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how to restrict a workspace in confluence?
Asked by Roopal Kaushal:

how to restrict a workspace in confluence?


Answers:
author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi [@Roopal Kaushal](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2796684)

If you do not need to change space permission and just want Page Restriction, here is the documentation for [Page Restrictions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/page-restrictions-139414.html)

Be careful, with Page Restrictions you can not overrule the space persmissions


author: Merle Fischer
body: Hi [@Roopal Kaushal](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2796684) ,

in what way do you want to restrict the space?

Here is the page from the Documentation that could be helpful for Space Permissions: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/space-permissions-overview-139521.html>

Cheers,

Merle

p.s. this is help for server, as you didn't say whether you are on cloud or server
Page content area small
Asked by anshul_it:

When I create a new page and make edits, I see the content area in it is center aligned and is much smaller than my screen width. Is there a way I can set it to be wider?


Answers:
author: Zak Laughton
body: Hi Anshul,

This looks like a feature of recent updates to the cloud editor. For more information, see: [Confluence Editing Improvements](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/confluence-editing-improvements-945107733.html).

I hope this helps!  
--Zak


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Authorization probrems
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/47397i315DE7B9716DEA7B/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot_3.png")


Answers:
author: Diego
body: Hello there! Thanks for coming up to the Community.

Could you clarify some details for us:
> 1. Is this your **production instance**?
> 2. Are your users currently **able to login** and use Confluence?
> 3. Was there any change applied to Confluence **prior to this issue**?

Also, you could have a look at the **Base DN, Additional User DN, Additional Group DN:**

**[Connecting to an LDAP directory - Schema Settings](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/connecting-to-an-ldap-directory-229838241.html#ConnectingtoanLDAPDirectory-SchemaSettings#ConnectingtoanLDAPDirectory-SchemaSettings)**

Let us know!

comments: author: 551550
body: 1. Yes, it is.

2. Yes, they are able.

3. No, we did not do changes.

Your link is not active.


author: Shannon S
body: Hello!

I tested the link myself that Diego sent you, and it appears to work just fine. Can you let us know what you mean when you say the link isn't active?

Shannon


author: 551550
body: Hello! Thanks, Shannon! It is active now. May be it was my internet connection problem.


author: Shannon S
body: Thank you for letting us know. Were you able to review the page, and do you have any questions about it?

Regards,

Shannon


author: 551550
body: Thanks, Shannon! Everything is allright!
Application links between confluence and jira
Asked by wajih zouaoui:

Hi,

i'm trying to establish a link between jira and Confluence (on both statging envirnments ) and i have an error message from jira side with Oauth ERROR 500.

I have done an import to both certificates into trust store.

Can you please guide me and thanks in adavance.

Wajih


Answers:
author: Fabian Lim
body: Hi Wajih,

Please refer to this troubleshooting guide for help: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/kb/application-links-troubleshooting-guide-718668765.html#ApplicationLinksTroubleshootingGuide-ssl>

Regards


Tags: jira
When saving, I do not see the option to provide change history notes
Asked by anshul_it:

For the pages I have created, when I make any changes, I do not see the text box at the bottom to also add the change history note. Is there something I am missing here.


Answers:
author: anshul_it
body: Posting the screenshot as requested. ![No Change history option.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/47496i8ED35577C2597181/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "No Change history option.png")

comments: author: Jared Brenner
body: Hi Anshul,

I believe the page will need to be published first. Once the live page is edited you should be able to add change notes. Do you see that option on the published page?


author: anshul_it
body: No. Even after publishing, I don't see the option to add change notes. No matter how many times I make edits, I keep seeing the "Publish" button...I mean probably after the first time publish, it should change to "Save".


author: Jared Brenner
body: Hi Anshul,

Could you post a screenshot to show us what your editor looks like?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How to embed an excel with macros into confluence ?
Asked by Puviarasi Mj:

1. How to embed an excel with macros into conflence ? And also how to resize the excel to see all the row and columns of the excel sheet

2. Can we write marcos and make it work jus like how excel does ? eg: an excel designed with buttons and other controls ?


Answers:
author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi [@Puviarasi Mj](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1608901)

1. Just upload the excel to a confluence page. The excel will be an attachement in this page. If you want to show it as a preview, you can use the office excel macro from confluence
   * As far as I know, you can not resize the preview of the excel in confluence
2. Of course you can write own macros :-)
   * There is a plugin for working with tables in confluence
   * [Excel for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/216/excel-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview)
   * I'm just not quite sure, wheter this is the solution will fullfill your need
What could be the reason for not receiving a notification when a replay an inline comment is edited
Asked by Petya Peneva:

Hello team,

I receive a notification when a replay of my inline comment has been added in Jira Confluence. However, when this replay has been edited I did not receive a notification. I am watcher of the page. What could be the possible reason for experiencing this issue?

