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how to dockerize a Confluence instance
Asked by Michael Wallis:

I have a couple of Confluence instances running on some Mac Minis. I'd like to consolidate them onto one new machine using Docker. I can find Confluence instances to run, but no clear instructions on how to containerize my existing Confluence instances and run them on the new machine.

Anyone been down this rabbit hole?

As a bonus question ==\> How do I configure nginx-proxy to properly pong at the correct container based on domain name


Answers:
author: Stefan Ernst _Realigned_io_
body: Hello Michael,

check this image for reference

<https://github.com/blacklabelops/confluence>

There is even a howto for a nginx reverse proxy config.

If you want to transfer an existing Confluence to Docker, you would normally copy all files from your CONFLUENCE_HOME directory to the Docker volume where the CONFLUENCE_HOME is located. I have done this even from Windows -\> Linux, it is relatively simple. You can even use your existing DB configuration in confluence.cfg.xml. Just make sure you back up the volume regularly.

Also I have personally set up Confluence with a dockerized Postgres instance, but it was a fresh installation. Another Docker image connects to a plain old MSSQL server which isnt dockerized. In this case you can simply skip all db config stuff in docker and point confluence.cfg.xml to the existing server.

Cheers


Tags: confluence-administration
Why don't existing pages in draft status get logged in your drafts?
Asked by Alice:

We just upgraded to Confluence 6.0.3 today and I discovered that when editing an existing page, if you navigate away without publishing changes, it doesn't get logged in your drafts. It's only when creating a new page that you leave unpublished that it will go in to your drafts.

This is confusing for my users and is very unintuitive to have to remember where your different drafts are. If something is in 'draft' status, it should be in your drafts! Am I missing something?


Answers:
author: philoye
body: When editing an existing page but exit while keeping the draft, your changes will be there the next time you edit your page.


author: Patrick_Vanhoof
body: Same issue, I can close the editor and save it as a draft, but where do I find that draft? What if I have several drafts? How and where can I see which page(s) I have saved as a draft?


Tags: confluence-administration

draft
Permissions advice. Would you recommend using new confluence spaces per project (is this the intended use?) or is this unnecessary? >30 software dev projects
Asked by jamesh:


Answers:
author: TomC
body: Quentin's answer is not incorrect, but I think it is fair to say that 'there is no hard and fast rule' here. It depends on a few things that are also considerations:

Here are a couple:

1) Permissions - do you prefer managing and setting up permissions for 30 different spaces or just one. Your answer will depend on numerous factors, but it's one item to consider.

2.) Complexity - will your project likely have numerous pages or just be one or a few pages. Confluence will support either scenario, but the less complex, the more you might lean towards one space.

Or maybe there are different ways to slice it, such as if you have numerous dev teams, would your org prefer they all 'live' in one space (and just manage page restrictions when necessary) or would they like each team to have their own space. A higher level group of manager or managers can have view access to all, but maybe the individual dev teams prefer their own secure space, where they can set up their home page as they like it, etc.


author: QuentinB
body: Yes, a space for a project is a good way to share information inside a team.  
I think this Atlassian blog post may interest you: <http://blogs.atlassian.com/2014/07/create-confluence-space-team-project-part-1-2/>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

permission
Atlassian Cloud trial
Asked by Dan Moran:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Set up your trial](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=744721599)*

Will I be able to provide edit privileges to colleagues for the Atlassian Cloud trial?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Duplicate of <https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/52493008>

comments: author: Omar aljabli
body: Good


author: Dan Moran
body: Sorry for the duplication - I had received an error message implying that my original request did not go through.


Tags: trial
Newly displayed pages for anonymous users
Asked by wellingtonaparecidofelix:

Hello guys. I use confluence as a knowledge base and display pages with manuals for anonymous users. I need to know if there is any confluence setting that displays the newly viewed pages accessed by anonymous users. In the current configuration, I can only see the newly viewed pages for users who already have a confluence record. Thank you!


Answers:
author: Rodney Hughes
body: I wonder what it would tell you - imagine 10 thousand anonymous users viewing the page - it could only tell you about the first anonymous user viewing it because it can't distinguish between different anonymous users!!

comments: author: wellingtonaparecidofelix
body: Rodney, thanks for commenting, but I do not think I expressed myself well. I would like to know if there is a way to track which manuals are being viewed by anonymous users. As I am confluence administrator I would know which manuals are being used most by customers.


Tags: confluence-administration
What does 'Leverage SQL scripts from your File System or Templates' mean?
Asked by JaiG:


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: "Leverage" is a pointless businees jargon word meaning "use" in this case.

