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WebDAV disabling
Asked by Karol Urbaniak:

Due to security issue in confluence ([link](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-security-advisory-2019-03-20-966660264.html?subid=1163080803&jobid=104033303&utm_campaign=Confluence+Server-advisory_march-2019_EML-4573&utm_medium=email&utm_source=alert-email)) regarding WebDAV I want to disable it. I read article about configuring [WebDAV](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configuring-a-webdav-client-for-confluence-148044.html#ConfiguringaWebDAVclientforConfluence-restrictingwriteacess) and I have no clue how to disable it.

There is a method to restrict access from Microsoft client but it doesn't work or I'm doing it in a wrong way. Please provide regex to disallow methods (PROPFIND, PROPPATCH, MKCOL, ...) for Microsoft clients.

PS

below doesn't work

```
PROPFIND /plugins/servlet/confluence/default HTTP/1.1 Content-Language: en-us Accept-Language: en-us Content-Type: text/xml Translate: f Depth: 1 Content-Length: 489
User-Agent: Microsoft Data Access Internet Publishing Provider DAV
Host: 127.0.0.1:8082
Connection: Keep-Alive
```

Thank you.


Answers:
author: Charly [DEISER]
body: Hi [@Karol Urbaniak](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2672548)

To disable both plugins you need to login as an administrator and follow this steps:

**Go to Manage apps / add-ons** select System, and disable the following system plugins in Confluence:

* WebDAV plugin
* Widget Connector

That will mitigate the security problem while you are able to upgrade version.

Hope this helps!

comments: author: Karol Urbaniak
body: Thank you. You are right.


author: hugo_casanova
body: i have the same problem:

Whenever the system restarts, these plugins return to active ..

is there any way to permanently disable them? (I thought about removing the file from the server, but I do not know where they are)


author: Test
body: [@Charly \[DEISER\]](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/551087)

Whenever the system restarts, these plugins return to active ..

is there any way to permanently disable them? (I thought about removing the file from the server, but I do not know where they are)


Tags: atl-confsec

confluence-server

server
Issue with Team Calendar
Asked by nd_barabanshchikov:

Hi,everyone. We have Team Calenders Plugin and user share calender for our company. Events in our calendar are not correct in time .This problem depend on time zone. We can not to edit our time zone. I added sreenshot

P.s

Our confluence works in a Docker container


Answers:
author: nd_barabanshchikov
body: ![?????????_020.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/51106iBCBBA3A52E4E1C84/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "?????????_020.png")
How can I tag TODO items in Confluence
Asked by Jim Melton:

I have a series of pages that we are using to document our evolving design. I'd like the ability to tag a certain portion of the text as a TODO. It would be even more awesome if the TODOs could be gathered into a TODO list automagically.

Example:
> When the Flux Capacitor is calibrated with the {todo:Frobnozz}, the time circuit accuracy is increased to 0.001 picoseconds.

Am I dreaming?


Answers:
author: Carla Ann Rowland
body: that is a challenging question. When in edit mode in confluence select the text and click on the task macro will change that line to a task item. Then you can create a report using the Task Report macro and it will create a summary including on which page that task can be found.

Not a perfect solution.

It would be cleaner to have a Task list macro on page and reference the line so you won't alter the format of your paragraph.

This is using what is included with confluence. There may be an add-on to accomplish this for you.

comments: author: Jim Melton
body: I did see task items, but it's not quite what I'm looking for.

How would a Task list reference a given line? Or better yet, the part of the line that needs clarification?


Tags: macro

to-do

user-macro
Confluence and Jira cloud - authentication errors
Asked by Alastair Pooley:

Hi all,

I'm running confluence and Jira in then cloud but my confluence jira macro isn't working for my users, they get the error below:

Problem authenticating. Please check your username and password and try again.

