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Confluence - How does attachment storage size impact performance (if at all)?
Asked by Andrew _Zim_ Zimmerman _Appfire_:

Hello, community!

In Confluence Server, does anyone if the total amount of attached files in Confluence affects overall application performance? If so, might anyone have some resources I could read up on for more technical elaboration, rather than just a simple "less is better" explanation.

Things I'm hoping to learn include:

* Is the number of files, or total size of files more impactful to performance?
* Are certain file types more impactful to performance?
* Are there ways to identify the largest attachments from directly within the application as an administrator, without needing to click into each Space?

Thanks so much for any insight you have!

Cheers,

Andrew Zimmerman


Answers:
author: Andrew Laden
body: Attachments are not actually stored in the database, they are stored in the confluence data directory in the "attachments" directory.

So I don't think that the size of the attachment should not have that much of an impact the overall performance. The number of attachments will because each one is a database record. etc, but not the size.

However, given everything else confluence is doing, I don't think attachments are much of a performance hit. the performance issues usually are around indexing and searching, which don't involve attachments.

On single page, the size may make more of a difference if you are using various macro's to display the content "inline" within the page. Trying to render a large image for example, or if you are using one of the office "preview" macros, trying to render a large file could slow page load times I guess.

Trying to find large attachments may be more difficult. The file system structure that holds them isn't exactly user friendly for determining what page they are from. So even if you find a large one via a find or other command, I'm not sure how you would be able to track what page it goes to.

But I am not an expert on Confluence internals, so maybe I am missing something.

comments: author: Andrew _Zim_ Zimmerman _Appfire_
body: Thanks for the insights, Andrew. Really appreciate it.


author: Pavel Potcheptsov
body: As for your third question: <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-can-I-get-list-of-attachments-on-server-sorted-by-size/qaq-p/1082281#M142994>

comments: author: Andrew _Zim_ Zimmerman _Appfire_
body: Thank you, Pavel!


Tags: confluence-server

server
manage watchers gone confluence pages
Asked by Lisa Giannini:

I am the site admin and the manage watchers permission seems to have disappeared for me. All I see is 'stop watching'.


Answers:
author: Darryl St_ Pierre
body: [@Lisa Giannini](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1062623) , have you clicked on the Stop Watching icon, or just hovered over it? If you click on it, you "should" see the Manage Watchers link(?)

comments: author: Lisa Giannini
body: Ok.

It would seem that it does first 'unwatch the page' for me when I click that, but I do then get the link for manage watchers (where I then need to add myself back in as a page watcher). Not the dreamiest of UX.


author: Darryl St_ Pierre
body: Interesting, I'm not having the same experience. If I'm watching a page and click the "eye", it brings up this dialog, but keeps me as watching. Perhaps it's a browser behavior difference? I'm using Chrome in Windows.

![2019-10-18_13-55-55.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/69950i3DFCAFB38E8DBFD0/image-dimensions/359x226?v=v2 "2019-10-18_13-55-55.png")


author: Shannon S
body: Hi [@Lisa Giannini](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1062623),

Could you tell me if you're still having the same issue today?

I'm testing this on my end as well, but I experience the same behavior as [@Darryl St_ Pierre](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1757592).

If you'd still like to look into this, please let me know your browser and version and if any of the users on your site are able to replicate this.

Regards,

Shannon


author: Larry Wilson
body: I do not get the Manage Watchers capability ...


Tags: confluence-cloud
what is the latest stable Confluence version to get rid of security vulnerabilities.
Asked by Neha Kumari Bansal:

I have installed Confluence version 6.11.2 on our Confluence server, but we got to know from the Atlassian support team that it is prone to security vulnerabilities.

Could you please tell me the "latest stable version" of Confluence that we can upgrade to?

Regards,  
Neha


Answers:
author: Vickey Palzor Lepcha
body: Hi,

Please check the following link;

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-security-advisory-2019-08-28-976161720.html>
I want new pages that are created to go in the bottom
Asked by Ahmed Altaay:

Hello,

When I create new pages, they end up going to the top of the page tree, how can I make them go in the bottom without reordering them manually every time I create a page?


