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Confluence SSO configuration
Asked by Santhosh Kumar r:

How to configure SSO for Confluence. I have on premise server


Answers:
author: Shankar Asam {Appfire}
body: Hi,

The question is very basic. We need full details of what type of sso config you're looking at? Do you use any IdP? or Do you want to integrate confluence with crowd for SSO? what is your requirement?

-Shankar

comments: author: Santhosh Kumar r
body: Sorry. We would like to enable auto login to confluence.

When I log in I use my AD username/password combination which indicates I managed to get the AD logins working, we just want the credentials passed through seamlessly, i.e. we don't have to log in.


author: Jon Espen Ingvaldsen Kantega SSO
body: Hi [@Santhosh Kumar r](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3573959)   

The following blog article article describes how you can setup Kerberos to achieve this seamless login experience in Confluence server / data center: <https://kantega-sso.com/articles/kerberos/>  

Please reach out if you have any questions configuring this in your environment.  

Regards,  
Jon Espen  
Kantega SSO


Tags: confluence-server

server
Has admin permission behaviour changed lately (since May 2019)?
Asked by Helen Gosper:

Wondering if anyone else has had similar issue, and how they resolved it.

I'm a site-admin in our Confluence cloud instance and I need to partly unrestrict a page that a user without admin permission has restricted.

I used to be able to do this but I'm not sure if this behaviour has changed recently, or whether I may be thinking of when we were on Confluence Server. Surely there must be a way for the person who is responsible for the site to be able to view/edit and unrestrict a page?

Advice anyone? (please don't say to upgrade to cloud premium).

thanks


Answers:
author: Darryl St_ Pierre
body: I'm in a similar situation right now. I have a former user that restricted a page and I am unable to do anything with it.

I believe you need to work with Atlassian Support directly to have them change the access rights/restrictions. They are the only ones with permissions above a Site Admin, and I believe I've seen this scenario addressed in this fashion.

comments: author: Helen Gosper
body: Hmm, this is a bit annoying when you're trying to do this work in real-time. I reached out to Atlassian Support yesterday so hopefully I'll hear something soon.


author: Darryl St_ Pierre
body: Looking forward to hearing the final word on this!


author: Helen Gosper
body: Currently working with an Atlassian support person who is looking into it with me - I'll let you know the outcome.


Tags: confluence-cloud
How to set Comapny Letter head while exporting a page to WORD or PDF
Asked by Muhammad Farhan:

Hello,

Can you please advise on this:

I want to export my meeting pages (One bye one) to word or pdf document but on our company letter head, is it doable can I set a template that when I select export to word or even pdf it will print to our company letter head, we have very simple letter head two jpg images one each on header and footer.

Your help is this regard will be appreciated.


Answers:
author: Herve Frydlender
body: Here is how I did exactly that without plugin editing Space Tools / look \& Feel / PDF Stylesheet:

```
@page {
  /* Make the page portrait A4 */
  size: 210mm 297mm;

  /* Page number bottom left */
  @bottom-left {
    font-size: 12pt;
    color: DarkGray;
    content: counter(page);
  }
}

/* Change first page footer */
@page:first {
  /* Reserve space above */
  margin-top: 150px;

  /* Reserve space below */
  margin-bottom: 100px;

  /* Company background image */
  background-image: url("https://confluence.company.com/download/attachments/19658987/background.png");
  background-size: cover;

  /* Sigfox logo top left*/
  @top-left {
    background-image: url('https://confluence.company.com/download/attachments/19658987/logo.png');
    background-repeat:no-repeat;
    background-position:left center;
  }

  @bottom-center {
    font-size: 12pt;
    font-style: italic;
    color: rgb(69,0,204);
    content: "Copyright ? 2019. All rights reserved.";
  }

  /* Remove page counter on first page */
  @bottom-left {
  }
}
```

Have fun customizing this according to your needs.


author: DPKJ
body: [@Muhammad Farhan](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3571637)Confluence Server provide ways to customize your PDF exports ([guide here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/customize-exports-to-pdf-190480945.html)) but this is limited to Space export and doesn't not work for single page export.

If you want to customize single page export you might need to add some addon to your Confluence. One of them is,

* [Scroll PDF Exporter](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/7019/scroll-pdf-exporter-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview) - This is from Top Vendor and Staff Picked addon.

*Note: I am not associated with above mentioned plugin.*

comments: author: Muhammad Farhan
body: Thank you [@DPKJ](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/690016) let me check the add on you mentioned.


author: Muhammad Farhan
body: Hello [@DPKJ](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/690016) is there any other Plug in which you know can be use for

exporting a page to WORD or PDF on a letter head. {#toc-hId--1408058469}
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Thank you


author: DPKJ
body: I have given this one a trial - [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/4909/content-exporter-word-pdf-html?hosting=cloud\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/4909/content-exporter-word-pdf-html?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)


Tags: confluence-server

server
uninstall confluence trial from Linux?
Asked by anagha.m:

Hi,

I am installing Confluence (trial) and I have selected the wrong option. Also I have used the different email ID.