[View these issues in JIRA](https://snowsoftware.atlassian.net/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?reset=true&jqlQuery=project+%3D+SFDC2019+AND+status+%3D+Done+AND+updated+%3E%3D+-6w+order+by+created+DESC+&src=confmacro)

I've checked the apps seem linked, the jira project is open, the remote API is enabled. Any ideas?

Thanks


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Alastair,

Thank you for reaching out! Happy to help!

1. Can you tell me, are Jira and Confluence on the same Cloud instance?
2. Is this when you're using the **Jira Issues Macro**, or are you using another macro?
3. It will help as well if you can send a screenshot of the error itself.

Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Alastair Pooley
body: Hi Shannon,

1) Yes they are on the same cloud instance

2) We are using the JIRA issues macro

3) I had attached this already but for completeness here it is again.

Thanks

![JIRA error.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/51262i8E262125BADEFEE8/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "JIRA error.PNG")


author: Alastair Pooley
body: Apps listed here:

![atlassian.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/51265i00BD465DBAFF1394/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "atlassian.PNG")


author: Shannon S
body: Alastair,

Thank you for providing the screenshot! I hadn't seen if you sent it before, other than the error message itself, but the screenshots help us understand how the error appears in the UI.

Upon investigation, I noticed that you have created a support ticket for this same issue that is currently being investigated. My recommendation would be to focus on the support ticket since they can access your instance and determine the issue that way.

Please feel free to come back here when a resolution is reached and let us know how it went, as this can help other users in the future!

Regards,

Shannon


author: Matteo Zardini
body: I have the same issue. How did you resolve this?

Cheers

Matteo


Tags: atl-adm

cloud

confluence-cloud

jira
Cannot access confluence after upgrade
Asked by Tim Tidwell:

I am trying to plan for a physical server migration and have been testing the process to restore a confluence instance from a backup. The first step is to restore to the same version, the migrate to the next "recommended" version. I am able to get the very large backup file restored and get past some admin password issues so that I basically now have a clone. I now want to migrate to a newer version. I am currently at 4.2.13 and have tried to migrate to 5.10.9 (and eventually even higher). The migration install process completed without error, but once Confluence starts, I am not able to access via web browser. It just gives a blank page. Seems there have been other with similar results, but I haven't been able to find an answer that fixes this issue for me.


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: I would suggest clearing your cache since in the past there have been users using Chrome that this occurred and was fixed with a quick cache clear. If that does not work then check this out as it is most likely the issue - <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/getting-a-blank-or-white-screen-when-accessing-confluence-via-browser-318669136.html>
Cannot start confluence: JDBC exception on Hibernate data access
Asked by doug:

After updating my Parallels VM software, the VM running CentOS with Confluence is unable to start Confluence anymore with this error page:

Description:

Unable to start up Confluence. Fatal error during startup sequence: confluence.lifecycle.core:mananagedjobs (Start and stop the Managed Scheduled Jobs)

Exception:

JDBC exception on Hibernate data access: SQLException for SQL \[n/a\]; SQL state \[XX001\]; error code \[0\]; could not extract ResultSet; nested exception is org.hibernate.exception.GenericJDBCException: could not extract ResultSet

From reading another poster with the same issue, I get the feeling my database got corrupted by the VM software update (perhaps the VM did not shut down properly). I don't have backups enabled in Confluence. I am using Postgres (not H2). Is there an easy remedy?


Answers:
author: Diego
body: Hello there!

As I understand, something went wrong during VM upgrade and now Confluence and Database are not able to communicate, correct? Before performing any kind of change to the environment, it is always a good practice to back up everything. So if disaster strikes, we are ready!

Doug, this does indeed looks like a big problem with your database just like you pointed out.

There are some things we can check though. Here you go:
> 1. Database version
> 2. Confluence JDBC driver
> 3. Confluence confluence-cfg.xml file (if it is pointing to the correct database
> 4. If the database service / server are starting correctly

Also, could you clarify a few points for us?
> 1. Was Confluence running when this VM upgrade happened?
> 2. Which version of the database were you running?
> 3. Which version of the database are you running now?
> 4. Which version of Confluence is currently running?
> 5. Is there any other application that connects to a database on the server that got updated?
> 6. Is the updated VM still reachable?
> 7. Has the VM address / name changed after this upgrade?

Looking forward to your reply Doug!

comments: author: doug
body: Hi Diego,

Sorry for taking so long to reply. Have been on business trips.

Unfortunately, Confluence was running when the VM was upgraded and I suspect that is the trigger to the file system corruption. I once had a MacOS VM get completely trashed by a VM update previously.

So, just a warning to the community: be very careful when using Parallels for VMs running server apps like Confluence! Their update process is certainly flawed when they automatically hibernate the VMs. That process can get into an infinite loop and never end (I waited 8 hours on the last update). When this happens, you most assuredly have data corrupted somewhere. I'll probably change to VMWare soon. Best advise: manually shutdown all VMs and back them up before letting the VM software update itself.

I was able to find a backup of my VM image that was only 1 month old. Changing to that got Confluence running again with only the loss of a handful of Gliffy diagrams. I plan to stick with this as my recovery rather than try to recover the database.

Thank you for the response!


Tags: confluence-server

server
Can we schedule reminders for Assigned Tasks and Due dates on a Confluence page?
Asked by Dena Taylor:

We have a document that gets updated every month.

We'd like to assign a different team member to own updating the document each month.

We have a page and have assigned a different person for each month along with the due date.

Question: Can we also schedule reminders to remind upcoming owners that their turn is coming?

Thank you!


Answers:
author: Natalie Paramonova [Stiltsoft]
body: Hi Dena,

As far as I know, there are no built-in tools to set reminders in Confluence. You can try our [Handy Macros](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1214971/handy-macros-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview) app, that includes the [Handy Reminder](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/HMFC/How+to+use+Handy+Reminder+macro) macro. You can set the recurring reminder and select any user as a recipient. The app also includes a bundle of useful macros and extensions for Confluence.


author: Arthur Mack
body: Not sure you can do that in Confluence on its own, we have confluence pages linked to JIRA issues and use JIRA to send reminders and rotate who is assigned to update a page in JIRA using automation for JIRA (its picks from a round robin group).

Art


Tags: confluence-server

server
Atlassian Companion App: Automatic Trust of Confluence?
Asked by Chad Peters:

When we use the MSI to deploy the Atlassian Companion App, it then requires each user to trust our confluence site. I can't find a way to automatically trust. Has anyone found a way around this?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Chad,

Thank you for reaching out to us.

I've looked into this for you. Each workstation needs to trust the app in order to add it to the whitelist. This is installed directly on the user's computer, and it doesn't communicate with the others to know if it's been trusted.

There's a feature request for this that you can feel free to vote on and watch for updates:

* [CONFSERVER-57842](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-57842) *Allowing admin to pre-set Trusted Domain before distributing Companion App*

Please let me know if you have any questions about this.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-server

server
Atlassian Companion App: Add Self-Cleanup of Local Files?
Asked by Chad Peters:

It appears that anytime you edit a document from confluence it saves the document locally even after you are done editing. Is it possible to implement a self-cleaning function for the plugin?

Or, has anyone else run into this concern (size and/or security) and found another way to negate it?


Answers:
author: Diego
body: Hello there!

Chad, this cleanup feature is already in place for the Companion App. Here it goes:
> Files are cleared every time the Companion app restarts.

You can check the whole page here:

**[How to access Confluence files edited with the Atlassian Companion app](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-access-confluence-files-edited-with-the-atlassian-companion-app-955178822.html)**

So, if you need to clear your files more frequently than you restart your machine you should be able to do so by just restarting the Companion App.

Hope this helps Chad!


