youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Confluence on virtual host (VMWare) pegs CPU
Asked by Kevin Davis:

We're experiencing the problem that seems to be documented in the [tagged question](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/cpu-usage-spikes-to-100-percent-on-virtual-server-and-confluence-becomes-unavailable-329980133.html), but the solution provided has consequences in VMWare where disabling memory ballooning causes performance issues for the physical host, thus affecting other unrelated servers.

Is there any other suggestion that can be offered? Would increased RAM help (even though it's the CPU that's pegged, not the memory)? Adding another CPU (or will it run away with both)?

As best I understand this has something to do with Java garbage collection - is there any configuration change I can make or process I can trigger to overcome the more pinpointed issue?


Answers:
author: Chris Solgat
body: Will need some additional information. How big is your Confluence Site, to include number of pages (current version and all versions), number of users (total and concurrent), Confluence Version, Java Version, Number of CPU's, amount of RAM, and the JVM arguments from the setenv file.   
Feel free to clean out any sensitive information from those, but don't hide any relevant info.


Tags: vmware
Inline graphic causing line breaks
Asked by Mick Davidson:

Hello,

I'm using 5.9 Server.

When I add a graphic file to a sentence it automatically put the graphic on the next line. All the words after the graphic then get forced onto a third line. This is what it looks like in Saved mode.

image2016-7-8 14:36:28.png

In Edit mode, this is all one sentence.

I can't find any reason in the HTML for this behaviour. I'm sure other people have done this in our instance, and Atlassian's own documentation also does this successfully. This has nothing to do with page width, columns and layout.

Any idea why this is happening and how to resolve it?

Cheers.  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Inline-graphic-causing-line-breaks/qaq-p/242345?attachment-id=10204){#link_1186a77d4e54c3}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/41040/1/image2016-7-8%2014%3A36%3A28.png){#display_1186a77d4e54c3_0}


Answers:
author: Mick Davidson
body: It turns out that it was something to do with:

1. .wiki-content .confluence-embedded-file-wrapper .confluence-embedded-image {
2. display: inline-block;
3. }

We added and edited this in the spaces' style-sheet and the problem has gone away.


Tags: image

inline

line-break

server
Can't delete comment from photo?
Asked by Johanne Hunter:

I'm logged in as an admin user with comment deleting privileges, but I can't seem to delete a comment that I added to a photo. I click the three dots icon and press 'Delete' but nothing happens.


Answers:
author: castagne
body: For anyone following this, a bug report has been opened: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-43220>
Can the Expand Macro be expanded automatically?
Asked by Martin H.:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Expand Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=223222352)*

Is it possible to define if the content should be expanded or collapsed initially?


Answers:
author: Stephen Deutsch
body: Unfortunately not, this feature request has been in the pipeline for a long time:

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-27077>


Tags: documentation

expand
Confluence redirects to HTTP when using HTTPS/nginx setup
Asked by pgoodyear:

Hi,

I've followed the guide at <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/running-confluence-over-ssl-or-https-161203.html> and its been working fine for some months now. We recently setup a new office and access to the Confluence server is only allowed on port 443/HTTPS.

When a user edits a page and saves it, the save back request goes to:

**https://wiki.domain.com/pages/doeditpage.action?pageId=123456**

This has a Status Code of 302 Found, and Response Header of

**Location: http://wiki.domain.com/display/SPACENAME/pagetitle**

So the user is redirected to HTTP which is blocked, they receive a time out and then change to HTTPS and all is fine.

The Server Base URL is set as HTTPS and everything else works, emails have the HTTPS links etc. Is this a bug, or is there an extra setting I can change somewhere in the configs to not redirect to HTTP.

Thanks,

Paul.


Answers:
author: Olivier DUGAST
body: Hi

I have the same configuration and the same problem.

Do you have stilll your problem?

