youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
restrict a SpaceAdmin
Asked by DKB Service GmbH:

Hi,  

we are looking for a solution in our Confluence environment.  

So, we have multible Spaces.  

example Space "Setpermission"  

So, we have one person (or even two) who has all permissions to this Space (incl. Admin/export).  

next, we have some Users in this space who are able to create pages, comments, attachments (but not to delete)  

<br />

So now comes is our goal:  

we want, that the spaceadmin is able to manage this space BUT he can not see / set / change the spacepermissions.  

<br />

Is there a way to restrict the SpaceAdmin.  

<br />

<br />

<br />

because: ONLY a Confluence Administrator can set SpacePermissions  

<br />

can anybody help?


Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi Robert,

no, you can't. A Space Admin is allowed to manage a space and that includes also the ability to set space permissions.

You have to trust your space admins.

comments: author: DKB Service GmbH
body: realy,

it's not a issue about trustment to the SpaceAdmins.

in our company, we have strict guidelines as to permissions.

So my initial Idea was tho hide the men?button like this (hide "Person Button"

if ($userAccessor.hasMembership('[Admin](https://confluence-test.dkb.ag/admin/users/domembersofgroupsearch.action?membersOfGroupTerm=DKB%2BMitarbeiter)',helper.action.remoteUser.name))

else

\<script type="text/javascript"\>

AJS.toInit(function(){

AJS.$('#people-directory-link').hide();

});

\</script\>


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Your space administrators will always be able to change the permissions on the spaces where they have administration rights. As Thomas says, you have to trust them.

Javascript won't really help you here, it just changes the front end. If you want to cripple their space permissions, you will have to change the core code in Confluence to remove their right (which will cause your system administrators a heavier workload, and render you unsupported)


Tags: permission

space
How to include pages in a Gallery that have Umlaute in the title?
Asked by Julien Hoffmann:

Hi,

I'd like to create a gallery, that summarizes all the images on the sub-pages of a certain page.

The Gallery Macro allows me to do this to some degree. Until now I would manually insert all the sub-pages titles in the "**Use Images in these Pages"**parameter. This works mostly fine.

I've run into the issue, that I cannot insert pages to the "**Use Images in these Pages"** parameter, if the pages URL uses the pageID format. This is caused by having unexpected characters such as *?, ?, ?, ?, ...* in the title. (see [PageID in URL](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/confluence-page-urls-contain-pageid-instead-of-the-page-title-278692715.html))

Images from these pages will simply be ignored and are not displayed in the gallery. I've tried

* simply copy pasting the title
* entering the title with *quotes*
* using the *pageID*
* using *pageId=327799*

Is there a workaround to this? Is there other much easier method to solve this? Can a include these pages with some special method?


Answers:
author: Julien Hoffmann
body: **bump?**

comments: author: Rami Daoud
body: I cannot believe no one has answered this important question until now


Tags: encoding

gallery

macro

page-id

special-character
Can UserLister Macro able to list more than 50,000 users?
Asked by Darren Ong:

The page with a UserLister macro is not able to load when it is listing more than 50,000 users.

Is there an issue with the macro?


Answers:
author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hi [@Darren Ong](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/509170) ,

there is a limitation with that macro

*The User List macro can be quite memory hungry in sites with lots of users. To prevent it causing out of memory errors in your site, we don't show this macro if there are more than 10,000 people in the groups specified. Your administrator can change this limit using the `confluence.extra.userlister.limit` [system property](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configuring-system-properties-168002854.html).*

Hope this helps,

Fabio
Cannot add a calendar to space
Asked by Jason Coutsodimitropoulos:

After following these instructions, I still cannot seem to add a calendar: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/teamcalcloud/create-add-and-edit-calendars-909903933.html>

After searching for the ability to + calendar, I find it isn't an option.

Can someone please help out?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Jason,

Have you activated the [Team Calendars add-on](https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/team-calendars) on your instance? This is necessary for the calendar option to appear. You can check your add-ons in Confluence or **Discover New Applications** if you're in Cloud to see if it's activated.

Kind Regards,  
Shannon
Confluence - How to set default page for space
Asked by Mike Tuller:

This seems like it would be simple, but I want to have the default page set for my space, so that if someone goes to [www.mysite.com/space/](http://www.mysite.com/space/) it will show the overview page, or for that matter any other page that I set. Right now, it goes to the pages page. Which I don't want. In order to make sure the user goes to the overview page, which I have my default content in, I have to tell them to go to the overview page directly. It can't be set as the default. At least as far as I can tell.

Even when I create a page, and set it as the home page, the site defaults to pages. Ugh!

If I am missing something, can someone let me know what to do?

Thanks in advance.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Mike,

From my understanding, you're not able to set any pages as the Space homepage, is this correct?

