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Confluence Security
Asked by Jason Rout:

Hi everyone,

I have a geographically spread team that is using Confluence for our workflow and process recording. Part of the job of the people is to login to various resources and perform certain actions.

My question is, is Confluence secure enough for me to store the credentials for these services? Are there specific ways of handling credentials that I should use in Confluence? Are there other products better suited to managing the credentials for a remote team?

Currently I keep the credentials locally with me and give them out as needed, but it is becoming a management issue, and I need a way where the right people can access what they need without my intervention.

Jason


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: Personally, I would not use Confluence as a password management application. One of the reasons is that the passwords while they may not be acceisble from within the app to unathorized users the data stored in the database is stored in plain text. So, if your database if compomized in any way then there go yourpasswords along with it. I personally tell everyone in our organization that nothing sensitive should go in the wiki. If you need something for sharing passwords there are many products that are designed for this that have auditing built in to them and encrypt the data on the backend.

comments: author: Davin Studer
body: If you are looking for something good for a small team check out KeePass. it is free and very secure. You could sync the db with dropbox or something like that.


Tags: password
Crucible is not starting after executing ./crucible/bin/start.sh
Asked by Guru Prasad:

I have installed crucible 3.3.3 newly in the Red hat Linux 5 box for the first time.

in the .../var/log/fisheye.out out i am getting following output

2014-04-15 10:57:38,396 INFO - Adding secondary content dir of /home/crucible/fisheye_data/content  
2014-04-15 10:58:04,376 INFO - Starting database...  
2014-04-15 10:58:29,870 INFO - Database started.  
2014-04-15 10:58:36,512 INFO - Starting plugin system...  
2014-04-15 10:58:57,258 INFO - Mail system not configured.  
2014-04-15 11:00:14,905 INFO - Plugin system started.  
2014-04-15 11:00:18,685 INFO - Server started on :8060 (http) (control port on 127.0.0.1:8059)

But i was not abel to see anyting when i launch [](http://my_hostip:8060/)<http://my_hostip:8060>

Can you help me what is wrong in the installation?

Regards

Guru


Answers:
author: Guru Prasad
body: I found the issue!!.

When I complete installing Crucible, services in Linux were running fine. But no information was posted in the browser as it was empty. After reading the release notes i have realized that i was trying to access crucible UI from the unsupported version of browser(IE 8 with Crucible 3.3.3). I had resolved this by downgrading the crucible version to 3.2.

Suggestion: Would it be nice to have a message populated in the browser if the unsupported version is being used. This would have saved lot of my time and effort.

Thanks


author: AafrinA
body: Hi Guru Prasad,

Is there any particular error mentioned on the logs files located at FISHEYE_INST/var/log ?


author: Guru Prasad
body: Can someone please clarify me?
Confluence Roadmap plugin - how to use?
Asked by Lee Anne Pedersen:

I've installed the Confluence Roadmap plugin on a test instance of 5.4.2 on Windows x64, but I can't find the macro in the Macro browser. How do I get it to work?


Answers:
author: Lee Anne Pedersen
body: The plugin is visible in Manage add-ons, and all three modules are enabled. I've uninstalled and reinstalled it twice.

comments: author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hi Lee, I have installed the plugin both in the latest version 5.4.4 and 5.4.2 successfully, so no luck in reproducing the issue here.

Maybe it is something specific to the installation you have, please attempt to boot up another instance in a different box, and see if the issue is reproduceable, maybe you can isolate culprits in the environment.


author: Lee Anne Pedersen
body: I became aware of many other plugin issues, so I rebuilt my test server. I also had to clear the plugins cache per [](https://confluence.atlassian.com/x/TgG_EQ.)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/x/TgG_EQ>.

Plugin/macro behaviour is still a bit flaky after the rebuild, so I may have to dig further into the logs to see what's going on.

Thanks for responding!


author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Lee, in order to make sure the macro has is there, please browse to *http://\<your_Confluence_domain\>/plugins/servlet/upm#manage*and see if the plugin and its components are enabled.