I've a 302 redirect with http:// protocole instead of https

Regards,

Olivier


Tags: confluence-administration
How do you link JIRA Server to Confluence Server?
Asked by salpadoru:

Hi all,

I am trying to link JIRA and Confluence which I freshly installed on separate servers. They work fine and I am able to access them from both the servers. When I try to configure JIRA application from Application Links. It first said no response and later came to a "Link applications form" which asked for various parameters like consumer key and shared secret. How do get these?

Currently, I see JIRA under Configure Application Links and when I click on Authenticate to see status, I get this error:

An error occurred while trying to obtain an access token. For application link "JIRA (1cca4c35...

I thought this will be much simpler. Can anyone let me know what I am doing wrong?

Thanks.

Eshan


Answers:
author: Yogesh Mude[Jira]
body: Hi @Eshan Salpadoru

You can integrate JIRA Server with Confluence Server simply using "**Application Link**" as you mentioned above.

If you want to integrate JIRA server with Bitbucket cloud/GitHub ..etc that time you have to provide oath and secret key.


author: salpadoru
body: Hi Yogesh,

I attempted to do this, but it is asking me for various parameters like Share Secret, Tokens etc? How do I get these?

Eshan

comments: author: Yogesh Mude[Jira]
body: Hi @Eshan Salpadoru

See in case of Bitbucket cloud click on **Bitbucket settings--\>Outh--\> Add Consumer (** Which you want to integrate like Confluence, Bamboo, Jira**)** and provide the details like URL and all and you will find there Secret and key.

regards

Yogesh


Tags: confluence-administration
Open document at Confluence is very slow
Asked by Meck:

When I open an document to comment at Confluence is very slow.

image2016-7-7 16:21:40.png

Did you have the same problem?

Regards,  
Lameck.  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Open-document-at-Confluence-is-very-slow/qaq-p/169690?attachment-id=12719){#link_1186a7d2dc5d6c}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/28350/1/image2016-7-7%2016%3A21%3A40.png){#display_1186a7d2dc5d6c_0}


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: No, unless I'm on a site with a dodgy network, or the attachment is vast.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence UPM Upgrade Cuasing Issues (Can't navigate to Add-On Page)
Asked by Bryan Trummer - ReleaseTEAM:

This morning I was prompted to upgrade my Confluence UPM to 2.21 in the Manage Add On screen. After doing so I am now unable to access the Manage Add On Screen as it gives me a Page Not Found error. It is also causing my Confluence Team Calendars not to work as well. Is there a way to correct this or revert back to the previous version of UPM?


Answers:
author: abhalla
body: Hi Bryan,

We received a similar report (for JIRA) yesterday: [UPM-5442](https://ecosystem.atlassian.net/browse/UPM-5442). I realized that I didn't set the correct application compatibilities for the UPM 2.21 release. If you are running a Confluence Server version earlier than 5.5, you will need to downgrade to UPM 2.20.7. I apologize for the inconvenience my mistake causes you.

Arun

comments: author: Bryan Trummer - ReleaseTEAM
body: Thanks Arun we were able to downgrade and correct this.


author: BenW
body: Hi Bryan,

Please [file a support request](https://ecosystem.atlassian.net/secure/CreateIssue!default.jspa?pid=10360&issuetype=13) so that we can investigate further. In particular it would be great if you could include your Confluence version number and your application logs on the support request.

While we investigate, have you tried restarting your Confluence instance? I suspect that that will resolve the issue. Additionally, you can find our more information [here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/UPM/Downgrading+an+Add-on+to+an+Earlier+Version) on how to downgrade to earlier versions.

Thanks!


