"

Notes

The MySQL gateway in Azure reflects lower, unsupported MySQL versions while backend database that serves the application is running a supported version, for example MySQL 8.0.15. This creates inconsistency for version reported to Jira and as a consequence that version reported as unsupported.

Supported Azure Database for MySQL server versions documents this topic: