This article complements the document Supported platforms. The article ensures compatibility between Jira versions and database versions. Use the article if you're planning to deploy a Jira instance to an existing database or to upgrade to a newer Jira version.

To use the matrix, select your database and Jira version, and check their compatibility:

Definitions:

Supported – you can use your Jira version with this database.

Limited – you can evaluate your Jira version on this database, but you can't run a production site on it. 

Deprecated – you can use your Jira version with this database, but we're planning to end support in an upcoming release.

Not compatible – you can't use your Jira version with this database.

PostgreSQL 

PostgreSQL in earlier Jira versions

Jira Software version	10	11	12	13	14	15
8.4
8.5	(from Jira 8.5.4)
8.6
8.7
8.8
8.9
8.10
8.11
8.12
8.13
8.14
8.15
8.16
8.17

Jira Software version	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
9
9.1
9.2
9.3
9.4
9.5
9.6
9.7
9.8
9.9
9.10
9.11
9.12
9.13
9.14
9.15
9.16
9.17
10.0
10.1
10.2
10.3							For Jira 10.3.7 and later 10.3.x
10.4
10.5
10.6
10.7

MySQL

MySQL in earlier Jira versions

Jira Software version	5.5	5.6	5.7	8.0	8.4
8
8.1
8.2
8.3
8.4
8.5
8.6
8.7
8.8
8.9
8.10
8.11
8.12
8.13
8.14
8.15
8.16
8.17

Jira Software version	5.5	5.6	5.7	8.0	8.4
9
9.1
9.2
9.3
9.4
9.5
9.6
9.7
9.8
9.9
9.10
9.11
9.12
9.13
9.14
9.15
9.16
9.17
10.0
10.1
10.2
10.3					For Jira 10.3.7 and later 10.3.x
10.4
10.5
10.6
10.7

Oracle

Oracle in earlier Jira versions

Jira Software version	Oracle 12c R1	Oracle 12c R2	Oracle 18c	Oracle 19c	Oracle 23ai
8
8.1
8.2
8.3
8.4
8.5
8.6
8.7
8.8
8.9
8.10
8.11
8.12
8.13
8.14
8.15
8.16
8.17

Jira Software version	Oracle 12c R1	Oracle 12c R2	Oracle 18c	Oracle 19c	Oracle 23ai
9
9.1
9.2
9.3
9.4
9.5
9.6
9.7
9.8
9.9
9.10
9.11
9.12
9.13
9.14
9.15
9.16
9.17
10.0
10.1
10.2
10.3					For Jira 10.3.7 and later 10.3.x
10.4
10.5
10.6
10.7

Microsoft SQL Server

Microsoft SQL Server in earlier Jira versions

Jira Software version	2012	2014	2016	2017	2019	2022
8
8.1
8.2
8.3
8.4
8.5
8.6
8.7
8.8
8.9
8.10
8.11
8.12
8.13
8.14
8.15
8.16
8.17

Jira Software version	2012	2014	2016	2017	2019	2022
9
9.1
9.2
9.3
9.4
9.5
9.6
9.7
9.8
9.9
9.10
9.11
9.12
9.13
9.14
9.15
9.16
9.17
10.0
10.1
10.2
10.3
10.4
10.5
10.6
10.7

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azure in earlier Jira versions

Jira Software version	Azure SQL	Azure Database for PostgreSQL
8
8.1
8.2
8.3
8.4
8.5
8.6
8.7
8.8
8.9
8.10
8.11
8.12
8.13
8.14
8.15
8.16
8.17

Jira Software version	Azure SQL	Azure Database for PostgreSQL
9
9.1
9.2
9.3
9.4
9.5
9.6
9.7
9.8
9.9
9.10
9.11
9.12
9.13
9.14
9.15
9.16
9.17
10.0
10.1
10.2
10.3
10.4
10.5
10.6
10.7

Amazon Aurora (Data Center only)

Amazon Aurora in earlier Jira versions

Jira Software version	10	11	12	13	14	15
8.7
8.8
8.9
8.10
8.11
8.12
8.13			(from Jira 8.13.12)
8.14
8.15
8.16
8.17

Jira Software version	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
9
9.1
9.2
9.3
9.4
9.5
9.6
9.7
9.8
9.9
9.10
9.11
9.12
9.13
9.14
9.15
9.16
9.17
10.0
10.1
10.2
10.3							For Jira 10.3.7 and later 10.3.x
10.4
10.5
10.6
10.7

Embedded Database

Jira ships with a built-in database (H2) which is for evaluation only, only for Jira versions lower than 10.0.0.

  As explained in the Jira 10.0.x release notes page:

In Jira 10.0, we’ve removed support for the H2 database and the H2 library itself from Jira’s distribution. To resolve several security vulnerabilities, the JDBC driver for the H2 database engine won’t be bundled with Jira anymore. Additionally, you’ll no longer be able to evaluate Jira 10.0 using the H2 embedded database.

Clustered Database

In Jira 9.10, we're adding support for PGpool-II, an open-source database solution based on PostgreSQL, providing a proxy between Jira and a PostgreSQL database cluster.