youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Which CPU instruction are recommend for virtualization?
Asked by Henning Blanke _Communardo_:

In virtualized environments, it is possible that CPU instruction set limit. In my opinion, the performance may have problems.   
Which CPU instruction should necessarily be available to ensure a high-performance operation?   
Is there any experience? What Instruction are activated at Atlassian Cloud? Or maybe even disabled?


Answers:
author: rrudnicki
body: Hi Henning,

I know that sometimes scale environments are complicated. However, bear in mind that it isn't only CPU you should concern about when thinking about performance. It will depend on many different factors, for example:

# The number of concurrent users that you will have;

# If your application will have a huge coefficient of Read/Write;

# If you will run it over SSL or not;

# How many other virtual machines will be running over its hypervisor (it could affect some I/O), etc...

To sum up, unfortunately, Atlassian doesn't have a complete documentation about the virtualized environments yet, because as I said, it depends on many different factors.

However, you can check [this link](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Running+Confluence+in+a+Virtualised+Environment) about Confluence running in virtualized environments and [this one](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Server+Hardware+Requirements+Guide) about hardware requirements for Confluence.

Also, if you need some especial assistance to set your environment up, you might want to [contact an Atlassian Expert.](https://www.atlassian.com/resources/experts/)

[](https://www.atlassian.com/resources/experts/)What I could recommend you to do, based on my previous experiences, is:

* Create a test environment following the hardware requirements documentation.
* Try to predict how this system will grow: disk space, users, concurrent requests in the next two  
  years, etc. With this information, you will be able to have an idea of how much of CPU and memory you'll need, what kind of disk, space in disk, throughput, etc.
* Do some load tests using [JMETER](http://jmeter.apache.org/).

Hope it helps.

Renato Rudnicki


Tags: confluence-administration
How to export an included page to PDF
Asked by J. Caldwell:

I'm working on a set of pages. Basically it is a top level page, that will be leveraging a bunch of include macros to include specific pages into the one central page. What I want to do is also include a kind of "export this page to pdf" where it is the specific included page (basically where someone can download a pdf of a one sheet).   

Referencing the page ID in calling the export functionality doesn't do any good because every version means the page ID number can update. Is there a way to basically include a (button/link/widget/etc) just below a section saying "export this service information to pdf..." and have it export the latest version of the pdf?


Answers:
author: rrudnicki
body: Hi James,

The button on Tools -\> Export to PDF is not what you are looking for?

If you need additional information about exporting files to PDF, please have a look at the links below:

1 - [PDF Customisation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Customising+Exports+to+PDF)

2 - [Advanced PDF Customisation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Advanced+PDF+Export+Customisations)

I hope it helps.

Renato Rudnicki


Tags: confluence-administration
Where did the Confluence Advanced Macros issue tracker move to?
Asked by David Yu:

I was looking to vote on native multi-excerpt functionality within Confluence:

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-2932>

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-13536>

They all dead-end to ecosystem.atlassian.net: <https://ecosystem.atlassian.net/browse/ADVMACROS-148>


Answers:
author: Steven F Behnke
body: that issue probably exists but you don't have permissions to "browse" or view it.


Tags: confluence-administration
Get copied on all shared pages?
Asked by Matt Uebel:

Is there some way to configure my profile in Confluence such that I receive a copy of all shared pages?   

I can replicate this behavior by including myself in each share, but I'd like it to happen transparently.


Answers:
author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Matt,

Currently that functionality is not present in Confluence, nevertheless you can use the [Activity Stream Gadget](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Activity+Stream+Gadget) to track content updates. Also, if you *watch* a certain *Space* you will be notified of every change taking place under it, including newly created pages - more information on the watch functionality can be [reviewed here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Watching+Pages,+Spaces+and+Blogs).

Hope that helps.
Is there a way to create a link that will return users to the previous Confluence page?
Asked by Thomas Hardin:

I have a Space where I publish and report deployment information for enhancement requests. This information can be used by several different teams, each with their own space.