Answers:
author: Ste Wright
body: Hi [@Ahmed Altaay](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3604178)

I just tested this in our instances and newly created pages go to the bottom of the tree.

Are you creating pages as part of the main tree (i.e under the space)? Or as part of a sub-tree under a parent page?

And are you using Cloud or Server? If Cloud, is it the new experience?

Ste
When you use 2FA with Confluence Cloud can you Whitelist certain IP's from which 2FA is not required
Asked by aflanagan:

We currently have Confluence Server implemented and are looking at the Confluence Cloud option. If using the Confluence Cloud we would want to enforce 2FA when connecting from outside of our corporate network. Is it possible to use IP Whitelisting to bypass 2FA when connecting from certain IP addresses?

Thanks.


Answers:
author: Kesha Thill
body: Hi [@aflanagan](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1851281) !

I wanted to give you an update on your request above. We've recently launched a beta program for IP allowlisting that's available for Confluence, Jira Software, and Jira Service Desk Cloud Premium customers and evaluators. If you're still interested, you can learn more about the feature and how to enable it by visiting our documentation for IP allowlisting [here.](https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/ip-allowlisting-998658750.html)

Please reach out if you have questions!


author: Dara
body: I don't believe so. But I can tell you, the way 2FA works with Confluence is that you only need to authenticate when logging in (again) on a new device. We use 2FA and after using the app to authenticate my login on my laptop I haven't had to do so afterwards. In that way it does not add a lot of extra effort, but still prevents unauthorised log-ins if credentials fall into the wrong hands.


Tags: 2-factor-authentication

confluence-cloud

ip-address
Not able to publish changes
Asked by Irina Safronova:

Hello. During today I'm not able to publish changes in one spec. Only in one, others work correctly. I've tried another browser and asked my colleague to do that. Nothing helps. See the attachment, please.

![Capture.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/69931i4FF1251450B35387/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Capture.PNG")


Answers:
author: Avinash Bhagawati _Appfire_
body: Hi [@Irina Safronova](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3604043)

Can you please follow steps.

1. Selecting everything on the page (Ctrl+A)
2. Copying and pasting it right back in place (Ctrl+C then Ctrl+V)

Then I was able to save, no problem.

I hope this works for you too.

Thanks,

Avinash

comments: author: Irina Safronova
body: Thank you but it doesn't work. I've copied all content and created the new page. The same problem with the new one. :(


author: Avinash Bhagawati _Appfire_
body: Hi [@Irina Safronova](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3604043) ,

To troubleshoot further can you please copy paste the content into divided sections so that you will be able to get to know which content is causing issue here.

Thanks,

Avinash


author: Irina Safronova
body: Thank you for your help. I've regained the previous version and made changes once again. I don't have more time to try. Everything has been saved.

Thanx a lot.
Why is my confluence language half german half english? I call it denglish
Asked by Rainer Buerg:

Hello all,  

maybe someone has the same problem and knows the answer for my language problem. My Confluence page is sometimes completely in german and sometimes in english and german at the same time. You can see that in the attached pictures. I have no problem with either english or german, but it is sometimes confusing to read in "denglisch".  
This is what I did so far:

<br />

So in the "language" setting from the administration space is the "global standard language" English (UK)

<br />

In addition, I went to the administration general configuration page to check the language setting for the format. The "used language" should be English.  

In also changed atlassian account to the english setting. No idea if this helps at all.  

Kind regards and thank you in advance  
Rainer

![Sprachen_Problem.JPG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/69936i9289E4A25A89543C/image-dimensions/404x279?v=v2 "Sprachen_Problem.JPG")![Sprachen_Problem_2.JPG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/69935i0CCF3489E5CD5AF8/image-dimensions/745x258?v=v2 "Sprachen_Problem_2.JPG")![Sprachen_Problem_account.JPG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/69934iEA48C50E34F311C6/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Sprachen_Problem_account.JPG")


Answers:
author: luanlopes94
body: Hi,

I had a similar problem here and the cause was an incorrect browser language setting. My browser was configured with Portuguese and Confluence with English.

