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Skill Management in Confluence or in Jira
Asked by Mari Car:

Hi,

I have a question. Till now we managed our professional skills in confluence with the plugin "Skill Finder". Now the addon will be retired from the market and we need an alternative. Can you recommend a plug in for Jira of confluence?

Thank you very much and best regards,

Mari


Answers:
author: Gonchik Tsymzhitov
body: Hi!

As I see it will be as core functionality

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1212555/skill-finder/version-history>

Of course, you can install it manually/

Cheers.

Gonchik Tsymzhitov

comments: author: Garrett Chan
body: Does this still apply?


author: Rezgar Cadro _Totem Dev_
body: If you're using Jira Cloud, let me suggest our app [Skills for Jira](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1227275/skills-for-jira?tab=overview&hosting=cloud) as an alternative. It lets you:

1. Specify skill requirements for a task and see all qualified experts
2. Search issues by experts and restrict workflow transitions to experts-only
3. Find skill gaps, bottlenecks or scarcity for a given JQL and team
4. Explore the organization skill map, finding users by a combination of skills or checking which skills people have in common
5. Configure work queues and let the team pull their next best task they have skills for

I'd be also quite curious to hear about any other capabilities you are looking for in a skill management addon.


author: Annabell
body: Maybe this related question might help you implement skills management in Confluence:

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Team-member-competency-tracking-in-Confluence-labels-for-table/qaq-p/86821>
I am looking to have some testing templates
Asked by Sunil Chowdary:

I am looking to have some testing templates ...

we at organisaion use number of templates for testing, whcih starts from prep-exit, so want to use Confluence as a single truth of source so would be good to have some info on creation of testing templates (like test plan/test report/test exirt report)

Thanks

Sunil


Answers:
author: Ollie Guan
body: Hi [@Sunil Chowdary](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2174896),

Alana Fernando has shared an article that shows how to use Confluence to implement test plans, test design, test execution and other activities:

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-articles/Manual-Test-case-management-with-Confluence/ba-p/876759>

Hope it helps.

comments: author: Sunil Chowdary
body: thank you, being new struggling to get this worked ...

am more of how i write plan, get approval and have sections for scope or other things.

Also what access level is needed for this to do


author: Cheney Ma [Go2Group]
body: Hi [@Sunil Chowdary](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2174896), to do test management (test cases, executions, planning, reports, requirement traceability ...), I would suggest you considering Jira + test management plugin to complete your work.

Just use Confluence is OK for some simple scenarios and small team, but if you want a BETTER SOLUTION, Jira + plugin is the best choice.


author: Kesha Thill
body: hey [@Sunil Chowdary](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2174896)! this isn't exactly a test plan, but I wonder if the [project plan template](https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/templates/project-plan) within Confluence could help structure, and you can modify the fields to what you need? It's only available in Cloud, however you could build the same template in Server.
Move Single Confluence Space: Server to Cloud
Asked by Cassandra Ware:

How can I import a confluence space from a Confluence Server to a Confluence Cloud?

I have put all the groups that had permissions of the space from the Server Confluence into the Cloud Confluence. However I continue to get the error message:

"There was an error during import", so I have no clue what exactly is failing


Answers:
author: N?gila Marques
body: Hi Cassandra,

Thanks for contacting us through our community channel!

The error you mentioned can be caused due to a variety of reasons. Due to this, first I'd like to point out a few steps you can take to try to migrate your Confluence server instance to cloud again.

We recommend the use of the following add-on provided in our marketplace:

* [Cloud Migration Assistant for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1219672/cloud-migration-assistant-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview)

To install the app:

1. In Confluence Server go to ![](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/files/747833194/747833195/2/1517274813281/cog.png) \> **Manage apps**.
2. Choose **Find new add-ons**.
3. Search for the **Cloud Migration Assistant for Confluence** app.
4. Choose **Install**, and you're all set.

