youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Server characteristics in vCloud environment
Asked by Fabio_Danzetta:

Hello to all,

as I am totally new in the use of products and I wanted to prepare an environment for the use of Jira, BitBucket and Confluence with Postgresql database, I wanted to have your opinion.  
For now I can only use a windows 2016 server in a vCloud environment.  
I understand for now that the various applications can use the same database obviously with a scheme for each.  
Is it possible to install everything only on a database server included?  
If yes, how many resources do you recommend to give to the machine?

Thank you all.


Answers:
author: Daniel Ebers
body: Hi Fabio,

welcome to Atlassian Community!

Using a database for all of the three applications is possible when referring to using the same host.

Access for all application to one database is quite unusual and I would not recommend to do so. You would get plenty of tables within one database and no easy overview which table belongs to which application.

If you create three separate databases on the host, for each application one it is absolutely doable and mostly best pratice.

As for sizing I'd recommend to take a look at the specific sizing guides whereas the database in many cases I have seen (at least for Jira) is not the bottleneck - Jira uses (like most Atlassian products) a search index - Lucene.

Cheers,  
Daniel


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
New Navigation and Existing Custom Homepage?
Asked by Darryl St_ Pierre:

We currently have a custom home page set for Confluence (Settings - Further Configuration- Site Homepage).

Does anyone have any experience with the new navigation experience (navigation moved to top of page from sidebar) and a custom homepage? Does it work without issue? Will the other design elements of the new homepage experience being rolled out negate custom home pages?

We've been notified we're changing this week. I'm wondering if any surprises await...


Answers:
author: Darryl St_ Pierre
body: Well, I have my answer as the prompt to change to new navigation appeared and I answered yes. At first glance, nothing appears to be "broken", and the new homepage view is accessible by selecting the Home tab.

Polling system users now to decide if I eliminate the custom homepage entirely or leave it as the landing page.


author: RamR
body: Is there a way to set this new navigation as the default navigation for all the service desk users? I choose yes for this new navigation and i see the menu bar on the top. But as an admin when i login as any other user, i still see the old navigation!


Tags: confluence-cloud
I am no able to open the Legacy editor
Asked by Ute Schneider:

![2020-03-02_17h15_21.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/84958i5BE0F9D44EBFEADE/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2020-03-02_17h15_21.png")


Answers:
author: Ste Wright
body: Hi [@Ute Schneider](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3766438)

I'm not sure what you mean - it looks like you are in the legacy editor in the screenshot?

If you're talking about creating a new page, it depends on the age of your Confluence site.

When creating a new page, you'll be provided with a list of templates to use - for our site, there are two options:

* Blank Page - *this uses the new editor*
* Blank Page (old) (going away soon) - *this uses the legacy editor*

If you don't have the second option, then your only choice is to use the new editor when creating a page.

Then the alternative is if you have an older page which was created using the legacy editor, this page continues to use it during edits. You can copy this page (3-dots in top right \> Copy) - the newly created copy will also use the legacy editor.

If this isn't what you meant let me know so I can advise further :)

Ste


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Can I grant editing rights on the Confluence Homepage to non-admin User Accounts?
Asked by Florian Seifer:

Hi folks,

I am Administrating a Confluence Server for my company but am NOT responsible for the content administration.

This proves to be a bit annoying as everytime the marketing department wants to change something on the front-page they come to me, since they cant edit it themselves.

Is there a way for me to grant Edit-Permissions on the confluene front page to a user, who is not part of the "confluence-administrators" group?

Thanks for your help

Florian


Answers:
author: JP _AC Bielefeld Leader_
body: Hi,

you know that each user can configure, which page he wants as a start page for Confluence. Are you using an addon to handle this (eg. Custom Dashboards for Confluence)?

Or do you want them to edit/modify parts of the default dashboard page?