I have set up English on both and it is working fine.

Regards.

comments: author: Rainer Buerg
body: Hello luanlops94,

unfortunatley my browser settings are also english. But still thank you for trying to help.

Kind regards


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How to delete a column in a table
Asked by Fahmida Yasmin-Monium:

Hi,

How do you delete a column in a table, I have tried to use the shortcut ctrl+shift+x but this does not work, I have a Windows machine.

There are no visible options to delete.

Can anyone help with this?

Thanks,


Answers:
author: Alexander Ling
body: Hello [@Fahmida Yasmin-Monium](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3604045)

I am not sure if this is any specific to "questions for confluence" but in confluence without any plugins you should look for the icon in the image below:

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/69932iD07C68D6CB4B30E8/image-dimensions/519x150?v=v2 "image.png")  

If this is completly wrong, please send me a picture of what you see so I know where you are trying to delete a column.

I hope the first solution solves your issue! :-)

comments: author: Fahmida Yasmin-Monium
body: ![table.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/69933iE7807B9BDB2FEEBC/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "table.png")I don't appear to have that option.


author: Alexander Ling
body: Hello!

Sorry for the late answer. When im in confluence, the bar appears (like the on in my image) when I left click inside the table. So if that doesn't work, I am not sure what else you can do. I haven't found any keyboard shortcut that works for removing a column.

Hopefully you get the bar to show and it will solve your issue. :-)


author: Tricia Valadez
body: Found it, even though this is years later, but if you click on the dot at the top of the column, the x will show up to delete


author: Rex Jolley
body: The dot always turned into a plus button for me when I tried Tricia's method, so if anyone found this thread today if you select every row in the column that you want to delete, the X will appear at the top.


author: Queiroz, Carlos
body: Rex's answer helped me a lot. Jut click on top of the column and the X button will appear

![Captura de Tela 2023-02-02 a?s 10.30.35.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/237869i691598413D0F2557/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Captura de Tela 2023-02-02 a?s 10.30.35.png")


Tags: atl-gruland
Image lacking while exporting to HTML Confluence pages containing excerpts and multiexcerpts
Asked by Boris MBOUMEHANG:

I everyone,

I hope this post finds you well.

We face an issue while exporting some Confluence pages to the HTML format. In fact, these pages contain excerpt and multiexcerpt include's macros, and those includes contain some images. But, when we export the pages to HTML, every thing show up in the content that is included through the excerpt macro, except from the images.

We do not encounter the issue with XML and PDF exports, and we really need to export to the HTML format.

Could somebody help me to solve this please?

Thanks  
Boris


Answers:
author: Boris MBOUMEHANG
body: Hi,   
To follow up with the post below, I contacted the Atlassian support and they confirmed me that there was a bug on this. So, they created a bug report with the reference [CONFCLOUD-68246](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-68246).   

But, there is still no workaround for this. So, if someone finds a workaround in the meantime, it would be very helpful.   

Thanks.  
Boris


Tags: confluence-cloud

excerpt

export

html

macro

multi-excerpt-macro
The remote certificate can't be trusted between Jira & Confluence & BitBucket
Asked by Altran:

Hi there!

I'm running the following applications on my system:

Jira 7.13.0

Confluence 6.13.0

Bitbucket 6.0.0

These have been installed for months in perfect harmony in the same server, till now that I've been asked to move all of them to https.

These are the list of ports used:

Jira: http over 28080 and https over 28443

Confluence: http over 28090 and https over 29443

Bitbucket: https over 27443 (no way to have both http \& https at the same time).

Now, my problem is related to "Application Links". All of them have "Network error" and I cannot get rid of it.

