youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Federating two instances of Confluence
Asked by Everett Cavazos:

I know that there are posts about this topic however the only ones I'm finding are from 2014 and 2015 so I wanted to get a 2018 answer from someone: Is there any way to natively federate two separate instances of Confluence? My company wants an internal instance and an external instance to serve as our public-facing KB, but my CTO is concerned about duplicating documents and having to keep them updated, etc.

I've seen some discussion about combining searches across multiple instances of Confluence using a Sharepoint plugin, but in general I think we want to stay away from third-party solutions (not to mention Sharepoint).

Thank you in advance for any insight.


Answers:
author: Igor M.
body: Hello,

There is no native way to have two standalone Confluence server instances connected this way, best you can do to avoid duplication, is enable anonymous access and create a separate Space that is open to anonymous external users while keeping the rest of the spaces properly restricted. Then use page include macros to pull any KB created in Internal spaces you with for external users to view, to the External space. This way every time change is made to the source, external space KB will always be up to date.

Regards,

Igor


author: Timothy
body: While I don't have the answer to the federation of multiple Confluence, you can achieve the same concept by using the plugins from k15t:

* <https://help.k15t.com/scroll-viewport/latest/switching-between-spaces-published-by-scroll-versions-140550282.html>

Marketplace:

* <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/vendors/7016/k15t-software-gmbh>

Better to manage versions of the space than to manage to Confluence instance.


Tags: confluence-server

developer

integration

server
display content from confluence hosted version to external website/ confluenc cloud
Asked by NT:

I have a Confluence hosted version installed and available in my internal network only. I would like to display some of the page contents of confluence hosted version to External website or cloud confluence.

I saw comala publishing and scroll remote publishing but both of them do not work independently .

Any other plugin suggestion


Answers:
author: Mike Rink
body: Hi [@nt](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/119197),

As you've noted, unfortunately Comala Publishing only works on space-to-space publishing within the same Confluence instance. How many pages did you need to share? We do have another app, [Comala Share It](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1212189/comala-share-it?hosting=server&tab=overview), that may provide the functionality you're looking for. It's great for sharing content with users outside of your instance, but only on a page-by-page basis. If you have any questions about it, please let me know!

comments: author: NT
body: Hi Mike,

We are looking for plugin which allow as to share entire page tree to the external user or publish the content on another confluence (cloud) instance

I have already evaluated comala share it as it allow only one page per link so it does not suits our need.

I also checked your Comala remote publish add-on but does not work alone. So looking for other alternatives.


author: Mike Rink
body: Ah I see, well best of luck with it! Unfortunately I'm unaware of any apps that could provide that kind of functionality. Hopefully someone else can help.


author: nitesht87
body: HI [@Mike Rink](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/306174)

Since we need it on urgent basis so we are planning to go head with Comala Remote publisher plugin.

I have configured everything but when I test the configuration it give me the error.

Configuration Test Failed : could not login as 'niteshtxxx@xxxl.com' with the given password into <https://xxxx.atlassian.net/wiki> /rpc/xmlrpc, please check username and password combination

Can you please help me configure this.


author: Mike Rink
body: Hi [@nitesht87](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1175100) the best way to help with this is through our support channels. It seems like you already have a ticket created for this, is that correct? Let me know if not and I will send you a link to our Service Desk portal.


author: NT
body: I have raised the query on service portal but this issue is not yet resolved.

A speedy solution will be appreciated .

Thanks


Tags: atlassian-marketplace

confluence-cloud

confluence-server
When I click on the settings cog in Confluence I can't see how to do user management
Asked by Gary Lane:

I am an administrator on Confluence and want to manage my users and groups. However, when I click on the settings cog I can't see any options for user management or groups. I have set up groups before but can't be sure how I accessed this option. Has it changed recently?


Answers:
author: R. Fuerst
body: Hi Gary,

That's interesting! Without having more information on your user's permissions and what exactly you're seeing, it's difficult for me to determine why that's occurring.

That said, I do know that the User Management option in the administrator cog is still the same even in the most recent versions of Confluence. I'd like to better understand what you see when you click the cog icon. What options are displayed? If possible a screenshot would be super helpful.

As you are aware, there should be a User Management option in the cog dropdown. This is what I see in my Confluence 6.9.0 instance with my user having the System Administrator global permission:

![user management.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/26834i4DCB81B6C3CB39B2/image-dimensions/372x260?v=v2 "user management.png")

If you're able to select **General Configuration** , you should then see a section on the left navigation bar called **Users and Security**. This is where all the User Management functions exist.

If you don't see the General Configuration option, then your user's permissions might have changed.

I hope that information helps! Please feel free to reply with a screenshot of what you do see when you click the cog.

Best,

Rachel

comments: author: Gary Lane
body: Hi Rachel,

Thanks for taking the time to investigate. Having consulted a few others, I think you're right that some permissions have changed (we're not sure why!) but we're now site administrators and user management is back!

Many thanks for your help

All the best

Gary
Companion App will not execute for editing
Asked by Sheli Senecal:

Whenever I try and edit a file the "edit with" option just spins. When I started using Confluence on my personal laptop I got the pop-up to download the software and have not had any issues. However, I need to be able to edit file while at work too and I do not get the the pop-up to download the app so I can do any file editing with my work PC. Is there anywhere I can download the software as a stand alone vs. having it launch from the edit option?


Answers:
author: Pat Murphy
body: I got the download from here: <https://companion-release-server.us-west-1.prod.public.atl-paas.net/releases/stable>
How to add comments on tasks?
Asked by Ahmed Trabelsi:

Hi,

While reviewing tasks for a set of meeting notes, i need to add comments and update the due date without going to the meeting note itself.

Was it doable?

Thanks


Answers:
author: Roman Kirilenko
body: Hello Ahmed,

You can try the [Handy Macros](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1214971/handy-macros-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview) app. It has the [Handy Tasks](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/HMFC/How+to+use+Handy+Tasks) feature that should help you. This app also has [a bunch of](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/HMFC/Handy+Macros+for+Confluence+Home) other useful things.

comments: author: Ahmed Trabelsi
body: Hi Roman,

Thanks for sharing Handy macro addon.

I succeed to update task due date, however i need to update also assignee and add comments for tasks.

Any idea?

Thanks

Ahmed


author: Roman Kirilenko
body: At the moment, you're only able to switch dates anywhere in Confluence (Handy Date feature) and to add tasks to your existing task lists (Handy Tasks feature).

Handy Tasks is a completely new feature, so we have a lot of plans how to make it better. An ability to edit tasks within task lists is one of them. But I have no ETA for this feature at the moment.


author: Craig Bergmann
body: [@Roman Kirilenko](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/853411) Any update on this? I'm looking to manage tasks and finding the interface a little too simple.


author: Roman Kirilenko
body: Hi [@Craig Bergmann](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2594508)

I'm not sure. Let's ask the product owner.

[@Natalie Paramonova \[Stiltsoft\]](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1779341) , any plans on this?


author: Natalie Paramonova [Stiltsoft]
body: Hi [@Ahmed Trabelsi](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1220176) ,

Thank you for asking. The requested improvements for the Handy Tasks feature haven't collected enough voices to implement them for now.

Tell me please whether your requirements for this feature are still the same? Or maybe you have other use cases and ideas?

It would be great to discuss them in detail. You can raise a ticket [here](https://stiltsoft.customercase.com/forums/support-requests/ideas/create?category=Handy%20Macros%20for%20Confluence).

Thank you!


author: Craig Bergmann
body: I appreciate it.

I'll definitely start a ticket for features on tasks; thank you.


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Hi Ahmed,

You can use [inline comments](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/comment-on-pages-and-blog-posts-139483.html#Commentonpagesandblogposts-Addaninlinecomment) or [Talk inline comments](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/978531/talk-advanced-inline-comments?hosting=server&tab=overview) to comment tasks in Confluence.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Unable to modify Jira tickets from Team Calendar after a Confluence/Jira update
Asked by Nicolas:

Hi,  

I upgraded Jira and Conluence from version 7.2.1 and 5.10 to the latest versions (Jira-core-7.10.2 for Jira and Confluence6.10) for confluence. They run on a linux64 (ubuntu).  

