youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
How to setup a a second Confluence?
Asked by Neil Alpiger:

Hello Everybody

I want to setup the new Confluence on a Windows Server 2016.  
At this time the setup is on a Windows Server 2012 R2.  
Is it possible to setup now a second confluence on the windows server 2016 while the Windows server 2012 is still running with the confluence on it.  
Or is there a other way to migrate everything to the Server 2016 just with the new confluence version?

Thanks everybody :)


Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi Neil,

here's a document from Atlassian for moving Confluence from one server to another server: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/migrating-confluence-between-servers-184150.html>

comments: author: Neil Alpiger
body: Hi Thomas

Thank you very much!


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: you're welcome :)


author: Anil singh
body: Yes, you can setup new confluence on the same server. Just follow the same setup guideline which you follow for previous server setup.

Thanks

Anil Singh

Programmer Analyst

<http://www.mirketa.com/>

comments: author: Neil Alpiger
body: Thanks for your answer.

But i don't want to setup the confluence on the same server. i want to setup confluence on a other new server.

Thanks

Neil
How can i allow other users to view my home space?
Asked by Sebastian Fischer:

I want to share information stored in my personal space with a colleague but even if I give him all possible permissions, he can't access the page.


Answers:
author: Steffi Frank
body: Has your colleague got access rights on space level?

comments: author: Anil singh
body: Hi

you can allow. Please follow the given link and you can edit the permissions for all users if you have system administrator level access in your confluence.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf56/assigning-space-permissions-658737074.html>

Thanks

Anil Singh

Programmer Analyst

<http://www.mirketa.com/>
Integartion Confluence with Egnyte
Asked by Mahesh Pawar:

Hi, Do we have any method or way to integrate my Egnyte files within my Confluence page? thanks


Answers:
author: Mirek
body: Not OOTB. There is and extension for Confluence Cloud that supports it

[https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1217862/egnyte-ms-office-365-for-confluence?tab=overview\&hosting=cloud](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1217862/egnyte-ms-office-365-for-confluence?tab=overview&hosting=cloud)


Tags: egnyte
is possible to write a user macro to repeat table/fixed number of column headers& rows inside a page
Asked by Manjunatha K R:

Hi,

is it possible to write a user macro or any add-on supports to repeat table of fixed number of columns headers and fixed number rows inside a confluence page.

with this I should able to use { \<macro tittle\> , to repeat my fixed table format in multiple places, wherever I add requirements in my page and will add the contents into it accordingly.

Please let me know is it achiveable by writing user macros or any add-ons supporting this feature?

- Manju


Answers:
author: Bill Bailey
body: Not sure of your use model, but I will give you some suggestions. First, I don't know of anyway to do exactly what you want with a user macro or plugin -- all models I see take some input, then render content on page display. I haven't seen any that would basically replicate keystroke entry, and would operate fire-once.

But here are some suggestions that might work, depending on your use mode.

1. If this a conisistent syle of report, create a page template with blank formatted tables. Then you would only need to add data.
2. Create the table in Excel, the cut and paste each time. Of course, formatting would be lost, such as header colors, AND it adds \<col\> tags which inhibit sorting.
3. Install the source editor. Then you could create a blank table with whatever standard fields and formatting you want. Then copy out the table code (from source view) to a text file. You can then paste it as many times into as many pages as you want.
4. Write user macro that buildes a table as you want, based on the input of a comma deliminated set of values. It would only render the table on page display, but not while editing. However, you can construct the table how you want, with formatting set to the cell level (extra credit, just uses class statements, and do the styling with CSS). You can package a user macro as a plugin if you want.
Space Blueprint title suffix
Asked by Francis Woon:

I'm trying out the [Write a simple Confluence Space Blueprint](https://developer.atlassian.com/confdev/confluence-plugin-guide/confluence-blueprints/space-blueprints/write-a-simple-confluence-space-blueprint#WriteasimpleConfluenceSpaceBlueprint-Onthispage: "Write a simple Confluence Space Blueprint") . I encountered a fatal error while creating it because it says this:

![unnamed.jpg](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1158iB4C24EB083F32135/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "unnamed.jpg")

The whole page hangs and i need to reopen it ... finding out that the space gets created instead with asdq home sitting right there nicely.

