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When using LDAP, is it possible to disable certain users
Asked by Dean Gaudet:

We have LDAP as a user Directory. We would like to disable some users. However the Disable option does not show up for any of our users. I'm guessing this is due to us using LDAP.


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Dean,

As you guessed, if the users are managed in a read only LDAP directory they cannot be disabled in Confluence.

One way to deny access to LDAP users is to remove them from groups or individual listings on the Global Permissions page. If a user without the "can use" Confluence permission (granted through a group or individually) attempts to log in they will get a "Not Permitted" message as described in [Global Permissions Overview](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/global-permissions-overview-138709.html).

Thanks,

Ann

comments: author: Dean Gaudet
body: Hi Ann, thanks for your reply.

I just double checked my LDAP configuration and I have this option selected: Read Only, with Local GroupsUsers. Which states "groups and memberships are retrieved from your LDAP server and cannot be modified in Confluence. Users from LDAP can be added to groups maintained in Confluence's internal directory."

I believe with this setting I don't have the ability to disable or remove permissions from specific users.


author: AnnWorley
body: *Read only with local groups* means that you can control permissions in Confluence by adding and removing users from local groups. If the groups are present in Confluence and not LDAP, you may remove LDAP members from local groups from within Confluence.

If the groups you are using on the Global permission page to grant access are LDAP groups and not local groups, you may remove the users from the groups in LDAP to disable their ability to use Confluence.

The most common configuration is to use confluence-users, a local group, to grant access to most users.


author: Dean Gaudet
body: My configuration is setup as you described where there is a confluence-users group. However the only options I have in that group is to delete a user. If I delete a user from that group, do you think this will remove the ability for that user to login?

The user still belongs to the LDAP group. So I believe I can only temporarily remove a user until they login again.


author: AnnWorley
body: If the confluence-users group resides in LDAP the member will need to be removed in LDAP. If the group is local to Confluence, the LDAP member may be permanently removed.


author: Davin Studer
body: If you set up your LDAP **User Schema Settings -\> User Object Filter** config like such you can disable them through LDAP a couple ways.

```
(&(objectCategory=Person)(!(userAccountControl:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=2))(|(memberOf=CN=confluence-users,OU={Path},OU={To},OU={Users Group},DC={Your Domain},DC={Extension})))
```

This will only add LDAP users who are members of the LDAP confluence-users group and are enabled for login in LDAP. So you could either disable the user in LDAP or remove them from the group and the user will no longer be able to log into Confluence.


author: Dean Gaudet
body: Ok, thanks for your information.


Tags: disable

ldap
New Jira View - Connect to a Confluence Space - API
Asked by Michael Banschbach:

Just to be clear, I only see this UI option in the NEW Jira view!

We have a large amount of Jira Projects and Confluence Spaces that need to be connected. In the New Jira view, I see the ability to easily connect a Space to a Jira project. (screenshot below)

I want to make this connection in an API when since we use the Jira Cloud API's to create said Jira Projects and Confluence Spaces. When doing this, it would be great to already setup the connection between the two automatically since the view with the new "Pages" screen on the Jira project view is awesome!

Reviewing the documentation around Jira and Confluence Cloud, I do not see this API. Is it because it is still new? Do you know when I can plan to use it if so?

I thought it was maybe creating an Application Link, but that doesn't seem to be the case since I don't see one being created when making this connection between the Project and Space.

![ConnectToAConfluenceSpace.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/23174i0CFE11EC727B21E9/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "ConnectToAConfluenceSpace.png")


Answers:
author: Moses Thomas
body: [@Michael Banschbach](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1219480)You need to configure applications link first, and when you want to access data in JIRA/Confluence you access it via plugin and you need to approve with your user account vice versa.

Best!

comments: author: Michael Banschbach
body: [@Moses Thomas](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1138700)

Hey Moses! Thanks for your reply!

If that is the case, then why when I create the connection to a Confluence space using the above screenshot in the new Jira view, that I do not see an Application Link created?

Vice-versa, when I create an Application Link between Project/Space, using the new Jira view, I do not see that Space in the "Pages" menu in Jira.

Our Jira Cloud and Confluence Cloud are already linked together. The problem is we have many Projects, with a Confluence space per project.

I want to be able to leverage the NEW Jira Pages functionality, but simply adding Application Links does not enable it. I only can get it to work by connecting a Confluence Space manually using the screenshot above. I need to make that same connection via an API.

That is not an Application Link!


author: Moses Thomas
body: [@Michael Banschbach](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1219480)see using app links for cloud. <https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiracloud/using-applinks-to-link-to-other-applications-779295829.html>

best!