If your Confluence Server site is behind a firewall, you'll need to allow outgoing traffic to your new Cloud site, and also <https://migrations.atlassian.com>.

Using the app {#toc-hId-1846895931}
-----------------------------------

To use the app:

1. In Confluence Server, go to ![](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/files/747833194/747833195/2/1517274813281/cog.png) \> **General Configuration** \> **Migration Assistant**.
2. Choose **Explore migration** \> **Run analysis**.

The analysis evaluates your Confluence Server instance and displays the number of spaces, pages, and attachments contained in your current environment. It will also provide you with an estimate of the amount of time it will take to migrate all your spaces.

More details about the migration plan can be checked [here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/cloud-migration-assistant-for-confluence-959303217.html).

Thanks,

N?gila


Tags: migration

cloud

confluence-cloud

confluence-server
Slow Startup of Confluence 6.6.8
Asked by David Urquhart:

Hi

We have moved from Confluence 5.3 to 6.6.8 the startup is very slow and one

step takes 6-7 minutes, an extract from the log is the following:-

```
19-Oct-2018 13:58:30.081 INFO [localhost-startStop-2] org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.initServletBean FrameworkServlet 'dispatcher': initialization completed in 1027 ms2018-10-19 13:58:31,490 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] [atlassian.confluence.cluster.DefaultClusterConfigurationHelper] lambda$populateExistingClusterSetupConfig$1 Populating setup configuration if running with Cluster mode...2018-10-19 13:58:31,490 DEBUG [localhost-startStop-1] [atlassian.confluence.cluster.DefaultClusterConfigurationHelper] lambda$populateExistingClusterSetupConfig$1 Setup is completed. we don't need to populate reconfiguration from shared home folder.19-Oct-2018 14:04:26.932 INFO [localhost-startStop-3] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor Deploying configuration descriptor /opt/atlassian-confluence-6.6.8/conf/Standalone/localhost/synchrony-proxy.xml
```

We have the Standalone server verion of Confluence

What's going on?


Answers:
author: David Urquhart
body: sloution was to enable the Collabrative system plugin and then disable Collabrative editing in the admin dashboard, weird tho'


author: Gonchik Tsymzhitov
body: Hi!

Looks like you forgot about synchrony

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-6-0-release-notes-844235309.html>

it used by for collaborative editing. Hence you need adjust memory using.

Cheers,

Gonchik Tsymzhitov

comments: author: David Urquhart
body: the Synchrony system plugin is disabled


author: David Urquhart
body: and we don't want to use Collabrative editing


Tags: confluence-server

server
Not able to find sysadmin account in confluence.
Asked by xavier:

We have migrated Confluence from Jira cloud to On premise Server. After we migrated we are not able to find the sysadmin account which needed for system activities. we have also tried creating on account not able to provide the system admin roles. If any one know kindly assist.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: A Cloud download includes a sysadmin account which you should be able to log straight into with a password of sysadmin.

If this has failed, then you'll need to reset it - see <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/restore-passwords-to-recover-admin-user-rights-158390.html>


author: Dave Theodore [Coyote Creek Consulting]
body: Atlassian describes how this works in their [docs](https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloudkb/logging-in-with-the-systems-administrator-account-in-atlassian-cloud-691011825.html).
restricted page visible for a second before login screen
Asked by Jens Rapp:

hi,

when I'm not logged in and open a link to a restricted confluence page, this page is shown for about a second before I get the login screen.

Why is that and how can I fix this?

We're currently running Confluence 6.7.2


Answers:
author: JP _AC Bielefeld Leader_
body: Did you clear the browser cache? Maybe it displayed from cache until the relogin requests pops up...

comments: author: Jens Rapp
body: hi,

no it was a page I've never seen before and i'm not the only one who got that effect.


author: Victor Mutambuki
body: Jens,

That is strange behavior. I tested it out and i was taken to a log in page.