What I want to do is provide the reporting link to each Team space, so that they can review the information provided, but I want to be able to have a link on the Deployment page that will direct the users back to their Space when they are finished.

Now, i understand that the Back button on the Web Browser is an option, but I would like to offer something that is a little more intuitive, something that recognizes the previous Space, not the previous Page. This way the user can navigate within the pages of one space and then return to their space when they're ready, instead over selecting the menu options.

Crazy thought, I know. But maybe someone has considered this and tried it.


Answers:
author: Ale? La?ar
body: Hi,

you can create it via javascript

```
&lt;A HREF="javascript:javascript:history.go(-1)"&gt;Click here to go back to previous page&lt;/A&gt;
```

And there is history.go(-1). You can create it like parametrs for back macro and set, how many pages you can go back. It isnt exactly what you want (go back to space), but i dont think that is possible.

You can try to rebuild it that you create in javascript parser for URLs from history (via history.go(-i) where i is from 1 to 10 for example) and parse the part with space name.

comments: author: Davin Studer
body: I thought about parsing the previous href too, but the problem with that is if the page title has special characters then the url will not have the space name in it anymore.


author: Ale? La?ar
body: Hmmm... That is true :/ So then try to get a meta data via Velocity?


author: Davin Studer
body: Are the users setting their own personal site home in their user settings? If so, then you could just provide a link to http://{confluence_base_ul} and they will be directed to their team home page. Another option would be to have pages within each space that does a page include of the report content ... that way they don't have to leave their space at all.


author: Thomas Hardin
body: I'm going to giving the javascript a shot. Luckily, I don't have any pages with special characters. I just have several pages in one space that will be accessed by many different users from other Team spaces.

You guys ROCK!!! Thank you so much.

comments: author: Ale? La?ar
body: I hope that you will done it :) If you will do it, closed this question.Regards,Ale?


Tags: link

navigation
Cannot search for attachments
Asked by Danny Lorenty:

I'm having trouble searching for attachments. The entry comes up in the search, but I get a "Page Not Found" when I click on it. I have to select the "See more results..." option at the bottom of the search results to get to the attachment.

lookup.png

not_found.png  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Cannot-search-for-attachments/qaq-p/327106?attachment-id=5414){#link_11932d68f2387d}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/55156/1/lookup.png){#display_11932d68f2387d_0}  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Cannot-search-for-attachments/qaq-p/327106?attachment-id=5415){#link_11932d68f2387d_0}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/55156/2/not_found.png){#display_11932d68f2387d_2}


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: It is a known bug. I have posted a workaround on the [JIRA ticket (CONF-32869)](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-32869).


Tags: confluence-administration
Is there a plugin for cleaning up strange Confluence formatting?
Asked by Phil Pinder:

Quite often we find that \<span\> tags start appearing in our Confluence pages. The source is stuff that we have entered by hand (not imported). I believe this happens after a certain amount of editing. The results of this are:

* Slightly strange-looking headings (that are actually formatted as "Paragraph", list items that have very little space between them.
* When we export to Word (using the k15t Scroll Office plugin) all hell breaks loose: whole paragraphs become headings, a set of list items becomes a single paragraph, and so on.

The fix is to go into the source editor, and remove all the \<span/\> tags one by one.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Phil

(Confluence 4.2.1)


Answers:
author: Phil Pinder
body: Good thinking, thanks!

(I would still prefer a plugin that I could launch on all the Confluence pages that go into our user guide before exporting them.)


author: Ramiro Pointis
body: I used Source Editor for a while but in the end I discovered that it makes a mess with my pages so I stop using it.


author: Davin Studer
body: You can also highlight the wacko content and clear the formatting.

image2014-9-18 11:8:12.png  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Is-there-a-plugin-for-cleaning-up-strange-Confluence-formatting/qaq-p/357024?attachment-id=1350){#link_1189716ffb7f93}  
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Tags: confluence-administration
Need to install Atlassian OnDemand Confluence Version 5.5-OD-31-010
Asked by Ankur Mehrotra:

We need to install the Atlassian OnDemand Confluence Version which is showing as 5.5-OD-31-010 to migrate our client data .  
But the above versions of OnDemand confluence version -5.5-OD-31-010 are not available to download from the atlasian site -<https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/download-archives>.  
Please suggest which version to download and use.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: The OnDemand versions are not available because they're for running OnDemand (now called Cloud) on Atlassian's hosting platform, not end user servers.

You should download the most relevant release for your target version and operating system - probably Cofnluence 5.5.6, but I can't tell you if you need Linux, Windows or the WAR or Standalone versions.

comments: author: Ankur Mehrotra
body: Does it means OnDemand confluence version -5.5-OD-31-010 is same as Confluence 5.5.6 version


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: No, they are not the same. But the data is compatible. You might get a warning as you try to import your Cloud data into a Server install, but you won't lose anything and the import is supported.
How can I show the youngest comment on a Conflunece page in the top and not at the end?
Asked by Andrea Schmidt:


Answers:
author: Ale? La?ar
body: Hi Andrea,

Please see this: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-2587>

There is a script to HTML for workaround :smile:

\<script\> AJS.toInit(function(){ $comments = AJS.$('#page-comments'); $comments.children().each(function(i,li){$comments.prepend(li)}) });\</script\>
Manual upgrade of Confluence from 3.3 to current release
Asked by s:

Hi

A question on the upgrade path from 3.3 to current release.

From the documentation it says

| 2.8 to 3.4 | [Manually upgrade](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Upgrading+Confluence+Manually) to **3.5.17**, and follow paths below. |
|------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

What do you mean when you say Manually upgrade ?

Can the confluence be upgraded using a built in function for upgrades

OR

Do I have to download the version given and then go through the steps covered in the section Performing the Upgrade from relevant version.

Thanks


Answers:
author: Ale? La?ar
body: You have to upgrade to 3.5.17, then upgrade to 4 and then to 5 :smile: Manually is that you cant go directly to latest version:smile:


author: Tiago Comasseto
body: Manually also means that you need to use the zip/tar.gz installation packet, instead of the installer wizard.

Cheers

comments: author: Ale? La?ar
body: And yes that is true.. But when you have to upgrade this interversion, you dont have any other chance :)


Tags: confluence-administration
How can I add a column to "File list" (Attachment Macro)
Asked by Vera Henrichs:

Hello,

I love the Attachment Macro where you can easily add files. But I'd like to know and if possible, to see how you can add a colum between the columsn File and column Modified. There's room enough and I think it'll come in handy to add some descriptions there....

Thank you


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: What do you mean by descriptions? Are you referring to the comments section on the attachment properties page?

image2014-9-18 11:22:54.png

If you add a comment there it will show on the attachments macro below the file name.

image2014-9-18 11:24:43.png  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-can-I-add-a-column-to-quot-File-list-quot-Attachment-Macro/qaq-p/95843?attachment-id=4110){#link_118971d6a7696d}  
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[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-can-I-add-a-column-to-quot-File-list-quot-Attachment-Macro/qaq-p/95843?attachment-id=4111){#link_118971d6a7696d_0}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/16104/2/image2014-9-18%2011%3A24%3A43.png){#display_118971d6a7696d_2}


author: Rodney Hughes
body: My query is about adding extra columns, not removing them.

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-58555>

I hope others will add their comments and votes ...


author: Vera Henrichs
body: Hi Davin,

I dind't know about adding that comment ?fter you've dragged and dropped the file - found it though.

That's also an answer to my question.

:smile:

All the best,

Vera


Tags: attachment

file-list

macro
Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found. - any idea?
Asked by Rumceisz:

Hi All,

when using include macro we can find the page but when saving we get the following error:

Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found.

<br />

Could you please help?

Rumi


Answers:
author: Gonchik Tsymzhitov
body: Hi!

I have met also with issue after migration.

1. It is system macro.

2. It is related to the incorrect reference to the page which included

Cheers,

Gonchik Tsymzhitov


author: Milo Test
body: In my case, this only happens when exporting to Word. Views fine in Confluence and when exported to PDF.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Start with the basics - does the page actually exist when you follow the link?

Can you search for it? Does it have any odd characters in the title?


Tags: confluence-administration
Confluence API of Page Properties Macro
Asked by SergioC:

It's possible get the properties added in Page Properties Macro of a Page via REST API?

Thanks!.


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: You could, but I think you will have to parse the page and insert it that way.


author: Tiago Comasseto
body: Hi Sergio, you may want to check this [doc](https://docs.atlassian.com/atlassian-confluence/REST/latest/#d3e790) to see if it's what you're trying to achieve. I've added a custom property using the [example JSON](https://docs.atlassian.com/atlassian-confluence/REST/latest/#d3e86) and it worked:

```
$ curl -D- -u admin:admin -X POST --data "{\"key\":\"example-property-key\",\"value\":{\"anything\":\"goes\"},\"content\":{\"id\":\"360456\",\"type\":\"page\",\"_links\":{\"self\":\"http://192.168.10.224:8561/rest/api/content/360456\"},\"_expandable\":{\"body\":\"\",\"container\":\"\",\"ancestors\":\"\",\"children\":\"\",\"descendants\":\"\",\"metadata\":\"\"}},\"version\":{\"number\":2,\"minorEdit\":false},\"_links\":{\"base\":\"http://192.168.10.224:8561\",\"context\":\"\",\"self\":\"http://192.168.10.224:8561/rest/api/content/360456/property/example-property-key\"}}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://192.168.10.224:8561/rest/api/content/360456/propertyHTTP/1.1 200 OKServer: Apache-Coyote/1.1X-ASEN: SEN-L3897800Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=CF1289EE83FD4FBD3772C34DEB65CB9D; Path=/; HttpOnlyX-Seraph-LoginReason: OKX-AUSERNAME: adminX-Content-Type-Options: nosniffContent-Type: application/jsonTransfer-Encoding: chunkedDate: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 14:04:24 GMT{"id":"360457","key":"example-property-key","value":{"anything":"goes"},"version":{"when":"2014-09-09T11:04:24.136-0300","message":"","number":1,"minorEdit":false},"_links":{"base":"http://192.168.10.224:8561","context":"","self":"http://192.168.10.224:8561/rest/api/content/360456/property/example-property-key"},"_expandable":{"content":"/rest/api/content/360456"}}
```

Cheers

comments: author: Davin Studer
body: He is referring the page properties macro, not content properties.


author: SergioC
body: Thank you.
Confluence Admin Page is blank!
Asked by Marco Colageo:

Dear community,

I had added an easy script via the Custom HTML page in the Confluence Admin section and after saving I don't have more access to the Admin Page!

The page displayed is blank with no error at all. I tried this with IE, Firefox and Chrome. No way to log-in as Administrator since there is none displayed.

The remaining Confluence pages display a weird Top Bar too.

Anyone that has an idea about how to fix this?

Thanks!

Marco


Answers:
author: Tiago Comasseto
body: Hi Marco, all layout customizations are stored into the table `DECORATOR`, you could simply delete the content of this table and restart Confluence, this would drop all customizations and rollback to the default layout settings.

