Получение информации о системе JIRA из командной строки

Я бы использовал jira-python и метод server_info, например.

def connect_jira(log, options):
'''
Connect to JIRA. Prompt for a password if none was specified.
Return None on error
'''
try:
    log.info("Connecting to JIRA: %s" % options.jira_server)
    jira_options = {'server': options.jira_server}
    if options.jira_password:
        jira_password = options.jira_password
    else:
        jira_password = getpass.getpass()

    jira = JIRA(options=jira_options,
                # Note the tuple
                basic_auth=(options.jira_user, 
                            jira_password))
    # Test the connection by retrieving server information
    info = jira.server_info()

    return jira
except Exception,e:
    log.error("Failed to connect to JIRA: %s" % e)
    return None