In case it is not listed, you can [upload it manually](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/UPM/Installing+Add-ons#Installingadd-ons-Installingbyfileupload) in order to re-attempt the install task.


Tags: confluence-administration
Error with multimedia macro - can't find attachment
Asked by Jonathan Rivas:

Why can't the multimedia macro find the attachment? Error rendering macro 'multimedia' : com.atlassian.renderer.v2.macro.MacroException: Cannot find attachment 'filename.swf'


Answers:
author: Consu
body: Hello, I have the same problem. But I cannot solve it by renaming the file. I made it a 3letter filename but it keep saying that it cannot find the file. Any other idea what it could be?


author: Deividi Luvison
body: Hey Jonathan,

Could you please let me know the following:

* When this behaviour started, was it after a database/application upgrade/migration?
* Which is your Confluence version?
* Do this miss behaviour happen in all browsers?
* Can you send a screenshot of the error?

Thanks and Regards,  
David\|Atlassian Support


author: Mirek
body: Hi Jonathan,

The problem is probably with the name of the attachement. I could have not-latin character or a space. Try renaming a file, then upload and check again.

Related issue:

[](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-26667)<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-26667>

I hope that will help.

Best Regards,

Mirek

comments: author: Jonathan Rivas
body: Thanks for the attempt Mirek. I tried that...took out spaces...made the filename real short...resaved 100x. Nothing is working. The file name is Case.swf. I've used the multimedia macro on other pages in the past without a hitch.


Tags: attachment

multimedia

swf
[Confluence] Database sizing: How many transaction per second for 500 users
Asked by Pierre Zurmely:

Hello,

I am currently configuring a confluence install rather sensible. I will use an external MySQL database, and I have to give an estimate of the number of transactions per seconds expected for 500 users.

Does anyone as such kind of data and is kind enough to share?

Thanks in advance,

Pierre


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

First, for 500 concurrent users, you might need to tune your database indeed. First of all, I recommend that you use the InnoDB Engine and the utf8 collation in MySQL as stated in the [official documentation from Atlassian](http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Database+Setup+For+MySQL).

Second, since you expect this much of connections, follow the steps provided in the [MySQL own documentation](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-windows-excerpt/5.0/en/mysql-config-wizard-connections.html) and set the OLTP or configured the number of available connections manually as you wish.

Third, notice that not only the database must be tuned, but confluence might be as well. If confluence becomes slow, then you need to check the connection DB pool in confluence configuration file as we can see [here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Confluence+Slows+and+Times+Out+During+Periods+of+High+Load+Due+to+DB+Connection+Pool).

By checking these steps, you should have a good environment set.

Cheers,

Rodrigo

comments: author: Pierre Zurmely
body: Thank you Rodrigo.

I have followed your instruction, and all is fine now.

I was only wondering how many transaction per seconds could happen in an environment with 500 users, and an estimate of 100 quesries per seconds max do the job pretty well.

Thanks for your help,

Regards,

Pierre


author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Perfect Pierre! :D  

It might be a good idea to continuously keep an eye in the number of DB connection threads and the database health for huge number connections.  

Cheers,  

Rodrigo


Tags: confluence-administration
Existing Jira On-Demand Users shall access new Confluence On-Demand
Asked by Alex Puschkin:

Hi, so i do have a jira instance running since two years with under 20 users. Now I want 10 of them get access to confluence on demand that i activated today.

So how to I allow my jira users to access confluence with the same login credentials that they are using to log in to jira?


Answers:
author: Felipevsw
body: Hi, Alex!

If JIRA and Confluence run on the same instance (the same base URL), both applications already share the same user base.  
You just need to set Confluence's permissions now (global level and space level) and give Confluence application access to the desired users.

I strongly suggest you to read the following:

* [Managing application access](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Managing+application+access)
* [Giving People Access to Content](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Giving+People+Access+to+Content)

The above documentations have detailed step-by-step instructions on how you can set the applications to achieve your goal.