If i change confluence.blueprints.space.example.home.title.suffix=Home Page then it works fine...no error popup.

Am i missing anything here??

**++spacebp.js++**

AJS.bind("blueprint.wizard-register.ready", function () {  
function submitExampleSpace(e, state) {  
state.pageData.ContentPageTitle = state.pageData.name + " " + AJS.I18n.getText("**confluence.blueprints.space.example.home.title.suffix** ");  
return Confluence.SpaceBlueprint.CommonWizardBindings.submit(e, state);  
}

++**confluence-space-blueprints.properties**++

confluence.blueprints.space.example.home.title.suffix=**Home**


Answers:
author: Maximilian
body: Got the same issue and can't figure out why.

It seems like the js is trying to create a new page with the same title as the Home-Page, instead of updating the title of the Home-Page.

Did you solve the problem yet?

Greetings

Max

comments: author: fwoon
body: The official answer from Atlassian is that Blueprint was "mistakenly" shipped in 5.10.8 and is no longer part of the 6.x moving forward....so don't bother using it


Tags: space-blueprint
Restoring a previous version of a template in a Confluence space
Asked by Bryan Brinson:

Is there a way to restore previous versions of templates? Unlike pages with their "Page History", I can't seem to find a way to restore a template. I can see in the pagetemplates table that the system is keeping version history, but I'd prefer not to experiment with that data if there is an in-app method. I'm currently using 6.0.3 Server.

Any suggestions?

Cheers!  
Bryan


Answers:
author: Kristin Beck
body: Any idea anyone?


Tags: page

template
Insert JIRA Issue/Filter in Confluence works with "Preview" but not "Publish"
Asked by Bryon Smith:

We use JIRA filters heavily in Confluence to help our teams with burn-up and Sprint Planning. While creating a new Confluence page for a project this morning, the Insert JIRA Issue/FIlter macro appears to only function during "Preview" mode. As soon as we Publish we get the image below. These macros still work on older pages.

![JIRA Macro Example.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1151iBBE2A2EF169843C4/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "JIRA Macro Example.png")  

![JIRA Macro Example 2.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1153iF163534623CC21E5/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "JIRA Macro Example 2.png")

**Repro:**

* Tried latest Chrome, IE, and FF browsers
* Created new test Confluence page
  * New pages not working
  * Old pages with same macros working
* Multiple users reporting issue


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: It sounds like your application link is healthy, since the macros appear on old pages. If you have a reverse proxy, it would be worthwhile to test bypassing it temporarily from your computer:

[How do I bypass a proxy to test network connectivity](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-do-i-bypass-a-proxy-to-test-network-connectivity-402031184.html)

Other hints may be gleaned from the \<confluence_home\>/logs/atlassian-confluence.log.  
(The \<confluence_home\> directory is the path defined in the following file: \<confluence_install\>/confluence/WEB-INF/classes/confluence-init.properties)

Yet another way to gather information is to check for errors in the console or network tab in the Chrome dev tools (right click and choose Inspect to launch the dev tools).

I look forward to hearing what you find.
How can I get a message in an email requesting for approvals?
Asked by sachin reddy:

I am planning to create something where I would like to get approvals from different people in my team, currently I have a "comment screen" attached to different transition. So, when a user clicks on "Approve" button after he reviews the attached document he will get this "comment screen" and I would request them to add a comment saying that "I approve".  

I can only see the comment in the mail when I @tagusers in the "comment screen" and the comment is shown up on the top in the email and not the other fields, so I would like to know is there any possibility I can get the other fields first in the email.  

