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LDAP permissions
Asked by Arno Dekker:

First time I ask for support, so I hope I follow the right path.

We are currently redesigning our Active Directory groups, and are somewhat struggling with the LDAP integration of Confluence (5.1).

Questions:

1. Is every account in AD always allowed to log in (not talking about seeing content)?

2. How can we narrow down the filter of users seen when querying users?

Our knowledge of LDAP is a bit limited and we where not able to find clear related documentation. Of course we can provide more info if needed.

Regards, Arno Dekker.


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: This is how we have ours set up so that we limit how many people can login to Confluence. Basically, the Additional User DN field tells Confluence where to find users. The User Object Filter will further filter the users that are found in the Additional User DN field. In our case we are only pulling in users that are members of the confluence-users AD group. As for groups we pull in any groups in the Managed Groups OU that start with confluence as the group name. This works pretty well. If we want someone to be able to log into Confluence we just add them to the confluence-users group. If we remove them then after the sync they can no longer log in.

LDAP Schema  
Additional User DN: OU=Managed Users  
Additional Group DN: OU=Managed Groups

User Schema Settings  
User Object Class: user  
User Object Filter: (\&(objectCategory=Person)(memberOf=CN=confluence-users,OU=Confluence,OU=Managed Groups,DC=domain,DC=com))

Group Schema Settings  
Group Object Class: group  
Group Object Filter: (\&(objectCategory=Group)(sAMAccountName=confluence\*))


author: Arno Dekker
body: Nevermind, I just found out how to create a support ticket.


Tags: confluence-administration
Regular users accessing group information
Asked by Samsung Instituto Desenvolvimento Informatica:

Hi,

Is there a way of regular users (confluence_users) check what are the users inside from a specific group?

Thanks


Answers:
author: Samsung Instituto Desenvolvimento Informatica
body: To allow user get information from confluence groups, you should use the macro 'User List' from the plugin **User Listener** .

Regards,

Rodrigo Maccari


Tags: group
Error at Restart
Asked by Regis Morvan:

2013-12-16 11:59:01,323 WARN \[Spring executor 4\] \[org.apache.shindig.gadgets\] loadResource Could not find resource:

How can I solve this issue?


Answers:
author: Regis Morvan
body: ERROR \[FelixStartLevel\] \[osgi.container.felix.FelixOsgiContainerManager\] doLog EventDispatcher: Error during dispatch.

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I'm sorry, I was not clear. One line at a time isn't going to help us here. We need the whole area around the error, including the reasons. (Not the Java stack trace if you get one, that's for coders, not tracing the main part of an error)


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: There's not enough information here to help you. What is the rest of the error? Are there other error messages?
How can I unsubscribe from a team calendar?
Asked by Martin Geck:

How can I unsubscribe from a calendar? I am getting too many emails from the calendar but can't find a way to unsubscribe. Also see the doc ["Using Team Calendars"](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/TEAMCAL/Using+Team+Calendars?focusedCommentId=431816839&=#comment-431816839)


Answers:
author: Martin Geck
body: Thank you Sahri,

I belive the cause is a different one: I did not find the STOP WATCHING because I did not watch any of them. Instead it looks as if I was watching the page in which the calendar is emedded. Seems like the page generates an email every time someone creates, modifies or deletes an event.   

I stopped watching the page. Not sure of this helps but I will keep investigating the issue.

comments: author: Monique vdB
body: I can't even figure out how to stop watching the page. Having this same issue and it's driving me nuts. If I click "Watching," nothing happens!

![Screen Shot 2018-04-26 at 5.13.27 PM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/20775i0D484DC04FBC2A7F/image-dimensions/351x184?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2018-04-26 at 5.13.27 PM.png")


author: Rashid Habib
body: I don't see an option to unwatch either. What is the solution?


author: Santha Perian
body: Here are the steps:

1. Go to this link.  
   <https://confluence.gmrc.com/users/viewnotifications.action>  

2. Click "stop watching" on the parent space where your calendar exists.

Enjoy!!


author: Yerbol Khassen
body: The link is broken


author: William W
body: [@Yerbol Khassen](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2720254) The link provided was to their own instance of Confluence. Replace the base domain with your own instance:

https://\<your_instance_of_confluence\>/users/viewnotifications.action


author: Fringe Technology
body: Hi Martin,

You would be getting notifications if you are WATCHING a calendar. So, you just need to tell Confluence you no longer want to WATCH that calendar and they should stop.

Navigate to CALENDARS in the header bar.

On the top right, where it lists the calendars, click on the little drop down arrow that is to the right of the Calendar you want to stop WATCHING. Then select STOP WATCHING form the drop-down menu. Here is the article that discusses the feature: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/TEAMCAL/Watching+a+Calendar#WatchingaCalendar-WatchingaCalendar>


Tags: new-to-confluence

team-calendars-for-confluence
Is it possible to search only in current space when linking pages?
Asked by Sjoerd van den Berg:

When editing a Confluence page and you type the bracket to start linking to another page, the search you get searches your entire Confluence environment, crawling all spaces.

Searching for the correct page can sometimes become a very thedious job when you have a lot of spaces and pages that can have the same words you are looking for.

Because most of the time I am linking to another page in the current space I would like to see only search results from the current space I am working on.

Does anyone know if this is possible?

Regards,

Sjoerd


Answers:
author: Steffen Heller
body: When you have a look at the "Link suggestions" list there is a link to "Search" at the bottom.  

If you click this you get to the "Insert Link" menu where you can choose between "All Spaces" and the current space.


Tags: confluence-administration
How to fault find Integrated Windows Authentication plugin
Asked by David Pierce:

We are attempting to evaluate the IWA plugin but cannot get it to work - there is limited documentation available and apparently no direct contact with the vendor.

Has anyone gotten this plugin to work?


Answers:
author: Bruno Vincent
body: You might also want to take a look at the following alternative, Integrated Windows Authentication for Apps using Crowd: <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.cleito.iwaac/server/overview>


author: David Pierce
body: [](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/fi.polarshift.confluence.plugins.kauth.config.iwac)<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/fi.polarshift.confluence.plugins.kauth.config.iwac>


Tags: confluence-administration
Filter in confluence
Asked by kA:

Hi friends,

I added the "Filter result" Macro in the page, but during edit the page it display the error.

Please refer the attachment.

![](../../upfiles/error1_1.png)

![](../../upfiles/error2.png)

How can i solve the issue. please share your thoughts,

Thanks in advance,

Karthik A.


Answers:
author: Mauro Badii
body: I believe you guys have come across this recent bug: [](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-31993)<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-31993>

Feel free to vote and follow the updates by watching the issue.

Regards,  
Mauro


author: kA
body: Hi Nic,

Thanks for your updates, The current user has browse permission on the project but the 2nd screen shot 2nd point (Field 'due' does not exist or this field cannot be viewed by anonymous users..) issues occurs again.

Thanks,

Karthik A.

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ok, so when you log into Jira as that user and look at an issue? Do they see the "due" field?

A couple of other minor points - I'm sort of assuming by "due", you mean "the due date", the system field? Also, you aren't using any plugins like behaviours, field security or something else that obscures fields, and you haven't been trying to do things with javascript?


author: Mads Nicolai Bach
body: Hi

I am experiencing the same problem, with filters that have no issues when used in JIRA's issue search and the *filter result* dashboard gadget.

The filter result macro in confluence was working without any issues last week, but monday morning they started to report the same problems as seen in karthik A's second screenshot.

I can see in the upgrade history that there was an updgrade at 16/Dec/13 8:00 CET (Monday morning), about the same time this *filter* *result*issue started.

Can the upgrade have cuased this issue?