Regards,

Petya


Answers:
author: Zak Laughton
body: Hi Petya,

Confluence does not send notifications for edits of comments. For reference [Watch Pages, Spaces and Blogs](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/watch-pages-spaces-and-blogs-139579.html/) has a list of actions that will trigger a notification:

* Page / blog post edits (unless the author clears the 'Notify watchers' check box).
* Deletions.
* Attachments, including new versions or deletions of an existing attachment.
* Comments, including new comments or deletions of existing comments.

<br />

I hope this helps!  
-- Zak
Is Confluence 6.14 supported with Artifactory 6.8.3, Bamboo 6.8, Bitbucket 6.0, JIRA 8?
Asked by Neha Lourenco:

Planning to upgrade all the Atlassian products but unable to find the proper compatibility matrix.

Is Confluence 6.14 supported with Artifactory 6.8.3, Bamboo 6.8, Bitbucket 6.0, JIRA 8?


Answers:
author: Alexis Robert
body: Hi [@Neha Lourenco](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2795776) ,

what you have to worry about when integrating different Atlassian products is the ApplicationLinks compatibility.[This page](https://confluence.atlassian.com/applinks/application-links-version-matrix-779174762.html) will give you all a nice matrix showing which versions are compatible with each other.

Basically if you have all the latest versions of the products, you will not have any compatibility issues.

Let me know if this helps,

--Alexis

comments: author: Neha Lourenco
body: Hello Alexis,

Thanks. The information was helpful. But it does not mention anything about Artifactory, Postgres and Tomcat. Can I use any latest version for these 3 products?

Please let me know the details or links if you have any.

Once again, appreciate your help!

Regards,

Neha David


author: Alexis Robert
body: Hi [@Neha Lourenco](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2795776) ,

for PostGres and Tomcat, you can find this information in the [Supported Platforms](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/supported-platforms-207488198.html) page.

For Artifactory, you will need to check this with them directly, they are not related to Atlassian as far as I know.

--Alexis
Getting error:"Unable to communicate with server. Saving is not possible at the moment."
Asked by Jesse Gay:

I've created my first Confluence page for my company's wiki. When I try to publish I get this error: "Unable to communicate with server. Saving is not possible at the moment." Seconds later, it will say "Successfully reconnected. We're back in business. You're free to save your page again." I searched for an answer but only found some stuff about IE or possible interference from the Last Pass extension. I'm using Chrome. I do use 1password7, but I tried disabling the extension and it made no difference.

How can I publish/save my page?

Thank you.


Answers:
author: Jesse Gay
body: Solved. I had to go to incognito mode before publishing worked.


author: joelcass_citadel
body: I'd also tried incognito mode and it didn't work.

The only thing that had worked was to log out and close all browser windows, and accept that there will be a loss of data. Then, try logging in again. If it looks like a copy of you is still editing the page, log out and wait 30 minutes and then log in again.

comments: author: Saraa
body: Okay, I have just tried creating a new page and copying in the contents piece by piece and publishing works somehow. This is very cumbersome.


author: Saraa
body: I am having the same problem and it does not publish even in Incognito mode.


author: joelcass_citadel
body: I'm pretty sure this is a bug when editing the same document in both tabs, causing a conflict. Editing in a second tab should be blocked if this happens (most people would do this by mistake), and it looks like a conflict exception - so this should be managed and perhaps the draft can be saved with the option to resolve conflicts as per multi-user collaborative editing


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Is it possible to add a hyperlink for a local folder or file to a calendar event?
Asked by Rick Banks:

I'm wanting to create a business rhythm calendar in our wiki page (internal) and link the events to folder locations or files (all internal). Is there a way to do this?


Answers:
author: Zak Laughton
body: Hi Rick,

The ability to link to local files from Confluence depends largely on the browser you are using. The answers in this Community question have a great overview of common ways to do this: [How to place a link to a file on a server share in a confluence page?](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Confluence-How-to-place-a-link-to-a-file-on-a-server-share-in-a/qaq-p/258790).

I hope this helps!  
-- Zak

comments: author: Rick Banks
body: Thank you Zak, I'll check this out and give it a try.