"Use SQL scripts from file system or templates" means: You can write SQL queries for yourself, and run them in Confluence to do reporting which appears on pages. The SQL queries can be kept in files on the server's disk, or added to templates to create them in pages.

comments: author: JaiG
body: Thanks @Nic Brough
Live Templates?
Asked by Scott Beeson:

I've done searches. Everything is 2 or 3 years old. I found the Scaffolding plugin which looks great, but it's not supported on Cloud. I desperately need this feature. I need to add a new section to my customer pages and I don't want to edit 50 pages manually. I need to be able to update the template the pages are based on once.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: That's very much not what templates are for, and it would be a disaster for most people - I don't want old pages changing when I decide I need to change a template! What happens if your 50-ish pages were not the only ones created from your template and you stomp on someone else's work?

There is a use for the idea, of course, but you can't (and never will be able to) do it with templates. Scaffolding is still the main way to implement it, and no, I'm afraid, it's not for Cloud. Generally, people use include and excerpts to do this - you set up a library of pages that contain the information that might need to change globally, and then include/excerpt them instead of putting in the same data repeatedly. Not ideal, and only works for some types of information.


author: Aidin Mahmoodi _ServiceRocket_
body: Hi Scott,

I know this question is a bit old but if you are still interested, we are looking at the market for more Confluence Cloud app, you can fill in this survey [here](https://servicerocket.typeform.com/to/ROAklf).

Thank you!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Live Templates?
Asked by Scott Beeson:

I've done searches. Everything is 2 or 3 years old. I found the Scaffolding plugin which looks great, but it's not supported on Cloud. I desperately need this feature. I need to add a new section to my customer pages and I don't want to edit 50 pages manually. I need to be able to update the template the pages are based on once.


Answers:
author: Rodney Hughes
body: This may not help you for existing pages, but I use the standard "Excerpt Include" macro to include certain information across multiple Spaces.

I have a general Space which all Users can access where the source info is stored and set as Page Edit Restriction to myself and is where the source Excerpt is stored allowing me to manage it in one place.

Then in each other Space the excerpt can be included so it always picks up the latest info when the Users visit that page in their Space .

comments: author: James Dellow
body: You can definitely do a lot with the standard "Excerpt Include" - the one limitation is that its only good for displaying content.


author: James Dellow
body: Unless you want to develop your own macros as an add-on, the next best option might be to script the update using the Confluence Command Line Interface (CLI) add-on <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/org.swift.confluence.cli/cloud/overview> - its has a "modifyPage" command.

BTW the capabilities to develop a Scaffolding-like add-on for Confluence Cloud only became available in the later part of last year, so its possible that someone will develop something like it. E.g. Adaptavist just released the first forms Add-On for Confluence Cloud in December <http://www.adaptavist.com/w/adaptavist-delivers-first-forms-add-on-for-confluence-cloud/>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Content Report Table macro
Asked by Jamie Powell-Smull:

I have assigned a label that is clearly defined on specific pages but the Content Report Table will not display the pages. It displays 'No content found.' Thanks.


Answers:
author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Jamie,

You've got the right permissions, you've got the right space in the macro, the labels have been there long enough to be indexed, so all other things being equal the most likely scenario is that you need to re-index Confluence. I say this because whilst the permissions and macro options are will always work, sometime the page index needs a manual "kick" for \[whatever reason\].

Your alternative is probably to put a support ticket into Atlassian, but they'll suggest you try a re-index before anything else. Can you let us know if that works? It'll help other people who are troubleshooting the same problem in the future.


author: Jamie Powell-Smull
body: Hello, I have entered the right space in the macro. I have permission to the pages the labels are on. The labels have been there for over 36 hours. All of my other content reports work correctly. Thanks


author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Jamie,

Have you entered the right Space(s) in the macro options?

Do you have permissions to the pages that the labels are on?

Have the labels been on the pages long enough for the search to index them?
"You cannot delete your notifications yourself." Why not?
Asked by John_Chesshir:

It's nice to remove a notification once I'm done looking at it. Why do we not get this option?


Answers:
author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi John,

I'm guessing you mean the notification in the Confluence Workbox?

Workbox notifications will be automatically deleted after 2 weeks if you've read them, and after 4 weeks if you haven't read them, but there's no way to manually delete them.

This is a question I get a lot when I'm training people on Confluence, and I've never been able to find an answer. There isn't a ticket in requesting the functionality either (at least, not that I can find).


author: Rodney Hughes
body: I don't understand the scenario ..