Tags: api

cloud

confluence-cloud

confluence-development

rest-api
Using CloudFront to enable vanity domain on public Confluence wiki
Asked by Peter Opert:

We are exploring the use of Confluence as a public wiki but would need to be able to use a custom domain name which is not currently possible natively in Atlassian Cloud.

We recently did this with our Intercom service by using CloudFront and I attempted to implement the same concept but for some reason the CloudFront servers return a 502 error when reaching our custom.jira.com origin.

Does anyone have any knowledge of this is possible at all with Confluence Cloud and if so how to configure the origin to allow for a CloudFront frontend?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Peter,

This is not possible but we do have a feature request below for it:

* [CLOUD-6999](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CLOUD-6999) Allow custom domains for Cloud apps

Please feel free to leave your feedback on that case, vote on it, and watch for any updates.

Thank you!

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Is there a way to display the "last updated" date for a whole space?
Asked by TS:

We use a distinct space for each project. We have a seperate space whose overview page serves as a high-level summary report for all projects.

We can get most of what we need using excerpts. However, we would like to be able to display a "last modified" date for each space on this summary page and we're not finding a way to accomplish it. The "last modofied" date should indicate when anything about the space, including metadata and/or content was updated.

We are using the cloud version of confluence.

Any suggestions?


Answers:
author: Henning van Ackeren
body: Hi Tracie,

the easiest would be to use the recentlyUpdated macro and configure it to show only 1 result, for each of your project spaces. This includes the date of the most recent change.

However, it also displays the user's name and page that changed - which you may not want.

Most likely there are more elegant solutions.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Missing "Pages" in Confluence Sidebar
Asked by Lorenz Madarang:

![pages.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/23165iBA21D83951D23679/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "pages.PNG")![pages2.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/23166iE3AFEF29DA04E3B9/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "pages2.PNG")

My Confluence space is missing the "Pages" Icon. How do I get it back? The top image shows the example of the "Pages" Icon that my team really misses. The bottom image shows that it is missing and I am trying to see how to get it back.

Lorenz M.


Answers:
author: Moses Thomas
body: [@Lorenz Madarang](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1293979) Check space tool do you have any thing like configure side bar ?

comments: author: Lorenz Madarang
body: I will check...


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Task Report "@Current space" ability?
Asked by Jonathan Smith:

In my various templates, I am tired of changing space keys in macros.

Is there a way to have the **Task Report macro** have a selection called **@currentspace**?

* Leaving it blank pulls in every task.. which is not preferred.
* Pointing the macro to my template space will result in me changing the space key each time I copy the space.


Answers:
author: Jonathan Smith
body: After testing [Copy Page Hierarchy](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1218116/copy-page-hierarchy-copy-space?hosting=server&tab=overview)macro, this seems to resolve my current need.

Still would like to know if there is a way to use @currentspace value in the Task Report macro.

comments: author: AnnWorley
body: There is not a way, I just tried. You can specify a space or leave it blank as you observed. I did find this suggestion in our bug tracker: [Add the option "Current Space" to the macros "Task Report" and "Content Report Table"](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-37916) You may comment or vote on it to emphasize your use case directly with the development team.


author: Jonathan Smith
body: Thanks [@AnnWorley](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/502040); voted.


author: Jonathan Smith
body: [@AnnWorley](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/502040)Is there a way I can send you a direct message: Got a question to run by you.


author: AnnWorley
body: I emailed you, since we don't have direct messaging on the forum. :)


Tags: template
How to share a KB article in two spaces
Asked by Jerry Eisener:

Hello,

I am setting up a couple of Knowledge Base spaces - one for or internal sales staff and one that will be accessible to our customers. Many of the articles will be applicable to both spaces, but the sales staff will have access to some articles that are for internal use only. Is there a way to share certain articles with two spaces?


Answers:
author: Mumo Systems
body: Jerry,

To start with, you'll need to create groups for both users.

On the pages that you need to restrict, click EDIT....then click on UNRESTRICTED (as shown on image one). A new screen will appear.

For the group that you don't want to see certain pages, add that group to **Viewing and editing restrict** option as shown on image two.

victor

![Screen Shot 2018-05-29 at 11.36.58 AM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/23169iE624D769A4A32D56/image-dimensions/418x139?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2018-05-29 at 11.36.58 AM.png")![Screen Shot 2018-05-29 at 11.36.24 AM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/23168iBFD8CC0060901451/image-dimensions/768x93?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2018-05-29 at 11.36.24 AM.png")


author: Igor M.
body: Hey,

In addition to what Mumo Systems said in regards to security, the same article can be shared from one space to the other via [Include Page Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/include-page-macro-139514.html).

So in this scenario:

1. Create Internal Sales and External spaces
2. Populate your Sales Space with KB articles
3. Populate Public space with pages using [Include Page Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/include-page-macro-139514.html) pointing to original KB articles on Sales pages

Benefits:

* Only certain select KB articles will be shown on Public space,
* Any changes made to the original article on Sales space will be reflected on Public space page.
* If a certain article needs to be pulled, deleting or restricting Public Page will not affect original Sales KB article

I hope this helps,

Regards,

Igor


author: Jerry Eisener
body: Thank you both. Igor, that sounds exactly like what I am looking for!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence SSL Certificate Chain
Asked by cloud-operations:

Can anyone point me in the direction of configuration steps to get Confluence to provide the full SSL certificate chain?

I've checked my keystore and it has the intermediate certificate in there, it just doesn't seem to be using it.

This isn't mentioned at all in the Confluence docs :-(


Answers:
author: cloud-operations
body: It turns out the keys in my keystore weren't properly configured - whoever set it up had just imported the intermediate, not associated it with the site certificate.

A free app called KeyStore Explorer was very helpful in this.


author: Danyal Iqbal
body: a certificate chain is configured similar to a single certificate. You need to add them to a keystore, make the keystore known to the webserver (in server.xml). For a chain you will have to concatenate the certificates and tell the server.xml about the intermediate certificates. I would recommend the usual SSL setuip guide for confluence:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf64/running-confluence-over-ssl-or-https-936511699.html>

comments: author: cloud-operations
body: The key part is "and tell the server.xml about the intermediate certificates".

How exactly? As I already said, the documentation (on the page you referenced) does not cover this.
We are facing many UI issues after upgrading Confluence to v6.1.4 from v5.0.3.
Asked by Abhishek Bharadwaj:

After upgrading our confluence to v6.1.4 from v5.0.3, left navigation bar is not properly aligned. The header is behaving not properly. We are facing many other UI issues.  
Please help us in resolving this issue.

Thanks \& Regards,  
Abhishek Bharadwaj.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Have you tried other browsers? And have you tried (temporarily) disabling all add-ons that might have an effect on the UI - theming ones especially?

Could you provide some screen shots and the versions of the browser(s) you've tried?
How do I grant read/write access to a user?
Asked by Kurt Nielsen:

I clicked on the name of the user to change his access level, but I got a message "Not Permitted". Supposedly, however, I have admin rights to do this. Where can I set read/write access for Jama users?


Answers:
author: Danyal Iqbal
body: You can do this in jama.

comments: author: Kurt Nielsen
body: thanks -- I'm in Jama now, so how do I do it?


author: Danyal Iqbal
body: <https://community.jamasoftware.com/blogs/kristina-king/2017/03/13/introduction-to-permissions>


author: Yogesh Mude
body: Hi [@Kurt Nielsen](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1441534)

Please visit the below articles for more details.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/space-permissions-overview-139521.html>

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/permissions-and-restrictions-139557.html>


author: Fadoua
body: Hi Kurt,

Did you try it from Confluence? What Application are you using to manage users?

What's jama users?


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi [@Kurt Nielsen](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1441534),

this is a community about Atlassian's products. Jama is none of them.
New group not visible in Confluence Space permissions
Asked by Thomas Phlips:

I have exactly the same problem as reported [here](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/New-group-not-visible-in-Confluence-Space-permissions/qaq-p/745415):

This is for our Cloud Confluence instance.

I created a new group and added the necessary users. I then created a new space in Confluence and then went to the permissions page. When trying to add the new group, it does not appear in the list of groups.

If I go back to the Site administration where I created the group, I do see it listed. So it seems that the new group is not showing up when trying to add it to a space on the permissions page.

Any guess what may be going on?

I also checked the [status.atlassian.com](https://status.atlassian.com/) page, but that shows that everything should be fine.


Answers:
author: Lillifee78
body: 3,5 years later I have the exact same issue.   
Guess i need to wait...


author: Thomas Phlips
body: I tried again (+20 mins after creating the group) to assign rights for my new group on the site administration page and now it worked.

I guess it just takes a while? or was there a problem with Confluence?

comments: author: Brandon Hennegan x368
body: Happening to me today. But it's been nearly an hour already and the group still doesn't show as an option. No status issues posted for Atlassian currently.


author: Brandon Hennegan x368
body: took somewhere around 3 hours to finally show up.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Delete resolved inline comments
Asked by Daniel Seegr?ber:

Hi there,

I know... I can reopen the comment and delete it afterwards.

