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How can I restrict public pages ?
Asked by Nagendra Dadi:

The pages should be public but only the people who come from a particular domain should be able to view them.


Answers:
author: Bill Bailey
body: I think you are going to have to write a series of rules and use a reverse proxy. This kind of redirection based on source of the request is a classic use case. This is very similar where you have multiple websites and apps hosted on the same server with a single IP address, and need to redirect request for a given domain to a URL on your server.

It will make your life much easier of you create separate spaces for each of your target audiences.


author: Zak Laughton
body: Hi Negendra,

Unfortunately, this isn't currently possible in Confluence. Confluence only recognizes one access URL: [the base URL](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configuring-the-server-base-url-148592.html). The URL used to access Confluence, whether is matches the base URL or not, will not have an impact on permissions or restrictions.

However, we do have a feature request for multi-domain functionality in the Atlassian public issue tracker: [CONFSERVER-19818 -- Support accessing Confluence from alias that is different to the server base URL](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-19818). Feel free to watch this ticket for updates and vote to help the developers prioritize according to the [Implementation of New Features Policy](https://confluence.atlassian.com/support/implementation-of-new-features-policy-201294576.html).

As an alternative, the best way to restrict view privileges for pages is to use [Permissions and Restrictions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/permissions-and-restrictions-139557.html).

-- Zak


author: Moses Thomas
body: [@Nagendra Dadi](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2641118)

You can read about restriction here and how to do it.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/page-restrictions-139414.html>

comments: author: Nagendra Dadi
body: Thanks for the reply. But I went through this link before.  
Let me rephrase my question.  
I created a user manual for navigating through xyz.com

So, I want all the users who are redirecting from xyz.com get the view access to all the pages in my workspace and poeple who trying to access the pages directly using the link should be blocked.


author: Moses Thomas
body: [@Nagendra Dadi](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2641118) You should look into what [@Bill Bailey](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/502089) mentioned you coud use nginx or apache reverse proxy to this but i doubt you would manage to do this.
Authorization problems
Asked by 551550:

Good day!

We have an authorization problems. Confluence needs very much time for users avtorization, it is about 20 seconds for an entrance. We connect user directories remotely. Confluence shows some mistakes, but we do not know what are thees and how we can fix it.![Screenshot_3.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/47718i88808234D9C55BB7/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot_3.png")


Answers:
author: Moses Thomas
body: This is not a problem at all as it's checking user membership in a particular group in your active directory. This user is only used to authorize connection to your active directory server. If you don't want to see this error, have you tried adding user to a particular group in active directory ? it depends on your setting(Integration to active directory) i suppose this group should also be in Confluence.
Restrict who I can tag/@mention in Confluence
Asked by Sandra Meessen:

Hi, we have in Confluence separated our customers from each other and from our internal users. Now I noticed that customer A can "tag" @(@mention) customer B in a page where he has no access to. Customer A can select the tagged user and look at his profile (1).

We also noticed that Customer B does not receive a notification for this tag. That means he can not select the content from which Customer A is tagging him. That is good (2).

Question to (1): how can we restrict the tagging to only those users with access to the page the comment belongs to?

Question to (2): am I correct that there is no notification and no link in this case?

Thanks,


Answers:
author: Tarun Sapra
body: Hello [@Sandra Meessen](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1154605)

Here's an open ticket about this issue which will make this more clear

### Problem Definition {#toc-hId-1054891699}

User mentioning is possible for any users on the instance, regardless of the page you are mentioning on. This causes a problem if you've mentioned someone but they don't have permissions to see the page, and so they won't see your comments. The user does not get any notifications.

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-35796>


author: Duy Anh Do
body: Hi [@Sandra Meessen](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1154605) ,

<br />

You can use this plugin to restrict the @mentioning to only users in some specified groups, which you can define in the configuration.  
[https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1225447/confluence-browse-people-permission?hosting=datacenter\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1225447/confluence-browse-people-permission?hosting=datacenter&tab=overview)

Cheers,

comments: author: Sebastian
body: 5.000 Euros for this plugin seems to me like a mighty big price for what in my opinion should be basic functionality of the standard system.


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confluence-server

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notification

server

tag
Page tree Macro in New editor of confluence cloud
Asked by Haran Kumar:

Hi,   
Happy to receive some explanation on page tree macro. I'm using confluence cloud and from the new editor experience, i am able to see the page tree macro .   

1. How it works ?  
2. How is it different from the children display ?  
3. What is the role of page tree in sidebar of confluence ?  

Thanks


Answers:
author: Zak Laughton
body: Hi Haran!

I'm a big fan of the Page Tree macro, and I use it *all the time* in my Confluence spaces. Hopefully, I can help answer some of your questions.

1. *"How it works ?"* For full usage information about the page tree macro, I recommend checking out the official documentation here: [Page Tree Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/page-tree-macro-724765260.html).
2. *How is it different from the children display ?* For my personal use cases, I've found the the Page Tree Macro much more versatile than Children Display, and have never found a situation where I opt to use Children Display. The main features exclusive to the Page Tree macro has that make it a first choice for me:
   * Collapsible descendants
   * Can include a page tree search above the page tree
3. *"What is the role of page tree in sidebar of confluence ?"* The [sidebar](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/the-sidebar-724764714.html) page tree is for navigation, but it will only show either the page tree for the entire space, or for the current page (depending on how its set). The Page Tree macro has several customizable settings to show more diverse page trees (e.g. trees for another page, trees with descendants automatically expanded)

I hope this helps!  
-- Zak

comments: author: Haran Kumar
body: [@Zak Laughton](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/311502) Thank you .


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How to disable the display Creator, Last update And who updated
Asked by ?????? ????:

How to disable the display: Creator; Last update And who updated for my public space


Answers:
author: ?????? ????
body: Hi [@?????? ????](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2771638) ,

Update the below code in stylesheets(under look and feel section) of the space..So, that you can hide the creator, last updated details.

* Click on Space tools(space admin section) -\> Look and Feel -\> Stylesheet

    #com-atlassian-confluence .page-metadata  {    display:none;

`Thanks,`

`Sravya`

comments: author: ?????? ????
body: ![5.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/47725iECC529C855C4E8A6/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "5.png")I only have this. Maybe I do not have enough rights to the opportunity?


author: ?????? ????
body: Or maybe such functionality is missing in the cloud version? We have only a cloud version.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
When daily backing up the entities.xml file does not exist in the zip file
Asked by jylee:

Since the entities.xml file does not exist in the zip file that is backed up every day since the confluence point of view, the zip file capacity suddenly decreased.  
How do I back up entities.xml file to a backup zip file?

Is it because the backup capacity is over 1GB?


Answers:
author: Zak Laughton
body: Hello,

I understand you'd like to know why the *entities.xml* file is missing from your daily xml backup.

There can be a few different reasons for this, but most often we see this caused by low disk space. I recommend making sure there's enough disk space on your server, and increase it if you need more. (See also: [XML backup restore failed with 'The zip file did not contain an entry 'exportDescriptor.properties'' in Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/xml-backup-restore-failed-with-the-zip-file-did-not-contain-an-entry-exportdescriptor-properties-in-confluence-300811533.html)).

Also, the daily XML backup is not recommended for production instances, especially as the backup grows over 1 GB. This is because the XML backup is resource intensive, and becomes much less reliable as the instance continues to grow. Instead, its recommended to use the [Production Backup Strategy](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/production-backup-strategy-38797389.html), which is more reliable and provides an easier, more complete way to back up and restore data.

I hope this helps!  
-- Zak
Table Filter
Asked by marlon retorca:

Hi Guys,

New Confluence user here. I would like to seek help. I cannot seem to find the table filter from the Macros. I would like to set up some filters for my test cases. I searched the web and it looks like it was present in the old confluence user interface, did Atlassian remove it?

Thanks in advance for your responses.

![image.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/47690iF974B4D758272408/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")


Answers:
author: Merle Fischer
body: Hey [@marlon retorca](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2788067) ,

Table Filter macro is not natively available in Confluence. The App itself that adds that functionality is however also available for cloud: [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?hosting=cloud\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)

this is the macro [@Aitor Bermejo Cacho](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2598905) mentions in his answer above. You can only get this macro when you license the app.

Hope this helps, cheers

Merle


author: marlon retorca
body: Thank you guys for your answers.

[@Merle Fischer](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1148752) : I guess I will have to have the app licensed in the future so that I can have the table/filter functions. This helps a lot.

Best Regards!

comments: author: Merle Fischer
body: Hey [@marlon retorca](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2788067) , yes I am afraid so. Glad I could at least spare you research time in why the functionality was gone ;)

Hope you have a good week ahead.


author: Aitor Bermejo Cacho
body: Hello [@marlon retorca](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2788067) ,

just you need to go to Macro -\> Other Macro

Click on ALL and search "filter". You need to see this:

![table filter.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/47699i049F27EE89C4BFB0/image-dimensions/653x404?v=v2 "table filter.PNG")

Then, configure and add your table inside of macro box.