Best regards,  
Felipe


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Migrate from Screwturn Wiki to Confluence
Asked by Svante Gustafsson Bj?rkegren:

Hi,

I have a customer using [Screwturn Wiki](http://stw.codeplex.com/) that wants to migrate to Confluence. It seems thuogh that the UWC does not support this wiki :-(

Does anyone have experience with this wiki and possibly also migrated it to Confluence before?

All input is highly appreciated!

Cheers,

// Svante


Answers:
author: Deividi Luvison
body: Hi Svante,

Yeah, officially UWC does not support Screwturn wiki, however I found [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2830227/script-or-utility-to-export-from-screwturn-wiki-into-confluence) page where they give some insight to tweak UWC to do the migration process from Screwturn to Confluence.

I can promisse it will work but I believe it worth a shot ;). Hope it helps.

Thanks and Regards,  
David\|Atlassian Support

comments: author: Svante Gustafsson Bj?rkegren
body: Hi David,

Thnx for your rapid response. Yeah, I have found that page also. I will take a closer look soon to see if it is a feasible way forward!

Cheers,

// Svante


Tags: confluence-administration

migration
Confluence personal tasks moved, but where are my tasks?
Asked by Troels Rasmussen:

Hi. I have been using the personal tasks as described here: [](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Managing+Tasks+in+Confluence)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Managing+Tasks+in+Confluence>

Now, it only contains the message that it has a new home, which is all fine, but the new list is empty. Where are my tasks? Is there a way to access the old list so I can transfer them manually?


Answers:
author: Troels Rasmussen
body: I just got an eamil that explains what to do :-)

\[list of old tasks\]

1. Copy the list of tasks above.
2. Go to [](https://solutionbox.atlassian.net/wiki)<https://solutionbox.atlassian.net/wiki>.
3. Create a page (for example in your personal space or team space).
4. Paste the list of tasks into the editor.
5. Select all the tasks and click the Task list button on the toolbar.
6. Save the page, sit back and relax.


author: Agnes Ro
body: Hi Troels, great to hear you got the email :)

comments: author: Troels Rasmussen
body: BTW, I replied to the email, to [confluence@solutionbox.atlassian.net](mailto:confluence@solutionbox.atlassian.net)but got a 'Recipient address rejected: User unknown in virtual mailbox table' from your mailserver. Hopefully it is an error or you should really read up on email ethics :-)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
A am logged out very often, after i have subscribed my rss reader to som rss feeds createed by an issue search
Asked by Anders Krein?e:

I have found this page: [https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/ONDEMANDKB/Getting+randomly+logged+out+of+OnDemand?utm_source=SAC\&utm_medium=dashboard](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/ONDEMANDKB/Getting+randomly+logged+out+of+OnDemand?utm_source=SAC&utm_medium=dashboard)And it sounds as like the rss reader could be sending baasicauth creed on every request, but most rss readers have no option about these things. So Currently i have the the options of not using the rss feeds, or getting logged out of jira constantly.


Answers:
author: Anders Krein?e
body: Ended up with using another user for the rss feeds.


Tags: cloud
lost database
Asked by selcuk arslan:

Our confluence database server was failed and All Database backups corrupted. But confluence Application server Works fine. Can we reach our old data or site contents, documents?


Answers:
author: selcuk arslan
body: hi all, thanks for your all answers.

database was ms sql server, we have xml backup before 2011


author: Steve Gerstner [bridgingIT]
body: What kind of database are you using?


author: Svante Gustafsson Bj?rkegren
body: Hi Selcuk,

Too sad to hear about your database :-(

Are you sure you have no database backups at all? How do you backup your database server? Are you dumping the databases to file? Are you copying the db-dumps away from the db-server?

If not, I am afraid you are in some trouble. If the only copies of your backups reside on the broken server you need to do whatever is possible to recover the data from the database server.

Confluence is dependent on the database and home directory backup when you are to restore Confluence. Without the db-backup it is not possible.