Cheers


author: Chag
body: can you post a screenshot ?

comments: author: Marco Colageo
body: Hi John, the screenshot would be blank! :)When typing \<server_name\>/authenticate.action?destination=/admin/console.action to access the Confluence Admin page the browser displays a white page without any warning at all!CheersMarco


Tags: confluence-administration

html
confluence 5.4.4 cluster, jira integration not working for me
Asked by HP:

Hi there,

I have upgraded confluence from version 5.1.2 to version 5.4.4 (cluster mode). My JIRA version is in 6.1.6

After the upgrade,

1. The new feature, highlight text to create JIRA ticket, and Quote for comment, are not working. When highlight the text, I cant see the both Icon.
2. When Click the Insert JIRA Macro, the macro does not work, it show " There is no metadata configured for this macro which means no configuration screen can be presented here."

I did verify that

* the application link is well created in both confluence and Jira.
* Confluence and Jira Content Connector" plugin is enabled
* deleted the plugin cache and restarted tomcat

Second, the existing page which is using JIRA macro to display ticket, they are working fine as able to show the JIRA ticket in confluence.

Did anyone encounter the same issue like me? Thanks!

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Tiago Comasseto
body: Hi, it's possible that you're facing the issue described in this [KB](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/No+Macro+Metadata+When+Trying+To+Insert+JIRA+Issue+Macro). You may want to check if one the resolutions help you to fix it.

Cheers


Tags: confluence-administration
Confluence Page History permission
Asked by SergioC:

Its possible restrict permissions so that a user does not see the History page?

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Thanks!.  
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Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: No, but you could remove links to the history page onload with JavaScript. It will not deny them access. If they know the URL they can still get to it, but it would obscure it from your average user.

comments: author: SergioC
body: Thank you Davin.


author: Brian Liston
body: Can you do this on Confluence Cloud?


author: Davin Studer
body: No. The cloud offering does not give you the ability to run custom javascript.


author: Chag
body: as far as i know it cannot be block even for anonymous users. see this link <https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=317196367>

<https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/24859>

comments: author: SergioC
body: Thank you John
what is the fastest way to create 1050 users who are authenticating with AD
Asked by Olayemi Olatunji:

I have a 2000 user license and meant to create 1050 users from a 1200 AD user list.

What is the fastest way to create the 1050 users and also to ensure they authenticate using their AD passwords?

I'll cherish a well descriptive solution as I am virtually new to confluence.

Regards.


Answers:
author: Ale? La?ar
body: Hi Olayemi,

You dont have to create all of users. Simply synchronized Confluence with AD :smile:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DEV/Mapping+Active+Directory+to+Confluence>
Dropbox gadget
Asked by Volker Schaberg:

Does Confluence OnDemand support external gadgets in particular, Dropbox? Any instructions would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.


Answers:
author: Elisa [Atlassian]
body: Hi Volker,

I believe that this article can help you out: <http://blogs.atlassian.com/2010/10/confluence_enterprise_wiki_dropbox_integration/>

Please let us know if you have any other concerns. :smile:

Cheers!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence pages (versions)
Asked by SergioC:

Clustering, database tuning and other performance tuning is recommended for instances exceeding these values:

|------------|-----|
| Most Pages | 80K |

The versions that can have a page are also included?

Captura de pantalla 2014-09-17 a la(s) 22.04.01.png

n the example, only the current page count how or even versions?

Thanks!

<br />

[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Confluence-pages-versions/qaq-p/432714?attachment-id=3288){#link_11897273573ce6}  
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Answers:
author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Sergio,

As far as I know, only the current versions will count since you only access the latest version when you reach a page. The other versions are just stored in the database to compare with other pages.

I'd say that if you check the confluence admin-\> system information -\> **Content (Current Versions)** number and if that surpasses the 80k, then you can think about tuning the instance.

I hope this helps.

cheers!

Rod

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I'd add that "clustering" is no longer supported - you'll need to look at Confluence Data Centre (after database tuning and hardware improvements). Also, I've looked after healthy standalone Confluences much bigger than 80k, so you can get a lot out of decent hardware and database tuning!


author: SergioC
body: Thank you very much Rodrigo.