youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Confluence Server - Apache proxy - No CSS
Asked by Tim Blom:

Hello everyone,

I'm currently using a trial of Confluence on a fresh CentOS7 install. To get a nicer URL without a port number in it, I followed [this guide](https://confluence.atlassian.com/kb/proxying-atlassian-server-applications-with-apache-http-server-mod_proxy_http-806032611.html) to configure Apache mod_proxy_http with a subdomain (confluence.example.com).

This seems to be partially working. If I go to confluence.example.com:8090 I get Confluence working as intended. However, when I go to confluence.example.com (without the port number), the site does not seem to display CSS elements.

I was wondering if any of you had this problem before and how you solved it. Below is my Apache vhost config:

```
<VirtualHost *:80>
 ServerName confluence.example.com
 
 ProxyRequests Off
 ProxyVia Off
 
 <Proxy *>
 Require all granted
 </Proxy>
 
 ProxyPass / http://confluence.example.com:8090/confluence/
 ProxyPassReverse / http://confluence.example:8090/confluence/
</VirtualHost>
```

If you need any additional information, please let me know.

Thanks in advance!


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi there!

On the ProxyPass line, can you try removing the / after confluence/?

See if that works for you. I know this has helped other users in the past.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Tim Blom
body: Hi Shannon,

Thanks for the reply! Sadly, removing the trailing slash did not help. Additional detail I noticed: When I go to confluence.example.com I land on a 404 (Page Not Found) with no CSS of Confluence itself.

Regards,

Tim


author: Shannon S
body: Tim,

Thank you for letting me know. You removed it on both lines?

In your Confluence setup (conf/server.xml), can you confirm if you are you using a context path or not? It sounds like originally you were accessing Confluence via confluence.example.com:8090 but if you have a context path set then you wouldn't be able to.

If you don't have a context path set then both ProxyPass lines wouldn't include it:

```
/ http://confluence.example.com:8090
```

Regards,

Shannon


author: Tim Blom
body: Hi Shannon,

I managed to fix it, thanks to your help. Part 1 of the problem is that I did not a dot com to the ProxyPassReverse line. Good old human error.

You were right, I did not setup a context path, so there was no need for it to be in the Apache vhost config. I removed it and it worked. For anyone else having this problem: this is my Apache config. Please note, I had to add the trailing slash to the ProxyPass and ProxyPassReverse line before this worked.

```
<VirtualHost *:80>
 ServerName confluence.example.com
 
 ProxyRequests Off
 ProxyVia Off
 Timeout 2400
 ProxyTimeout 2400
 ProxyBadHeader Ignore
 
 <Proxy *>
 Require all granted
 </Proxy>
 
 ProxyPass / http://confluence.example.com:8090/
 ProxyPassReverse / http://confluence.example.com:8090/
</VirtualHost>
```

Thanks once again!

Regards,

Tim


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Tim,

Thank you for confirming you were able to resolve the issue! Glad it helped.

Take care, and have a pleasant weekend.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: apache

atlassian-support

proxy
Is it possible to have more granular versioning of files uploaded with atlassian companion.
Asked by Richard Lawrence:

When editing a file and then uploading it via companion or manually versioning is 1, 2, 3 and so on.

Is it possible to have a more granular versioning for files edited for example the first version of the document uploaded is V 1.0. and subsequent minor updates can be V 1.1 , 1.2 where as major updates would change the the file version to V 2.0, 3.0.


Answers:
author: Krisztian Kovacs
body: Hi [@Richard Lawrence](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1386081),

no, it's always 1,2,3,4,5...

comments: author: Richard Lawrence
body: Thank you


author: Krisztian Kovacs
body: Sorry to give you bad news, in case you find it useful, please considering accepting my answer.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Atlassian Plugin SDK Confluence Error 404 Page not found
Asked by Idk:

Good day internet people. I am new here and hope I didn't made a mistake with writing and posting this.

I want to create a Confluence Plugin. The plugin should later run on Confluence (on self hosted server)

I started with the HelloWorld tutorial. I downloaded the source code from BitBucked.

I installed Atlassian Plugin SDK. I downloaded JDK 10.

I start it with atlas-run. I get an URL. Example: http://CSTRLLE52030799:1990/confluence

But when I open the URL in Browser I get most times Browser Error 404 missing page.