![table filter2.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/47700i5A0260BAF777E5B3/image-dimensions/662x63?v=v2 "table filter2.PNG")

Best regards,

Aitor


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

jira-service-desk
Ambari 2.7.3 Cluster wizard stuck at step 1
Asked by David Ooi:

Hi,

Ambari 2.7.3 Cluster wizard stuck at step 1

i have been trying to setup a new cluster using ambari 2.7.3 i have setup the ambari server and ambari agent. But when i try to install the cluster using the cluster installation wizard it just stuck at the step 1 stage. i dont see any error from the log.

how do i get this to work ?


Answers:
author: Louis van Dyk
body: I have the same problem. Built from source on Centos 7. I've even tried 2.7.1 with the same issue. I'm not using Oracle Java - could that cause it? I'm using:

java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-1.8.0.201.b09-2.el7_6.x86_64

I've followed everything I can find on this issue - and a few people definitely have it - but nothing works.

And no: I just changed to ORACLE Java, and the problem still exists.

comments: author: Olivier Boudry
body: Exact same problem here, installed from source on Centos7. I'm using openjdk version "1.8.0_212".

Server starts with no errors or warnings, but when I run the wizard it gets stuck on phase 1, just after entering the name.


author: Louis van Dyk
body: I eventually gave up on compiling from source. Not only is it a nightmare unimaginable, but once you eventually get it right, you can't create a cluster!

My question is on multiple places on the Web, but nobody has an answer - at least not one that works.

I settled for adding the Hortonworks repository to my server, and installed it from there, and that worked for me.


author: Olivier Boudry
body: Thanks, I also ended up installing it from the RPM and its now working. Found a handful of questions mentioning a similar bug, but no solution.


author: Ishaan Raghav
body: [@Louis van Dyk](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2959756) [@Olivier Boudry](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3188112)   
Hey, I installed Ambari 2.7.8 from source (what a nightmare) and once it's done, server up and running, I am stuck on the same step as you both discussed above.  

Can you please direct me to the hortonworks repo? The ones I found are ERROR 403/ERROR 404.  

<br />
Regarding Markup
Asked by priti.hota:

Hi,

I'm unable to insert markup in the article. Is it a temporary issue. Please let me know if it can be fixed today?

Regards

Priti


Answers:
author: Jared Brenner
body: Hi Priti,

This is a community forum for fellow end users of Confluence. While we're happy to help you troubleshoot, we're not an official support platform. If you're still having issues inserting markup, please walk us through the steps you've taken and we might be able to help. Atlassian support can be reached [here](https://support.atlassian.com/contact/).

Good luck!
Team Calendar: how to add due dates
Asked by Ahmad Wasiem:

Hi there,

I need to add due dates in the team calendar (as events?), as a point in time, not a range of time. Something like the due dates imported from JIRA issues.

If I add it as a range, if I zoom out (in timeline view), the text is truncated and is hence illegible. Yet, for due dates imported from JIRA, text is still good and legible if I zoom out. I want to achieve something similar with custom due dates.

Thank you!


Answers:
author: David B. (Nestl?)
body: Hi [@Ahmad Wasiem](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2812518)

We were using Team Calendar in Confluence in order to manage our planning but since last year we are using Jira for scheduling our activities. It looks like this:

![ecom_roadmap.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/52831i31FFFF1CB3DDFE43/image-dimensions/658x330?v=v2 "ecom_roadmap.jpg")

And we are using Gadgets that can display the Timeline on Confluence public pages, so that everyone in the organization can get a planning updated in real time.

Cheers,

David


Tags: confluence-server

server
Confluence not start up
Asked by Kouros Ershadi:

I receive this message:

DescriptionTimeLevelException

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|-------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Unable to start up Confluence. Fatal error during startup sequence: confluence.lifecycle.core:mananagedjobs (Start and stop the Managed Scheduled Jobs) | 2019-03-04 22:01:02 | fatal | JDBC exception on Hibernate data access: SQLException for SQL \[n/a\]; SQL state \[HY000\]; error code \[50000\]; could not extract ResultSet; nested exception is org.hibernate.exception.GenericJDBCException: could not extract ResultSet |


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Kouros,

Can you confirm your database and version? If you are using the H2 database, then at this point you need to migrate to a [supported database](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/supported-platforms-207488198.html).

To do so:

1. Create a fresh installation of Confluence
2. Connect it to a supported database
3. Restore your latest XML backup into the new site.

If you are using a supported database, then please let me know what was done recently on the instance, either if you installed an add-on, performed an upgrade, etc.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-server

server
Return Confluence Doc view to older view version
Asked by Reza Rizky Darmawan:

Hi,

Confluence view suddenly changes, and i feel like i'm not comfortable with it. Anyone knows how to return it back?![1.JPG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/47670iF846A1877277AC2A/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "1.JPG")![2.JPG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/47671i0B3DADDDCC15E200/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2.JPG")


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I'm afraid there is no way to go back on Cloud.
Is there a way to change the color of the page?
Asked by Marissa Mendoza:

I am trying to design my page so it is not black and white, but i cant seem to do that. Can anyone help me?