/Mads


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: The message you are getting is telling you what is wrong. The filter you are choosing has errors that you need to fix, specifically that the project you've selected in the filter does not exist and that the field "due" is not included.

In both cases, it could be because the current user cannot "browse" the project, and that's what you should check first.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Unable to remove email notification for Team Users
Asked by kA:

Hi friends,

In my confluence i have one team space, so whenever i created the page in confluence, the team users are automatically added into the watcher list of the page. I cannot found any option to remove them from the watcher list. How can i performed that one.

Thanks in advance,

Karthik A.


Answers:
author: RambanamP
body: as of now it seems not feasible, check this

[](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-22070)<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-22070>

[](/questions/6303/tweak-autowatch-settings)<https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/6303/tweak-autowatch-settings>

it can be done by using javascript but not sure we can add it on ondemand instance


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Page Restriction and watcher in cofluence
Asked by kA:

Hi friends,

I provided the page restriction(view and add) only to me for the page in confluence. If i add the people in the watcher list for the page whether it is possible to they can receive the email updates regarding that page?

Thanks in advance,

Karthik A.


Answers:
author: MJ
body: Adding view and edit restriction to a page, will prevent users who do not have view access to this page from receiving notifications when updates are being made, even when they have been set as watcher to the page.

Why would you want users to receive notifications on pages they can not see?


author: kA
body: Hi mick,

Thanks for your updates, I have a little bittle of confusion regarding that one that is why i asked.

Thanks,

Karthik A.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How to manually create decision register?
Asked by Difikra Admin:

Dears,

I'm new to confluence, I wanted to move a decision from a space to another newly created space (Doesn't have a decision register), and it was done, but I found the decision moved is not part of the decision register.

I have read the documentation [](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Decisions+Blueprint)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Decisions+Blueprint>and it mention "Confluence will create an index page and add a shortcut on your space sidebar (if you are using the default theme). The index acts as your Decision Register and lists all the decisions in that space."

I don't have the decision register and the side bar shortcut is not created, how can I create them manually?

Thanks in advance.


Answers:
author: Difikra Admin
body: I made a workaround for to solve it as follow:

I opened a ready made decision register of another space, and copy its content (Actually only two controls), then opened my space having the issue, create new blank page, paste the content of decision register which contains only two macros (Button, Table).

Edit the properties of both macros, and just change the space to my space having the issue and it worked.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Unknown macro: {show-to} error received after upgrade to 3.5.17
Asked by Bron:

Hi Guys,

I have the following error displayed on my pages when I login. I have the correct version of Theme builder installed and it is enabled. I have the Content Formatting Macro also installed.

Can anyone help here this is driving me mad.


Answers:
author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: show-to is part of the [Visibility Plugin](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/net.customware.confluence.plugin.visibility)

comments: author: Bron
body: Thanks so much that was my issue


author: Bron
body: Hi Nic,

Sorry the error is "Unknown macro: {show-to}". I am using Confluence 3.5.17, I have theme Builder 4.2.3 installed and enabled.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: There's no error here. I'm guessing you gave us a screen shot which didn't upload - could you give us the text of the error message instead?

Also, what version of Confluence and Theme Builder do you have? I'm not doubting that you've got the right version installed, just useful to know if issues have been logged against specific versions/combinations.


Tags: confluence-administration

macro

upgrade
Backup/Restore software for Confluence?
Asked by Artur Siwakowski:

Hello

Is there some kind of software for backup and restore on Confluence? Something similar to [DocAve](http://www.avepoint.com/DocAve6/) on SharePoint.

I need to have the possibility to easily restore single files/text/pages.

Best Regards


Answers:
author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Artur,

AFAIK, there's no specific program to perform backups and restore for confluence. Regarding the backup/restore specifically, in confluence you need to backup the database and the home and install folder to create a backup set that is able to restore the instance whenever and wherever you'd like.