I've created self-signed certificates for all of them even when all run in the same server. I've imported (or at least I think so) all of them to both /root/.keystore and to $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/security (please, pay attention, the guide I've read mentions default location in this path WITHOUT jre directory, but since it isn't present I've choosen the one I've written here).

I've tried to modify the links to use as "Application URL" the old port over http, but it's not working anyway.

I've modified server.xml, web.xml and bitbucket.properties wherever the guides told me so, and this has allowed me to get the applications up and running ... but not connected between themselves.

Could you please help me out with this issue?

Thanks and warm regards.


Answers:
author: Alexis Robert
body: Hi [@Altran](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2700141) ,

this is a common error because you're using self-signed certificates : you need to import these certificates into the JVM, because at the moment it's not trusting those.

There's a step by step documentation here : <https://confluence.atlassian.com/kb/how-to-import-a-public-ssl-certificate-into-a-jvm-867025849.html>

Let me know if you have any questions,

--Alexis

comments: author: Altran
body: I'm not sure why, but it looks like the import process wasn't taken properly. I re-do all the steps, rebooted the server, rebooted all 3 services and it was fixed.

This command I run (instead of graphic interface) may did the trick (replacing google.com for my domain twice):

    openssl s_client -connect google.com:443 -servername google.com:443 < /dev/null | sed -ne '/-BEGIN CERTIFICATE-/,/-END CERTIFICATE-/p' > public.crt

Thank you so much [@Alexis Robert](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1213386) for your help.

Warm regards,


author: Andrew Laden
body: Atlassian Applications ship with their own Java. Make sure you import the keys into the cacerts files used by the jira, etc.

So istead of ${JAVA_HOME}, look at ${JIRA_HOME}/jre/lib/security

comments: author: Altran
body: Hi [@Andrew Laden](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/744425) I've downloaded the certificate for 3 applications (with services UP !! ) and installed on that common cacerts file inside jre/lib/security path in my server.

Thanks for your help!


Tags: bitbucket

confluence-server

jira

server

ssl
How do I center the datas in Office Excel macro
Asked by Florent Richard:

I can't center the data in the excel boxes of the Office Excel macro

Somebody made it ?


Answers:
author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi [@Florent Richard](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2581272)

Do you have an printscreen? Perhaps with a little bit more informatioen I can help.

Thanks for sharing.

comments: author: Florent Richard
body: Hello Dominic,

Thanks for reply.

Configuration Firstly, I have inported a excel document in my page, I use the Office excel macro to display it and then you could not edit in the confluence space, you can only edit it with Office Excel with the button on the top.

I cannot managed to display the data at the center of the cell. All of them are left align.

![data.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/69923i0AC8F531D05BA31F/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "data.PNG")That's why I'd be verry happy if someone can help me to center the data


author: Florent Richard
body: obviously I tried to center them on the Excel editor, and it failed.


author: Dominic Lagger
body: Okay, thanks for sharing your information.

First of all, confluence isn't Excel :) You are right, you can't edit the excel file in confluence itself. But since Version 6.11, you can edit it with the atlassian companion app. Therefore, the app starts excel and you can edit it on excel and save it to confluence.

The office excel macro is also not excel :) That means, formattings and other things may behave differently. It is just a rough overview. So I think you can't center this.

If your excel just shows data and doesn't make complex calculatings, you could just create a confluence table and don't need excel.

Hope this helps,

Regards,

Dominic


Tags: confluence-server

data

data-center

ms-excel

server
Can Confluence be used to run a monetized blog?
Asked by Rob Horan:

Is it possible to create a blog with monetized ads using Confluence?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Robert,

Thank you for contacting us about this.

I've never run a monetized blog myself, but I assume the ads are given to you in some form of HTML or Javascript? If so, it's not possible on Confluence Cloud to embed a script like that, but it would be in Confluence Server. See [Functional Differences in Confluence Cloud](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/functional-differences-in-confluence-cloud-734070955.html) for more details on how it differs from Server.