Like my comment screen includes : "message" field (text input box), "Approve this document" (Yes or no Radio box) and a "comment" field.![Screen Shot 2017-05-11 at 2.16.52 PM.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1148i84AEE3308E661203/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2017-05-11 at 2.16.52 PM.png")![Screen Shot 2017-05-11 at 2.16.38 PM.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1149iAF7E90BD75F7C4FF/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2017-05-11 at 2.16.38 PM.png")![Screen Shot 2017-05-11 at 2.11.07 PM.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1146i1FCB7CC75554A06A/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2017-05-11 at 2.11.07 PM.png")  


Answers:
author: Jack Brickey
body: OOTB you can't produce that capability within the notification email.


Tags: jira
`atlas-mvn verify` doesn't load default test data like `atlas-integration-test` for confluence
Asked by EddieW:

My experience and articles like <https://developer.atlassian.com/docs/getting-started/writing-and-running-plugin-tests/create-test-data-and-a-test-fixture> suggest that most \`atlas-FOO\` methods will pull down a minimal set of test data for each product, enough to skip the new product install pages (in memory DB, basic license key, etc)

```
  When you first start the application and load your plugin, 
the atlas- commands download the specified <productDataVersion>, 
unzip it, and use it to seed the PLUGIN_HOME/target/application/home directory.  
```

<br />

<br />

<br />

However, running \`mvn integration-test\` is a discouraged practice, because post-integtation-test phase is never called, and might have important tear-down instructions bound to it. Instead you should run \`mvn verify\` which runs IT and post-IT lifecycle phases.

<http://maven.apache.org/surefire/maven-failsafe-plugin/>

```
NOTE: when running integration tests, you should invoke Maven with the (shorter to type too)mvn verifyrather than trying to invoke the integration-test phase directly, as otherwise the post-integration-test phase will not be executed.
```

However it seems for confluence specifically that running \`atlas-mvn verify\` does not load any test data, and my ITs are blocked at a "select database type" page.

This is only an issue for confluence, all other products seem to load typical plugin defaults.

JIRA loads fine

![Screen Shot 2017-05-11 at 1.32.24 PM.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1140i2D254CBC7D037790/image-dimensions/418x303?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2017-05-11 at 1.32.24 PM.png")

Confluence wants full setup![Screen Shot 2017-05-11 at 1.33.16 PM.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1141iBB5D97C6EFE23CD9/image-dimensions/547x411?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2017-05-11 at 1.33.16 PM.png")

![Screen Shot 2017-05-11 at 1.34.42 PM.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1142iC09F1572E0FCB511/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2017-05-11 at 1.34.42 PM.png")


Answers:
author: Omar Mohamed Fathi
body: following same issue


Tags: atlassian-sdk

confluence-development

developer-documentation
Confluence to MadCap Flare
Asked by Manleen:

Is anyone using Confluence for authoring and MadCap Flare for publishing the final output? If so, what output format is being generated from Confluence and what process is being followed to import the files to MadCap Flare?


Answers:
author: jmcmullen
body: I have been considering this sort of conversion because there are no good review options for something written in Flare but in a Mac shop. I have been considering using Confluence as the original authoring tool but want to maintain some continuity of text.

Because I'm just thinking of this as an original authoring and commenting tool, I'm considering something small-scale that won't scale up to do bulk imports:

1. Write in Confluence, collect reviews, get it so the SMEs agree.

2. Use content tools to export the page as XML.

3. A script uses XSL to extract the current body text and pictures, wraps the whole thing in corporate-approved xhtml for Flare.

4. Cleanup of links.

No idea how long cleanup will take, but I can use the script to filter out a lot of the confluence tags and bad references.

My other alternative is to write the original in Flare, export to a Confluence-friendly format for review, put in Confluence for review, make the changes to the original Flare content. That will work better for maintaining topics, but I know something about XSL and the necessary scripts, and I'd have to learn how to produce Confluence-friendly output.

comments: author: Susan Bedenham
body: Hi - I'm looking to import technical tables from Confluence to Flare. Ideally, there would be an automatic way to do this, since the developers update the tables every now and again and the Confluence pages and Flare need to remain in sync - any suggestions or advice? did you get any further with your plan? Thanks


author: Rugma Ramesh
body: I recently migrated source files from Confluence to Madcap Flare.