Sometimes I get to the tomcat page Error 404 missing page.

When I open http://CSTRLLE52030799:1990/manager/html there is written that /confluence running is false. If I press start /confluence then:

```
FAIL - Application at context path /confluence could not be started
```

I really don't know what I am doing wrong? I tried other tutorials (theme, first blueprint), but none works. I don't know how to make it work. Maybe I did some noob dumb mistake, but I really can't find it alone. Pls help.

Now I will add some shell info (mostly I use PowerShell or cmd):

First Part:

C:\\Users\\ALO\>atlas-version

ATLAS Version: 6.3.10  
ATLAS Home: C:\\MeineProgramme\\AtlassianPluginSDK  
ATLAS Scripts: C:\\MeineProgramme\\AtlassianPluginSDK\\bin  
ATLAS Maven Home: C:\\MeineProgramme\\AtlassianPluginSDK\\apache-maven-3.2.1  
AMPS Version: 6.3.15  
--------  
Executing: "C:\\MeineProgramme\\AtlassianPluginSDK\\apache-maven-3.2.1\\bin\\mvn.bat" --version -gs C:\\MeineProgramme\\AtlassianPluginSDK\\apache-maven-3.2.1/conf/settings.xml  
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: Ignoring option MaxPermSize; support was removed in 8.0  
Apache Maven 3.2.1 (ea8b2b07643dbb1b84b6d16e1f08391b666bc1e9; 2014-02-14T18:37:52+01:00)  
Maven home: C:\\MeineProgramme\\AtlassianPluginSDK\\apache-maven-3.2.1  
Java version: 10.0.2, vendor: Oracle Corporation  
Java home: C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk-10.0.2  
Default locale: de_DE, platform encoding: Cp1252  
OS name: "windows 7", version: "6.1", arch: "amd64", family: "dos"  
C:\\Users\\ALJOVIA\>java -version  
java version "10.0.2" 2018-07-17  
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 18.3 (build 10.0.2+13)  
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 18.3 (build 10.0.2+13, mixed mode)

C:\\Users\\ALO\>

Third Part from Tomcat Server:

http://cstrlle52030799:1990/manager/html  
Server Information

Tomcat Version: Apache Tomcat/8.0.36  
JVM Version: 10.0.2+13  
JVM Vendor: "Oracle Corporation"  
OS Name: Windows 7  
OS Version: 6.1  
OS Architecture: amd64  
Hostname: CSTRLLE52030799

In comments I will try to add more Informations.


Answers:
author: Idk
body: I would like to add my shell info when I run atlas-run.

But everytime when I try to add in this comment I get error:

### Error {#toc-hId-1626576473}

Your message was not accepted. Check for invalid HTML or try reposting as plain text.


Tags: confluence-server

server
confluence installation
Asked by Padmasree P:

is confluence tar.gz file bundled with java, tomcat and postgres jdbc driver or connector.

can we use the tar.gz file for 64 bit servers or do we have separate archive for 64 bit


Answers:
author: Lava Kumar Dukanam _Appfire_
body: Hi [@Padmasree P](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1845915),

Adding to other answers here, There is also a official docker image available

Check this out: <https://hub.docker.com/r/atlassian/confluence-server/>

Thanks,

Lava


author: Krisztian Kovacs
body: Hi [@Padmasree P](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1845915),

yes, it does and I'd suggest to use the installer whenever it's possible. It's a lot easier.


author: Yogesh Mude
body: HI [@Padmasree P](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1845915)

You need to install Oracle Java and the external database (if you are installing this for production) otherwise you can use the HSQL database for evaluation but you don't need to install tomcat.

Please visit the below KB for detailed information.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/installing-confluence-on-linux-from-archive-file-255362363.html>


Tags: confluence-server

server
Confluence migration
Asked by venkatraj v.p.:

we are planning to migrate confluence to a new server. when we move the servers, can we install the latest confluence version in new server and upgrade it simultaneously. currently we are running 5.6 confluence and when we migrate the server can we install the latest confluence and perform a back up and restore.

2. we need to switch the confluence db from mysql to postgresql. will we be able to switch the db using xml backup without manually changing the db data structures. will we be able to do this when we migrate the servers and upgrade to latest confluence version

will this approach work .