Victor
Restrict local php files to users logged into confluence
Asked by Kalado:

Hello everyone,

I have confluence installed in our local network. On the same machine is an apache server so I can use html-include, which works great.

My problem is that anyone in the network can access the pages that I include if they know the url.

Is there anyway to restrict my php files to users that are logged into confluence.

Or maybe have a restriction in apache so only access from confluence is allowed?

Making this depended on confluence group membership would be ideal of course but is not a must.

Thank you


Answers:
author: josh
body: I think this dependency will need to be resolved at either the PHP or apache level.

You could possibly write into your script an API call to the /rest/group endpoint <https://docs.atlassian.com/ConfluenceServer/rest/6.12.1/#group-getMembers>

to get the list of group members from Confluence. But I'm not sure how your PHP file would retreive the current user's ID.


Tags: access

confluence-server

html-include

php

restriction

server
Linking from JIRA to a specific part of a Confluence Page
Asked by Teddy Hills:

Our team keeps an entire Epic's worth of stories on a single Confluence page. Sometimes we have as many 15 detailed stories on our Confluence page.

We then make a single JIRA issue for each story by highlighting the text on Confluence, and the stories are automatically linked to the Epic (Confluence Page). However, when we click this link, we are taken to the top of the Confluence page, not the specific part of the page that contains the story, so we have to scroll a long time to get to the relevant story.

Is there a way to link from JIRA to a specific part of a Confluence page? Do anchors work from JIRA to Confluence?

Thank you!


Answers:
author: Dave Theodore [Coyote Creek Consulting]
body: Yes, you can use anchors to do this. It may not be 100% intuitive to set them up, so I suggest a review of the [docs](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/anchors-139442.html).

Another way you can do this is with the [Table of Contents macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/table-of-contents-macro-182682099.html). You can use the Heading 1-6 text types to create a page structure and when you insert the TOC macro in to the page, it automagically creates clickable anchors to the corresponding Heading. If you right click the link in the TOC, you will be able to capture the corresponding anchor URL.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Not able to view space in Confluence
Asked by Anand:

Hi,  
I have integrated Crowd with Confluence by creating an Application in Crowd and also added a User Directory to Confluence.  
However, all members of the AD group are able to login through SSO

however,![image.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/35701iF1DB6234E1CA26E4/image-dimensions/352x196?v=v2 "image.png")

not able to view spaces or anything on the Confluence.

Below, i have logged in as admin and able to see the AD groups

![image.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/35702iF58B2E7EBDCDB237/image-dimensions/275x241?v=v2 "image.png")

I have containerized the confluence.  
I have attached the screenshot, Could you please help.  
Do i have to add Groups to User Directory?? and How? It's saying as 135,295 users adding however i dont' see any?

![image.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/35703i2B407D0D89A14A55/image-dimensions/519x91?v=v2 "image.png")

how

This is the Serial no.=SEN-L12530549


Answers:
author: Ismael Jimoh
body: 1. Move your Crowd above confluence if the users are the same.

2. Ensure that the users from crowd are associated with groups that consume confluence license (e.g. confluence-users)

3. Ensure your global and space permissions allow users from the crowd groups access to them.

Without this, you would need to enable anonymous access on the Global and space permission.

Hope it helps.
Confluence File Lists: can you create hierarchies and structures for file lists
Asked by snehal bodke:

How to migrate folders data to confluence through API?


Answers:
author: JP _AC Bielefeld Leader_
body: I solution suggested by Atlassian is to create a single page in a Confluence page containing ALL attachments of the page \& not adding attachments to other pages.

While this is hard to change when you have a running aged system, this is not a bad idea:

1. You won't have any problems with the same file attached more than once.

2. You save storage (because of 1.)

3. You've got a single point of reference for attachments

4. Easy implementation via REST as single page reference \& no need to create page before

Tag your attachments with labels to filter them with attachment macros on overview pages:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/attachments-macro-97911315.html>

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: This is a better way in the long run, I just fixated on the "hierarchy" asked for.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Files in Confluence are attached to pages, they are not independently stored.