Sharing the steps I followed:

1) Export Confluence files in HTML format using Content tool.

2) Import these HTML files using Madcap Flare import option.

3) Open and clean-up every HTML file for unwanted tags and incorrect formatting.

***Note**: Based on my experience, import took just a couple of minutes but the clean-up part took most of the time. Many Confluence tags had to be removed, cross-references were broken and formatting had to be updated as per the new template. Almost the same effort as writing a new manual :)Please check other online forums as well.*

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Yes, it would be better to forget exports and just stick with Confluence.


author: Stephanie Comtois
body: [@Rugma Ramesh](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1157524)

Were you able to export multiple confluence spaces at once, or did you have to export individually?


author: Rugma Ramesh
body: I exported individually.


author: Sandra Paradis
body: [@Rugma Ramesh](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/184944) What MadCap version did you use? Did you have Central?
I am not able to see an edit option beside my space name , so that i can change space logo
Asked by sachin reddy:

I would like to change the space logo for every space that I have in my confluence, currently I don't see any edit option beside my space name. I would like to have different space logos for different spaces.![Screen Shot 2017-05-11 at 11.45.18 AM.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1139iA983B406EC211EAF/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2017-05-11 at 11.45.18 AM.png")


Answers:
author: Sam Hall
body: This thread should help: <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Cannot-change-space-logo-icon/qaq-p/441275>

* Go to Space home.
* Go to Space tools menu (at bottom left of screen).
* Choose Configure sidebar.
* Now you should see see the edit icon (small pen) next to your space logo.
* Click on the pen icon, or the space logo/name to edit the Space name / avatar.


author: sachin reddy
body: I found it thanks for the help.
Dynamic text based on page label
Asked by ghee22@gmail.com:

We're using page labels to indicate the where in the workflow a feature is. For example, if the page is phase 1, it's labelled, "phase-1".

How can I insert text dynamically based on the page label?

psuedo code:

Phase = {if page-label=="phase-1": return "This is just the beginning."

elif page-label=="phase-1": return "Getting there!"

else "I dunno."}


Answers:
author: Bill Bailey
body: Yes, you can access label content for a page, or set of pages. Take a look at this old user macro to get an idea of what you can do:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DISC/Related+Content?_ga=2.43230693.1769340653.1494599740-427558220.1450647509>

Also, here a newer user macro to use as reference:

<http://www.mos-eisley.dk/display/ATLASSIAN/User+Macro%3A+Related+Content>

Now, if you have a workflow, I would recommend looking at [Comala Workflows](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.comalatech.workflow/server/overview). It will programatically make tracking pages in a workflow MUCH easier.
Using Rest API to get Confluence Page Properties sometimes returns HTML tags
Asked by Development Admin:

After some searching, i was able to find a way to use the rest API to get the Page Properties created by the Page Properties Macro (using *masterdetail/1.0/detailssummary/lines* ). But at some point, the API started returning HTML tags along with the data ('*\<div xmlns=\\"[http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\\](http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\)" class=\\"content-wrapper\\"\>\<p\>\<br/\>\</p\>\</div\>*' is an example of returning an empty data field). I was able to fix it by deleting the tables and recreating them from scratch, but not sure how or why this happens in the first place.

Has anybody run into this, or know of a better way to pull the page properties?


Answers:
author: Jessica Malenfant
body: I think I'm trying to do something similar but am also stuck.

I'd like to use the Confluence API to get the actual data entered for a confluence page tracking statements of work / contracts

that I can then pull into a BI analytics tool like Qlik or Tableau to look at projects over time, budgets, deliverables, timelines, etc.

I can't figure out what url to use to get at any of this.

![confluence page properties example.JPG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/3885i058AC2703FF76E26/image-dimensions/773x529?v=v2 "confluence page properties example.JPG")

comments: author: Dmitry Ree
body: ![Capture.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/9116i35EA76CB4349FD3E/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Capture.PNG")


Tags: macro

rest-api
Confluence login page is not allowing me to login.
Asked by rambattula:

Hi Guys,

Currently, Confluence login page is not allowing me to login. It is not recognising my password and i can't see any reset password link as well on the page.