Best

JP


Tags: confluence-server

server
There have been a few problems with copy/pasting certain things when in edit mode on a Confluence Pa
Asked by Lakshmi S:

Hi Team,

In confluence edit page, while copy/pasting certain things when in edit mode on a page. When i copied JIRA link and trying to paste it in next line, the image rendering is broken. Can you please let me know why it is acting like this. If we save the page, it is working good, but it happened in edit page only(Please find attached screenshot for your reference).

![edit page.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/84942i947066C3784A46BC/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "edit page.PNG")


Answers:
author: JP _AC Bielefeld Leader_
body: Hi,

could be a bug. Did you search

<https://jira.atlassian.com/secure/Dashboard.jspa>

if it's a known bug.

Best

JP

comments: author: Lakshmi S
body: Thank you for your quick reply [@JP _AC Bielefeld Leader_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1135065) .

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-58330>


Tags: confluence-server

server
Text editor
Asked by Technical writer:

Some time ago, the text editor changed in the Confluence Cloud. Is it possible to use the old one?


Answers:
author: Ste Wright
body: Hi [@Technical writer](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2526639)

It depends on the age of your Confluence site.

When creating a new page, you'll be provided with a list of templates to use - for our site, there are two options:

* Blank Page - *this uses the new editor*
* Blank Page (old) (going away soon) - *this uses the legacy editor*

If you don't have the second option, then your only choice is to use the new editor when creating a page.

Then the alternative is if you have an older page which was created using the legacy editor, this page continues to use it during edits. You can copy this page (3-dots in top right \> Copy) - the newly created copy will also use the legacy editor.

If neither of these are an option for you - the new editor is the only choice.

Ste


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Removing a Confluence page redirect with a timeout of 0
Asked by Bruce Kozuma:

So I goofed. I merged two pages and was trying to create a redirect page for one of the merged pages, and mistakenly set the redirect timeout to 0 seconds and set the redirect link to the redirect page. The result is the redirect page redirects to itself every zero seconds, making the page impossible to edit.

Suggestions?


Answers:
author: JP _AC Bielefeld Leader_
body: Hi,

could you describe how you configure a "redirect page"? This doesn't seem to be a Confluence feature out of the box. Are you using any addons / macros?

Best

JP

comments: author: Bruce Kozuma
body: I followed the instructions here: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-redirect-confluence-users-to-a-new-url-976758203.html>

Only getting the URL and time out values incorrect :-/


author: JP _AC Bielefeld Leader_
body: Hi,

oh, I got it.

You can use a link which allows directly editing the page:

https://\<host_name_here\>/pages/editpage.action?pageId=XXXXXXX

I assume that you can find out the pageId from the URL.

Best

JP


author: Bruce Kozuma
body: Yeah, I don't know the pageID. The URL I have is of the form https://\<hostnamehere\>/display/SOF/\<friendlyname\>


author: JP _AC Bielefeld Leader_
body: Hi,

you can try

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/cannot-edit-page-editing-or-deleting-a-page-that-won-t-render-167608440.html>

Best

JP


author: Bruce Kozuma
body: Worked like a charm, thanks!


author: Dylan Maxwell
body: even easier  
append "?redirect=False" to the url


Tags: confluence-server

server
Change Indexing Language on Free Plan
Asked by Michael_Tropper:

Hi,

Confluence Cloud suggests to contact Technical Support to have the indexing settings changed (should be "german" instead of "english") but the help desk refuses to help because of the free plan. Funny thing is that the help information within confluence refers to technical support and there seems no way around it. The Help desk told me to put this issue here and hope for the best - so i guess I try my luck ... If any confluence staff reads this pls advise since this issue cant be solved any other way ... thanks!


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Michael,

Welcome to Atlassian Community. It's nice to meet you!

First, I want to apologize for the frustration you encountered when trying to create the request. I want to assure you that when you ask a question in Community, there is a dedicated Community Support team ready to answer your questions and help you out.

In the event that your question requires more dedicated support, we create an internal ticket for that purpose.

I will go ahead now and create that ticket for you, so we can help make that change. Keep an eye in your email for the link where you can follow its progress.