Answers:
author: Dave Bosman [Realdolmen]
body: Hi [@venkatraj v.p.](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1694064)

I did a quick search in google and found [the following](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/move-confluence-to-another-server/qaq-p/423690)

I would suggest a fairly bullet-proof mechanism:

1. Spin up a new instance of Confluence on a new server using a dev license.
2. Do a full-site export of the existing server
3. Import the full-site back up to the new server
4. Make needed changes for the plugins, base URL, etc.
5. Decommission the old server.
6. Move the production license to the new server.

The reasons I like this method are:

* It is straightforward
* Because you are basically writing the backup to the new database, it is independent of OS and DB engine. So if you want to migrate from Centos 6 to 7 or other distro, and/or Mysql to Postgres, this makes it easy.
* Errors are usually easier to recover from since you are not trying move the database itself.
* You not migrating any configuration issues over to the new server, especially an issue if you have done several inplace Confluence upgrades.

Regards

Dave

comments: author: venkatraj v.p.
body: Hi Dave,

will we be able to upgrade the confluence version while we migrate the servers. also we are trying to switch the db's during the migration.


author: Dave Bosman [Realdolmen]
body: Yes, just follow the steps above.


Tags: migration

upgrade
How can I compare different versions of the attachments in confluence ?
Asked by Anusha_Raju:

Hi,

I have many attachments in confluence. The different versions of the attachment is shown below. I only have a delete option here. How can I compare the different versions of the attachment in confluence?


Answers:
author: Krisztian Kovacs
body: Hi [@Anusha_Raju](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1582737),

you can't. Confluence "versions" attachments if you upload them using the same name. That's all there is to it.

You can add the attachments macro to look at different versions (dates uploaded) but that's all.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/attachments-macro-97911315.html>


author: Francesc_Arb?
body: Hi [@Anusha_Raju](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1582737),

as far as I know you can compare page history versions but you can't compare attachments history.

More information in the following URL: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/page-history-and-page-comparison-views-139379.html>


Tags: confluence-server

server
Getting error while trying to copy page tree from one space to another confluence space.
Asked by Krishna Chaitanya Karyampudi:

I am trying to copy the entire page tree from one confluence space to another space which I can achieve using 'copy page tree' plug-in. But I am getting the below error : 'An unexpected error occurred : a page may already exist with an identical title'.

But, the target space does not have any page. To replicate this, I created a new blank space and then tried copying the page tree into the newly created space. Even now, I am getting the same error.

Please help.


Answers:
author: Krisztian Kovacs
body: Hi [@Krishna Chaitanya Karyampudi](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1730796)

have you tried to do copy the pages to a test space?

And then maybe try to copy them from that test space to your initial goal space.

Also check for illegal characters in titles. That could cause a problem (though Confluence shouldn't allow that to happen in the first place).


author: Dave Bosman [Realdolmen]
body: Hi [@Krishna Chaitanya Karyampudi](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1730796)

Every space has at least 1 page, The homepage!

What is the name of your homepage on the new space?

Does that name exist in the page tree you are trying to copy?

Regards

Dave

comments: author: Krishna Chaitanya Karyampudi
body: Hi Dave,

Thanks for the reply.

I do not see any homepage created on the new space. Moreover, I tried copying the page tree using the suffix (copy) so that the title of every page created on new space will be suffixed with copy which means I can avoid duplicates. Still same error.

Thanks,

Krishna Chaitanya K


author: Rachel McLane
body: This happens to me all the time and is so frustrating! You have to delete all the pages it did create before it errors, but once those are cleaned up, I have found that copying the page tree again later works. Sometimes it takes multiple attempts though... like right now I am trying for the fourth time.
Spaces of a few words on a certain page keep disappearing.
Asked by Youngho_KIM:

Hi

Can I tell why there is an issue where the spacing of a few words disappears during Page Edit?

For example: From paused state\> Frompausedstate

I would like to share what happened before and why it happens.  
Please also share a way to prevent this bug.


Answers:
author: Krisztian Kovacs
body: Hi [@Youngho_KIM](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1303023),

That's strange. So if I understand it correctly you type the spaces just disappear? Could it be a browser add-on trying to autocorrect things?

comments: author: Felipe Ha
body: Hello,

I'm the original reporter of this issue.

Here are some more clues to the "disappearing whitespaces" problem:

\* Occurs only to the texts in the table, mostly large one with more than 30 rows \* 5-6 columns.