Can you have a look at [Unable to set a homepage for a Space](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/unable-to-set-homepage-for-a-space-221020287.html?_ga=2.211103125.1642966581.1507535880-1729042927.1506935118)? You can see if your overview page is an orphaned page from this link:

http://\[your Confluence URL\]/pages/listorphanedpages.action?key=SPACEKEY

Kind Regards,  
Shannon


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: It's under Space Admin (for that space) -\> Overview -\> Space Details, the "home page" setting.
Does anybody know an "online shop search" for Confluence?
Asked by Victor:

Hi,

I need to build a page on Confluence which can make a suggestion to user based on several criteria.

I see it like an online shop search engine: a user choose a category (e.g. Laptop) and sets a numbers of criteria (e.g. screen size, battery capacity, etc.). Based on his criteria the search engine suggests a number of relevant items.

In my case search object could be different. I might have several pages: one to search for information systems, another one is for equipment and so on.

Does anybody know similar solutions for Confluence?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Victor,

The pages in Confluence are more Static and not Dynamic and so Confluence isn't meant to be used in this way.

You may be able to work with specific tags on pages to do this, but it won't be able to serve the results on-demand the way you'll need it to.

My recommendation would be to purchase a software specifically meant for creating a shop and use that to create that system for your company.

Kind Regards,  
Shannon

comments: author: Julian Dumitrascu
body: What Atlassian software can do the job?
cannot add in a new user in Confluence
Asked by bfang711:

hi,

I am using confluence server edition locally and I do have administrator privilege. However when I tried to add a new user it gives me the following error, saying

### Cause {#toc-hId-1567264475}

com.atlassian.confluence.core.InsufficientPrivilegeException: User \[binfang\] does not have the required privileges.  
at com.atlassian.confluence.user.DefaultUserAccessor.addMembership(DefaultUserAccessor.java:197)

Can you please let me know why?

thanks


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: The error you report indicates that you don't have sufficient permissions. Please see this guide to judge what permissions should be added for you to be able to administer the instance: [Global Permissions Overview](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/global-permissions-overview-138709.html)

comments: author: bfang711
body: hi, I don't think this is cause of it.

As you can see from the screenshot, I belong to the confluence-administrator group and the group does have system administration permission.

I acutally was able to add user before, but all of a sudden I cannot any more.

Please help. thank you.

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/7438i79E9ACAB19D26C3B/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/7439iAD2C94C0C272BA48/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")


author: AnnWorley
body: You are right, if you are in confluence-administrators you are a super user.

Per this article, if you have a default group set but it does not exist, the error will appear: [Unable to Create New User Due to InsufficientPrivilegeException](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/unable-to-create-new-user-due-to-insufficientprivilegeexception-240190191.html)
Hyperlink to wiki article does not go directly to article page?
Asked by Marcie Oates:

I am attempting to insert a hyperlink to a specific page within Confluence wiki. the hyperlink will open a general page, but not the specific page I need.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Marcie,

1. What version of Confluence are you running?
2. Can you tell me the format of the URL you inserted?
3. What does the general page look like that it's linking to instead, and what do you want to see?

Kind Regards,  
Shannon

comments: author: Marcie Oates
body: * *What version of Confluence are you running?Confluence 6.2.0*

* *Can you tell me the format of the URL you inserted?https (colon and two wacks) wiki.company.com/display/pm/phone+6900*

* *What does the general page look like that it's linking to instead, and what do you want to see? Even though the link is to a direct page within Confluence, when I add it as a hyperlink within a SP document, when I click on the link, it takes me to a completely different page within Confluence. a general overview page instead of directly to the page I wanted?*


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Marcie,

Thanks for that.

Can you clarify with me what you mean by "SP document"? Are you inserting the link on a page in Confluence or somewhere else?

Kind Regards,  
Shannon


author: Marcie Oates
body: I am attempting insert a link into SP to Confluence.


author: Marcie Oates
body: SP = Sharepoint
Is there a way to export spaces without history pages in confluence?
Asked by Syed Ehteshamuddin:

We have some spaces on one confluence site (A) and we want to export it to another confluence site(B) without history pages?? any easy way or steps to follow or suggestions?


Answers:
author: Monika Antos
body: One way to do it:

1. In site (A) create new space

2. Use copy functionality to copy page tree from the original space to the new space (that removes page history, but doesn't copy space configuration / templates, if any)

- Backup and restore the new space in site (B)

Another option:

1. Backup and restore the space(s) in site (B)

2. Use ScriptRunner in site (B) to remove page history.


author: Michael Faux
body: Please vote for this feature request:  
"Ability to export space without page history."  
<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-58035>


Tags: export

space
Confluence "This site is already taken."
Asked by Tim Buckinx:

I have an Atlassian account (for bitbucket) and we would now like to setup a cloud version of confluence. When filling out the form on <https://www.atlassian.com/ondemand/signup/form?product=confluence.ondemand> is says "This site is already taken." when trying out to fill out "epihunter". I cannot see how to solve and enable confluence?


