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Moving from onsite to cloud hosted confluence
Asked by Stuart ward:

Do you offer a service for migrating from on premise to cloud for conluence, if so what is the cost. Also what is the cost of licencing for the cloud based licenc etc.

Thanks


Answers:
author: Ramona Scripcaru
body: Hey Stuart,

My name is Ramona and I am a migration specialist at Atlassian, currently, we do not have migration service, but we do have a migration support team that is ready to help you with your migration plan and with any questions/concerns/errors might arise and make sure that your migration will be successful.

For reference, I will note here the main points that I consider important to be reviewed when considering a server to cloud migration and afterward, I would love to schedule a conference call with you and to help you establish a migration plan.

***Step 1:*** Have a look at our Migration center page: <https://www.atlassian.com/cloud-migration>

***Step 2:*** Analyze and find out your full Migration recommendation**.** : <https://www.atlassian.com/cloud-migration/analyze>

***Step 4:*** Currently, the solution for migrating confluence data will migrate only content and permissions, therefore the users have to be added, you can add them manually or we can use a script and import the users and groups for you.

***Step 5:*** For the main migration, I would recommend using the Cloud Migration Assistant for Confluence plugin which can be installed for free on your Confluence server site and will automatically export and import all spaces for you with the options added by your in the migration plan: [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1219672/cloud-migration-assistant-for-confluence?hosting=server\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1219672/cloud-migration-assistant-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview?)

***Step 6:*** Review your migrated data in the Cloud

Please let me know if you also think that a conference call will be a good idea for you, and I can schedule this.

Thanks,

Ramona

Atlassian Cloud Support

comments: author: Ramona Scripcaru
body: In addition, cause I've missed the pricing question, the[price for Confluence Cloud](https://www.atlassian.com/licensing/cloud) depends on the number of users, up to 10 users(users 1-10) the price is $10.00 flat, for more than 10 users (11-100 users) is $5.00/user, for more than 100 users the price will decrease, but I think that the easiest for you will be to check our pricing online calculator which will confirm for you the cost for your exact number of users from this page: [Calculate your cloud price](https://www.atlassian.com/software/pricing-calculator?tab=monthly-pricing) :)


Tags: confluence-server

server
A Search Box Pre-Filtered to Only Find Users
Asked by Samuel Carlisle/Nidhi Kalra:

Hi,

Without making a plugin, is there a way to add a search box that only searches users? I can alter an existing search macro via JavaScript, or add in a whole new form via JavaScript.

Thanks


Answers:
author: Stephen Sifers
body: Hello Samuel,

The search functionality within Confluence is very powerful and helps to find the content you are looking for. The Confluence Live Search will allow you to focus on searching within a space or page tree. The Confluence Live Search will not allow you to focus search within the user directory. Attempting to modify these searches to display only users will not work as the API requests to list users are not available.

There is an alternative where you can request a list of groups, then request again to get members of said group, and from there you can make requests for the users. This would be a rather complex request and may become problematic. You can see more on the API calls for [Groups](https://docs.atlassian.com/ConfluenceServer/rest/6.12.2/#group) and [Users](https://docs.atlassian.com/ConfluenceServer/rest/6.12.2/#user).

There was a feature request ([CONFSERVER-34526](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-34526)) created for a similar type of functionality. This feature request has been closed though. You are welcome to submit a new feature request to have this re-evaluated in the future. Follow the [Create a Suggestion](https://jira.atlassian.com/secure/CreateIssue!default.jspa) and ensure you select the proper product and suggestion. If you do end up created a suggestion, please link it back to this post so other may easily find it.

I hope you find this helpful.

Regards,  
Stephen Sifers


Tags: confluence-server

javascript

search

server
Pages with login
Asked by Tiago Vieira:

I need to make a Space that users can view the articles by entering their login and password, but that does not go to an administrative area of Confluence, would see as a normal visitor of the site, but will need to enter the login and password to view the articles. Can I do this?


Answers:
author: Ramarao Gaggara {Appfire}
body: Hi [@Tiago Vieira](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2288647),

This is not possible. You must do some administration on the space/page.

So, if you're working on a page that shouldn't be viewed by just anybody, it's easy to lock it down to the people who need to know. You can add restrictions for individuals or for Confluence groups.

To add or remove page restrictions, you'll need to have permissions to edit the page and 'Restrict' or 'Admin' permission in the space.

Please read below 2 articles which might help you to know more details about permissions and restrictions in Confluence.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/permissions-and-restrictions-139557.html>

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/page-restrictions-139414.html>

Thanks!

RamaRao

comments: author: Ramarao Gaggara {Appfire}
body: Hi [@Tiago Vieira](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2288647) ,

If you feel like my answer helped you, kindly mark my answer as accepted.

