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I get an error when trying to install Confluence on a local server.
Asked by Ken Jacobs:

I installed Confluence 6.7.1 and it asked to open in a browser. When I did I got an error. Please see attached image with URL address.![confluence error.jpg](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/16313i0087EF9BC21A067C/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "confluence error.jpg")


Answers:
author: Francesc Arb?
body: According to [Atlassian documentation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/confluence-does-not-start-due-to-spring-application-context-has-not-been-set-218278311.html) lists the following causes of this problem:

1. The user running Confluence does not have write permissions to the home folder defined in `<install>/confluence/WEB-INF/classes/confluence-init.properties` or the install directory.
2. You are running Confluence as the `root` user or if you have an application firewall enabled (SeLinux or AppArmor).
3. The database driver is not located in the `<install>/confluence/WEB-INF/lib` folder or you are using a database version that is incompatible with the bundled driver.
4. The hostname of the server can not be resolved (maybe problems with confluence.cfg.xml file).

comments: author: Ken Jacobs
body: Thank you.
Can't see content of pages I created
Asked by Julie Doyle-Whitelock:

I don't get any messages, just a blank page. I'm Admin, and was creating/editing these pages until recently. Just disappeared. The overviews are all there, it just the individual page content that is blank.


Answers:
author: Fabienne Gerhard
body: Hi [@Julie Doyle-Whitelock](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1193242)

Another option could be to Rebuild the Index - had a similar problem and it worked fine for me

You don't have to make the whole progress that is documented [here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-rebuild-the-content-indexes-from-scratch-on-confluence-server-110035351.html) - I would start with step 6 and try to rebuild via GUI

Navigate to **Confluence Admin \> Content Indexing** and click "Rebuild"


author: Julie Doyle-Whitelock
body: Thanks for your feedback. Turned out it was an issue with Chrome. Updates are blocked by Admin and something must have changed.

I can see the content if I use FireFox.

Go figure.


author: Jimi Wikman
body: Hi Julie,

if I understand correctly the pages are still there, but the content is gone?

If so, have to tried the version function to see if something happened to erase the content and if so if you can restore them from a previous version?

Can you create new pages and if so can you edit those?
Looking for source code for: dynamictasklist2 please
Asked by Paul Malone:

I want to use this as the basis for a project.

This document indicates it's in the 'confluence' distribution but I cannot find. The second link I found on google but I don't have rights.

<https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/macro-module/>

<https://bitbucket.org/atlassian/confluence-tasklist-plugin>

Can I please get a copy of this source.


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi there, Paul. I am working with the development team to get public access to the Bitbucket link. Thanks for bearing with us - there could be a time zone related delay but the wheels are in motion.

comments: author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Paul,

I opened a support ticket on your behalf so I could attach a version of the source code. You should see an email from our portal soon.

Thanks,

Ann


Tags: atl-dev
Starting magnolia too slow
Asked by borisdedejski:

I'm new to Magnolia and am trying to do the first project <https://documentation.magnolia-cms.com/display/DOCS56/Hello+Magnolia#HelloMagnolia-InstallNode.js> called ''Hello Magnolia'' In section 4.2 **Install and start Magnolia** when type **mgnl start** it shows *Starting Tomcat instance at C:\\Users\\BorisPc\\Desktop\\magnolia\\apache-tomcat To stop it, enter CTRL+C* but it's running too slow am almost waiting 30 minutes, previous time it opened very fast but now i dont know why i wait so long. Somebody help ?

Thank you very much !


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You have followed a link to help with the documentation system Magnolia is using. We can't help you with Magnolia, it's not an Atlassian thing.


Tags: mistaken-post
How do i access my confluence server after changing the base URL?
Asked by Pedro Paulino:

I installed the server on a windows vm, then changed the base url from localhost:8090 to wiki.mydomain.com:8090 I was able to log on through wiki.mydomain.com:8090 until i restarted the server. Now I can ping the machine, and confluence is running, but i have no access to it through the browser. where did i do wrong?