So I want to uninstall it. I am at the step of installing database.

Please help.

Thanks in advance


Answers:
author: DPKJ
body: [@anagha.m](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3579074)as per details provided by you and to add to [@Deepanshu Natani](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/588324) answer,

* What wrong option you have selected other than email?
* Email ID can always be changed from admin screen after installation, so don't worry about that.

comments: author: anagha.m
body: it asks for 2 option one is data center and other one. Is there is way I can change it.


author: DPKJ
body: [@anagha.m](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3579074)Yes you can do that. Here is pointer to that - <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/revert-to-standalone-instance-from-accidental-confluence-data-center-migration-968667261.html>

Few other points,

* Behavior of Confluence Data Center is similar to Server, if you are installing on single node.
  * So, if your purpose just to try, you can proceed to try with Data Center for 1 month. And later install Server version in production.
* Both Server and Data Center version come with one month trial.


author: anagha.m
body: Great.. Thank you.


author: Deepanshu Natani
body: Hi [@anagha.m](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3579074)

In order to uninstall Confluence you can follow these basic steps:

* Remove the directory that Confluence needs to run (the install directory),
* delete the directory where Confluence stores its data (the home directory),
* and delete/drop the database (if you have created one for Confluence).

You can also checkout the following link: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/uninstalling-confluence-from-linux-255362396.html?_ga=2.62095916.1445606411.1569904332-1818746774.1561008527>


Tags: confluence-server

server
How do I migrate from Confluence 7.0.1 on prem to Confluence Cloud?
Asked by Justin Parker:

I attempted to use the Import backup option and uploaded the ZIP file and once the import kicked off an error was received about needing a new JIRA server version?

Error states: "low_version_error_importWe cant import your file because its from an old server version."

I have Confluence 7.0.1 on a CentOS 7 VM and I started a Confluence cloud premium trail and I had high hopes of importing my data and hit the ground running.

Is this not a supported migration option to Confluence Cloud?


Answers:
author: Justin Parker
body: I should have used the built in tool from the local Confluence install Atlassian Cloud Migration Assistant tool.

I was able to migrate successfully.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Table - inconsistent padding
Asked by Dawid Nawrot:

It looks like first column doesn't have the same padding as the others. Anybody else noticed it as well?![confluence_padding.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/67788i98C784F6B03A68DB/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "confluence_padding.png")


Answers:
author: Brooke
body: Hi David! is being addressed. See: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-67784>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Is there any way to automate an upload from bitbucket to wiki pages?
Asked by yash oza:

I want to automate an upload a excel sheet daily from my bitbucket to the confluence wiki page


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello [@yash oza](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3577884),

Welcome to Atlassian Community. It's great to have you!

There's not currently any integration between the two apps that could help you with that, but we do have a few feature requests:

* [CONFCLOUD-30924](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-30924) *Integrate Confluence with Bitbucket*
* [CONFSERVER-30924](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-30924) (Server version of above request)
* [CONFCLOUD-29698](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-29698) *Include the possibility to link/embed/display Bitbucket content into Confluence spaces/pages*
* [CONFSERVER-29698](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-29698) (Server version of the above request)

You would possibly be able to create something like this with REST-API, and the documentation can be found on our [Atlassian Developer site](https://developer.atlassian.com). If you need the specific documentation for your version of Confluence and Bitbucket, please let us know what versions you are running.

We also have a [Developer forum](https://developer.atlassian.com/resources/) in case you have any trouble with that.

Let me know if you have any questions about this.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: bitbucket
Tables - auto-scaling of width to fill the page
Asked by Dawid Nawrot:

I would like to be able to set the width of the table to auto but without forcing it to 100%.

For example, below table does not need to expand to 100% because then it looks odd:

![confluence_view.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/67785i245BAD4467515AB8/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "confluence_view.png")

but it looks awesome in edit mode..

![confluence_edit.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/67784i7A5EF8871D5CB4A8/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "confluence_edit.png")


Answers:
author: Vronik
body: Hello [@Dawid Nawrot](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2831634)

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Table-automatically-fits-to-the-full-page/qaq-p/1274216>

Regards


Tags: confluence-cloud
How can I found out the colours of tip macro?
Asked by Brigine:

Hello,

I want to use the colour of tip macro for panel macro. But I don't know how to find out. I am not a global admin. I can't do any general configuration. Thank you so much for helping.