Have a great one !!
nginx ssl proxy confluence problem
Asked by Paul Willard:

I've followed the instruction exactly as seen here:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confeap/running-confluence-behind-nginx-with-ssl-849150880.html>

My server.xml

\<Connector port="8090" connectionTimeout="20000" redirectPort="8443"  
maxThreads="48" minSpareThreads="10"  
enableLookups="false" acceptCount="10" debug="0" URIEncoding="UTF-8"  
protocol="org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol"  
scheme="https" secure="true" proxyName="my.domain.nz" proxyPort="443"/\>

\<Engine name="Standalone" defaultHost="localhost" debug="0"\>  
\<Host name="localhost" debug="0" appBase="webapps" unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="false" startStopThreads="4"\>  
\<Context path="" docBase="../confluence" debug="0" reloadable="false" useHttpOnly="true"\>  
\<!-- Logging configuration for Confluence is specified in confluence/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties --\>  
\<Manager pathname=""/\>  
\<Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.StuckThreadDetectionValve" threshold="60"/\>  
\</Context\>

\<Context path="${confluence.context.path}/synchrony-proxy" docBase="../synchrony-proxy" debug="0"  
reloadable="false" useHttpOnly="true"\>  
\<Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.StuckThreadDetectionValve" threshold="60"/\>  
\</Context\>  
\</Host\>  
\</Engine\>

my nginx conf:

location /synchrony {  
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;  
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Server $host;  
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;  
proxy_pass http://localhost:8091/synchrony;  
proxy_http_version 1.1;  
proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;  
proxy_set_header Connection "Upgrade";  
}

<br />

location / {  
client_max_body_size 100m;  
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;  
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Server $host;  
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;  
proxy_pass http://localhost:8090;  
}

some of the proxy works, some does not. see below

anything under the /s web directory gives me a 404, but all the text loads fine.

What am I missing?

![Screen Shot 2019-03-01 at 12.19.24 PM.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/47353iFA94FE6C9D3BC858/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2019-03-01 at 12.19.24 PM.png")


Answers:
author: Daniel Manners
body: **NOT AN ANSWER:**

I'm having this exact same issue and I have not been able to solve it either yet.


Tags: confluence-server

nginx

server
search still reveals a deleted page
Asked by Warren Neal:

Hi, deleted a page this morning in favour of a new page. However, search still reveals the page that was deleted. Also had the page purged. Still shows up in search.

I'm uncertain how to re-index the site, or if I even have the ability to do that.


Answers:
author: Alexey Matveev
body: Hello,

If you are on Confluence Server/Data Center then you can go to cog item -\> general configuration -\> content indexing and reindex the content.

If you are on Cloud, I would file a ticket at Atlassian support

<https://getsupport.atlassian.com>


author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi Warren

I am thinking of two options:

* Perhaps, another page in another space has the same name as the page you deleted and this is just a mix-up
* Does the new page have the same name as the old one?

How did you delete the page? Was there an error to delete the page completely?

I'm looking forward to here your answers to help you more.
Workaround for "Page Layout" button missing
Asked by Ryan Cabanas:

In the following post...

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Where-do-I-find-the-Page-Layout-button-when-creating-a-Blog-post/qaq-p/890459>

...it was pointed out that the "Page Layout" button...a basic, advertised feature...is missing. I found a workaround for this. (I did not find this workaround mentioned elsewhere. My apologies if this is not original.)

If you create your own simple custom template, the "Page Layout" button is present there. Therefore, if you create Pages off of this template going forward, you should have access to the "Page Layout" button for that Page.

I did this workaround with a Space template.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Ryan,

I've allowed replies on the thread, please feel free to add your workaround to the thread now.

Let me know if there's anything I can help you with, but I think you were just posting here so you could let us know about the workaround. Is that correct?

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Ryan Cabanas
body: Hi [@Shannon S](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/510046)
> I think you were just posting here so you could let us know about the workaround. Is that correct?

Yes. That is correct.

Thanks.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
how to add multiple, redundant AD servers to a user directory?
Asked by MLP SCADA:

confluence on a local server

single AD domain, three AD servers for redundancy, call them winds1 (192.168.1.11/24), winds2 (192.168.1.12/24) and winds3 (192.168.1.13/24).

I have a user directory set up in confluence and successfully auth'ing with 192.168.1.11. How do I include the AD servers 192.168.1.12 and 192.168.1.13 as well?


Answers:
author: Mikael Sandberg
body: Confluence does not support directory fail over, you would have to use Crowd in order to add fail overs, see [Configuring directories for failover authentication.](https://confluence.atlassian.com/crowd/configuring-directories-for-failover-authentication-890749126.html)

comments: author: Mikael Sandberg
body: There is a suggestion to have it added to Confluence, see [CONFSERVER-8867](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-8867)


author: MLP SCADA
body: +1 thank you.


Tags: active-directory

ldap
How to find out repository size? from Confluence
Asked by Chrystian guillen quiroga:

I have a site but I need to know were is the size of the Site on Confluence.