Thank you again, and let me know if you have any further questions or concerns.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: martin.nuernberger
body: Hi Shannon,

i have exactly the same issue. "Temporariliy, currently only sysadmin can change indexing language ... Contact Atlassian Support if you need help" - but not for free license. Need to change indexing language from english to german.

How can i change this or who could change this?

Many thanks!


author: Schule Salenstein
body: Hi Shannon,

I'm struggling with the same issue. Can you set my indexing language to GERMAN and reindex all documents?

best regards,

Reto


Tags: confluence-cloud
Labels causing issue when creating new how-to article
Asked by charleslcso:

I'm on Confluence self-host 7.3.1, and today come across this issue.

I used JIRA as a keyword in Labels, and there's a popup saying it is not permitted. The spin wheel next to Create button will spin non-stop, and no how-to article will be created

![Screen Shot 24.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/84929iA1A12B39495A317B/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 24.jpg")


Answers:
author: Fadoua
body: [@charleslcso](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/748616)

* Did you configure the app link in both applications so that they can talk to each other?
* What version is your Jira? is it self hosted as well?

Sometimes the synchrony in Confluence can be behind this kind of issues. We end up by disabling it which will remove the ability to use concurring editing. Hopefully it won't be the case for you.

Best,

Fadoua


Tags: confluence-server

server
how can i access confluence database(H2) using java ?
Asked by Biswarup_mahata:

I need to access H2 database of confluence from a remote client machine using java. And save the records into a JSON file for further processing. I have tried few codes but none of them worked. Please help me out by giving reference/tutorial/code.


Answers:
author: Tansu Akdeniz
body: Hi [@Biswarup_mahata](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3787578) ,

Welcome to community.

Please check those links, it will help you.

* <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/embedded-h2-database-145098285.html>
* <https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/access-the-h2-embedded-database-in-jira-server-776818136.html>

Regards


Tags: confluence-server

server
Confluence CLI runFromCsv to export Spaces
Asked by Nicolas Boutet:

Hi,

I'm trying to use the runFromCsv action to export several spaces as explained in the dedicated How to page.

I tried several organization of CSV, each time, I'm getting a Parameter error saying that the function requires a non-blank value for parameter space.

Here is the CSV :

space, exportType, file  
ACM, HTML, "C:\\....\\Confluence-space-export-ACM-20200228.html.zip"  
ACM18, HTML, "C:\\....\\Confluence-space-export-ACM18-20200228.html.zip"

The terminal output shows a correct parsing for the exportType and file parameters, but the space parameter seems do be not parsed !!

Any idea or suggestion ?

Thank you


Answers:
author: Phil
body: Seems like runFromCsv command doesn't accept a column "space".

Run acli with --simulate and the result will show --exportType and --file but not --space which make the command runFromCsv completely useless.

I tried multiple way to rename space like 'space' "space" SPACE or space with an S but nothing is working.

I just sent a bug report to Atlassian on this issue.

The article referencing this which doesn't work is

<https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SUPPORT/pages/89136079/How+to+export+multiple+spaces+using+Confluence+Command+Line+Interface+CLI>


author: Syed Ehteshamuddin
body: Hi [@Nicolas Boutet](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/698769)   
Where you able to solve it? Can you please share the command you used?


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Nicolas,

Thank you for contacting us about this. Would you be able to show me which article you are referring to?

I'd like to take a look at that and see if I can help.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-cloud
Automatic typing erros
Asked by ???:

![??.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/84918iCE1FF58D64D5F515/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "??.PNG")

I just typed one letter into the line, then same letters are copied and inputted automatically.

(with another user cursor)

Other users in my office experienced same error in PC web.

![??2.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/84916i98EA912392F30E47/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "??2.PNG")

Also, there are two user icons on the top of the edit screen.

These two user cursors are appeared in the same line at the edit screen like the first screenshot I attached here.

Please check and answered quickly.


Answers:
author: Bj?rn Berger
body: Hi,

I have the same problem. This started to occur after I merged Trello account with Atlassian. Not sure though if this is connected.