I am able to login to JIRA,BitBucket and Bamboo by using the same password. Can any body, kindly let me know how can i reset my confluence password. Thanks in advance

Thanks \& Regards,

Ram


Answers:
author: Mirek
body: This situation might be due to few reasons. Mostly people do not know if there is a domain or normal type of login. If you do not see any reset password it might be due to that it is externally handled in AD/LDAP. If using SSO maybe you can try to log in to other system and then simply try to switch back to Confluence.
Is there any limit to add users in Page restriction list?
Asked by SUKANTAJ:

Is there any limit to add users in Page restriction list?

We have tried to add 120 users in a Confluence page and after 90 we are not able to add any user. I know we can create a group and add the group in restriction list.


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: There was a limitation:

[Adding hundreds of page restrictions causes error to appear in the UI when one more is added](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-39465)

The bug was fixed in Confluence 6.0.4.
File creation date for downloaded attachments
Asked by xl600:

Can downloaded files from Confluence have their file system creation date set to the same creation date shown in the attachments macro widget? I find it quite difficult to recognize potential changes in large files sitting on a hard drive vs their Confluence sources since everytime a file is downloaded, the file creation date becomes the date the file was downloaded.

Thanks,

XL600


Answers:
author: Michael Kornatzki
body: I have the same problem.  
I need the files with the same dates as they were at the time i attache them.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: The date that goes on to a file download is chosen by the operating system, as it's the date the file was created or updated on the local machine.

comments: author: Wonderketchup
body: I have no access to the server hosting bitbucket, where files are git pushed. But when browsing bitbucket projects, I can see last file modification dates in the source section for each file. When downloading, I get today's date for all files.

How can I get last modification date of files as shown on the webpage?


author: Wonderketchup
body: I have the same problem.

Why is zip changing file dates for download?

How can we preserve file last modification dates?
Atlassian Connect Express - Error on startup
Asked by ClemensJ:

I am trying to get a first ACE plugin running. After the following sequence of commands I can only get an error during startup. What am I doing wrong?

1. atlas-connect new my-plugin
2. npm install
3. Edit credentials.json to my cloud Confluence instance
4. npm start

Error is:

```
> node app.jsWatching atlassian-connect.json for changesAdd-on server running at http://my-box-here.local:3000Initialized sqlite3 storage adapterLocal tunnel established at https://4dc62f1f.ngrok.io/Check http://127.0.0.1:4040 for tunnel statusRegistering add-on...undefined:1SyntaxError: Unexpected end of input    at Object.parse (native)    at Request._callback (/my-plugin/node_modules/atlassian-connect-express/lib/internal/registration/register-jira-conf.js:168:25)    at Request.self.callback (/my-plugin/node_modules/atlassian-connect-express/node_modules/request/request.js:188:22)    at emitTwo (events.js:87:13)    at Request.emit (events.js:172:7)    at Request.<anonymous> (/my-plugin/node_modules/atlassian-connect-express/node_modules/request/request.js:1171:10)    at emitOne (events.js:77:13)    at Request.emit (events.js:169:7)    at IncomingMessage.<anonymous> (/my-plugin/node_modules/atlassian-connect-express/node_modules/request/request.js:1091:12)    at IncomingMessage.g (events.js:260:16)    at emitNone (events.js:72:20)    at IncomingMessage.emit (events.js:166:7)    at endReadableNT (_stream_readable.js:923:12)    at nextTickCallbackWith2Args (node.js:511:9)    at process._tickCallback (node.js:425:17)
```

nvm is running node lts/argon @4.8.3

What is ticking me off is, that I am trying to register in a Confluence instance and register-jira-conf.js is throwing the error.


Answers:
author: Clemens J?tte
body: I am not sure how it was actually connected but installing the needed build tooling for npm and 'npm install'ing freshly solved the problem.

Build tooling can be installed with 'npm install --global --production windows-build-tools'


Tags: confluence-app

confluence-cloud

connect

javascript