A "notification" is an email sent to the various Users PC when something has changed in the system - it doesn't reside in Confluence itself.
page properties report not showing all data
Asked by Frank Brundage:

Hi-

I have a page properties report that is randomly showing pages as it should. The properties report is purely based on a label=requirements but sometimes the report will show a page and sometimes it will not. The pages were all created from the same create from template and all have the 'requirements' label.


Answers:
author: Frank Brundage
body: Hi Rob-

This is actually happening specifically for my view. I created all the pages, including the requirements page with the properties report. It is weird sometimes certain pages load and others will not, they are all created from the same template.

comments: author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Frank,

That is odd. The first thing to do is to try it using a different browser - try it on Chrome, FIrefox and Edge and see if you get the same problem on all of them.


author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Frank,

Is this happening for you, or do you mean that different users are seeing different results?

The report will show different results for different users, based on their permissions.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Export Confluence areas including the uploaded documents?
Asked by Schmid:

Is there a way to export Confluence areas including the uploaded documents? For example, to a Confluence of a partner?


Answers:
author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Schmid,

Yes, you can export a space using Space tool \> Content tools \> Export.

If you choose the XML export option it will include comments and attachments, and can be imported into another Confluence instance.


author: Schmid
body: Perfect! Thanks a lot Rob. I was not sure if the xml file contains .pdf files. Cheers

comments: author: Rob Woodgate
body: :smile:


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How to add and customize a status colour bar
Asked by Kian Pariwar:

Hi,

I am currently busy with creating a table in confluence which allows everyone in my team to comment in an objective and to provide a completion status from 0-100 by manually entering a number in the respective status column.

Now, I would like to have some kind of conditional formatting feature as it is available in, e.g., Excel. To be more specific:

I would like Confluence to highlight the table cell in a specified colour if the number entered is between a specified value range.

Any idea how to achieve this? I found the "status macro" page in the Atlassian documentation, while it does provide a nice way to visualize a status, it does not tell me how can I define which entered values should correspond to which colour.

Hope someone can help


Answers:
author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Hi Kian,

There is no such a feature in Status macro. But there is [Handy Status](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/HMFC/How+to+use+Handy+Status+macro) macro from [Handy Macros](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.stiltsoft.confluence.handy.macros/server/overview) add-on, which allows you to define a set of statuses with different colors and swith statuses while viewing the page. But this add-on available only for Server version of Confluence.

Another possible solution is to write a custom css or script.


author: Kian Pariwar
body: I opted for the built-in status macro, as the plugin costs do not justify the means in our case


author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Kian,

This cannot be done natively within Confluence - the tables are static and don't have any ability to calculate anything. You'll need to use an add-on like [Advanced Tables for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/org.swift.confluence.table/cloud/overview), although it's not free. Unfortunately if you want this functionality without paying for it, you'll probably have to code it yourself.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Nested Use of Graphviz Diagrams for Confluence
Asked by Anton Kronseder _smartics_:

Dear team,

unfortunately it is not possible to use the graphviz macros (especially the digraph macro) in a nested context ![sad](/html/@C495B4504065515364EB1894F812B34C/images/emoticons/sad.png "sad")

Do I miss something?

Background: We wrote a macro that generates the digraph on the fly and we would like nest our macro in the digraph macro.

Will this feature be implemented in the near future?

Best regards,

Anton  
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Answers:
author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: I have answered this here.

comments: author: Anton Kronseder _smartics_
body: @see [here](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/GVIZ/questions/262570801/nested-use-of-graphviz-diagrams-for-confluence)

:smile:

Thanks alot,

Anton


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Hmm. I'm using graphviz macros inside other macros, although the container macros are part of the core of Confluence. I think, more importantly, they're macros that render Confluence language internally, so they know where to go when they try to render another macro. I suspect your macro does not render Confluence data? (Obvious example - put a graphviz macro inside a panel)

comments: author: Anton Kronseder _smartics_
body: Hi Nic,

thanks for your answer and sorry for beeing too unprecise.

I wanted to use the [Graphviz Diagrams for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.confluence.extra.graphviz/server/overview) macros the other way round.

We wrote a - not jet published - [Graph Macro](https://www.smartics.eu/confluence/display/PDAC1/Graph+Macro) for the [projectdoc Toolbox for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/de.smartics.atlassian.confluence.smartics-projectdoc-confluence/server/overview) that generates the digraph-ASCII-syntax on the fly. Right now we use the free [PlantUML](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/de.griffel.confluence.plugins.plant-uml/server/overview) add-on to convert this digraph-ASCII-text to a graphviz (dot) PNG. To do this we wrap the PlantUML-macro around our macro.