Both work well, I have resolved every issue the Health checkup raised and updated the application links between Confluence and Jira to use OAuth. I also updated all the plugins, and I have team calendar version 6.0.16.

I mainly used team calendar to change the jira start/end planning dates. I'm now unable to do that, I have an untyped error with a stack strace appearing instead.

Any idea of what could cause this?

Thanks

Picture :

<https://i.imgur.com/Kzntm7O.png>

Stack Trace :
> **Une/des erreur(s) a/ont eu lieu.**
>
> * java.lang.NullPointerException at com.atlassian.confluence.extra.calendar3.model.LocalizedSubCalendarEvent.\<init\>(LocalizedSubCalendarEvent.java:80) at com.atlassian.confluence.extra.calendar3.model.LocalizedSubCalendarEvent.\<init\>(LocalizedSubCalendarEvent.java:47) at com.atlassian.confluence.extra.calendar3.rest.resources.EventResource.updateEvent(EventResource.java:259) at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor2654.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.common.interceptor.impl.DispatchProviderHelper$ResponseOutInvoker$1.invoke(DispatchProviderHelper.java:192) at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.common.interceptor.impl.DispatchProviderHelper$1.intercept(DispatchProviderHelper.java:83) at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.common.interceptor.impl.DefaultMethodInvocation.invoke(DefaultMethodInvocation.java:53) at com.atlassian.confluence.extra.calendar3.rest.Interceptors.TeamCalResourceLoggingInterceptor.intercept(TeamCalResourceLoggingInterceptor.java:21) at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.common.interceptor.impl.DefaultMethodInvocation.invoke(DefaultMethodInvocation.java:53) at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.common.transaction.TransactionInterceptor$1.doInTransaction(TransactionInterceptor.java:27) at com.atlassian.sal.core.transaction.HostContextTransactionTemplate$1.doInTransaction(HostContextTransactionTemplate.java:21) at com.atlassian.sal.spring.component.SpringHostContextAccessor$1.doInTransaction(SpringHostContextAccessor.java:71)


Answers:
author: Nicolas
body: Came back to Team Calendar 5.3.20, it worked.


Tags: confluence-server

server

team-calendars-for-confluence
Multiple instances for the same licence
Asked by Nikhita Mehta:

Hi,

I want to create a backup and test instance for our confluence site in to fall back on to in case of downtime and test plugins and settings respectively.

How do I use the same licence to do that.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You should not use the same licence.

You should have a single (commercial) licence for your Production Confluence, and then use the associated "developer" licence for all your test, development, fail-over and backup confluence systems.
Is Confluence cloud is HIPAA compliant? Do they sign BAA?
Asked by Lavanya Manoharan:

Hi,

Our organization maintains procedures/documents in confluence page. I want to know if it is HIPAA compliant. If yes, please let me know to have BAA signed from Confluence/Atlassian for our organization.

Thanks,

Lavanya


Answers:
author: Filiberto Selvas
body: As of February 2022 Atlassian can sign BAAs with customers licensing JSW and Confluence Enterprise. Please visit this page for details: <https://www.atlassian.com/trust/compliance/resources/hipaa>

comments: author: hodachalliv
body: This is great news, long-awaited. Thanks [@Filiberto Selvas](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3361607) for providing the update.


author: Jesse Webb
body: Yes it is good news that Atlassian is moving in the right direction. However, It should apply to all offerings. Forcing the purchase of the twice as expensive Enterprise is not appropriate. The whole point is to build security into everything you offer for all customers. I give this a C- effort.


author: Tobias Persson
body: Still no BAA being able to be signed?

comments: author: Jesse Webb
body: With Solarwinds style attacks on the rise, it is time for Atlassian to step the security game. We are in healthcare and would like to use Atlassian Cloud vs Data Center but until they create US only encrypted customer repositories and get HITRUST certified we cannot use it. Hope they invest in healthcare security.


author: Daniel Eads
body: Hi Lavanya,

Unfortunately we aren't able to sign a BA agreement for our Cloud offerings. We do recommend Confluence Server for cases where you need to meet compliance.

For this and other questions, [check out our Trust FAQ](https://www.atlassian.com/trust/faq).