I used this guide after i couldnt log on, <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configuring-the-server-base-url-148592.html> , but it just confused me more.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: What error do you get on-screen? "no access to it" is totally useless as an error report.

comments: author: Pedro Paulino
body: I'm getting a 404 error. The netstat -tuplen gives me nothing relevant. I reinstalled confluence and that worked for a bit, then this morning it did not work again. I have no idea what I'm doing at this point, this application has me bored and frustrated with how finicky it is.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: 404 means the server isn't serving up a page at that location.

I suspect you've either not set up the network correctly, so that it's not routing you to the right place, or that the service is down. If the service is down, then you need to look at the logs to see why.


author: Pedro Paulino
body: Thank you for all the prompt help. I checked the logs and it was an issue making a connection to the database.


author: Kurt Klinner
body: [@Pedro Paulino](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/926311)

Did you check the confluence log files?

Can you provide the output of

```
netstat -tuplen
```
cannot configure base url
Asked by Robert Turner:

I am site admin, but cannot configure base url per Atlassian's instructions:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf65/configuring-the-server-base-url-939701789.html>

Specifically, there is no **Server Base URL** text box.

Help!


Answers:
author: Robert Turner
body: Thanks, Nic. Good to know.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You cannot change the base url of a Cloud system.

If you could, you would break it, because the base url must be the url on which your users get to the system, and that url is set to be \<your chosen name\>.atlassian.net.


author: Robert Turner
body: Thanks for responding so quickly!  
Apologies, I'm actually the site admin rather than the confluence admin (which I don't think we have set up yet; I'm new to Jira, migrating us there from Trello). I'm wondering about changing the base url for our Jira. Don't know how.![changeBaseURL_.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/16301i5E9A7A2A19CD6FB4/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "changeBaseURL_.png")


author: Kurt Klinner
body: [@Robert Turner](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1193130)

Hi Robert

what do you see when you switch to the admin menu, below the site configuration you need to pick the edit button to modify the server base url

![url.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/16295i2C1608CFFD950148/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "url.png")

BR

Kurt
page cannot save when added page content
Asked by Anderson Hsu:

Dear Support Team,   
When we try to add new page content, it show the message as shown as below:(We use confluence 6.0.3 version)  
**unable to communicate with server. Saving is not possible at the moment.**   

**Loading the editor's taking longer than usual.Give it a few moments, then refresh your page if it still doesn't load.Speak to your confluence admin if that doesn't fix it.**   

How can we fix it if we can not connect internet directly? Thanks a lot.  
Additional information: confluence server can not connect internet directly.

ScreenShot:

![edit4.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/16290i4B7EE13EFA8A856A/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "edit4.png")


Answers:
author: RianS
body: My guess is the configuration for the collaborative editing is causing the issue. If you want to troubleshoot this, a Confluence administrator can go into the Confluence settings and turn off collaborative editing to see if that is causing the issue. Because of the setup for collaborative editing there may have been additional configuration that needed to happen so that it works correctly. Here is a [document on troubleshooting collaborative editing](https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf60/troubleshooting-collaborative-editing-852732552.html).

I don't know if you were using Confluence before version 6 and then upgraded which started these issues or installed it directly. There was additional behind the scenes processes to handle the collaborative editing added in version 6 that needed some attention.

comments: author: Anderson Hsu
body: Dear Rian,

Thanks for your kindly reply. You are right, and now I open a ticket with confluence support to make sure about the problem.
Can I connect a trial JIRA to a trial Confluence on my local host server?
Asked by Ken Jacobs:

Can I connect a trial JIRA to a trial Confluence on my local host server? Confluence wants an http or www prefixed URL while my JIRA trial is on my localhost.


Answers:
author: Kian Stack Mumo Systems
body: You can just reference http://localhost:2990/jira. I've done it numerous times. Have at it!