Thanks,

RamaRao


Tags: new-to-confluence
How to hide content author name (created by) in a page
Asked by Adam Wride:

Hi folks -

New to Confluence here... how do I remove the author's name/etc from a Confluence page? <https://d.pr/i/xVewYv>

It seems to be possible for Confluence Cloud: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-hide-content-author-name-created-by-in-a-page-701600769.html>


Answers:
author: Stephen Sifers
body: Hello Adam,

Welcome to using Confluence. A few things you need to be aware of with Confluence Cloud vs Server are they are not the same parity level. Confluence Server does not share feature parity with Confluence Cloud. Confluence Cloud does have some functionality that is not presently available in server.

One of those functions that are not available in cloud is Stylesheets:
> Look and feel
>
> Layouts  
> Custom CSS  
>
> On Atlassian Cloud, Confluence uses a custom theme, which cannot be modified or updated using custom HTML or CSS (not supported). For more information on custom themes in Confluence Cloud, refer to Working with Themes . Confluence Cloud Developer community: You can also create your own theme for Confluence Cloud. Check out the Theme page in our Confluence Cloud Developer documentation.

You can find more information about the differences between Confluence cloud and server at the following:

[Functional differences in Confluence Cloud](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/functional-differences-in-confluence-cloud-734070955.html)[Atlassian Cloud vs. Server: Features and use cases](https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloudkb/pros-and-cons-of-cloud-vs-server-691011844.html)

Your options for customizing the look and feel of confluence are restricted to the following:

[Changing the Look and Feel of Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/changing-the-look-and-feel-of-confluence-724765494.html)[Customize your Space](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/customize-your-space-724764768.html)

With all this said, you will not be able to (as of the date of this post) edit your global stylesheets. If you would like to request this as a feature you are welcome to do so, [Create feature request](https://jira.atlassian.com/secure/CreateIssue!default.jspa).

I hope this clarifies the capabilities of Confluence cloud vs server

Regards,  
Stephen Sifers

comments: author: Adam Wride
body: [@Stephen Sifers](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2145523) - thank you for the explanation.

I followed the link you provided for the "Create feature request" but I failed to create it due to a permissions error: <https://d.pr/i/D4RPoN>


author: Stephen Sifers
body: Hello Adam,

It looks as though you choose feedback, we should use suggestion when submitting a feature request. Please attempt to create a feature request and this time let's select suggestion.

Please let us know if you get an error again as something else may be causing this.

Regards,  
Stephen Sifers


author: Adam Wride
body: [@Stephen Sifers](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2145523) - thank you - that worked.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Vertical text in a table
Asked by Troy Holmes:

I am trying to create a column in my table that would contain vertical text. Is that possible?


Answers:
author: Josef Pavelec
body: Hi Troy,

you can define macro (you need admin permission), go to General configuration -\> User Macros -\> Create a User Macro.

Enter your Macro Name and Macro Title. In Macro Body Processing select "Rendered" option. Into Template paste following code:

```
## Macro: rotate-table-headers
## Macro title: A macro for rotating all the headers in a table
## Macro has a body: Y
## Body processing: n/a
## Output: HTML
##
## Developed by: David Simpson <david@davidsimpson.me>
## Date created: 2013-11-20
## Installed by: My Name

## @param height:title=Height|type=string|required=true|desc=e.g.100px


<style>
/** @see: http://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/text-rotation/ */
.rotate-table th div.tablesorter-header-inner, td.confluenceTd {
-webkit-transform: rotate(-90deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(-90deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(-90deg);
-o-transform: rotate(-90deg);
transform: rotate(-90deg);

filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.BasicImage(rotation=3); /* Internet Explorer */
}

.rotate-table th, td {
vertical-align:middle;
horizontal-align:middle;
height: $paramheight;
}

</style>

<div class="rotate-table">$body</div>
```

In Confluence page, use this macro and into body paste your table. It should lead into following formatting:

![Screenshot 2019-07-31 at 09.39.44.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/61934iDCCB4ACB61F23FD9/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2019-07-31 at 09.39.44.png")

This post is based on <https://superuser.com/questions/741451/how-do-i-create-vertical-table-headings-in-confuence%C2%A0>

comments: author: Jaic george
body: How we can achieve this for a particular TD and not for all TD's?


author: Daniel Sidler
body: For anyone reaching this page via Google; the solution provided in this article does apply to Confluence DC only. On Atlassian Cloud, there is no simple way to create and maintain macros like this. See [Solved: "User Macros" option not showing in "General Confi... (atlassian.com)](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/quot-User-Macros-quot-option-not-showing-in-quot-General/qaq-p/2316461) for further info.


author: Josef Pavelec
body: Duplicate answer has been deleted


Tags: table
Is there a way to export a space as of a certain date?
Asked by Luan Minh Nguyen:

I'm looking to get a snapshot of the content of a space for certain time periods (i.e., full documentation sets as of a certain date).


Answers:
author: Amith Mathur _Appfire_
body: Hi [@Luan Minh Nguyen](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/980092),

Unfortunately, you will not be able to export a space based on date. If you have the backups, you can restore in another test environment and then export the space.

Thanks,  
Amith Mathur


Tags: confluence-server

server
Separate confluence from JIRA
Asked by Johan Johansson:

In a weak moment we decided to be cheap and run JIRA and Confluence on the same Linux box and the same database engine.

Now, to separate the two (not really for performance issues but for the annoying fact that we have to use two separate http ports for the two) I was looking for some kind of guidance to do this in the correct way.

What I thought to do was to spin up an identical copy of the server and then disable bit by bit on each server, and as a final step, redo the authentication map so that Confluence uses the other servers JIRA User authenticaiton.

Any better ideas? Thanks,


Answers:
author: Gundlupet Sreenidhi
body: I guess one way to approach this would be to take a backup of both JIRA and Confluence. (which you should be doing anyways).

Install new versions of JIRA and Confluence on separate linux machines and then restore the backups onto the new instances. Once you have the backups restored - you will then be able to modify the authentication per your needs.

This way to don't have to worry about losing data or spending a lot of time to figure out what goes where.

Just FYI - we also have a single linux box running both JIRA and Confluence. They are hooked to the same DB engine - pointing to different databases. But we do have them mapped to different ports and DNS lookups.


Tags: jira
Confluence Server containing the SQL database have been moved to a new domain.
Asked by David_Ray_Isley:

Confluence Server has been moved to a new domain. Server is using Windows Authentication for SQL DB. The Windows account has been migrated. But when I change the DBO from the old account to the new account it breaks confluence.

Where are all the seeing I need to check for update the SQL DBO.


Answers:
author: Stephen Sifers
body: Hello David,

Things to keep in mind when migrating your SQL database to a new server/domain are to ensure that SQL has access to the Database (MDF files) and Logs (LDF files). As well as ensuring your new database user exists within the SQL instance and has permissions on the Confluence database (in some cases you may have to remove the old user from the SQL database security settings and then re-add the user). The documentation for [Database setup for SQL server](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/database-setup-for-sql-server-9258.html#DatabaseSetupforSQLServer-2.Createadatabaseanddatabaseuser) states the database user needs the following:
> Give this user full create, read and write permissions for the database tables. Confluence must be able to create its own schema. Refer to the SQL Server documentation for how to do this.

You will also need to ensure that your database connection is configured for the new users as well, you can find more on this here at [Use a JDBC connection (default)](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/database-setup-for-sql-server-9258.html#DatabaseSetupforSQLServer-UseaJDBCconnection(default)).

Additionally, more information can be found at [Configuring a datasource connection](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configuring-a-datasource-connection-937166084.html).

If you are still having issues after adjusting the above, please let us know what the logs are outputting, we will need the output of atlassian-confluence.log. Here is how to locate the logs, if needed, [Working with Confluence Logs](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/working-with-confluence-logs-108364721.html#WorkingwithConfluenceLogs-FindingtheConfluencelogfiles).

Please let us know if this works or if you need further assistance.

Regards,  
Stephen Sifers


Tags: sql
CSS styling links
Asked by Niteshade:

Case:

Custom CSS with some nice color for the links, structured as classes - like:

.green{}  
.red{}  

If I edit a page and edit the source code of the \<a\> tags that I am interested in, I am unable to set the class to one of my custom ones. class="red" is being omitted when I save the page.  

I am able to change ALL links in the entire browser by setting a custom color to the entire \<a\> tag in the CSS, like:  

a {  
color: red;  
}  

However that is not what I want - I want be explicit about what links I wanna color.

Also I notice that my custom class is in the source code when I am in edit mode of a page, but as soon as I hit the Save button it gets omitted from the final HTML. Why?


Answers:
author: Niteshade
body: Alright so I managed to fix this problem on my own. Here are the details on how to color specific anchor (a) tags:  

-Add class="yourClass" to the tags that need to be changed. You do this by editing the source code on a page ( \<\> button in top right corner)  
-Add a CSS style sheet macro to the page  
-The attribute you want to customize are these two:  
.wiki-content X.yourClass a  
.wiki-content X.yourClass a:hover  

In the above case, X is the tag that your a-tag is wrapped around. In my case I use text set to the H1 tag and then I use them for the linking. If you want to use a paragraph instead just write .wiki-content p.yourClass a  

The pseudo-class :hover is only necessary if you want a special color when the user hovers the mouse over the link.

comments: author: Bill Bailey
body: There are two problems with that solution:

* It may get stripped by Confluence at some point
* Requires a lot of manual effort.

A more durable solution would be a user macro to apply a class to all the contents of the body's macro, then you can have the CSS styling in the space/global stylesheet.


author: Kris Fininen
body: Hi Bill - can you explain a bit more? What is the "body macro" and how would we apply a class to its contents?


author: Bill Bailey
body: If you want to change it space/system wide, you can edit the CSS style sheet for Confluence.

If you just want a section/link styled a certain way, then you need to create a user macro. For example:

```
## Macro title: Link Macro
## Developed by: Bill Bailey
## Date created: 2019.01.09
## Version: 0.1

## @noparams

<style type="text/css">
Mylink.a {
? color: red;
}
</style>

<a href="$body" target="_blank" class="MyLink">$body</a>
```

No when you insert the macro, you just past your url into the user macro body.

You could also convert the HTML to have inline style (rather than CSS and class), and add a parameter to select the color, so one macro can be used to set different styles of links.


author: Rob Stoecklein
body: Where is this "CSS style sheet for Confluence"?


author: Christa Elrod
body: To color specific anchor(a) tags, you can also use inline CSS code

For example:

<br />

\<a href="link" style="color:red"\>anchor text\</a\>

or

You can use specific class like

\<a href="link" class="red"\>anchor text\</a\>

a.red {  
color:red !important;  
}
Hi - Can someone please confirm that Confluence data is stored in the EU
Asked by Eamonn McGirr:

We are an Irish company starting to use Confluence on the cloud. We can put customer data on the system if the data is stored in the EU.

Can you confirm if this is indeed the case ?


Answers:
author: Grigory Salnikov
body: Hi [@Eamonn McGirr](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1689970) and welcome to our Community!

I think you need to look through the following article:

[Atlassian and GDPR](https://www.atlassian.com/blog/announcements/atlassian-and-gdpr-our-commitment-to-data-privacy)

Pay attention to the "Can you guarantee that my data will stay in a certain location (e.g., Europe)?" section.

Hope this helps.

comments: author: Grigory Salnikov
body: There's also the following said:
> We are committed to helping our customers with meeting privacy-related requirements, which is why we offer our cloud customers a standard [Data Processing Agreement](https://www.atlassian.com/legal/data-processing-addendum) to help meet onward transfer requirements under the GDPR.
confluence im Pr?flaboratorium
Asked by Anna P:

Zur Zeit strukturiere ich Confluence f?r unser Pr?flaboratorium, sowohl als wiki als auch f?r unser QMH. Gibt es jemanden der Confluence f?r ?hnliches verwendet und Ideen hat f?r Normrevisionierung und ?hnliches.


Answers:
author: Fabienne Gerhard
body: Hi [@Anna P](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2309215) - welcome to community

first of all - it might be a lot easier to get answers writing in english (that's what probably most of the users understand)

What kind of structure do you mean? What kind of versions do you need? Confluence will save any changes as a version - there are also Addons like Scroll Version that may help you. According to your needs.

Best


Tags: jira
Space export from 3.5.13, import to 6.11.0
Asked by MarkusBeier:

Dear Team!

Is it possible or an procedure available that described to import an exported Spaces from Confluence version 3.5.13 to 6.11.0

Please let me know,

Markus


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Markus,

This is not possible. According to [Restoring a Space](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/restoring-a-space-152036.html):
>
> Export and import compatibility {#toc-hId-1848769912}
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
> To find out which versions your current Confluence version can accept space exports from, go to ![](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/files/747833194/747833195/2/1517274813281/cog.png) \> **General Configuration** \> **Backup and Restore** .
>
> If you need to import a space from Confluence 5.3 or earlier, you'll need to [follow a workaround](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/restoring-a-space-152036.html#RestoringaSpace-workaround).

The workaround is available below:
>
> Workaround for restoring spaces from Confluence 5.3 and earlier {#toc-hId--703387049}
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> If you need to import a space from a version prior to Confluence 5.3 into a later version of Confluence, you can use a temporary Confluence installation to upgrade the space export to the right version number:

1.
   > Download the same version of Confluence as the version you exported the space from (you can get older versions of Confluence at the [Confluence Downloads Archive](http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/download-archives)).
2.
   > Install that version of Confluence on a temporary server.
3.
   > Import the space into this temporary Confluence site.
4.
   > Upgrade Confluence on your temporary site to the same version as the site where you want to import the space (see [Upgrading Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/upgrading-confluence-4578.html) for instructions).
5.
   > Export the space from your temporary Confluence site (it'll now have the right version number).
6.
   > Import the space into your production Confluence site.

Give that a try, and let us know if you have any issues!

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-server

server