Tags: confluence-server

server
What happens to a user's personal space when the user is deleted from Confluence
Asked by Sunita Patro {Appfire}:

According documentation in below link, when a user is deleted, the personal space is not deleted and will be accessible to **system administrators or members of confluence-administrators only** . Is this the case when the user that got deleted in managed in **Confluence internal directory only** but not applicable when user is managed by LDAP?

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/delete-or-disable-users-138318.html#DeleteorDisableUsers-Personalspacesarenotdeleted>

However the below KB link mentions that the deleted user's personal space will be **inaccessible**, even to system administrators or members of confluence-administrators.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/personal-space-disappears-after-removing-user-from-ldap-294486514.html>

The information in the above links seem to be conflicting.

Is the KB article specific to user being deleted in LDAP directory only??


Answers:
author: Agent Srdjan Blazevic
body: Hi Sunita_Patro__Bob_Swift_Atlassian_Apps_,

We had similar case. User that wrote a page, doesnt work anymore in our company, but his page/s are still in confluence and we can edit, comment, etc. them without any restrictions.

I'v just checked those page/s. ;)

Hope my answer helped you.

BR,  
Srdjan

comments: author: Sunita Patro {Appfire}
body: Thanks for checking Srdjan!

I exercised it in my local instance and i found the personal space is accessible to system administrator.

Does that mean that whatever mentioned in the KB is applicable when user is managed in LDAP external directory?

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/personal-space-disappears-after-removing-user-from-ldap-294486514.html>


author: Agent Srdjan Blazevic
body: Hi again,

I'm really not sure about **personal space/s**.

*Possible solution:*   
You can create dummy user, space, etc. and see what will happend when you delete that user.

BR,

Srdjan


Tags: confluence-server

server
Error when I use bin file upgrade: 'Could not create this file. Shall I try again?'
Asked by fanxiao01:

When I upgrade with the bin file, I go to the extract file and say "/usr/local/confluence/current/jre/./._bin ?Could not create this file. Shall I try again?". I look in the directory and there is no jre directory

Your instance of Confluence is currently being upgraded.  
Checking if Confluence has been shutdown...  
Backing up the Confluence installation directory  
backup-2020_03_01.zip  
backup-2020_02_16.zip  

Backing up the Confluence home directory  
backup-2020_03_01.zip  

com.install4j.runtime.beans.actions.files.CreateZipFileAction failed

Ignore \[i, Enter\], Quit \[q\]  
Deleting the previous Confluence installation directory...

Extracting files ...  
./._bin  
/usr/local/confluence/current/jre/./._bin  
Could not create this file. Shall I try again?  
Yes \[y\], Cancel \[c\]  
/usr/local/confluence/current/jre/./._bin  
Could not create this file. Shall I try again?  
Yes \[y\], Cancel \[c\]  
/usr/local/confluence/current/jre/./._bin  
Could not create this file. Shall I try again?  
Yes \[y\], Cancel \[c\]  
y  
/usr/local/confluence/current/jre/./._bin  
Could not create this file. Shall I try again?  
Yes \[y\], Cancel \[c\]  
y  
/usr/local/confluence/current/jre/./._bin  
Could not create this file. Shall I try again?  
Yes \[y\], Cancel \[c\]  
c  
Rolling back changes ...


Answers:
author: Rocio Razquin
body: This question was posted a while ago but since there are no answers to it and I just had the same issue, I'll share my experience here.

In my case, the problem was the installation directory was /opt/atlassian/confluence_vernum and then we had a symbolic link for confluence -\> confluence_vernum. As part of the upgrade, the installer backs up the installation dir into a ZIP file and deletes the directory, then it creates it again (probably unzipping) the new version's files.