As we would also like to support the Graphviz Diagrams for Confluence macros (especially the digraph-macro), we added an additional feature to our macro to generate the digraph-ASCII-syntax in a format that the digraph-macro can use. But unfortunately we can not put our macro inside the digraph macro as it does not allow richtext (other macros) in its body.

Best regards,

Anton


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ah, sorry, I did not see that before. It is the reverse of what I've done before. I'm afraid I don't know how that might work.


Tags: addon-com.atlassian.confluence.extra.graphviz
Is there a way to export comments on word documents or pages?
Asked by Phil Stollery:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Comment on pages and blog posts](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=139483)*

When using confluence as a document management tool, auditors will need to be able to see a list of all comments, who resolved it and when. Is this data available to export?


Answers:
author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Phil,

No, there isn't a way to do this. You can watch and vote for this functionality though: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-38240>

Someone's created a bookmarklet and provided the code in one of the comments in that ticket, so as a workaround you could use that.


Tags: comment

export
rowOrientation fails to display results from Vertica database in horizontally mode
Asked by Peter Bengov:

Hello,

We are trying to use the rowOrientation in order to display charts in a better way. However, we have noticed that a when using a *Bob Swift's SQL Query* macro that is pulling data from a linked DB, it working only when pulling data from a MySQL DB.

A similar query on Vertica DB fails and showing the error:

```
Error rendering macro 'sql-query' : java.sql.SQLFeatureNotSupportedException: [Vertica][JDBC](10220) Driver not capable
```

Thanks


Answers:
author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: First, make sure you are using the latest available JDBC driver for your database. Horizontal row orientation means we need to use additional JDBC support to achieve the results. Some JDBC drivers may not have support for one or more of these. If that is the case, then you can only do vertical row orientation.

1. ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_INSENSITIVE

2. ResultSet.CONCUR_READ_ONLY


author: Peter Bengov
body: @Bob Swift \[Bob Swift Atlassian Add-ons\] could you take a look at this? Thanks


Tags: addon-org.swift.confluence.sql

bob-swift

confluence-administration
Is the content within an Excerpt Include macro searched from within Confluence and also from within JIRA Service Desk when a Confluence KB has been linked to it?
Asked by DebbieR:

Hi,

I've done a bit of testing and I don't think the content is searched. Is there a workaround to ensure it is searched?

Our business case is that we want JIRA SD to search multiple Confluence spaces but as it can only link to one space, I thought if I Excerpt Included the content from another space, it should return results from that second space.

Thanks


Answers:
author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Debbie,

The content in the Excerpt Include macro is rendered dynamically when the page is loaded, so when the search indexes a page with an Excerpt Include macro the only thing it picks up is that the macro is there. There is no way for the indexing to know in advance what that macro will show when the page is rendered so no, the search won't - and can't - pick up the content inside the macro


Tags: confluence-administration
Is it possible to add a column in Shared Links list
Asked by silversonicaxel:

Hello, I need to know if it possible in the list of Shared Links, to add a column, for instance I would need a LABEL column, to have in the column all the labels related to the listed link

Screen Shot 2017-02-05 at 19.50.45.png

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Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You do have some options, as the report is generated by a "page properties report" macro, where you can add (or remove) columns from the display - have a look at <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/page-properties-report-macro-186089616.html>


Tags: column

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share
Google Apps - User Sign in
Asked by Jeffrey Wen:

We have an organization of a little over 100 employees.

When I link Google Apps with Confluence, is it possible to only have a subset of Google Apps users be able to sign into Confluence? (Maybe 5-10)


Answers:
author: James Dellow
body: Can't you limit this through the G Suite admin console?

comments: author: Jeffrey Wen
body: I'm not sure. I have not tried linking Google Apps with Confluence yet because I wouldn't suddenly want my entire organization to have access to it (or get a notification about Confluence).


author: James Dellow
body: You just need to create a group in G Suite - then when you connect to G Suite from Confluence, just sync that group. Alternatively, I believe you could use the new SAML SSO support in Cloud and just limit from G Suite the users who can use it.


author: brad mcgilligan
body: Wondering the same thing. I've got about 75 Google apps users, but only about 15 of us use Confluence. I don't want to pay for more Confluence users by integrating, is @Jeffrey Wen's question solved?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud