Public - 301 Moved Permanently Error Connecting to JIRA with the JIRA Rest Connector

When trying to connect to JIRA using the JIRA Rest connector, the following error message is received:

Embedded message: Input BD:2015.12.17_848606183:0 was not outstanding (already marked as finished); Caused by: Failed while storing output; Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException

In the container logs, you see the following logged.

Dec 17, 2015 12:04:39 PM PST INFO [net.wdci.connector.jira.rest.object.Issue createOperation] so is the httpRequestBodyWriter null once closed? : java.io.BufferedWriter@23487fd3
Dec 17, 2015 12:04:39 PM PST INFO [net.wdci.connector.jira.rest.object.Issue createOperation] Issue create response code: 301
Dec 17, 2015 12:04:39 PM PST INFO [net.wdci.connector.jira.rest.object.Issue createOperation] Issue create response message: Moved Permanently
Dec 17, 2015 12:04:39 PM PST SEVERE [net.wdci.connector.jira.rest.object.Issue createOperation] Create jira issue failed.

Dec 17, 2015 12:04:39 PM PST SEVERE [net.wdci.connector.jira.rest.object.Issue createOperation] Create jira issue error: com.boomi.connector.ConnectorException: Failed while storing output

This error message is caused by attempting to connect to an HTTP URL for the Jira instance. The Jira URL should use HTTPS. Modify the URL in the connection component to use HTTPS and try again.

Example:

Incorrect: http://test.atlassian.net

Correct: https://test.atlassian.net