youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
SSL WebDAV issues after 5.8.4/Tomcat8
Asked by Michael Salisbury:

Has anyone else come across issues using WebDAV over an SSL connection since the above upgrade? Having some trouble connecting from Windows machines that were working to map a network drive. Just get a 'network path not found error'. Interestingly enough I can connect from the Confluence server back to itself over SSL. No firewalls between etc. As mentioned this was working in 5.7.4.

If I revert to non-SSL works no problem. Here's the SSL config out of server.xml

\<Connector port="9443" maxHttpHeaderSize="8192"  
maxThreads="150" minSpareThreads="25" maxSpareThreads="75"  
protocol="org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol"  
enableLookups="false" disableUploadTimeout="true"  
acceptCount="100" scheme="https" secure="true"  
clientAuth="false" sslProtocols="TLSv1,TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2" sslEnabledProtocols="TLSv1,TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2" SSLEnabled="true"  
URIEncoding="UTF-8"   
keystoreType="PKCS12"  
keystoreFile="${catalina.base}/conf/certificate.pfx"  
keystorePass="keypassword"/\>

Thanks

Michael


Answers:
author: rrudnicki
body: Hi Michael,

Is there any error messaging into your logs or web interface?

I've compared my server.xml between Confluence 5.7 and 5.8 and the only difference is related to ssl protocols. On confluence 5.8.x I have:

```
sslProtocols="TLSv1,TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2" sslEnabledProtocols="TLSv1,TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2"
```

On Confluence 5.7.x, I have:

```
sslProtocol="TLS"
```

(no sslEnabledProtocols option on version 5.7). This might be affecting the SSL communication. For testing purposes, do you mind to try to use only the parameter sslProtocol="TLS" instead your current configuration?

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Renato Rudnicki


Tags: confluence-administration
how to delete a user
Asked by Mary Cook:

I am having troubles deleting a user account (former employee) as this user has edited some pages. Despite editing those pages, the system still tells me I can't because she has edited pages within our spaces. Is there a way to globally "scrub" this? Must I delete a user to free up a license for a new employee?


Answers:
author: Shawn C
body: Hello Mary,

Unfortunately if a User has created or modified content, they cannot be deleted. Instead, you would need to [de-activate the user](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/Cloud/Add+and+remove+users#Addandremoveusers-Deactivateordeleteusers) to free up their license:
> **To deactivate a user:**
>
> 1. Go to ![](https://confluence.atlassian.com/download/attachments/744721583/Cog.png?version=1&modificationDate=1432251385855&api=v2) \> **User management**
>
> 2. On the Users screen, select the user you want to deactivate to open the user details
> 3. On the user details screens, select **Deactivate**

-shawn

comments: author: Sam Caldwell [Administrative Account]
body: Mary,Shawn is correct.


author: Mary Cook
body: Thanks Sam!


author: Mary Cook
body: Thanks Shawn! This addresses both of my questions.Mary


Tags: confluence-administration
How to insert the JIRA "Issue Statistics" chart in a Confluence page?
Asked by tim garber:

I can add a Pie Chart and Two Dimensional Filter, but don't see how to add the Issues Statistics gadget. Thanks, Tim


Answers:
author: Paula Silveira
body: Hi Tim,

First, please ensure you have done the following:

1. Choose the**cog icon** ![](https://confluence.atlassian.com/download/attachments/157679812/Cog.png?version=1&modificationDate=1361250253653&api=v2), then choose **General Configuration** under Confluence Administration
2. Choose **External Gadgets** in the left-hand panel.  
3. **Click** the **Gadget Feeds** tab.
4. Enter the base URL of the application you want to subscribe to, in the text box labelled **Gadget Feed URL** . For example,<http://example.com/jira> or <http://example.com/confluence>.
5. Choose **Add**. Confluence will convert the URL to a gadget feed and place it in the list of 'Added Gadget Feeds'.

After that you can do the following:

1. Open a page and edition mode
2. Click on **Insert more content**
3. Click on **Other Macros**
4. Search for ***statistics***, and then you'll see the gadget you want

Thanks and regards,  
Paula Silveira

comments: author: Anil Patel
body: Hi [@Paula Silveira](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781572) - I don;t see External Gadgets as a section on left hand of Confluence General Configuration page - how can this be resolved?

I am a Site Admin on JIRA, so assuming to be the same on Confluence.

