How to configure Atlassian apps

How to configure Atlassian apps (e.g. JIRA, Confluence) to use shibboleth style redirect login urls.

STEP #1 Update the app's "seraph-config.xml" file to have login.url http://YourServerName:8095/crowd/plugins/servlet/ssocookie?redirectTo=${originalurl}

STEP #2 Make sure that the path "plugins/servlet/ssocookie" is protected by Shibboleth as you may have not protected the entire directory to allow access to the REST webservices, etc.