Tags: localhost
Multiple active hide columns in Table Filter macro
Asked by sverigo:

I have a dynamic table, to which the Table Filter macro is added. I need to make, that by default in a field hideColumns there were some values like that:

![Screenshot from 2018-03-03 05-10-11.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/16281iC4C6111A4D658E71/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot from 2018-03-03 05-10-11.png")

But "\&\&" doesn't work, request returns 400. How can I do this?

```
<ac:structured-macro ac:name="table-filter" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="d7cb0f70-e728-4372-8e4c-ac6a1a61984d">
 <ac:parameter ac:name="userfilter">Name</ac:parameter>
 <ac:parameter ac:name="hideColumns">true</ac:parameter>
 <ac:parameter ac:name="default">userfilterField,hideValue1&&hideValue2</ac:parameter>
 <ac:rich-text-body>
```


Answers:
author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Hello,

Try to replace all ampersands with %26 for the request. Generally, you need to escape the whole request parameter (page body) for URL.

comments: author: sverigo
body: It works with html-encoding "\&amp;". Thanks!
Can I create a Confluence report that highlights what has changed in JIRA tickets in the past 7 days
Asked by Aaron Detwiler:

I am currently pulling in JIRA tickets updated in the past 7 days from my JIRA Project onto a Confluence page. This is helpful because it allows us to easily report out on the work completed. However, this would be more useful if the macro could highlight the particular field that changed.

For example, did the ticket transition in status? Was there a comment left by a user? An attachment added?

I basically want to be able to see the last item from the 'Activity' or 'History' tabs on the JIRA ticket.


Answers:
author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: Unfortunately, that is not an option right now. You will have to drill down to JIRA to see that information.

If there are specific fields that you are interested in, you can probably created different reports for those fields but that is all you can do I am afraid. If you want to do more than that, you will have to do some add-on development, unless you can find a plugin that already does that in Marketplace. I haven't seen one myself.


Tags: jira
Synchrony properties for aws region or ec2 endpoint
Asked by Isaac Wilson:

I'm configuring synchrony for confluence datacenter in the aws govcloud region, and I'm wondering how to set the region name or ec2 endpoint like it's done when installing confluence.

I'm referring to this section:

# # Uncomment this section if you want to do node discovery in AWS  
ATL_HAZELCAST_NETWORK_AWS_TAG_KEY="\<AWS_TAG_KEY"  
ATL_HAZELCAST_NETWORK_AWS_TAG_VALUE="\<AWS_TAG_VALUE\>"  
CLUSTER_JOIN_PROPERTIES="\\  
-Dcluster.join.type=aws \\  
-Dcluster.join.aws.tag.key=${ATL_HAZELCAST_NETWORK_AWS_TAG_KEY} \\  
-Dcluster.join.aws.tag.value=${ATL_HAZELCAST_NETWORK_AWS_TAG_VALUE}"

I'm looking for something to the effect of "-Dcluster.join.aws.region" or "-Dcluster.join.aws.headers"  
alternatively, if someone could point to a git repo of synchrony.core I could dig through the code and find it.


Answers:
author: Edwin Kyalangalilwa
body: Hi Isaac,

Those properties can be added under OPTIONAL_OVERRIDES in start-synchrony.sh.

[Configuring Synchrony for Data Center](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confeap/configuring-synchrony-for-data-center-849061865.html#ConfiguringSynchronyforDataCenter-RunSynchronyasaservice)


Tags: confluence-data-center

synchrony
Using Livesearch Macro - getting unexpected results
Asked by Mario Scholl:

I'm trying to use Livesearch on a Page so that all occurrences of a search term are easily identified, and if possible highlighted.

I can get this using Ctl-F. Anything similar in Confluence Cloud?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Mario Scholl
body: Thanks!


author: Patrick Cartier [Candylio]
body: cmd/ctl - F is your best bet here.


Tags: jira-service-desk
Single Sign On to a Confluence Site coming from ASP.NET MVC site
Asked by Aaron Kiander:

A subset of users of an existing asp.net mvc site need to be able to access our cloud-hosted confluence site - hosted in atlassian.net.

We need to be able take one of our users, who only exist in a local SQL Server DB for our asp.net mvc site and do the following:

1. Create a user account for them in confluence

2. Log them into that site automatically

Since I'm new to this world of Atlassian Confluence, I'm wondering what options exist.

Is there some way to do this without modifying the default out-of-the-box configuration of the confluence site? Or do I need to implement a custom Seraph Authenticator and install that on the atlassian site somehow?

I'm familiar with OpenID Connect, is there some way to integrate using OAuth2 / OpenID Connect? Or do I have to use Seraph for authentication?


Answers:
author: James Richards
body: Hi Aaron,

So, for the Cloud hosted options at *atlassian.net* you can use Atlassian Identity Manager, as there is no way to get access to the hosted platform.

Have a look at

* <https://www.atlassian.com/enterprise/cloud/identity-manager>

and we have options for SAML providers.

Hope this helps.

Thanks,  
James


Tags: atlassian-support

confluence-cloud
How to delete a user that has Authored content
Asked by Dillon Gilkey:

I want to know how to delete a user who Authored Content, or determine how I can transfer that content to another user.

I'm having some issues with this user accessing Path via OneLogin. The issue could be he's never logged into path at least once locally. He's receiving a SAML error stating his account does not but it does. I've ensured his OneLogin and Path email addresses match.


Answers:
author: g
body: Dillon, first you will need to migrate ownership of conntent for that user with the use of [this article](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-change-the-creator-of-a-page-720830744.html), then delete the user.

Cheers!
Not all issues are displayed using issueFunction in linkedIssuesOfRemote("query", "pageId=11469162")
Asked by Deepali Bagul:

Hello,

I am trying to search for issues that are listed on a specific confluence page. I used this post function and it does works but it is not showing all the issues on that page.

```
issueFunction in linkedIssuesOfRemote("query", "pageId=11469162")
```

I have around 83 epics listed in confluence page but the above JQL is resulting in only 74 issues

Please guide.


Answers:
author: Deepali Bagul
body: Hello [@JamieA](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781456), [@Jamie Echlin _ScriptRunner - The Adaptavist Group_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/510060)

Can you please help me with the above question.

Regards,

Deepali B


Tags: jql

scriptrunner
Need for choosing plugins
Asked by Jeremie Dufault:

Hi!

We are a MSP with about 15 techs and 250+ customers. We need to consolidate all the data in one central place.

Our structure right now

Every customer have a folder with a spreadsheet with many worksheets like :

* Listing of all devices and IPs (servers, printers, router, switchs AP etc)
* Networks information (subnet, public ip, VPN, ISP etc.)
* Passwords (I know, i know)
* Licenses (Office, veeam etc)

Our documentation/KB is on word and network structure on Visio

First, I know confluence is cool, but I don't which plugins we should use! We need an "all-in-one" solution if possible or a good bundle of plugins. we are using Autotask for ticketing service and N-able on-Premise for connecting to each devices of our customers.

For the moment, $ isn't an issue. Do you have suggestions for us?


Answers:
author: Aron Gombas _Midori_
body: I would use:

1. Jira Service Desk for ticketing
2. Insight to manage the assets
3. Confluence to manage knowledge base, documentation and other content
Does Confluence do automatic pruning and/or space size quotas?
Asked by Justus Niemeyer:

Hello,

I am new to Confluence. I have downloaded/installed/configured the 30 day trial relatively easily. I am currently evaluating products to replace SharePoint Workspaces (collaborative spaces for teams to share data and work on projects together.)

There are two features I require that I am not finding natively in Confluence.

1). I need to have sites auto-delete after a certain period of time. I have found information regarding an Archiving plugin that is purchased separately, but that is added cost on top of the Confluence license. Is there any way to handle this natively?

2). I need to be able to set size limitations on Spaces. After quite a bit of Googling, I'm not finding any way to do this either.

Thanks for any information you can provide.


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: Confluence does not have any native functionality for what you are asking.