\* Others who noticed this while editing say that the problem occurred when Confluence performs autosave, i.e. "draft saved at ..." shows up and the words get merged.

If Atlassian keeps a list of browser add-ons that might be related to such issue, please share it with us.

Otherwise, let us know if there's any server setting that might affect or cause such symptom.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Tools Menu is disappeared from few projects
Asked by Steve Hastings:

Hi there,

Can someone tell me please where to find my Space Tools menu? I'm sure I saw it when I set up Confluence but now can't find it. Many thanks, Steve


Answers:
author: Krisztian Kovacs
body: Hi [@Steve Hastings](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/938989),

Sometimes it's just a cogwheel, sometimes you have to wait for it after page load. Also, I assume you're the confluence admin, but have you checked whether you've got the permissions needed?


author: Sanjana _Alacriz_
body: Hello [@Steve Hastings](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/938989),

You may not see the **Space Tools** menu if you're using a third party Confluence theme (or the Documentation theme in Confluence 5.10 or earlier). Refer to the documentation for your theme for information on how to access the space administration options.

Regards,

Sanjana

comments: author: Steve Hastings
body: Hi Sanjana. Thank you for your reply. Nope, I am just using the Global Theme that 'came in the box'. I can see the space administration but the Space Tools has disappeared. Kind Rgds, Steve


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

space-tool
sending emails to my confluence spaces
Asked by Steve Hastings:

Hi there, as a new user of Confluence can anyone tell me please how I can send emails to my confluence spaces. That is, I want to record that email as for example a page in one of my spaces. Many thanks, Steve


Answers:
author: Hendrik Winter
body: Hi [@Steve Hastings](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/938989) ,

since sending emails is a recurring topic and there are already several forum posts and tickets, we took the effort to collect all available information about this in a single blog post. You can find the blog post [here](https://mailto.wiki/send-emails-to-confluence/).

**Short version:**   
There was very limited build-in support for Confluence Server versions 4.0 or lower.

The [mailto.wiki plugin](https://mailto.wiki/) is the way to go if you're using **Confluence Cloud, Server or DC**. (Disclaimer: I'm one of the developers)

The mailto.wiki plugin offers a broad range of features:

* You're able to persist a huge amount of emails, like mailboxes, newsletters, mailing groups, and conversations.

* You're able to persist automated reports. For example, if you generate Jira reports weekly, you can persist them in Confluence with our plugin.

* You have very precise control over which Spaces or Pages emails should be published under.

* Send Pages, Posts, and Comments via email.

I hope this helps you.

Cheers

Hendrik


author: Victor Mutambuki
body: Steven,

Please checkout SendEMailTo Page plugin.

Victor


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

email
I need to create new space in confluence by taking existing old space templates
Asked by kedar:

I need to create new space in confluence by taking existing old space templates .

suppose for Example old space containing the Templates like :

mission purposes

Teams

Projects

so, my request is i need this three to my new space.

Please give me solution or better document to solve this.


Answers:
author: kedar
body: I created a new template in my new space i can't able see that created template what the problem pleas let me know and give a better solution


author: Mary Ramirez
body: Hi,

You may want to take the old space templates and make them into a global template. More information [here.](https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf64/create-a-template-936510776.html)

comments: author: kedar
body: I need to copy the template from old space to New created Space but in this document it reflecting that we need to create Template again manually.please help me to copy the Template without re creating it manually.


author: Mary Ramirez
body: You can copy and paste the template to the global template. Another option is using the Page Tree Creator confluence add-on to copy the page to another space.
Application Navigator Icon missing in Confluence Cloud
Asked by Terri Yeago:

I no longer see the hamburger button to switch between applications. The Application Navigator does contain the links I need but the button is missing. How do I display the button on the top left hand corner of the window?


Answers:
author: Kian Stack Mumo Systems
body: Terri,   

The hamburger menu is no longer available on the upper left-hand corner. It is now in the lower left-hand corner.

![Screen Shot 2018-08-29 at 5.57.22 PM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/30826iFD974608A8775EFD/image-dimensions/150x409?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2018-08-29 at 5.57.22 PM.png")


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Need Confluence users licenses separate from JIRA user licenses
Asked by Alyson Crabtree:

We have just switched from 250 JIRA *and* Confluence licenses to 100 for JIRA and 10 for Confluence. We had Confluence user license seats validated based on whether or not they are in the jira-software-users. Now, we need to separate them.