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: We have made <https://epihunter.atlassian.net> available. Please try again to sign up.

comments: author: Tim Buckinx
body: Best screen ever! ![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/7483i03C223C8172871E0/image-dimensions/312x242?v=v2 "image.png")

All fine, big thanks!


author: AnnWorley
body: Thanks for letting me know it worked out for you. Happy collaborating!


author: Steve Wright
body: [@AnnWorley](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/502040) -- I have a similar issue with the subdomain lovecomm.atlassian.net when trying to purchase a cloud hosted Jira Core. I'm asking here because this answer suggests that I need customer support intervention, but can't find a way to send an email.


author: Monika Antos
body: Have you tried setting up Confluence from your Cloud site administration console? To access that - use the cog icon in the top right corner, then go to 'Discover new applications'. You should be able to add Confluence from there.

comments: author: Tim Buckinx
body: What is the cloud site administration console URL? epihunter.atlassian.net gives a page unavailable


author: Monika Antos
body: You've mentioned you have an account for Bitbucket - I assumed Cloud. I have not used Bitbucket in Cloud, but my guess is that when you are logged in there (granted you have site-administrator permission), you will see a cog icon next to your profile that allows you to access site administration console, that includes billing details etc. From there you can add more Atlassian products to the basket.


author: Tim Buckinx
body: No cog to be seen there.. I went through all screens and don't see any link to additional products. (except the integrations but they don't list confluence
Confluence PostgreSQL JDBC direct connection refused
Asked by Nicolas Lapaire:

Hi all,

When I try to test the database connection, I have the following error :

***Can't reach database server or port***

*SQLState - 08001*   
*org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: Connection to localhost:5432 refused. Check that the hostname and port are correct and that the postmaster is accepting TCP/IP connections.*

The postgresql.conf file looks like :

*# - Connection Settings -*

*listen_addresses = '\*' # what IP address(es) to listen on;*   
*# comma-separated list of addresses;*   
*# defaults to 'localhost', '\*' = all*   
*# (change requires restart)*   
*port = 5432 # (change requires restart)*   
*max_connections = 100 # (change requires restart)*

The pg_hba.conf file looks like :

*# TYPE DATABASE USER CIDR-ADDRESS METHOD*

*# "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only*   
*local all all trust*   
*# IPv4 local connections:*   
*host all all 127.0.0.1/32 trust*   
*# IPv6 local connections:*   
*host all all ::1/128 ident*   
*host all all localhost/24 trust*

The PostgreSQL service is running.

I tried also to disable the firewall and the antivirus.....without success.

What should I try more ?

Thanks in advance for your precious help

*Windows 7 / confluence installed on the same computer as PostgreSQL 10*

Windows 7 / Confluence installed on the same computer as PostgreSQL10


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: It sounds like you saw [Confluence PostgreSQL JDBC direct connection refused](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/confluence-postgresql-jdbc-direct-connection-refused-683543784.html). Please double check that PostgreSQL was restarted after the authentication was set to trust instead of ident.

On a side note, I don't think this is the cause of the issue but PostgreSQL ver. 10 is not a supported platform for Confluence 6.4.x: [Supported Platforms](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/supported-platforms-207488198.html)

comments: author: Nicolas Lapaire
body: I just had to change the port. The default port was 5434.

Everything works fine right now.

Thank you for your help :-)


author: Nicolas Lapaire
body: Please, how can I close the questions ?

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Mark an answer as "correct". There's a tick mark (and voting box) next to every answer.


author: Nicolas Lapaire
body: Thank you


Tags: postgres
Configuring MYSQL for Confluence-6.4.1?
Asked by Venkat Kumar:

Hi Guys,

I am facing an issue with Migrating MySql Database for Confluence-6.4. I have installed Confluence 6.4 in my local machine. I have taken database dump from older version of Confluence(3.5). Is there any compatible issue with database(db.sql).

Please suggest any other ways to migrate


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: There is no chance of this working.

You will need to install Confluence 3.5, restore the database and make sure it works, then upgrade it to 6.4

comments: author: Venkat Kumar
body: Hello Nic,

Installed confluence 3.5. facing issue restoring the database to it.

Please help to sort out this issue..
Confluence Application link checkbox missing from JIRA Application Links
Asked by invinci:

Hi,

We have recently switched from standalone version of JIRA to data center. Everything seemed to work fine, but I have an issue with the application access of jira/confluence.

I have successfully connected both Jira and Confluence together, but when I grant new users access to jira, they do no get access to Confluence. When I checked the defaults in the Application Access section of jira administration, to my surprise I do not see a checkbox for Confluence.