Tags: app

confluence-administration

universal-plugin-manager
how can I color code the events - currently they are all blue
Asked by Sandy Poremba:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Create, Add, and Edit Calendars](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=654213559)*

how can I color code the events - currently they are all blue


Answers:
author: Diana Carter
body: Hello. I have tried to do this and what I find is that I can only change the code on a "type" basis. We are on Confluence Server 6.3.3 with Team Calendars 5.5.4. I have a number of repeating events and I'd like each one to show on the calendar in a different color. Am I missing something in the above directions?

comments: author: Lakshmi Seshadri
body: I am looking for answers for the same question. Can anyone from the community answer if they have found solution to color code the events inside a calendar on version 6.13.3?


author: Helen Griffiths
body: To change the colour of an event type, select **Calendars** from the Confluence UI. This should load any calendars you are subscribed to. It will list events under each calendar. To change the colour of the event, simply hover over the event type and three dots will appear to the right hand side, select this and it will give you multiple colour options to choose from.

comments: author: Tadhg Duffy
body: Perfect, that worked for me. I was looking around for a while before seeing your answer. Thanks

![Event Color Picker Sample.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1034i560580F2BA66FF61/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Event Color Picker Sample.jpg")


author: Mevi Dvash
body: thank you !


Tags: team-calendars-for-confluence
LIsting Pages created using a template
Asked by Tarun Sapra:

Hello All,

Is there a way in confluence to list all the pages created using a specific template?

Thanks,


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: That isn't stored on pages, so no, there's no way to do it.

comments: author: Tarun Sapra
body: Thats too bad, it's nice sometimes to see the number of pages created using various global templates, kind of helps in analysis of templates of large systems.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I'm not sure it's that useful a metric really, especially as templates can change.


Tags: confluence-administration
Why when tha label is deleted from all pages of the Space it is still displayed in the list?
Asked by Zhanna_Guliya:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Labels List Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=401441671)*


Answers:
author: Stephen Deutsch
body: There is a chance that the label is still attached to a page that is restricted or in the trash. This might cause it to be in the list even though there are no pages shown.


Tags: macro
why install confluence but it delete cwd_user on jira??
Asked by Tiraphol Pengvanich:

I install confluence on JIRA same server , but it delete cwd_user from jira_db !!! what i do wrong?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You'll need to explain what you have set up and configured.

Are the JIRA and Confluence databases **totally** separate (different schema)? Did you tell Confluence to use JIRA's user directory?

comments: author: Tiraphol Pengvanich
body: I follow the step here ,<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/installing-confluence-on-linux-143556824.html>

and set up the oracle connection for confluence with new table space

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/database-setup-for-oracle-173821.html>

create user confluence identified by welcome1 default tablespace confluence_space quota unlimited on confluence_space;  
grant connect to confluence;  
grant resource to confluence;  
grant create table to confluence;  
grant create sequence to confluence;  
grant create trigger to confluence;  
create view confluence.all_objects as select \* from sys.all_objects where owner = upper('confluence');

.... how to set NOT user JIRA directory? "Did you tell Confluence to use JIRA's user directory?"


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ok, that looks good, assuming JIRA is in a totally separate database. Now what did you configure for the user directories?


Tags: confluence-administration
Navigation tree - blog posts by day
Asked by Thomas Bear:

Hi guys,

I'm looking to change the way the blog posts navigation tree separates entries. Currently, it has a category for year and month, but not for each day. Every blog post for the month is in one large list.

Does anyone have any guidance for if the blog navigation tree can be modified to add a day category also?

Thanks,

Tom


Answers:
author: Steve Taylor
body: Tom,

I sent a question into Atlassian about this and got a response. See the comm chain below.

\[Me\]

How can we get the Blog posts to sort by day created in the Navigation tree?

We have multiple blog posts per day (tracking higher priority issue tickets) and would like to sort these posts by year/month/day of Created/Posted Date on the Navigation tree.

\[Andre\]

05/Aug/16 7:48 PM

Hi Steve,

In the current version of Confluence there isn't a way to sort the Blog pages created in a Confluence Space. They already have the descending sort defined for them by the creation date of these pages.  
If you would like to have this setting customisable in any way in Confluence, then we can raise a suggestion for you so our developers can consider to implement such functionality in the future.  
For that, please just let us know and we'll proceed with it.