Answers:
author: Aitor Bermejo Cacho
body: Hello [@Marissa Mendoza](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2811751) ,

maybe you can use the Macro "Panel" inside your column/Section.

![Panel1.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/47688iD777762ADAB8601E/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Panel1.PNG")![Panel2.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/47689i066646749B3DB7CD/image-dimensions/658x411?v=v2 "Panel2.PNG")

As you can see, when you configure the panel, you can set the background colour.

Best regards,

Aitor


author: Zak Laughton
body: Hi Marissa,

If you want to change the background and text colors on a page, the best way to do that will be to add a custom CSS stylesheet. For more information, see [Styling Confluence with CSS](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/styling-confluence-with-css-166528400.html).

Here's an example stylesheet you can apply at ![Cog](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/47804iB8AFA0AA76A0ED16/image-dimensions/19x19?v=v2 "Cog") \> **General Configuration** \> **Stylesheet**to make the background blue with white text:

```
#content {
  background-color: blue;
}

h1, h2, h3, h4, p, .wiki-content {
  color: white !important;
}
```

-- Zak


author: Marty
body: Hi Marissa,

I am not on the Confluence Team, but I will try to help.

Here are the docs on changing the color scheme: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/customizing-color-schemes-135906.html>

I hope that helps!


Tags: confluence-server

server
Create a new Status Report using information from last week's status report information as a guide
Asked by Jerri Knipstein:

Hi - I am doing some proof-of-concept testing on status reporting using Confluence (I am a newbie). I have created a new page template for a project status report in Confluence 6.14.1. In the status report page, I have added a "create from template" macro button to allow the user to create a new status report each week. This is nice, however, each time a new form is generated, it is blank and the PM has to re-enter all the information into the template each week. The PM's would like to be able to use last week's status report as a base for making their new updates.

As another option, I have created a space page with the new status report format. This option allows the PM to view the last update made to the report and they can then modify the page with the new update details. Once the page is saved, the PM can export the report to pdf or word and using drag/drop they can put it into their project documents in case they need a copy.

Option 2 seems like it would work, but I was wondering whether anyone might have other ideas on an easier way to do this or if there is a plugin available? Thanks in advance to anyone that replies.


Answers:
author: Zak Laughton
body: Hi Jerri,

There's not a native way in Confluence to pull in data like this from the most recent page. However, if you'd like to use the last page as a starting point for the next page, it might be easiest to set up a process where you just [copy](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/move-copy-and-hide-pages-724764858.html) the last page and update it with the current information.

-- Zak


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
SAML as secondary authentication with the Confluence Server mobile app
Asked by Carlos Velazquez:

Is it possible to use SAML to sign in to the Confluence Server mobile app when "Use SAML as secondary authentication" is set in Confluence Data Center?

It seems like it'd have to be set to primary authentication, but there are a mix of users that sign in through OKTA and some that sign in through local accounts.


Answers:
author: Gonchik Tsymzhitov
body: In DC, solution we did via revers proxy wrapper


Tags: confluence-server

data-center

mobile

saml

server

sso
Hide Children Display Macro in Footer for Blogpost in Confluence
Asked by john:

I created a space and modified the Space Layout to contain a custom footer. In the custom footer, I placed the "children display macro" with the intent of making sure that child pages are always visible if they exist for a page. I have also hidden the left column in the layout to maximize the content.

This works well everywhere except for blog entries. The same footer is applied for a blogpost. The macro provides an error "Unable to Render {children}. Can only find children for a page, this is a blogpost."

The ideal case for me would be that the macro should render nothing since it was able to identify the page as a blogpost. The error message is messy.

Is there a way to hide this message when the footer is on a blogpost?


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: You could most likely use CSS to hide it. You would just need to identify an html hierarchy that would only apply it to blog posts.

comments: author: john
body: That is the path I was pursing. I did just arrive at a solution, but it is a bit of a "nuclear" effect since it affects all pages in the space and I am not certain about the potential side effects. The challenge, in this case, is that the div is dynamically generated by the macro, so I ended up with the following:

```

div.blogpost div.error[data-macro-name="children"] {
visibility: hidden;
}
```

Perhaps this is a bug in the "Children Display Macro"?

This CSS does do what I need. Any thoughts on possible negative consequences?

Thanks.


Tags: confluence-server

server