Otherwise, if you have an affiliate link you could link to that using Confluence.

If you have any other examples of ads besides the two that I just mentioned, please let me know and I can help see if there's a way to use that within your site.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Rob Horan
body: Yeah, most likely it would be via some code block like HTML or Javascript.

Crap.

I was hoping to use a Conf cloud starter license.

Oh well


author: Shannon S
body: Robert,

Thank you for confirming. In that case, yes, it's not possible to embed code within Confluence natively.

I am aware of a few 3rd party add-ons that you could try: [HTML Macro Add-ons for Confluence Cloud](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=cloud&product=confluence&query=html%20macro)

Have a look at those and see if any of them could help you!

Regards,

Shannon


author: Rob Horan
body: Thanks Shannon,

I think I'll look into an alternative, since this would add additional cost, and I am looking to make money if possible :)


author: Shannon S
body: Robert,

The only other thing I could think of is embed another web page in an iFrame using the [iFrame Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/iframe-macro-950276528.html), and have your ads on that page. Otherwise, there is no way to include an ad within Confluence Cloud directly without the use of a 3rd party macro.

Regards,

Shannon


author: Rob Horan
body: Thanks - I'll find another solution/provider. I was hoping that I could use Confluence since I'm familiar with it, rather than having to learn a new system.


author: Shannon S
body: Robert,

No problem at all. For your information, it is possible to make these sort of customizations for the Server versions of Confluence, but the Cloud version has blocked it for security reasons.

Let us know if we can help you with anything further!

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: blog

cloud

confluence-cloud
Automate the creation of KBA from JSD to Confluence
Asked by anthony_butler:

Hi,

I'm looking to see if it is possible to automatically create a knowledge base article upon transition in JSD. As it stands at the moment, it is very manual and I'd like to automate it, obviously just pulling specific information into the article rather than everything.

Can anyone help out?


Answers:
author: Thorsten Letschert _Decadis AG_
body: Hi [@anthony_butler](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2100152) ,

while I'm not aware of an out-of-the box solution, I'd like to hint you towards two 3rd party apps available on the Atlassian Marketplace:

* Teamworkx Issue Publisher for Jira ([https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1216007/teamworkx-issue-publisher-for-jira?hosting=server\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1216007/teamworkx-issue-publisher-for-jira?hosting=server&tab=overview)) - create pages using workflow post functions
* AutoPage - Automated Page Creation ([https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1218503/autopage-automated-page-creation?hosting=server\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1218503/autopage-automated-page-creation?hosting=server&tab=overview)) - create pages event based

Cheers  
Thorsten


Tags: confluence-server

jira-service-desk

server
It is possible to extract multiple confluence pages as Word document?
Asked by mohit.khurana:

We have multiple pages within the space but need to export few of these pages into word file. It is possible?


Answers:
author: EPS Software Engineering AG
body: Hi [@mohit.khurana](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3603696)

You could also give our [OneOffixx Exporter](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1220419) a try. You can find it on the Marketplace and it exports Confluence pages to Word and PDF.

Regards,  
Stephan (CEO of EPS Software Engineering AG, the vendor of the OneOffixx Exporter)


author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi [@mohit.khurana](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3603696)

Of course you can export to word. But not multiple pages at once, just one by one.

Here is the [documentation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/export-content-to-word-pdf-html-and-xml-724764824.html).
> To export, go to the page and choose either \> Export to Word or \> Export to PDF.

If you want more options, then I would recommend the plugin [@Doug Swartz](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/853364) mentioned.

Regards

Dominic


author: Doug Swartz
body: Agree with DPK J. There is no native support for Word export.

We use the [Scroll Word Exporter plugin](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/24982/scroll-word-exporter-for-confluence). It works well, with many options for deciding which text to include in an export, table of contents, etc.


author: DPKJ
body: By default confluence provide well versed PDF export but WORD I suggest you do with external plugins.

Please give this plugin a trial, it is nice (I am not associated, just a user review)

[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