To get a hierarchy or structure, you need to create pages in the shape you want for the structure (see <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/create-tree-structure-in-confluence/qaq-p/921706> for a very recent discussion on that), and then attach files to the appropriate pages.

To do that via the API, see <https://docs.atlassian.com/ConfluenceServer/rest/6.12.1/#content/{id}/child/attachment>
Can I change the hierarchy of pages of only one particular version in Scroll Version?
Asked by Bandy:

Hi,

I am using Confluence 5.9.2 with Scroll Version.

I want to change the hierarchy of pages in only one particular version of my content. When I move a page in one particular version, all preceding versions are impacted and the hierarchy of the pages change in those too.

Is it possible to change hierarchy in one version only? If yes, how do I do that?

Regards,

Bandy


Answers:
author: roman
body: Hi [@Bandy](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2171719),

Due to the way Scroll Versions is implemented, it's not possible to reorder pages in a specific version only. You can reorder pages by reordering master pages together with their children (dot or versioned pages), but the new order will be applied to all versions.  

There are no short-terms plans to change they way the app works in Confluence.

Roman.

comments: author: Bandy
body: Thanks [@roman](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/853566).

Regards,

Bandy.


Tags: hierarchy

scroll-versions
Install and setup Confluence Trial meets Error HTTP Status 500
Asked by Stinson:

I installed the trial Confluence in centos6.8. Then I opened browser to set up it. After I inputed authorization Code and clicked 'next', it seems confluence wants to install embedded DB.

Then I got a HTTP 500 Error page:

```
HTTP Status 500 ? Internal Server Error
Type Exception Report

Message Cannot call sendError() after the response has been committed

Description The server encountered an unexpected condition that prevented it from fulfilling the request.

... ...
```

<br />

What does it mean 'Our installers come with all the bits and pieces you need to run the application' in <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/installing-a-confluence-trial-838416249.html>?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You'll need to read the application log to find the details of the underlying error.

But I would check you are using the right version of java first, as the wrong version is one of the things I know can cause this sort of error. Try running Confluence and check with "ps -ef" where the java it runs is, then run that java with "java --version" to see what it is.

The "our installers" thing means that you don't need to do anything to prepare a system for a Confluence install if you use the (later) installers, as they bundle and install the right version of Java and all the other stuff you might want. (This is better for most than the .zip or .tar.gz installs I tend to use, because you don't have to configure or install anything)

comments: author: Stinson
body: when I uninstalled confluence and deleted its data dir. Then I installed MySQL, installed confluence using MySQL but not embedded database. Finally, I got it. It seems that using the embedded database has some problems?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Yes, the embedded database can fail catastrophically, without warning. It's rare that it will do it on initial start but certainly possible.

However, running with a proper database seems to be working, so I'm not going to chase a broken unsupported database (I've lost many of them, but I've never intende to try to keep them intact!)
Automatic logout from confluence page for every 10 min
Asked by Pooja:

Hi All,

1. I have installed Confluence and Jira.

2. I have configured the reverse proxy to Jira, not to the confluence

3.Some users are automatically logged out from the confluence page for every 10 min with the error message. Find the below screen-shot for the error message

Thanks in advance

![image002.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/35669i8A40BF2DD0E69EC7/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image002.png")


Answers:
author: Alexey Matveev
body: Hello,

Are your Confluence and Jira installed on the same server?

comments: author: Pooja
body: Hi [@Alexey Matveev](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1159601)

Thank you for your support.