Thanks and we'll be awaiting your answer.

\[Me\]

05/Aug/16 8:29 PM

I guess I wasn't clear on my request. I understand that the blogs are displayed in date order with the most current date at the top. Can the Navigation Tree be modified to have the months be broken down by days with the triangle "twistees" (like beside the word August)? Thus, you would have something like \> 01 for the first of August.

\[Andre\]

05/Aug/16 9:02 PM

Thanks for clarifying, Steve!  
Unfortunately, we have to give you the same answer as before. Confluence doesn't have such functionality, so, in case you would like to see it in the tool, please let us know and we can create the a feature request for Confluence.

Thanks and sorry for the bad news.


author: Steve Taylor
body: Tom,

Have you received any feedback on your question? I am interested in an answer for this too.

Thanks,

Steve


Tags: confluence-administration
Remove images from attachments list
Asked by Stuart Ogle:

Hello,

Trialling Confluence for the business currently, which would be used for technical documentation. Some pages will have attachments e.g. scripts, that I would like to view using the attachments macro. However, the macro also shows all of the pictures embedded in the page too.

Is there a way to exclude pictures from the attachments macro? I have tried to use the regex filter \^.\*png, but this still displays PNG images. Is there a regex expression that will achieve what I want?

Thank you for your help

Stuart


Answers:
author: Bence L?posi
body: Hi, sorry for necroing this thread, but you may try

```
^((?!\.png).)*$
```

as seen at <https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/info/pages/44695583/How+to+use+regular+expressions>

If you want to hide all files that end with png (say maybe someone accidentally removes the dot before the file extension when renaming), then

```
^((?!png$).)*$
```

would be the expression.

Also the file extension might be in caps (PNG) but regex is usually case sensitive (on Confluence it is) so the final solution is

```
(?i)^((?!png$).)*$
```

where (?i) in front of expressions will make sure it searches for upper and lowercase variants too.


author: Brandon Valley
body: this will excude all forms of .jpg and .png files, read [@Bence L?posi](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1201392)'s answer for a great explanation of how this works

```
 ((?i)^((?!(jpg|png)$).)*$)
```

also here's a link to the full documentation on this subject: <https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/info/pages/44695583/How+to+use+regular+expressions>


author: Rodney Hughes
body: try adding labels to the attachments via the Ellipsis (three dot icons)\>Attachments

then set the type of labels in the Attachments macro

comments: author: Stuart Ogle
body: Hello,

Thank you for your reply.

A number of people will be updating the Wiki with information and potentially uploading files, so this solution isn't really suitable for our situation.

Thanks again

Stuart


Tags: confluence-administration
How to create pages from a database
Asked by Hossein Oliabak:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Creating Beautiful and Dynamic Pages](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=701434845)*

Hello,

I, as an ordinary user, have an excel file which includes hundreds of records of assets information. I would want to use a template in Confluence into which I could use this aforementioned database (CSV could be fed), and then generate hundreds pages each contains appropriate information of those particular assets. Is it possible? if yes what steps should be taken please? Thank you and best.


Answers:
author: Hossein Oliabak
body: Thank you for your support and reply to my inquiry,

These addons are really helpful, but I don't have admin permission. However, thank you for your kind support.

Best,

Hossein


author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: You can use the [runFromSql](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/Reference#Reference-runFromSql) action together with the [storePage](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/Reference#Reference-storePage) from [Confluence Command Line Interface (CLI)](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP).


author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: Hi [Hossein Oliabak](https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/users?username=yahssina1318077269)

We have couple of solutions for you:

* [ConfiDoc. Include SQL, XML, JSON, CSV](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.vertuna.confluence.plugins.confirest/overview) - helps to include the data from various sources, including the CSV stored as attachment or it can be even on a different service (server)
* [ConfiForms. Data Forms \& Workflows](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.vertuna.confluence.plugins.confiforms/overview) - helps to build a simple form based application which can manage your data from CSV files, create the pages from this data using your templates, and many other features, like: notifications when the data has been chnaged, integerations with other systems and so on.


Tags: database

page
Tem como criar uma p?gina do confluence atrav?s do e-mail?
Asked by Caio Ribeiro:

Pessoal, estava com a d?vida: Existe algum meio de criar uma p?gina do Confluence atrav?s do e-mail? Tem alguma configura??o que permita isso?