This page describe where Confluence store its data: [](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=154029)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=154029>

Rgrds,

// Svante

comments: author: Svante Gustafsson Bj?rkegren
body: There is a default XML-backup enabled when you install Confluence. Is this still enabled? Or have you disabled it?

If it is enabled you may have XML-backups stored on your application server.

See [](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Site+Backup+and+Restore)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Site+Backup+and+Restore>for details

// Svante


author: Steve Gerstner [bridgingIT]
body: What kind of database are you using?


Tags: confluence-administration
How to change username on Atlassian Answers
Asked by eiger3970:

Hi, I setup a Bitbucket account with a username (different to my real name).

I then needed to ask a question and was linked to Atlassian Answers.

Atlassian Answers asked me to login in with my email address, rather than my username (which is different to my real name).

I posted a question and rather than showing my Bitbucket username (different to my real name), Atlassian Answers showed my real name.

I then searched how to change your username and Atlassian Documentation, Rename or convert an account says to change on the Bitbucket Account screen [](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/BITBUCKET/Rename+or+convert+an+account)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/BITBUCKET/Rename+or+convert+an+account>

However, this only changes the Bitbucket username, not the Atlassian Answers which show my real name.

Please assist.


Answers:
author: Boris Georgiev [Appfire]
body: To get a different name shown on atlassian answers you have to edit your settings in [my.atlassian.com](http://my.atlassian.com)(the Atlassian ID). Answers shows the Display Name and it has no connection with the name shown on Bit Bucket.


author: eiger3970
body: Thank you, that answer really worked!


Tags: questions-for-confluence

user
Changing the LDAP sychronization interval when user directory is live
Asked by Alaine Pabayos:

Currently, our Confluence is connected to our LDAP. However, we want to lessen the interval as we don't want to put burden to our server. As instructed, it has to be done when the user directory is being set-up. Is there a way to configure the synchronization interval of the LDAP when the user directory is live?


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

As far as I know, you can change the sync interval by simply editing the LDAP directory in confluence.

Note that the option to edit the directory will only show if you are using a local administrator or some other admin who is not part of the LDAP directory.

Just click on the edit link on the directory and change the sync interval to the desired value.

Cheers,

Rodrigo

comments: author: Alaine Pabayos
body: Hi Rodrigo,

Confirmed that we can update the directory when logging in using local administrator account. Thank you for your answer


author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Glad to hear that I could help! :D

Cheers!


Tags: confluence-administration
Jira Issue macro in confluence give No metadata error
Asked by Sumit Kumar:

There is no metadata configured for this macro which means no configuration screen can be presented here.

If this is a user macro then you can add metadata to the template using the [User Macro Administration](https://confluence-qa.markit.com/admin/usermacros.action) console.


Answers:
author: Sumit Kumar
body: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/No+Macro+Metadata+When+Trying+To+Insert+JIRA+Issue+Macro>
Linking Tables & Calendars
Asked by Jordan Mitteco:

Hello,

I would like to link data in a table with a calendar in confluence. We have detailed tables with info that correspond to specifc dates. We would like a high level view of this data to flow into the calendar, so that we dont have to update in both the calendar \& table. Is there a macro that currently supports this functionality?

Thanks,

Jordan


Answers:
author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Jordan, currently one can use the Confluence Team Calendars, [note the "Link to Pages" section](https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/team-calendars) to refer to a specific resource within the application. Other than that, this appears to be a great idea to be added as a feature to it you can add a ticket to <http://jira.atlassian.com>as a _Feature Request_, in that way it can be [evaluated](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DEV/Implementation+of+New+Features+Policy) to become something delivered in upcoming releases.

Hope this helps. :)
Create a new database table
Asked by Tristan Olsen:

How do I create a new table in Confluence? I have a separate database setup but need to start adding tables. I want to use HTML forms to add data into the table.