Yeah,both the confluence and jira installed on the same server.


author: Alexey Matveev
body: If so, kindly have a look at this thread:

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/why-confluence-is-automatically-logging-out-the-user-when-same/qaq-p/800878>


Tags: confluence-server

server
confluence:create file list using rest api
Asked by Vidya Shevale:

I have existing folders and files, now I need to read that directory and create file list using same manner in confluence .

for that I need to write a script for file list and to upload an attachment.How it possible with confluence ??

reply me ASAP


Answers:
author: Lava Kumar Dukanam _Appfire_
body: Hi [@Vidya Shevale](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2057399),

You could tweak this simple python script per your needs too and execute it from your current directory.

```

import os
import requests
URL = 'http://<confluence-server>/rest/api/content/<page-id>/child/attachment'
USERNAME = '<username>'
PASSWORD = '<password>'

for root, dirs, files in os.walk("."):
  for filename in files: 
      with open(filename, 'rb') as f: 
          r = requests.post(URL, files={filename: f}, auth=(USERNAME, PASSWORD), headers={'X-Atlassian-Token': 'no-check'}) 
          print(r.json())

```

Thanks,

Lava


author: Gonchik Tsymzhitov
body: Hi!

you can reuse this python module

<https://github.com/atlassian-api/atlassian-python-api>

Cheers,

Gonchik Tsymzhitov
Wiki Markup to Add Macros
Asked by Charisma Riley:

When I go to the Header and Footer section of the Look and Feel of Space settings, there is this statement: "Customise the look of your space with a header and footer. Use [wiki markup](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/ConfCloud/Confluence+Wiki+Markup) to add text, links, macros and images (from the web or attached to a page in the space)." However, when I go to the linked page, there is no mention of how to embed macros using wiki markup. Is the answer somewhere else maybe?

Thank you!


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello again, Charisma!

That depends on which macro you want to add. Have a look at the list of [available Confluence macros here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/macros-724765157.html). If it is possible to call a macro using wiki markup, it will be listed on the page for the given macro.

Let's look at the [Cheese macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/cheese-macro-724765168.html) for example, and you'll see at the bottom of the page, the wiki markup example:
>
> ### Wiki markup example {#toc-hId-1650378360}
>
> Wiki markup is useful when you need to add a macro outside the editor, for example as custom content in the sidebar, header or footer of a space.
>
> **Macro name:** `cheese`
>
> **Macro body:** None.
>
**Parameters:** None  
>
>     {cheese}

Give that a try, and let us know if you have any questions about it.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
I'm wanting to import a file/folder structure into Confluence, can it handle a tree file structure?
Asked by Vidya Shevale:

I have website data in the forms , docs, ppts , html and wmf format . It is possible with confluence to create tree structure ??

please reply me ASAP , TIA


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Yes, pages are done in a tree structure.

comments: author: Vidya Shevale
body: please explain in details , I searched many times but didn't get any URL.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: It's pretty basic, rather than explicit.

Go into any space where you have edit rights. Create a new page, lets call it "top", save it. Remaining in the view of "top", click create page again, create one called "middle 1", save it, and remaining in it, create a third one called "bottom". Go back to "top", create another page called "middle 2"

Now look at the page tree (or add a {pagetree} macro to "top"). You will see a tree structure of

```
top
+ middle 1
  + bottom
+ middle 2
```


author: Vidya Shevale
body: Hey Nic,

thanks for your quick reply . Using confluence UI I am able to create PAGE TREE ,

but I want to write script to migrate all existing pages to the new Intranet.

I am sending you one image in the following manner![tree.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/35690i6130A72C38E7DE60/image-dimensions/544x313?v=v2 "tree.png")

That folder consist of docs, ppts,wmf format

![tree1.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/35692iB5686D5854851C7A/image-dimensions/599x337?v=v2 "tree1.png")

here is my folder and file structure, how to read it ??


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: A simple script should be able to iterate through your directories and create and attach files over REST.

On a linux box like the one you have in your screenshot, I'd start with

find . type f -exec \<a script to import an item\> {} \\;

I'd write that script so that it read the file type and chose to attach or scrape it as appropriate, and take account of the full paths you get.

But I wouldn't really recommend attaching large swathes of html files, it would be a lot better to convert them to text you can import as real pages.