Thanks,

Anil


author: tim garber
body: Thank you Paula. That worked perfectly!

Tim
Real Confluence page templates
Asked by Radek Antoniuk:

We all now the nice feature of Confluence that are Page Templates.

They are nice and together with Page Metadata, we can create nice structures where the child pages contain page metadata and the parent page creates a nice report gathering data from the underneath pages.

However, this has a fundamental flaw. When I want to add some metadata to the pages, I need to edit all of those child pages one by one, to add the value in there. So, I was wondering if it is possible to create the child pages not FROM the template, but to USE the template for editing (so that changing the template would affect actually the child pages).

Any idea on solving that?


Answers:
author: Radek Antoniuk
body: No ideas?


Tags: metadata
Adaptavist Content Formatting Macros - Compatibility Confluence 5.8.4
Asked by Anne EQS:

Hi,

we're using

Adaptavist Content Formatting Macros 4.1.9 and   
Plugin Licensing Manager Plugin 0.7.2

Are they compatible with Confluence 5.8.4 - if not what are the known issues?

Thx for your feedback, Anne


Answers:
author: Monika Turska [Adaptavist]
body: Hi @Anne Pirchmoser,

For Confluence 5.8.x, you'll need to upgrade Adaptavist Content Formatting Macros (CFM) add-on to v. 4.2.9+. Check Atlassian Marketplace for the full list of CFM versions and their compatibility with Confluence:

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.adaptavist.confluence.contentFormattingMacros/versions>

Adaptavist Plugin Licencing Manager (PLM) v. 0.7.2 is compatible with Confluence 5.8.x, see:

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.adaptavist.plm.plugin.plm-plugin/versions>

By the way, it might be good to mention here that you don't need PLM in order to use CFM add-on in your Confluence instance - we're in the process of retiring the PLM and it's no longer required for Confluence 5.7+, check our blogpost for more details: <http://www.adaptavist.com/w/all-adaptavist-add-ons-now-licensed-via-the-atlassian-marketplace/>

Hope that helps!

Thanks,

Monika


author: Anne EQS
body: Thx!


Tags: addon-com.adaptavist.confluence.contentformat

confluence-administration
Where can i add "Dhttp.nonProxyHosts" in confluence 5.7.3?
Asked by James Thomas:

I heard that from confluence 5.5.x onwards the JAVA_OPTS parameters are retrieved from CATALINA_OPTS.


Answers:
author: rrudnicki
body: Hi James,

On Linux instance, just add the parameter into \<confluence-install\>/bin/setenv.sh before the export CATALINA_OPTS line. Like this:

```
CATALINA_OPTS="$CATALINA_OPTS Dhttp.nonPorxyHosts"
```

In case you are running Confluence on Windows, add the line into setenve.bat. If you are running Confluence as a service, please edit the JAVA parameters. Have a look on this link:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/How+to+fix+out+of+memory+errors+by+increasing+available+memory>

<br />

After this, you need to restart Confluence.

<br />

Regards,

Renato Rudnicki


Tags: java
I need to monitor Confluence Wiki Sites/Pages for "Out of Date Information"
Asked by Greg Della-Croce:

Our Confluence Wiki has grown organically (aka no real Governance) for several years now. As the Application Administrator it is now my job to "Monitor and Assist" Wiki Site Administrators/Page contributors. One of those tasks is monitoring Pages for last edit (Date and Who). How is the best way to do this on a Wiki with over 700 sites and multiple pages per site?


Answers:
author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: If you want to automate something in this area, you can use the [Confluence Command Line Interface (CLI)](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP) and the [getPageList](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/Reference#Reference-getPageList) action to get a csv list that includes last changed date.

```
--action getPageList --space @all --outputFormat 3 --dateFormat yyyy-MM-dd --columns space,title,modified,modifier
```

comments: author: Greg Della-Croce
body: Bob, I am thinking that this command could be run with a minimum impact with the Wiki itself. I think I will spend some time investigating the costs of CLI for our installation. I just have to convince my System Admin that CLI will not break every time we do catch up on Wiki versions.


author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: We test and validate compatibility against each major Confluence release within a day or so of it being available.


author: rrudnicki
body: Hi Greg,

You can get this kind of information enabling the Global Activity option. You can enable this going to:

1. **cog icon** ![](https://confluence.atlassian.com/download/attachments/157679812/Cog.png?version=1&modificationDate=1361250253653&api=v2), then choose **General Configuration** under Confluence Administration
2. Choose '**Global Activity**' in the 'Administration' section of the left-hand panel (only appears if enabled

Please take a look on this link to get more information:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Viewing+Site+Statistics>

Regards,

Renato Rudnicki

comments: author: Greg Della-Croce
body: Renato, After reading the article and talking with our System Admin, Global Activity is not a solution for our shop. Frankly, I do not see why anyone would chance crashing their system with this plugin. Atlassian was wise to make it default OFF. And by the comments I saw they have not been able to fix the problem yet.


Tags: confluence-administration
Survey and Vote Macros - Compatibility 5.8.2
Asked by Anne EQS:

Hi there,

does anyone use the Survey and Votes Macro (2.9.2) with Confluence 5.8.2?

If so, did you face any incompatibilities?

Thx, Anne


Answers:
author: Anne EQS
body: Meanwhile on the list of comaptible add-ons


Tags: compatibility

confluence-administration

survey
Clarification regarding the Scaffolding Plugin.
Asked by l:

we are unable to put the license for the Scaffolding plugin

Plugin version : 6.2.0

Confluence : 5.7.3

in the documentaion it is mentioned that

1. **In the sidebar, under ServiceRocket Plugins, click "Scaffolding".**

But we are unable to see the tab with **ServiceRocket**.

Please find the screen shot :

image2015-6-18 17:47:37.png

we are able to view the other plugins but this "**ServiceRocket**." tab is not visible.

Please provide the solution as it necessary for the testing.


Answers:
author: Kay Brown
body: Contact ServiceRocket here: <https://community.servicerocket.com/servicerocket>

Regards,

Kay


Tags: addon-net.customware.confluence.plugin.scaffolding

confluence-administration

server

servicerocket
PocketQuery not rendering any charts
Asked by Michael Bartram:

Hi, I'm trialling Confluence and PocketQuery for my company. I've managed to connect to my database and return a basic table. This I can wrap in a chart macro and get charts rendered on the page. However, this isn't really what I want to do as the 'cool' parts of PocketQuery are wiped out by the chart macro.

I've been following the PocketQuery Templating tutorial going as far as addin in the Country and Population table into my DB. However, I'm getting the following issues:

1. If I apply the styles in the 'HighlightThePeaks' template, I get my table rendered but no colours.
2. I want to apply the simple bar chart using  
   `<script>`  
   `PocketQuery.chart(``'BarChart'``);`  
   `</script>`But get a blank page

I've tried all manner of examples that I've found on the web but all give me a blank page, even the most basic  
`<script>`  
`PocketQuery.chart(``);`  
`</script>`  
doesn't work.  
Does PocketQuery need an internet connection to connect to the Google chart libs? My Confluence server is not connected.  
Thanks for any help.


Answers:
author: Christian Koch
body: Michael, yes you need an active internet connection but not the Confluence server. Each browser (the PC) needs a connection because Google Chart is a client side library.


author: Michael Bartram
body: Thanks for the response Christian, I had a feeling that might be the case. Let me trial it on a different machine that has connectivity.

comments: author: Michael Bartram
body: It works!! Wonderful.Thans again Christian.
Confluence doesn't care about Server Base URL
Asked by Simon Niederberger:

Hi

I've just installed the Confluence trial. The default server URL is localhost:8090, the external URL is tornado.umbrellanet.ch/confluence. I'm redirecting traffic via .htaccess

```
RewriteRule "confluence/(.*)$" http://localhost:8090/confluence/$1 [NE,P]
```

I've followed the steps in <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Configuring+the+Server+Base+URL> and defined the Server Base URL as

```
http://tornado.umbrellanet.ch/confluence
```

Also, checking the BANDANA 'atlassian.confluence.settings' look ok. In the server.xml, I have

```
<Context path="/confluence" ...
```

Regardless of all above, Confluence is constantly redirecting me to localhost:8090. What am I doing wrong?

Best regards  
Simon


Answers:
author: Simon Niederberger
body: Found the answer here:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Using+Apache+with+mod_proxy>

The 'proxyName' on the Connector in the server.xml was missing.


author: Simon Niederberger
body: I've found 1 place where the localhost:8090 still shows up: in the connected JIRA installation, under Admin -\> Application Links, Confluence shows up with "[http://tornado.umbrellanet.ch/confluence"](http://tornado.umbrellanet.ch/confluence&quot);. When I click on "Edit", there's a second lonk displayed, that one is <http://localhost:8090/confluence>.