Cheers,  
Daniel

comments: author: Fadoua
body: Thank you [@Daniel Eads](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1527694)!


author: Lavanya Manoharan
body: Thanks Daniel.


author: Alan Pryor
body: Any update on the status of Atlassian having the ability to sign a BAA?


author: Fadoua
body: [@Daniel Eads](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1527694) any updates on this one?


author: hodachalliv
body: Any updates on this?


author: Filiberto Selvas
body: Please see the HIPAA updates at the bottom of this post: <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Trust-Security-articles/Expand-what-s-possible-with-HIPAA/ba-p/2250357>


author: Ben Erridge
body: What is the current status of this? tools are no longer supporting server version and I haven't heard of HIPAA compliance being achieved. We will have to leave atlasian tools unless this is resolved soon.


author: Fadoua
body: Hi Lavanya,

Nor sure Confluence is HIPAA compliant. I asked about AWS or other hosting services to make sure about all my Atlassian Tools. It was confirmed that yes and they even have a license.

Let me reach out to an Atlassian Expert so that we can make sure. I don't recall reading or hearing that Confluence is HIPAA compliant.

Cheers,

comments: author: Lavanya Manoharan
body: Thanks!


Tags: compliance

hipaa
Traverse a multi select field selected values and use it in the IFTTT rule macro body to send an ema
Asked by Rohit Agarwal:

Hi everyone,

I am trying to generate some URLs based on the multi select values from a confiform.

Through some online search, I figured that I can use velocity template to use some calculations or manipulations to the values.

Confiform Multiselect Field values: \[XYZABC-123, XYZABC456, XYZABC-789\]

(id and value are both same)

$set( $issueList = \[entry.issueList\] )

URLs I am trying to generate through the below velocity logic:

```
#foreach( $issueID in $issueList )    https://<domainname>/issue/$issueID#end
```

Can you tell me what is wrong here? In the email when I receive it, there is nothing generate for the parts where the velocity code is written.

Regards,

Rohit


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: I don't think you need the #set. I think that is clearing out the Velocity variable. I think you would want to just do this.

```
#foreach( $issueID in $issueList )    https://<domainname>/issue/$issueID#end
```

Here is some documentation for this.

[https://wiki.vertuna.com/display/CONFIFORMS/How+to+reference+a+multi-select+user+values+in+IFTTT+macro+body](https://wiki.vertuna.com/display/CONFIFORMS/How+to+reference+a+multi-select+user+values+in+IFTTT+macro+body?)


author: Rohit Agarwal
body: issueList in '\[entry.issueList\]' is the name in the confiform field definition


Tags: confiforms

velocity
From localhost how do I make confluence access by users.
Asked by Dipesh Ramesh:

Hello,

I have confluence installed and hosted in one of the instance. I can access confluence fine using http://localhost:8090 (service is also running).

I have JIRA hosted in another instance (fully working in production)

I would like to integrate confluence with JIRA, could you please advice?

I am following this article:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-setup-guide-135691.html>

Section 9 (9. Connect to your Jira application) says in confluence 'click on connect to jira' but I dont see this option in confluence?

Could you please advice?

Regards,

Dipesh


Answers:
author: Yogesh Mude
body: Hi,

Welcome to the community!

Are both instances (Jira and Confluence) is Self-hosted (servers)?

if yes, once you successfully accessing both instances, then open either Jira or Confluence and go to Applications --\> Application Link --\> paste another application URL and click on Create new link. But to create a link you should be an Admin for both the instances.

It will redirect you to that respective application and it will create a link then again get back to you on the first application.
Confluence and Oracle database 12.2 and 18
Asked by Thomas:

The waived fee Extended Support of Oracle 12.1 will end mid of 2019, the Standard Premier Support ended a few days ago.

I could not find for Confluence a version for 12.2 or 18.

Will this be coming out soon?


Answers:
author: Igor M.
body: Hello,

I suggest adding yourself as a watched to [CONFSERVER-52690](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-52690) feature request to see when Oracle 12c R2 will be supported.

