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 2. Visit https://globaljira.roche.com/ in the browser and export
    the root certificate into the repository. Make sure the name in
    the global varialbes is correct.
-3. Create the .env file with the following content:\
-   JIRA_USER=\<your username\>\
-   JIRA_PASSWORD=\<your password\>
-4. Install necessary packages from the requirements.txt file
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+3. Generate the Personal Access Token in Jira
+4. Edit the global variables to configure your script.
+5. Install necessary packages from the requirements.txt file