When the installer stopped with that message "Rolling back changes", I checked the filesystem and saw that I was left with a symbolic link (still existing) pointing to a folder that didn't exist anymore. I therefore deleted the symlink, unzipped the backup that had been taken by the installer and renamed the folder to plain "confluence". I then run the installer once more and the installation finished successfully.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Comments of a page version
Asked by Zakhar Khrystych:

Hi All,

Could you please assist me: I can't figure out how to add a comment to a particular page version?   

<br />

PS: Found this one: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-52704>


Answers:
author: Kate Gammoh
body: Hi Zakhar,

It looks that you can only add comments to the current version of the page in Confluence. Unless you restore a previous version, there is no option available to make comments to those previous versions. As a workaround, you can always comment on the current version on the pare with reference to that particular page version.


author: Erica Moss
body: [@Zakhar Khrystych](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3762050) Hello! Is this a Confluence question? If so, I can move it to that collection, so that you get the best possible answers. ?


author: Zakhar Khrystych
body: Hello [@Erica Moss](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1124559)  

Yes, you are right, this question relates Confluence.  

Could you please move this one?


author: Zakhar Khrystych
body: Hi Kate,  

Thank you for your answer.  

Early there was the following UI where I could add a comment of the last page changes.   
![publish 0.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/85041i7D3A6BF2A7B3E997/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "publish 0.png")  

<br />

Now I see "Publish" and "Publish without notifying watchers"  
![publish 1.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/85037iCC52759CB01F3D3B/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "publish 1.png")![publish 2.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/85038i8B7D265A58E13546/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "publish 2.png")  

And thank you for workaround as well.


Tags: featured-groups
Can certain sections of document be auto-populated based on a certain criterion ?
Asked by Parminder Singh:

A table with fixed structure is used with all but 1 column as variable. The variable column depends on the answers to a couple of questions. Can we have a template where depending upon the answers to question the table is auto-populated ?


Answers:
author: Sajit Nair _Trundl_
body: Hello [@Parminder Singh](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3605257) - we can definitely design templates and save them for usage.   
[Link](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/blueprints-and-user-created-templates-724764985.html)

Like having different forms based on the table options type and save them as templates..

<br />

But I think you are trying to use a template to change the values inside a table based on the form values itself..   
Can you shed more light on the use case ?

comments: author: Parminder Singh
body: I think your assessment is correct. An example could an architecture doco, where if a certain endorsed pattern is used then the table can be pre-populated accordingly. A specific example -

Question - What user authentication pattern is used ?

Ans- You could have 2 options - SAML; On premise Active Directory.

Based on the answer - we could populate a column of the table which can be multiple row. But the data for both options is pre-defined.

Does that help ?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
inline comments
Asked by kate_feeney:

Help - a colleague provided inline comments on a proposed Agenda which disappeared after I performed an edit and republish of the page. How can I get these back? View them again?


Answers:
author: Irina_Bel_Stiltsoft_
body: Hi [@kate_feeney](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3629787) ,

Actually, you can't restore an inline comment if you delete it. But as a workaround you can use our [Talk - Advanced Inline Comments for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/978531/talk-advanced-inline-comments?hosting=datacenter&tab=overview)[](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/978531/talk-advanced-inline-comments?hosting=datacenter&tab=overview)app. It allows you to restore a page version where the comment was open.


author: Magic Mike
body: Hi [@kate_feeney](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3629787) , if you changed the text you put an inline comment on its normal. The comment is then gone. You might be able to recover it if you restore your page to the previous version from the page history. But I am not quite sure.


Tags: cloud

comment

confluence-cloud

inline
Is there any way to add Jira cards list into a Confluence document?
Asked by V?ctor_Prada:

Hello world!

I would like to add in a OKRs document in Confluence a list of all the tasks added in the different sprints. Is there any way to do a query to retrieve all them? Right now I have a specific field in the Jira cards to identify to which OKR is related with.

Thanks!


Answers:
author: kimiya majd
body: Hi

when you want to show your Jira issues in confluence you can use a jira results macro in your confluence.

you can write your JQL query and save as a filter then show this results in the confluence page.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/jira-issues-macro-139380.html>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

jira