Per official statement:
> Thanks for your interest in this issue.
>
> Traditionally we have not needed to do any specific testing to be able to support an 'R2' of a database. It appears that Oracle have made significant changes in 12c R2 requiring us to be judicious in updating our automated testing.
>
> We are currently working on updating our support for Oracle 12c R2. We advise caution in the interim.


Tags: confluence-server

database

oracle

server

system-requirements
Can I hide the Announcement on certain pages?
Asked by Theresa Klunk:

On JSDCLOUD, I use the banner for links to resources and instructions on how to use the portal. (If there's a better way than the banner that allows more text than the Portal Introduction Text please let me know).

The problem is that I want to hide the banner on certain pages, like when a customer views their list of support requests.

Is there a way I can disable the announcement on certain pages, like this one? https://\<company\>.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/user/requests?status=all\&reporter=all


Answers:
author: Alex Koxaras _Relational_
body: Hi [@Theresa Klunk](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1174334)

No there isn't a way to hide the announcement on certain pages. It's not configurable.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

jira-service-desk
more than one confluence instance
Asked by Charles Johnson:

is it possible to add a secondary Confluence instance to the mix, so that Service Desk knowledge base can tap into it?

we have a Jira Service Desk \& Confluence Cloud pair instance today, but we want the Service Desk knowledge base to tap into a secondary instance of Confluence to retrieve its data (wish we didn't .. but Service Desk "Knowledge base" isn't working for our documentation distribution needs, and the transparent 'activity feed' in Confluence cloud is a security issue for us - so we need to separate it from our internal instance)


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: I do not believe you can do it withe the same sub-domain name. But you could create a second sub-domain for your second site and do it that way. Your users can be associated with both sites. One cloud login is able to be mapped to multiple sites.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
hotspots for images
Asked by Carmela Patuto:

can one create hotpots on an image to have multiple links?


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: What you are looking for is an image map. There is nothing in Confluence that can do an image map natively, but you can create a user macro that would allow you to do it. Here is code I created a little while back for this purpose. You will still need some utility to create the image map for you, but once you have the map html you can put it into the user macro map parameter along with the image in the body of the macro. There are many tools that can do this for you, but if you just want a web tool for this you could do it with <http://www.image-maps.com>. See the below screenshots for usage example.

**Macro Name:**   
image_map

**Macro Title:**   
Image Map

**Macro Body Processing:**   
Rendered

**Template:**

```
## Developed by: Davin Studer
## Date created: 05/15/2018

## @param Map:title=Map|type=string|required=true|desc=Enter the code for the map.

###########################################################################
## These are used for getting around velocity issues when writing jQuery ##
###########################################################################
#set($d = '$')

###########################################################################
## Use given ID if present otherwise generate one ##
###########################################################################
##if( $paramID && $paramID != "" )
 ##set( $id = $paramID )
##else
 #set( $id = $action.dateFormatter.calendar.timeInMillis )
##end

<div id="container-$id">
 $body
 $paramMap
</div>

<script>
 AJS.toInit(function(){
 AJS.$('#container-$id img').attr('usemap', '#map-$id');
 AJS.$('#container-$id img').attr('name', 'img-$id');
 AJS.$('#container-$id img').attr('id', 'img-$id');
 AJS.$('#container-$id map').attr('name', 'map-$id');
 AJS.$('#container-$id map').attr('id', 'map-$id');
 });
</script>
```

![Capture.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/26249i05F90B4A8D9E9B50/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Capture.PNG")

![Capture1.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/26251i7E477A0EB5EDB819/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Capture1.PNG")

This is the map code that I put in above.

```
<map><area? alt="" title="" href="https://www.google.com" shape="poly" coords="79,26,53,31,30,46,15,69,10,95,15,121,30,144,53,159,79,164,105,159,128,144,143,121,148,95,143,69,128,46,105,31" style="outline:none;" target="_self" /><area? alt="" title="" href="https://www.microsoft.com" shape="rect" coords="173,23,310,165" style="outline:none;" target="_self" /></map>
```

comments: author: Rafael Corredor
body: Hi,

I have tried it but it seems it does not work in the newer Confluence versions (7.13.4 in my case). Is it possible to review it? I have HTML macro disabled by default. I have also tried enabling it, but same result.

Thank you