Tags: confluence-administration
How are you enjoying Confluence 5.8?
Asked by Rachel Robins:

High fives accepted here :wink:

Seriously though, we love hearing from you so we've asked this question to give you an easy place to tell us what you think about the new stuff in Confluence 5.8 (or just to point out that annoying typo in the release notes that's driving you a little bit crazy).

Need a recap? Confluence 5.8 has:

* Full screen presentation mode for files
* Ability to restore deleted files from the trash
* CQL based search for Page Properties Report and Content by Label macros
* Week view for Roadmap planner macro
* Better handling of inline comments with lots of replies
* Index recovery for data center nodes.

Read the [full release notes](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+5.8+Release+Notes) or [download](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+5.8+Release+Notes)it now.


Answers:
author: Stephen Deutsch
body: I can't believe this never got an answer, so maybe I could throw in my opinion.

I am really happy to see a few features being thrown in that make administrators lives much easier, such as the ability to restore deleted files. Now it is much easier for admins to give attachment delete rights to users instead of worrying whether they will accidentally delete something that can't be recovered without going to backups or having to instead answer requests from users for deleting attachments.

I'm not sure if it's gained much traction yet, but I think the new CQL based search for filtering in macros is pretty awesome. I think it will make a lot of macros much more powerful and help filter users to the information they are looking for. I hope it finds its way into more macros! It will be nice to see some more documentation for developers as well.

The other options are just icing on the cake. Looking forward to what you have in store next! (and I hope you get a few more replies!)
Data Source Profile for SQL Server (Bob Swift's SQL for Confluence)
Asked by JamesT:

Looking at the documentation for Bob Swift's SQL for Confluence addon (<https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/SQL/Data+Source+Profiles>), I don't see any examples for SQL Server. There are **application server** based data source configurations (<https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/SQL/Data+source+configuration+-+application+server>), but those require rebooting Confluence. I'd like to try the dynamic data source profile first.

Does anyone have an example for this? The format should be something like:

```
dbUrl=jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://localhost:1433|dbUser=username|dbPassword=password|dbDriver=??? |dbJar=???
```

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: This is what I have used.

```
dbDriver=net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver|dbUrl=jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://{server}:1433/{database}|dbUser=user|dbPassword=password|dbJar=c:\Program Files\Atlassian\Confluence\confluence\WEB-INF\lib\jtds-1.2.2.jar
```

comments: author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: The configuration for data source profiles mirrors the information from the application server examples.


author: JamesT
body: The app-server example doesn't explicitly reference a JAR:\<Resource name="jdbc/myDS" auth="Container" type="javax.sql.DataSource" driverClassName="net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver" url="jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://mysqlserver:1433/mydatabase" username="username" password="password" maxActive="20" maxIdle="10" maxWait="-1" validationQuery="Select 1"/\> But, I see that the app-server's "driverClassName" maps to the data source profile's "dbDriver".


author: JamesT
body: @Davin Studer Thanks, I'll try that today!


author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: The dbJar reference is equivalent to putting the jdbc driver into the lib directory for the application server.


author: JamesT
body: @Davin Studer Thanks, that did the trick! Wow, super easy to put SQL reports in Confluence now, even easier than using ASP.NET, which is somewhat similar with its SQL Data Sources.


author: Davin Studer
body: Glad to hear it.


Tags: addon-org.swift.confluence.sql

confluence-administration

ms-sql
What is the difference between space and subspace?
Asked by Thiagarajan:

We were creating multiple spaces. We tried creating subspace but we didn't find any difference.


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: If you are using one of the sub-space add on it is just creating regular spaces and using some internal add-n logic to create a tree structure for the spaces, but they are just normal spaces.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: That's because Confluence doesn't have sub-spaces.

I think you need to explain how you think you are creating "sub spaces"?


Tags: confluence-administration
Excel can open on some pc's, others not. Any idea why?
Asked by john.pfotzer@verizonwireless.com:

Some pc's can open and edit an excel doc, others can't. Any idea why this may be?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: What errors do you get? Or if there's no actual error, what are the symptoms?

comments: author: john.pfotzer@verizonwireless.com
body: those of us who can not open it get:

Foxfire or Internet Explorer is required to use this feature.