Answers:
author: Mirek
body: Looking at the documentation the tip is using green color

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/info-tip-note-and-warning-macros-51872369.html>

I think you can use some color picker app (e.g <https://imagecolorpicker.com/>) to get the HEX values and use this in you panel macro

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/panel-macro-51872380.html>

or simply check Atlassian Design Guidelines and use official colors

<https://atlassian.design/guidelines/brand/color>
Install system updates
Asked by Anand Sakthivel:

Hello,

How safe it is to run system updates on the server when updates are available. We have the following versions installed and running.

Server version: Apache Tomcat/9.0.12

JVM Version: 1.8.0_202-b08

Atlassian Confluence 6.15.2

Ubuntu 18.04.3

Do we have to hold up any packages during upgrade or is it safe to install the updates.

Thank you

Br,

Anand


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: It is safe to install system updates, except Java, if you have chosen to use your own Java installation instead of the one distributed with Confluence.

comments: author: Anand Sakthivel
body: okay, thank you.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Calendar and Outlook
Asked by Maria Fernanda Abondano Bernal:

If I create a calendar in a confluence space, would it be possible to set up reminders for the participants? so that the participants received an email (Outlook) reminder about the event?


Answers:
author: Boris MBOUMEHANG
body: Hi Maria,   

I guess when you talk about creating a calendar in a Confluence space, it means you use the plugin **[Team Calendars for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/72307/team-calendars-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)** . If so, then yes it is possible to set up**[reminders](https://confluence.atlassian.com/teamcalcloud/reminders-909903911.html)** for the participants, regarding a specific event type. In fact, you will need to:

1. Add a reminder for the event type you want your users to be reminded;
2. Turn on the reminder emails.  

I hope this will help.   

Kind regards,  
Boris


Tags: confluence-cloud
Text displays when hovering over a specific word on the page
Asked by Antal Tratnyek:

Hello,

is there a macro or something which allows me to display some text in the pages content when I hovering over it with the mouse?

Just like on Wikipedia it previews to content when hovering over a link...

Thank you

BR

Antal


Answers:
author: Malik Mangier
body: Hi Antal,

There are a couple of [tooltips macro](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?product=confluence&query=tooltip)indeed: [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?product=confluence\&query=tooltip,](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?product=confluence&query=tooltip) and free as well :)

Malik.

comments: author: Antal Tratnyek
body: Hi Mailk,

<br />

Thank you very much for the prompt reply.

This is what I was looking for. :)

Much appreciated!

BR

Antal
user filter application
Asked by Anderson Hsu:

Dear Support Team,

Would it be possible to use user filter function only get specific account to change accoung format ?

(\&(objectCategory=Person)(sAMAccountName=\*)(!(cn=Rajesh thiran)))

We try it , but we found it can not only get specific account to change format

![domain.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/67753i0DBADCAD8282265D/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "domain.jpg")


Answers:
author: Rafael Pinto Sperafico
body: Hi [@Anderson Hsu](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/626040) ,

The information provided in the description and what is the screenshot does not seem to relate, therefore could you please provide more information as to what you are trying to accomplish using user search filter?

As a side note, when building the user search filter, it is good practice following filter suggested by Microsoft, so you guarantee you are retrieving only users. More information on [Querying for Users](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/win32/ad/querying-for-users?redirectedfrom=MSDN "Querying for Users") documentation.

Kind regards,  
Rafael


Tags: confluence-server

server
Confluence Server Slash Commands
Asked by Nils Rochholl (implec GmbH):

Hi together,

we have Confluence Server Version 7.0.1. The Cloud-Version have the Slash Commands. Where can i activate the Slash Commands in Server Version?

Best regards  
Nils


Answers:
author: DPKJ
body: [@Nils Rochholl (implec GmbH)](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3577196)Confluence server have different set of features as compared to Confluence Cloud. But you will see Slash Command rolling out for server version also.

Meanwhile here is list of keyboard shortcut for confluence server - <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/keyboard-shortcuts-139456.html>

Also this printable page is great if you write a lot - <https://atlassianblog.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/keyboard-shortcuts-infographics.pdf>

comments: author: slavikus
body: Hi!

2.5 years later, are there any improvements on the Slash commands support for the Confluence Server? We still don't see them in our Server instance... is there anything we need to specifically enable?


author: Petr Bartos
body: 3.5 years later, anything?


Tags: confluence-server

server
Confluence Task Report Macro - Cannot change task states
Asked by Paul:

Users are reporting they are unable to change status of tasks on pages using the Task Status Macro

When changing the status of a task the server log file includes the error :-

\[atlassian.confluence.event.ConfluenceEventDispatcher\] run there wan an exception thrown when trying to dispatch event \[ConfluenceTaskUpdateEvent

further down the stack trace is a NullPointerException thrown in :-

com.atlassian.mywork.model.TaskBuilder.java:39

We are running Confluence Server Data Centre Version 6.13.4

Has anybody else experienced this problem?