Answers:
author: Adrien Ragot 2
body: Hi Tristan,

This is not part of the features of the core product. However, many people have a similar need of managing data alongside pages and wiki content, therefore we've created the [Spreadsheets](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.playsql.playsql-plugin) add-on.

You give it a Postgres database and it lets you use Confluence to create custom tables and display reports. There are many cool features, like icons or markdown renderers.

Of course you also asked for forms, and there's a [Forms extension](http://www.play-sql.com/forms) to enter data through forms into your database.

Welcome to the ecosystem!

Adrien
I have installed new version of confluence and want to import space from older confluence , how can i do it.
Asked by Raj:

I have installed new version of confluence and want to import space from older confluence , how can i do it.


Answers:
author: Adrien Ragot 2
body: Hi Raj,

To update your backup files, you need to reinstall an old version of Confluence, import the space, upgrade Confluence, export the space.

This is explained in the last part of this page: [Restoring a Space](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Restoring+a+Space#RestoringaSpace-Workaroundforrestoringspacesbetweenmajorreleases).

Cheers,

Adrien

comments: author: Raj
body: I have a copy of my Production Confluence running and I have installed New Version of Confluence on another server. I need to Import few spaces from that box to the new version. How do I achive this. Do I need to use a WIKI Converter ?


author: Adrien Ragot 2
body: So you have:

* Production
* Copy of Production (and you have backups to restore it)
* New Version

I would upgrade Copy of Production, export the spaces, import them into New Version. You don't need a wiki converter for that.


author: Raj
body: I installed a brand vew version of 5.4.4 and the Production version is 3.5.2. By Backup and restore do you mean Database Backup or what , I am confused. We are ok ti shutdown the current version if we can export few spacses from current production. If we need to talk you can call me on 914 610 1609


author: Raj
body: we are waiting for a answer from you. How do is restore from Confluence Version 3.5.2 on Version5.4.4


author: Adrien Ragot 2
body: Hi Raj,

This is a volunteer website, not the official support (which can be reached at [](http://support.atlassian.com)<http://support.atlassian.com>). I'm a customer like you, helping others. You cannot expect a service and a response time from me. Besides, you're making a lot of spelling/case mistakes and it matters to me when I try to understand how to explain better.

Best regards,

Adrien


Tags: import
Edit Content by label macro
Asked by Shawn Schultz:

Hello.

On the sort by feature. There's options for Title, creation \& modified. Is there a way to allow me to manually sort? I use this in my knowledge data base that I've created to share data with my technical support team. The data being loaded doesn't come in, in a spceific order. So I would like everything to be shown by creation as a default. But be able to go back and manually put them in order.

Regards,

Shawn


Answers:
author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Shawn, currently the macro offers the sorting methods you did mention above, nevertheless curiously they were added after a [feature request](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-5322) was created. So this is a good fit for a feature request, for such you may add a ticket to <http://jira.atlassian.com>as an *Improvement Request* , in that way it can be [evaluated](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DEV/Implementation+of+New+Features+Policy) to become something delivered in upcoming releases.

comments: author: Shawn Schultz
body: Thank you for the guidance Guilherme. I was able to figure out where I was supposed to go (I think), and submit an Improvement Request as you suggested. It's under Content by Label / Sort By - Manual Sort Option.
Migrating from Community bubbles to Confluence Questions
Asked by karthikys:

Hi,

We are planning to introduce Confluence Questions in our Organisation replacing Community bubbles. Currently community forums are being used extensively so we can't afford to lose the data.

Could you please let us know if there is any method/tool to do this !!

Thank you,


Answers:
author: Julia Wester [Wittified]
body: There is nothing publicly published right now, but Atlassian themselves just migrated from one platform over to Confluence Questions. Put in a request to support and ask if they can share the method they used for this with you in advance of the APIs being published. They have APIs they used internally for their move (I asked at the Summit). Maybe we can entice them to publish them for public consumption :smile:


author: ne250022
body: Is there any way to do this??

Thanks in advance..


Tags: confluence-administration

questions-for-confluence