This unfortunately doesn't work if the text on which the comment has been created was deleted.

Then it looks like this (no option to reopen):

![image.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/23135iD8510C83359E39D9/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

cheers  
daniel


Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi [@Daniel Seegr?ber](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/597878),

there is an open issue for that: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-37666>

You should vote for the issue. There's also a workaround described there: revert to an older version, remove the comment and revert back to the current version.

comments: author: Daniel Seegr?ber
body: Hi [@Thomas Schlegel](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781483),

thanks for your quick reply. As I don't want my anonymus users to see the former versions of our documentation I deleted them all, hence the workaround doesn't work.

So I had to use the other workaround... copy the page.

Thanks anyway, I left a vote on CONFSERVER-37666

daniel


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: That's strange, the "revert-delete-revert"-workaround worked in my Confluence 6.7.0.

I hope, there were not too many pages...


author: Daniel Seegr?ber
body: I think it would work, but as I mentioned I deleted all the older versions, so I cannot revert. But I guess copy the page is faster anyway.

And no... just a couple of pages.

Thanks...


author: Nicholas Wade
body: Don't delete the comment in the first place. Simply open the page in Edit and cut the text with the comment and then paste it back as plain text.


author: Karin Carlson
body: If the text that had the comment has been deleted, it still persists in Confluence but you can't copy / paste text that is no longer there.


author: Nicholas Wade
body: Fix the bloody issue.... been going on since 2015 on both platforms.


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Hi Daniel,

Please, take a look at [Talk add-on](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/978531/talk-advanced-inline-comments?hosting=server&tab=overview), it can solve some of your problems:

* Talk inline comments are not lost when the text is changed or removed.
* You can set default and individual permissions for Talk inline comments.
* Talk inline comments work in page editor as well.
* and [other benefits](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/Talk/Comparison%3A+Talk+add-on+and+Confluence+native+inline+comments).

Here you can [see it in action](https://demo.stiltsoft.com/display/talk/Talk+Inline+Comments+for+Confluence+Demo?os_username=guest1&os_password=guest1).

Hope it will help you.

comments: author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi [@Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781696),

according to the [community's guidelines for Marketplace vendors](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Marketplace-Apps-articles/Atlassian-Community-guidelines-for-Marketplace-vendors-and/ba-p/689723), please make clear that you are affiliated with the company providing the product you mentioned.

Thank you


Tags: confluence-server

inline-comment

server
Need additional character support for confluence (Japanese and Cyrillic characters:)
Asked by Lakshman:

Hi team,

I need additional character support for Confluence to display characters such as boxes and arrows. It seems that the issue can be resolved as per the following link for Japanese and Cyrillic characters:  

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/characters-appear-as-question-marks-using-mysql-204051027.html>

Note : Our Confluence is running on MS SQL Server 2012, but in the above link explains how to set the Character set in MYSQL database. Please provide the instructions

1. how I can update the Character set values for MS SQL Server 2012?

2. If I change the Character set value in existing database, it will cause any issues.  

**Note** : For your information, I found that my Confluence default SQL Server Collation is " SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS",


Answers:
author: Sloan
body: Hi [@Lakshman](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/560011)

The Collation needs to be **SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CS_AS** (case sensitive). So it should be ok.

Make sure your Database is set up according to <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/database-setup-for-sql-server-9258.html>

If you still have issues try this Knowledgebase article: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/chinese-characters-appears-as-question-marks-776649333.html> (It is about Chinese letters but it should be the same issue with Cyrillic)

Best Regards  
Niklas


Tags: confluence-server

server
Security - Editing Page Insecure - Loading Mixed Content
Asked by Jason Tolotta:

Browser: Chrome 66 (64-bit), Firefox 60.0.1 (64-bit)

OS: Windows 10 Home

The following warning occurs when editing a page.

```
Loading mixed (insecure) display content "http://mega.atlassian.net/wiki/plugins/servlet/confluence/placeholder/macro-heading?definition=e2NvZGV9&locale=en_GB&version=2? on a secure page[Learn More] webpack:///buildeng/bamboo-agent-home/xml-data/build-dir/CONFMICRO-CF-S3PROD/node_modules/@atlassian/atlassianeditor/dist/atlassian-editor.min.js 
```

<br />

The reference link is not secure.  
This presents a potential security risk.


Answers:
author: Isaac_nl
body: We're seeing the same on some pages in edit mode.


author: Jason Tolotta
body: My Confluence Cloud instance.


author: Davin Studer
body: Is that you site or someone else's site?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

security