1. There are plugins for this. A good thread here: <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Deleting-Confluence-pages-automatically-after-a-certain-period/qaq-p/68432>

2. No plugins for this that I know of. There is a thread here: [https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-6415](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-6415?_ga=2.221857424.968654398.1519757313-129902513.1519231205) that talks about a plugin someone is offering but it was back in 2008.

comments: author: Justus Niemeyer
body: Thanks Brant! That is in line with what I was seeing as well, but wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something.
Help us improve Confluence mobile!
Asked by Markus te Grotenhuis:

Atlassian is looking for participants for research interview sessions to help us learn more about how our products can help people work on their mobile devices.

Sessions will last approximately 45 minutes and will be conducted on **Friday, March 9** and **Friday, March 16** at the**Atlassian office** in**Mountain View, CA** . If you live in the Mountain View area, and you're interested in participating, please take our survey so we can learn a bit more about you:  
<https://goo.gl/forms/SnqYcBDNXlZWZLNP2>

A member of our team will review your answers and contact you directly if you're a fit for the study. Session participants will receive a $100 Amazon gift card.


Answers:
author: Markus te Grotenhuis
body: Thanks to everyone you already signed up!

We still have a few open spots, so you live in the San Francisco / Mountain View area and would like to give us feedback, fill out the following short survey:

<https://goo.gl/forms/SnqYcBDNXlZWZLNP2>
SiteLock-PHP-SHELL
Asked by N3 Grupo Designer Web Designer:

como posso resolver esse erro ao fazer upload

O arquivo carregado, project.zip, cont?m um v?rus. Por isso, o carregamento foi cancelado: SiteLock-PHP-SHELL-md5-byee.UNOFFICIAL FOUND


Answers:
author: N3 Grupo Designer Web Designer
body: Isso acontece no cPanel , com um template


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Is this happening when you attach files to a Confluence page?

If so, you'll need to talk to your Confluence administrators about how they have implemented this virus check and why it thinks your file has a virus.
How to add Newlines inside a Table in Confluence
Asked by madhusudhananravi:

I want to add info inside a table in consecutive lines. But whenever I add a newline in editor view, it disappears in "Preview".

How to insert new lines inside a table.?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Madhusudhanan,

Can you please clarify what you want your table to look like?

I figure that you want it to look like one of these examples?

![Screen Shot 2018-03-02 at 2.58.20 PM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/16256i34C47E64FE5EC638/image-dimensions/171x345?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2018-03-02 at 2.58.20 PM.png")

If not, please send us an example of what you need.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: madhusudhananravi
body: Hello Shannon,

Thanks for the reply.

I wanted the table to look like the second one in the picture.

I was able to resolve the problem using Markup.

![Markup.JPG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/16439i3C41FA745BA1B9D9/image-dimensions/439x362?v=v2 "Markup.JPG")


author: Shannon S
body: Madhusudhanan,

Thank you for confirming you were able to resolve your issue with markup.

Take care and kind regards,

Shannon
Is it possible to make an Excel File Macro not editable?
Asked by josh keglovits:

When i insert the excel file macro on a page, it displays a "Edit Document" Link. I am ok with giving users the ability to download the file, but ideally they would be unable to edit the file from the wiki page. Is this possible?


Answers:
author: Michelle Rau HP
body: I wanted to remove or hide the "Edit Document" link. By using "view source" to see the page code I discovered that the "Edit Document" link uses this:

class="confluence-button office-editable"

I was able to use the following CSS snippet to hide the "Edit Document" link well enough.

```
/* This is used to hide the "Edit Document" link that would normally display above the spreadsheet. */.confluence-button {display: none;}.office-editable {display: none;}
```


author: Sarah
body: Hi,

Would restricting edit permissions for all other users on the page solve this issue?

Cheers,

Ben

comments: author: josh keglovits
body: possibly, but would run into issues with people expecting to be able to edit it then. ideally they wouldnt even have the option. this would limit the confusion