Commit 34a96d48 authored by Kati Paizee's avatar Kati Paizee Committed by Fiona Neill

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# External issue tracker **(FREE)**
GitLab has a great [issue tracker](../user/project/issues/index.md) but you can also use an external
one. External issue trackers are configurable per GitLab project.
GitLab has an [issue tracker](../user/project/issues/index.md), but you can
configure an external issue tracker per GitLab project.
Once configured, you can reference external issues using the format `CODE-123`, where:
After you configure the external tracker, you can reference external issues
in GitLab merge requests, commits, and comments
using the format `CODE-123`, where:
- `CODE` is a unique code for the tracker.
- `123` is the issue number in the tracker.
These references in GitLab merge requests, commits, or comments are automatically converted to links to the issues.
The references are automatically converted to links to the issues.
You can keep the GitLab issue tracker enabled in parallel or disable it. When enabled, the **Issues** link in the
GitLab menu always opens the internal issue tracker. When disabled, the link is not visible in the menu.
## Configuration
## Configure an external issue tracker
The configuration is done via a project's **Settings > Integrations**.
To enable an external issue tracker, you must configure the appropriate [integration](../user/project/integrations/index.md).
### Integration
To enable an external issue tracker you must configure the appropriate **Integration**.
Visit the links below for details:
The following external issue tracker integrations are available:
- [Bugzilla](../user/project/integrations/bugzilla.md)
- [Custom Issue Tracker](../user/project/integrations/custom_issue_tracker.md)
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- [Jira](../integration/jira/index.md)
- [Redmine](../user/project/integrations/redmine.md)
- [YouTrack](../user/project/integrations/youtrack.md)
- [ZenTao](../user/project/integrations/zentao.md)
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You can integrate an [external issue tracker](../../../integration/external-issue-tracker.md)
with GitLab. If your preferred issue tracker is not listed in the
[integrations list](../../../integration/external-issue-tracker.md#integration),
[integrations list](../../../integration/external-issue-tracker.md#configure-an-external-issue-tracker),
you can enable a custom issue tracker.
After you enable the custom issue tracker, a link to the issue tracker displays
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