Tags: confluence-server

server
Edit File button is missing in confluence data center
Asked by mittapalli m:

Our users are trying edit the Excel files with in the confluence but they do not see Edit file button and when they click file preview option and trying edit the file and it is saying download Atlassian Companion app, i have tried in Google chrome, Firefox and IE also but i is not showing at all.

Thank you.


Answers:
author: Diego
body: Hello there!

Mittapalli, reading the description you gave it us it seems that you are using a version of Confluence higher than 6.10.x.

But we would like to confirm a few points with you.
> 1. Has this worked at some point?
> 2. Which version of Confluence are you running?
> 3. Are you able to install the Companion App?

From Confluence 6.11.x onward, we now need the Companion app for the edit feature. You can check a little more about it here:

**[Administering the Atlassian Companion App](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/administering-the-atlassian-companion-app-958456281.html)**

**[Confluence 6.11 - Get ready for new file editing](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-6-11-upgrade-notes-953678673.html#Confluence6.11UpgradeNotes-Getreadyfornewfileediting)**

Looking forward to your reply!


Tags: data-center
Not able to see the new Template Designs?
Asked by Michael Spiegel:

I see I can try the new editing experience, but I really want to create a new template or use 1 of the 4 new templates you have advertised as being refreshed. Ideally, I would be able to edit those to what I need.

Can you direct me on how I can do so? I'm having a hard time discovering it on my end unless it hasn't been pushed to everyone.


Answers:
author: Arthur Mack
body: Were still waiting for it on our two instances.
Permissions to XML Full Export
Asked by Coco (El mejor):

Hi,

I was reading and testing the documentation of Confluence. I see there is no way to disable Full Export (XML) without disable Normal export of PDF, HTML to users.

Why I can not restrict a normal user from exporting the space without taking pages that have no visibility? I understand Full export include pages that the user does not have visibility


Answers:
author: Diego
body: Hello there!

Hey Agustin, as I understand, you need to disable the space export permission but only partially. Meaning you want users to be able to export pages visible to them on the space export. Is that correct?

Currently, removing this permissions removes this feature entirely for the users. This is due to the fact that Space export works with little granularity.

However, your users should be able to export pages if they visit them directly export them to PDF. Are they able to to this?

**Reference:**

**[How to restrict the ability to export a Space in Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-restrict-the-ability-to-export-a-space-in-confluence-800699946.html)**

**[Export Content to Word, PDF, HTML and XML](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/export-content-to-word-pdf-html-and-xml-139475.html)**

Looking forward to your reply!

comments: author: Coco (El mejor)
body: Awesome! It?s correct. To restrict only full export, you need to do on the space permissions section.

Thanks!


author: Diego
body: Great to hear that we were able to help you out!


Tags: confluence-server

server
Possible to setup multiple meeting note templates within a single space?
Asked by Lev Osinovsky:

Our Confluence space has multiple teams nested within it. Each of those teams would like to keep their own meeting notes going on a weekly basis. Our current meeting notes blueprint has been customized to accomodate our large all-hands meeting. When the other sub-teams click on "create meeting note" they see the template used for our large meeting. Is there any way to add additional meeting note templates that you can choose from when creating a meeting note?


Answers:
author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi [@Lev Osinovsky](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3008418)

There are a few options for you

1. You can add a new global blueprint (admin permission required)
2. You can add a space template

How you can add a new blueprint you can find here: [Create a template](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/create-a-template-296093779.html)

Make sure: When you create a new meeting template, the pages won't collect those with the generel meeting notes.


author: Lev Osinovsky
body: Thanks, Dominic!

I went ahead and created a new template and copied the contents of the "Meeting Notes" blueprint over to it and then modified. Then set the Create from template macro to use that new template.

Couldn't re-use the $currentdateLonzenge code but that seems to already be a feature request. Just used the @currentDate as the page title within the Macro settings.

Thanks for your help!


