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title: "Establishing Jira-Salesforce connection"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/PSJ/15482415/Establishing%20Jira-Salesforce%20connection"
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> ⚠️ To establish Jira-Salesforce connection, you must have Administrator permissions in your Jira instance.

1. Log into your Jira as Admin.
2. Ensure that Power Salesforce Connector is [installed](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PSJ/pages/15480389).
3. Go to **Jira Administration > Add-Ons > Manage Add-ons**.
4. In the Power Plugins Configuration section on the left, click **Add connection**.
  
5. [ Fill out the fields](#Fields description) in the connection dialog.
  
6. Click **Save**.

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Fields description

| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| **Name** | Name your Salesforce connection. |
| **Consumer Key** | Enter the [consumer key](#Get your Key and Secret from Salesforce) for the connection. |
| **Consumer Secret** | Enter the [consumer secret](#Get your Key and Secret from Salesforce) for the connection. |
| **Username** | Enter a username to be used for connecting with Salesforce. |
| **Password** | Enter a password to be used for connecting with Salesforce. In most cases you need to merge the user password and user security token. For example, the user password is admin and the user security token is 012234122. Then the password to connect to Salesforce will be: admin012234122. |

### User Security Token

To get the security token of a user. Go to User Settings → Reset My Security Token. Reset the security token and you will receive a new security token to the user email address:

![image](media://6677ca01-06f1-472a-a1ce-ddad5adf3b30)

###   
Getting consumer key and consumer secret from Salesforce

> ⚠️ You must have System Administrator permissions in Salesforce to access these settings.

  


1. Log into your Salesforce as Admin.
2. Got to the cog wheel menu and select **Setup**.
  
3. In the PLATFORM TOOLS section, go to **Apps** > **App Manager**, and click **New Connected App**.
  
4. Fill out the required fields
  - Connected App Name
  - API Name
  - Enter the contact email
    
5. Click the checkbox to enable OAuth settings.
  - The callback URL is not used in the integration.
  - Select **Full Access** and click **Add.**
  - Then click **Save**.
6. On the next page, under OAuth Settings, you'll see Consumer Key and the option to reveal and get your Consumer Secret.

For more details, see [Salesforce documentation](https://feedback.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/235661-get-your-key-and-secret-from-salesforce).