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title: Install the Coveo plugin for Jira Software
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canonical_url: https://docs.coveo.com/en/1918/
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# Install the Coveo plugin for Jira Software
To complete the capabilities of its Jira Software Data Center source, Coveo offers a plugin on the Atlassian Marketplace.

You must [install it](#install-the-plugin) to support issue-level [permissions](https://docs.coveo.com/en/223/).
See [Atlassian's documentation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver/configuring-issue-level-security-938847117.html) for more information on issue-level security.

## Install the plugin

. Log in to your Jira Software Data Center instance using a Jira administrator account.

. In the navigation bar at the top, click **Apps**, and then **Manage apps**.

. In the search bar, enter `Coveo REST API for Jira`.

. Locate the **Coveo REST API for Jira** plugin, and then click **Install**.

. In the **Confirm app installation** box that appears, review Coveo's privacy policy and terms of use.

. Click **Accept & install** to launch the installation process.
Once it's done, a message appears to confirm that the plugin is ready to use.

Once the plugin is installed on your Jira Software Data Center instance, you can [add a source](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1772/) to [index](https://docs.coveo.com/en/204/) its content.

## What does the plugin do?

Coveo's plugin is designed to respect your security policies and ensure that your data is safe.
It's a read-only plugin built using the Atlassian Plugin SDK to allow Coveo to index issue-level [permissions](https://docs.coveo.com/en/223/).
It doesn't modify your instance in any way.

Coveo's plugin is needed to index issue-level permissions because the Jira REST API doesn't provide this information.
So, when [indexing permissions](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1779#same-users-and-groups-as-in-your-content-system), you should [install the plugin](#install-the-plugin) on your Jira Software Data Center instance to ensure that all permission types are indexed.

Without the plugin, Coveo automatically supports all other permission types, that is: group & user, project, application role, attachments, comments ([when they're indexed as individual items](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1772#additional-content)), and time tracking.

See [Atlassian's documentation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver/configuring-issue-level-security-938847117.html) for more information on issue-level security.