Answers:
author: Meck
body: Oi Caio,

Infelizmente, n?o existe essa funcionalidade. Mas fiz uma pesquisa aqui e encontrei um plugin <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/biz.artemissoftware.plugins.confluence.send-email-to-page/server/overview>. Nunca testei, mas pode ser que funcione bem.

Abra?o.

Lameck.

comments: author: Caio Ribeiro
body: Funciona apenas para vers?o server. Eu preciso de algo para Cloud. De qualquer forma, obrigado pela resposta.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
What are recommended settings for Tomcat connection maxThreads and database c3p0 max_size?
Asked by knowshan:

I was wondering if it is recommended approach to match Tomcat maxThreads with database connections c3p0 max_size when using JDBC. Do these values need to be close to each other (match http connection limit with database connection limit)? Any insights on configuring these values will be helpful.


Answers:
author: knowshan
body: Answering own Q: It seems like recommended settings are here - <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/confluence-slows-and-times-out-during-periods-of-high-load-due-to-database-connection-pool-146407630.html> .

It would have been nice if Atlassian shipped Confluence with their own recommendations - keeping http and database thread numbers close to each other.

comments: author: kgbvax
body: \>keeping http and database thread numbers close to each other.

This \^ is likely bad advice, evidence

<https://github.com/brettwooldridge/HikariCP/wiki/About-Pool-Sizing>


Tags: confluence-administration
Hi all, I want to know if the following: Is there any plugin can make the ?export to PDF?any faster?
Asked by Penny Chang:

Hi all, I want to know if the following: Is there any plugin can make the ?export to PDF?any faster??

Cause it usually took our company a lot of time to export documents.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: It processes as fast as it can, although I understand that it's somewhat throttled to stop it from crippling any other user activity.

You might want to look at the reasons it's "slow" - are the pages large and complex?


author: Meck
body: Hi Penny,

I think you looking for those plugins:

* <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.metainf.confluence.plugin.pagetreeexporter.pagetree-word-exporter-plugin/cloud/overview>
* <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.confluence.extra/server/overview>
* <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.k15t.scroll.scroll-pdf/server/overview>

Regards,  
Lameck.
I'm new at Confluence and I don't know how it works
Asked by Cadem Jordan:

Hello everyone,

I'm new at Confluence and I want to be able to create spaces, pages, permission. I'm really lost. I need help here.

Thanks.


Answers:
author: Meck
body: Hi Cadem,

Welcome to Confluence Users Team! ![laugh](/html/@BEA1CC333F4D830F5303329D7DC07DE4/images/emoticons/laugh.png "laugh") You could start here <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/confluence-cloud-documentation-724764511.html>

That is a documentation about the basic.

Regards,  
Lameck.

comments: author: Cadem Jordan
body: It's good enough! Thanks a lot.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: To create spaces, you need to be a Confluence administrator, or be in a group that has the "can create space" permission. You can check who matches those rules in the "global permissions" if you're an admin. If you're not, you'll need to talk to your admins.

Permissions are a function of each space. They all have a permissions page, and in there, it lists and allows updates for each user or group of user, saying who can admin the space, create pages or blogs, delete stuff and so-on.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Why isn't there a listing of people I'm following?
Asked by Ann Summy:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Network Overview](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=181535921)*

Ask your question here...


Answers:
author: RVal
body: Not sure I understand your question. If you go to your profile page and click on Network tab there is both

* People your are following
* People following you

comments: author: Ann Summy
body: Thanks. It's not intuitive, especially since there are two ways to view "Networks". If you go to the main page by clicking on "Confluence", a set of tabs is available including the options "Popular", "All Updates", ... and "Network". This Network tab shows updates from the people you are following but does not show the list of following and followers. You have to access the "Network" tab you reference in very specific ways.

Not sure why there is no Confluence help for this if you type in something like "view people following me." Maybe Confluence help and design is underdeveloped in some of these little annoying ways.