I am using IE 11, and confluence 4.2.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Hmm, now that's an interesting one. First, Confluence 4.2 doesn't support IE, so that's going to be an issue, and you're probably on too high a version of Firefox too.Second, I've a niggling feeling that certain calls are needed to do the direct open-in-office, and some browsers are shutting them down for security and obsolescence reasons (Chrome is ahead on this one - NPAPI calls were binned a while ago)Third <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-30739> was logged for Confluence 5.2, but may well apply to earlier versions too.


author: Pelagia Papoulidou
body: We following these instructions and now are able to edit excel and docs with Chrome. It is really useful and quite easy!<http://kb.interworkscloud.net:80/display/shareit/10912819/WEO2f3c554cbe1c49baa03dd8f73512a9eeXJT> Pelagia


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: And defunct, as Chrome will be binning those calls completely soon.


author: Pelagia Papoulidou
body: we know, but still had to do something in the meanwhile!


author: john.pfotzer@verizonwireless.com
body: NIC: I did download firefox and the web dav plugin. Now excel works perfect on my page. I can make updates and they are saved on my confluence page. Yeah!


Tags: confluence-administration
Install eval license for adaptatest forums 1.0.1 on confluence 5.1.5
Asked by Mark Pinone:

I have confluence 5.1.5 and trying to install an eval license for forums 1.0.1 - I don't see a license box for the plug-in or a way to apply the eval license. What am I missing?

Thanks,

-Mark


Answers:
author: Hessom Arta [Adaptavist]
body: Hi Mark,

We recently moved [t](http://www.adaptavist.com/w/all-adaptavist-add-ons-now-licensed-via-the-atlassian-marketplace/)he [licensing of all our add-ons to the Atlassian Marketplace](http://www.adaptavist.com/w/all-adaptavist-add-ons-now-licensed-via-the-atlassian-marketplace/) and for Community Forums this effectively means all versions from 2.1.6 onwards are licensed via Atlassians UPM.

As you are wanting to use version 1.1, this would still be licensed via our proprietary [PLM add-on](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.adaptavist.plm.plugin.plm-plugin). You'll need a PLM compliant license for Community Forums to use with 1.1 so if you drop me an email [harta@adaptavist.com](mailto:harta@adaptavist.com) I can help get you one sorted for your evaluation.

I realise this is a little more complicated than you would like - which is why we migrated to the Atlassian UPM licensing system - but at the moment this is how we're managing licensing Forums for customers that are using versions of Confluence below 5.3.

Kind Regards,

Hessom


author: Richard Whiffen
body: Hello:

I am having similar issues installing Forums 1.0.1 on Confluence 5.0.3.

Don't see Licensing text box or a way to upload license file. Please help


author: Mark Pinone
body: <br />

Thanks - see attached screen shot

* Mark

[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Install-eval-license-for-adaptatest-forums-1-0-1-on-confluence-5/qaq-p/375931?attachment-id=8626){#link_11884f6b29b9bd}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/63584/1/Screen%20Shot%202015-06-17%20at%204.06.03%20PM.png){#display_11884f6b29b9bd_0}


author: William Zanchet [Atlassian]
body: Hi Mark,  

Once you click on the plugin, you should see an expand option to put the license there.  
Would you mind adding a screenshot here so we can see it?  
Cheers,  
WZ


Tags: addon-com.adaptavist.confluence.forums

confluence-administration
Title is garbled when template has variables
Asked by Kyle Harrison:

When using the "Create Page Macro" and specifying a template which has variables, the title is garbled on creation- see screenshot

Using version 3.2.1 on confluence 5.7.1

Any ideas?

screenshot-1.png  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Title-is-garbled-when-template-has-variables/qaq-p/224119?attachment-id=3760){#link_11884f6e8395d5}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/37944/1/screenshot-1.png){#display_11884f6e8395d5_0}


Answers:
author: Tim Morse
body: I'm seeing this as well on Confluence 5.7.4 with both 3.2.1 and 3.2.2 versions. Adding in a parameter to the template garbles the title in the created page.There doesn't seem to be any workaround, other than users editing the title after creating the page.


Tags: addon-com.adaptavist.confluence.createpage

confluence-administration