Tags: blueprint

confluence-server

meeting-notes

multiple

server

template
Is there a way how to highlight last update just by using standard set of macros?
Asked by Du?an Juh?s:

I would like to visualise information about the date a particular Confluence page was updated.

As a corporate user I am not allowed to add any macro and using self-managed version 6.12.3. So I need to stick on out-of-the-box set of macros.

Is there an option how to do it?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Du?an,

Thank you for reaching out!

I believe you are asking that when a person views a Confluence page, the recent edits are highlighted in another color?

For this, you would need to use the [Page History and Comparison Views](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/page-history-and-page-comparison-views-139379.html). Note that it's not possible to highlight the changes in the regular page view, so if a user wanted to see the changes, they'd have to compare the current version with a past version.

Alternatively, you can ask your users to manually highlight new changes, but there's no internal feature for that without using an add-on.

I'm not aware of any other workaround you could use, but thankfully we're on Community where our users have a wealth of information to share. It's likely that another user will suggest something else that could help you out!

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-server

server
Upgrading Confluence from 6.2.4 to 6.13.4
Asked by Ernie Jennings:

I always like to ask the community before I do anything like this. Has anyone had problems with this scenario or upgrading to 6.13.4. Are there any gotchas, anomalies, things to look for, etc?

Thanks for you feedback.


Answers:
author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi [@Ernie Jennings](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2936924)

We did not upgrade yet, but i've tested the new version already on the test system. We had lots of problems with the new [companion app](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/administering-the-atlassian-companion-app-958456281.html). Make sure you test this and you are willing to change this.

This is the only thing I can share with you :)


Tags: confluence-server

server
How to add child pages in sidebar as links
Asked by AK:

Confluence 6.10.0

Hello everyone!

Is there any way to add child page in sidebar as link to other page? In sidebar I have page structure like this:

ParentPage1

* ChildPage1
* ChildPage2

Then I want to create another parent page with childs as links to ChildPage1 and ChildPage2 to see it in sidebar tree, like this:

AnotherParentPage

* ChildPage1 (link to ParentPage1-ChildPage1)
* ChildPage2 (link to ParentPage1-ChildPage2)

For now I just create new child pages under AnotherParentPage and insert into them macro "Include Page".

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Sireesha Dugginapeddi [Appfire]
body: Hi [@AK](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3006206)

Instead of creating new child pages under AnotherParentPage and insert into them macro "Include Page", you can include a **Children Display** macro to display all the pages intended as links in *AnotherParentPage*. But, this does not definitely add the child pages of ParentPage1 in the sidebar as you are looking for.

If you are the Space admin of the space you need this feature in, you might want to try one of these options - [Adding custom content to sidebar](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configure-the-sidebar-317194694.html#ConfiguretheSidebar-Addingcustomcontenttoasidebar). Again, all of these options might not look as neat and organised as you would wish. :)

Hope this helps for now!

Thanks

Sireesha


Tags: confluence-server

server
Can we add tool tip in fields in JIRA cloud
Asked by Senthilkumar:

Is this possible to add Tool Tip in for fields in JIRA cloud. Also kindly let me know if its possible to hover the tool tip.


Answers:
author: Sloan
body: Hi [@Senthilkumar](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1575866)

I do not know of any possibility to do so. If you need to give tips for custom fields use the custom field description.

Learn more on [Adding, editing, and deleting a custom field](https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiracloud/adding-editing-and-deleting-a-custom-field-776636410.html) and look for description.

Cheers  
Niklas
How can I upload data to Confluence via script?
Asked by Daniel Kl??:

Hi, I'm and Automation Engineer and I would like to ask what possibilities I have to upload/update data on Confluence page via automation script. Any suggestions for tool or method I can use?


Answers:
author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi [@Daniel Kl??](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3007428)

First of all I would suggest you to look around in the [confluence API](https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/confluence-server-rest-api/). There are lots of information and there you can find how to connect with confluence.


Tags: confluence-server

server