Answers:
author: Zak Laughton
body: Hi Chrystian,

To know the size of the Confluence application on the disk, you can check the size of the Confluence install and home folders. Most the largest amount of data is typically held in the \<confluence-home\>/attachments folder.

If you want to know the size of the database, there are typically good methods for finding database size, but you'll need to find specific instructions for the database type you are using.

I hope this helps!  
-- Zak


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: What do you mean by "size"? Number of users? Space on disk? Space in the database? number of pages? Number of edits?
Unable to Update Add-ons in Confluence
Asked by Kumar:

Hi Team,

I have a Problem When I try to Update the Add-on in confluence it throws me an error

"An unexpected error occurred. Refer to the logs for more information." in the logs i have seen this error

2019-02-28 20:03:09,827 ERROR \[UpmAsynchronousTaskManager:thread-4\] \[rest.resources.install.InstallFromUriTask\] download Error downloading plugin from <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/download/apps/1215729/version/100000050>

Can you please suggest me how to resolve this

Thanks,

Kumar


Answers:
author: Zak Laughton
body: Hi Kumar,

As others have mentioned, it could be an issue with an internet connection, or it may be an issue where connections are blocked specifically to the Atlassian Marketplace. The following articles provide some good troubleshooting solutions to restore this connectivity:

* [Problems Connecting to the Atlassian Marketplace](https://confluence.atlassian.com/upm/problems-connecting-to-the-atlassian-marketplace-273875718.html)
* [Configuring Marketplace connectivity](https://confluence.atlassian.com/upm/configuring-marketplace-connectivity-306350947.html)

Alternatively, you can also update the app by downloading the .jar file on a separate system, then uploading it to Confluence. See **Updating apps by file upload** on [Updating apps](https://confluence.atlassian.com/upm/updating-apps-273875710.html).

I hope this helps!  
-- Zak


author: Marty
body: Hi Kumar,

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

it sounds like there may be a problem with your internet connection from your Confluence instance to the marketplace..?

I hope that helps!


author: Bastian Stehmann
body: Hi,

Maybe there is an issue that your server can't connect to the internet.

You can try to download it to your computer and then upload it to confluence as workaround.

comments: author: Bill Bailey
body: Or web proxy timeout.


Tags: administration

confluence-administration

confluence-app

confluence-server

development

jira-administration
Export confluence 6.13 space and import into confluence 6.12.0(Cluster node:) space
Asked by mittapalli m:

Hello Guys,

I would like to Export-Import confluence 6.13 space to confluence 6.12.0 (cluster node) space.

Thank you.


Answers:
author: Zak Laughton
body: Hi Mittapalli,

Unfortunately, there is not a way to import a space export into an earlier version of Confluence (See [Restoring a Space](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/restoring-a-space-152036.html)). If you'd like to use an XML export to migrate the data, I'd recommend upgrading the destination instance before attempting the import ([Upgrading Confluence Data Center](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/upgrading-confluence-data-center-1507377.html)).

-- Zak

comments: author: mittapalli m
body: Thank you [@Zak Laughton](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/311502)
When editing the page, only the title is displayed.
Asked by Socrates Carelo:

We have created a page, but when it comes time to edit it, only the title is displayed. The first snapshot shows the contents of the page. Second snapshot shows when trying to edit the page. There is a "red flag" displayed but hovering on it or clicking on it does nothing.

![page.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/47312i4E68EF80EA6C60E2/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "page.png")![page in edit mode.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/47313i5547B74E7D716C27/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "page in edit mode.png")


Answers:
author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi,

The big red flag shows a person, who is actually editing the page ([collaborative editing](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/collaborative-editing-858771779.html))

**This is just a suggestion**, but it could be, that someone (the person who is the red flag) deleted the whole page. He didn't save it yet, so the page is unpublished. Now, when you want to edit the page, you see the unpublished page.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Setting Permissions
Asked by Stephanie Forbes:

We have been moving our documents to Confluence and I want to see how I can adjust the permissions per space level and page level. How do I do this?


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: Here is some helpful documentation that will answer your questions:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/space-permissions-overview-139521.html>

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

comments: author: Stephanie Forbes
body: Thank you Brant. This is super helpful.


author: Zak Laughton
body: Hi Stephanie,

[Permissions and Restrictions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/permissions-and-restrictions-139557.html) provides a great high-level overview of all the permissions in Confluence and how they interact. Let us know if you have any questions about it.

I hope this helps!  
-- Zak

comments: author: Stephanie Forbes
body: Thank yo Zak. This is helpful.


author: James Dellow
body: Be careful with going overboard with page level restrictions, as it can quickly become confusing for users and administrators alike about who has access to what!

comments: author: Stephanie Forbes
body: Thanks James. I will keep that in mind.


Tags: confluence-server

server