Cheers,

Rodrigo

comments: author: Anusha
body: Is the API still not available?If available please provide the API that does the restore functionality from the code.


Tags: backup

confluence-administration

restore
Can't add a Confluence gadget to Jira (Unable to retrieve gadget xml. HTTP error 504)
Asked by Nikolay Ivankin:

I've installed Confluence to the same host as Jira and made an application link between them.

Now I want to add a Confluence gadget to Jira workspace, but it fails to add gadget to directory, saying that it is not able to parse xml with errors logged in catalina.out:

Unable to retrieve gadget xml. HTTP error 504


Answers:
author: Nikolay Ivankin
body: This article helped me

[](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-35223)<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-35223>
How to make links invisible in Confluence?
Asked by Ella Z?le:

Hi!

On one space's page I have links to others space's pages, which is not accessble for all users, but the access have only some users, now if I haven'got access to this pages I see this links grey (not active), but I want to make it unvisible fot the users, who don't have permission to see it and to stay it visible only for some users, who have permission to see this pages. How can I make "grey" links to unvisible?

Regards,

Ella


Answers:
author: MJ
body: Out of the box, this is not possible.  
You can have a look at the [ServiceRocket Visibility](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/net.customware.confluence.plugin.visibility) plugin to see whether or not this provides you the functionality you are looking for.  
This plugin is not available for Confluence OnDemand

comments: author: Ella Z?le
body: Thank You!

Regards,

Ella


author: Matthew J. Horn
body: You can also write a user macro (again, not for OnDemand) that could perform this functionality. You'd get the user object, check their permissions, and then conditionally show the content based on their permissions. There are several examples of doing similar things on this site.


Tags: app

link

permission
Is there a way to add an Administration shortcut to Confluence?
Asked by Esther Strom_ ACP-JA:

In Jira and Stash, if you have admin access, there are very clear links to the Administration area in the top bar. In Confluence (4.3.2), to get to the administration area, I need to click on my name, then click Profile, then Administer User. It makes me log in again, and then I finally get to the complete admin page. I'm fine with the logging in a second time to get to admin, but is there any way to get directly to that, without having to go through the whole profile bit?


Answers:
author: Jim Jim
body: Use the Browse menu and select Confluence Admin.

Regards,

Kay

comments: author: Esther Strom_ ACP-JA
body: Thanks. Don't know why I didn't notice that entry myself.


Tags: confluence-administration
Changing theme makes no difference
Asked by Patrick_Vanhoof:

Hi,

We are on Confluence version 5.3.1. When I change the theme of a space from Global Design to Documentation Theme I see no difference in the layout. Either which theme I choose, nothing changes.

Why could this be?

Thanks,

Patrick


Answers:
author: Adrien Ragot 2
body: Is the Global Design using the Documentation Theme by default as well?

comments: author: Patrick_Vanhoof
body: Hi Adrien,

Yes it is.

Thanks,

Patrick


author: Adrien Ragot 2
body: Hi Patrick,Cool! If that was the solution to your issue, it's important to mark the answer as correct, so karma is attributed to the user. Thank you!Adrien


author: Patrick_Vanhoof
body: Hi Adrien,

Not sure if that's the solution. Changing a site's theme should be visible no? Even when the global theme is Documentation Theme, I should be able to change the site's theme to the Global Design theme. But I see no difference.

Regards,

Patrick


author: Adrien Ragot 2
body: See the bug report [CONF-28982](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-28982) (unresolved to date): If you choose the global theme to be the Documentation Theme, you can't revert to the default theme to individual spaces.


Tags: confluence-administration
Sharing content between two Confluence OnDemand accounts
Asked by Atlassian Manager:

We're collaborating with an agency.

They have a Confluence onDemand instance. We have one as well.

If they create pages in their instance that has to do with our project, is there a way we can see them in our Confluence? Or vice versa?


Answers:
author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: You could easily generate a page on your site that is a table of links to pages on the other site. While you could also copy the pages using similar techniques, I would think linking is better. You will need some criteria for determining "has to do with our project" - probably using a one or or more of space location, Confluence search, labels, or a regular expression on titles. All are supported by [Confluence Command Line Interface](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP) using either [getPageList](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/Documentation#Documentation-getPageList) or [getContentList](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/Documentation#Documentation-getContentList). You would set the action to run on a regular interval (hourly ?) using your favorite job scheduler (or even better, Bamboo). Run the action to create a csv file from one site and then use [addAttachment](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/Documentation#Documentation-addAttachment) to the other site. Use the [CSV macro](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/TBL/CSV+macro) to display. [Example output](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/Example+output) describes the techniques and shows live examples.

comments: author: Atlassian Manager
body: Thanks Bob. I presume that each user in our onDemand instance would need to be a user in their onDemand instance as well? I.e. it's not possible to share pages so we don't have to create user's in accounts?


author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: Yes, for linking, they would need accounts on the other site. If this is not possible, then, you have to go with the copy page option. In that case, use the [getContentList](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/Documentation#Documentation-getContentList) option as it can search by change time in addition to the other criteria, then use the [targetServer](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/Documentation#Documentation-targetServer) parameter on the [copyPage](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/Documentation#Documentation-copyPage) action.

There is a third option, [Include-remote Macro](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CCLI/Include-remote+Macro). It may work for relatively simple content, but it has some limitations for general content.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Public Announcement Service
Asked by Cheryl Schmelzer:

I am a Confluence administrator, but when I try to configure a PAS, I get a 403 Forbidden error. Do I need additional permissions to use this plugin? Thank you.


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: In case anyone reads this later we found out that the public service banner in OnDemand is for Atlassian use, hence Cheryl did not have access.


author: Brian
body: Hi Cheryl,

No, you don't need additional permissions to use the plugin. Do you see that 403 Forbidden error when you try to submit a new PAS, or when you clck on the link to get to the configuration screen?

Cheers,

Brian Tom

comments: author: Cheryl Schmelzer
body: Thanks for the response, Tom. I get the error message immediately after clicking on the link to get to the configuration screen.


author: Cheryl Schmelzer
body: I continue to get the forbidden error when attempting to configure an announcement. Can you tell me if this is a common error in OnDemand instances? The public announcement feature would be extremely valuable to us when situations like today with the Questions add on being down. thank you.


author: AnnWorley
body: So you can get to all of the administrative screens in JIRA except the one for the PAS?


author: Cheryl Schmelzer
body: Yes. I can get to all other screens. Thx


author: Cheryl Schmelzer
body: I also submitted a support ticket: [](https://support.atlassian.com/browse/JST-85671)<https://support.atlassian.com/browse/JST-85671>


Tags: announcement

public

service
Export list of space/page administrative information
Asked by Greg Della-Croce:

Our Confluence has been running for awhile now, and I have just come on as a new Admin. I need a list of Space/Page information like last-updated, privite/restricted(view/edit), Space-Admin-name, page-creator-name. Is there anyway to do this \>\>without\<\< going space by space through the 200+ spaces in the current Confluence install?

We are running 5.3.1

Thanks

GregDC


Answers:
author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: [Example output](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/Example+output) has some examples of collecting various information about things of interest to Admins. [getSpacePermissionList](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/Example+output+with+augments#Exampleoutputwithaugments-getSpacePermissionList) is one of the more useful examples. You can do something similar for page permissions - [getPermissionList](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/Example+output#Exampleoutput-getPermissionList) .

Another approach is to use the [SQL Macro](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/SQL/SQL+Macro) to directly query the Confluence database. This requires knowledge of the database structure, but you can find various queries around for that - use google.


author: Matthew J. Horn
body: You can also write your own user macros to get custom information about pages, spaces, permissions, etc, if you can't find something off-the-shelf.


Tags: confluence-administration