When I spoke with Atlassian during the license change purchase, they said that this was pretty straightforward and to just contact you for help.

I'm ready for that help. What steps do I need to take?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Create a new group with a good name (like confluence-users). Put your 10 users (or up to 10) into the group.

Go into Confluence -\> Admin -\> global permissions

Add your new group to "can use confluence" and rremove the "jira users" group from it (and any others)

comments: author: Alyson Crabtree
body: Thank you!


Tags: confluence-server

server
Can Jira issues marked as KB Article automatically appear in Confluence?
Asked by Daniel Hurtubise:

Our engineering team uses Jira to track and fix bugs. Some bugs end up getting labeled as KB Articles and I would like these to automatically be displayed in Confluence as a page within the Knowledge Base space.

I'm thinking that there would be a function in Jira that enables the software developer to "push" the KB article to Confluence. That way the support team can see them in Confluence.

This would allow support agents to search KB Articles they create and KB Articles that the development team exposes in one place, Confluence.


Answers:
author: AhmadDanial
body: Hi there, Daniel.

Since you mentioned about having the bug tickets being labeled as KB articles (for example):

![Screen Shot 2018-08-30 at 08.21.29.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/30830iAED12E9FB9D16794/image-dimensions/528x341?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2018-08-30 at 08.21.29.png")

Issue Navigator View

![Screen Shot 2018-08-30 at 08.22.51.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/30829iEF29F6CAA819FAAF/image-dimensions/506x160?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2018-08-30 at 08.22.51.png")

I was wondering if you are looking at having the JIRA tickets labelled as kb-articles to be displayed in the Confluence page like this via the JIRA macro:

![Screen Shot 2018-08-30 at 08.25.32.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/30831iF54E712D7E48979F/image-dimensions/484x340?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2018-08-30 at 08.25.32.png")

![Screen Shot 2018-08-30 at 08.25.50.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/30832i216AFDAE9BF0DDE8/image-dimensions/498x158?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2018-08-30 at 08.25.50.png")

Unless I understand the requirement wrongly, are you looking at transforming a JIRA ticket into a knowledge base *automatically* when it gets labelled with **kb-article**? For example:

* JIRA ticket Summary: Confluence KB title
* JIRA ticket Description: Confluence KB content

Please keep me posted on this. Thanks.

comments: author: Daniel Hurtubise
body: Thank you for the reply Ahmad. for us KB Article is a STATUS, not a label. Your description of the requirement is correct except that instead of "labelled with", it's the Issue Status.

![KBArticle Jira.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/30918iAA5700953654439F/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "KBArticle Jira.PNG")


author: AhmadDanial
body: Hi, Daniel.

You are welcome. In this case, you will have to configure the JQL of the JIRA macro to use the **Status** field instead of labels. For example:

```
project="Palace" AND status="KB ARTICLE"
```

Please give it a try and let me know how it goes on your end.

Side note: Are you an advocate of knowledge too? Kudos to you for being one!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence (Cloud) content search problem (looking for URL links in pages) - solution! :)
Asked by Shawn in Van:

I had begun this question with frustration, but then accidentally stumbled upon the solution. :)  

If you wish to search for URL inside Confluence content, use the following regex expression syntax:

/.\*{URL}.\*/  

For example, I wanted to find every Confluence reference to our deprecated Google Site, so I searched for: /.\*sites.google.com.\*/  

JOY!  

<br />


Answers:
author: Shawn in Van
body: Update:   
[Davin Studer](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781467) goes into more detail on how to make regular expression queries in Confluence. Thanks [@Davin Studer](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1018164)!

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-do-I-search-Confluence-for-an-external-URL/qaq-p/749437>


Tags: search
I need to reorder only two pages in a space not required to reorder other pages of same space
Asked by Lakshman:

Hi team,

wanted to reorder the pages under same parent page in space. The main objective is to generate a pdf using (export pdf ) option where our end user wanted to generate pdf in certain order.

Thanks,

Lakshman


Answers:
author: Mary Ramirez
body: Have you tried re-ordering the pages through Space Tools? More information [here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/move-and-reorder-pages-146407727.html).


Tags: confluence-server

server