Can anyone let me know what am I missing over here?

![Untitled.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/7429iCC30D5A4E6BE87FE/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Untitled.png")


Answers:
author: Mikael Sandberg
body: You are not missing anything, the application integration does not include user administration. You can use JIRA as your user directory for Confluence and manage the access to Confluence by adding users to that group.

Here you will find what the application link between JIRA and Confluence allows you to do: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/use-jira-applications-and-confluence-together-427623543.html>

comments: author: invinci
body: Hey Mikael,   
Thanks for your response, but I am still confused here.  
I was referring to the the link - <https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/manage-application-access-744721629.html> where the screenshot clearly shows having a single user access management to multiple applications.

Can you please confirm?


author: Mikael Sandberg
body: That is for Cloud only, it does not apply to Server/Data Center.


author: AnnWorley
body: Please see this guide for managing Confluence users via Jira:

[Connecting to Crowd or JIRA for User Management](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/connecting-to-crowd-or-jira-for-user-management-229838465.html)

The Jira/Confluence Cloud offering lets you choose application access all in one place, but the server product works differently. Jira lets you control access to Jira Applications like Jira Service Desk and Jira Software but Confluence access is controlled by the "Can Use" Global Permission under Confluence Admin\>Global Permissions: [Global Permissions Overview](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/global-permissions-overview-138709.html)


Tags: application-link

confluence-cloud

jira-cloud
LDAP configuration file
Asked by junaid_mukhtar:

Hi

Can someone confirm the location for the ldap configuraiton file for confluence 6.4?

I have configured it from the web interface but would like to have the option to change it directly from the config file.

Thanks,


Answers:
author: Luis Esquivel
body: Does anyone know how to update the LDAP connection outside of the tool?

We can't use the tool as Ann above states because the server is gone and we temporarily need to point to a new server. Since that server is gone, we can't login to the tool.


author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Junaid,

The LDAP configuration for Confluence 6.4.x is stored in the database.

I am curious why you would like to configure LDAP outside the UI. The UI does have the advantage of avoiding the restart that would be necessary to pick up changes from a configuration file.

Cheers,

Ann

comments: author: junaid_mukhtar
body: I want to templatize the configurations for automated deployments.


author: AnnWorley
body: Would it help to install a "plain vanilla" Confluence with the LDAP set up, and then use a database backup of that as part of the template?


author: Rakesh Panati
body: We have a similar problem. The server config seemed to have an old IP which was shutdown and thus users are unable to login. Where should I update the IP address/server name?
Can you create a report based of of search results
Asked by dave:

I have a need to search every space and page in Confluence to show a list of possible conflicts of business practices where a file may have been uploaded that violates our terms and agreements.

I know you can run a "livesearch" to show these files and spaces/pages that have the text or phrase being searched on. But is there a way to put this into a report to be run at any given time?

The results would show the space, page, and file that matches the criteria. It would also display a link to the file for easy viewing for audit purposes.

thanks.


Answers:
author: Stephen Deutsch
body: As long as a search can provide the answer that you're looking for, you could probably use the "Search Results" macro to fulfill your requirements.

comments: author: dave
body: This is fantastic. Is there anyway the results could be exported to Excel or Word?


author: dave
body: I just figured out how to do this.

Never mind.


Tags: developer
Status Report
Asked by punitha krish:

Create three pages (or tabs) in Confluence for the Documentation Schedule. -- one for Active, one for Pending, and one for History.

This will allow us to keep records on upcoming projects (pending), active projects (same as the one we have now), and previous projects (history).

We need to be able to move rows from -- for example, the Active page -- to the History page when the project is over.


Answers:
author: Monika Antos
body: I would use page properties macros and some combination of add-ons (e.g. Table Filter) to dynamically generate lists of projects based on their changing status on these three pages.
Hi, How can I create multiple page templates in a space with different PDF Layout&PDF Stylesheets?
Asked by Suryanarayana Murthy Annavajjhula:

Hi,

I need to create a project template with a Space and multiple deliverables / documents as templates so that I will copy the whole space with page templates whenever a new project starts.

If I have multiple documents with different formats, headers and footers, can I have a separate PDF Layout and PDF Stylesheet for each of these page templates?

Also, I was trying to upload the logo in a page at top-left corner of the Header. I tried al the possible formats given in the forum and documentation. Somehow somewhere I missing something and could not make the logo visible in the document when I try to upload the page to PDF.

Also, How can I create user data entry forms to create a document? How can I set up that and how can I develop it?

Thanks in advance

Murthy


Answers:
author: Vero Rivas
body: Hi [@Suryanarayana Murthy Annavajjhula](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/930649)

Look at this post, maybe can help you

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confeval/confluence-evaluator-resources/confluence-how-do-i-create-multi-page-templates>

Cheers