Many Thanks

Paul.


Answers:
author: why
body: I'm having the exact same problem in Confluence Server 6.13.4

The task status can only be changed by clicking on it twice, the first time often fails.


Tags: confluence-server

data-center

server
Agile Wallboard Gadget
Asked by NAF:

Hi There

Jira and Confluence are connected, As well as there is the Basic URl in Confluence -\> gadget feed implemented.

But the Agile Wallboard Gadget does not show up in the makro browser.

Both self hosted newest version.

So what do I have to do?

greeting niklas


Answers:
author: Danut M _StonikByte_
body: Hi NAF,

As an alternative, you could try the Team Wallboard gadget offered by our [Great Gadgets](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?query=stonikbyte+great+gadgets+agile) app. It works in Confluence, too.

![WallboardGadget.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/153883iD3528B2F61E55E2B/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "WallboardGadget.png")

Danut.


author: Rudi van der Molen
body: Same problem here!


author: Trang Vo
body: Same problem. Anyone can advise?


Tags: confluence-server

server

wallboard
What is my ReST URL?
Asked by steve_dunn:

I installed Questions on my Cloud instance ([https://dunncorp.atlassian.net](https://dunncorp.atlassian.net/)).

Where do I access the ReST API for it? (I want to post questions programmatically).

The [documentation](https://docs.atlassian.com/confluence-questions/rest/index.html) says it's at {{[https://extranet.atlassian.com/rest/questions/1.0/question?limit=10}}](https://extranet.atlassian.com/rest/questions/1.0/question?limit=10}}?) , so I swapped the first bit and and tried <https://dunncorp.atlassian.net/rest/questions/1.0/question?limit=10> but got a 404


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Steve,

Thank you for contacting us about this.

The documentation you found is out-of-date, but thank you for bringing this to our attention. The REST API for Questions for Confluence REST API has been removed as of 2017's infrastructure change. Have a look at [Functionality update and moving to our new cloud infrastructure](https://confluence.atlassian.com/questionscloud/blog/2017/07/functionality-update-and-moving-to-our-new-cloud-infrastructure) for more details (under **As a reminder, here's the functionality to be removed that we announced previously**).

All of the documentation on the current Confluence Cloud REST API is available from [Confluence Cloud REST API](https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/rest)

There is a feature request below, where users are requesting to have the functionality back:

* [CONFCLOUD-58733](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-58733) *Make Confluence Questions REST APIs available again*

Please vote on this if you wish to see it and you will automatically be added to the list of watchers.

Thank you for your understanding.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: steve_dunn
body: Thanks Shannon.

Wow, that's quite a bit of functionality removed!

We rely heavily on this as we've been working around [the lack of notification bar](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-58222).

Does anyone actually read these suggestions, as the one you linked to said the documentation was out, but, nearly 2 years on, it's still out of date!


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Steve,

I think that likely the documentation that you linked to is something that was formerly updated by the Confluence Server team, but it still kept a reference to the Cloud platform. Our official documentation for REST API can be found at [developer.atlassian.com](http://developer.atlassian.com). I'm working to see who updates the docs.atlassian.com one.

I would say always reference confluence.atlassian.com for official documentation and the Developer page for development-related documentation. And to answer your question, yes, we do read the suggestions at jira.atlassian.com.

Thank you again for reporting this!

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: api

questions-for-confluence
Why doesn't commenting on a confluence page work?
Asked by heikki.niiranen:

There is only a forever spinner and the error console shows a TypeError related openDialog. Were using confluence cloud.

![ConfluenceCommentCrashesScreenshot.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/67736iDBF98DE137D1D9C7/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "ConfluenceCommentCrashesScreenshot.png")


Answers:
author: Boris MBOUMEHANG
body: Hello Heikki,   

First of all, welcome to the Atlassian community :)  

Could you please answer the following questions, for me to have more data about your issue?

* Do you encounter the issue with every browsers you use, or just some of them (please, list them)?
* Could you please list me (or show me a screenshot of) all your browser's plugins/add-ons?
* Do you encounter the issue with all only one specific page, or with every pages of your Confluence instance?
* Do you still encounter the issue when refreshing the page?
* Do you still encounter the issue when trying to access your page from an external network (not your Corporate network)?
* Could you tell me if you use some specific macros in your page? If so, could you please list them?

In parallel to this thread, I advise you to open a ticket to the [Atlassian support.](https://support.atlassian.com/contact/#/)

Thanks in advance.

Best regards,  
Boris


Tags: confluence-cloud

bug

cloud