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ADFS propagation from internal network to the cloud
Asked by Jason Bener:

We have installed a JIRA server on our network and we're using ADFS. We would like to use Confluence hosted on the Atlassian cloud. I realize that the cloud only supports google apps authentication and local cloud user accounts but is there a way to propagate AD user credentials from JIRA onto Confluence?


Answers:
author: Daniel Eads {unmonitored account}
body: Hi Jason,

A similar question has been asked before (doing a one-time import from JIRA to Confluence Cloud) - <https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/19144506>

This doesn't exactly fit what you're after. For starters, you would need to decrypt the passwords stored in your AD (see here: <https://www.dsinternals.com/en/retrieving-active-directory-passwords-remotely/> ) to provide in a dump to Atlassian. After that, the passwords in Cloud wouldn't stay in sync with changes to your AD. Or new user accounts.

If you could do Google accounts, they have a sync feature with AD that would get you close to what you are looking for. It won't be complete SSO through your ADFS, but the users/passwords will stay synced. <https://support.google.com/a/answer/106368?hl=en> You can get Google Apps for free if you're not a for-profit company: <https://support.google.com/a/topic/3035696> , otherwise it looks like $5/usr/month.

If none of those options work for you, there's always Confluence server which can use JIRA for authentication or integrates nicely with ADFS through several available SAML plugins. Confluence server administration is simpler than JIRA; the heaviest load is spending a couple hours doing upgrades once or twice a year.

Best of luck!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Why is there not a calendar available in the Page Blueprints for Confluence?
Asked by Peter Plesni?ar:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Blueprints](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=724765008)*

Why is there not a default Calendar available in the Page Blueprints for Confluence?


Answers:
author: James Dellow
body: @Peter Plesnicar do you mean something that would create a calendar on a page in table (a bit like those Microsoft templates you can use to create calendars) or are you thinking of something else?


Tags: blueprint

cloud

confluence-cloud
MySQL 5.7 support?
Asked by Thorsten Heit:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Confluence 6.0.0-m EAP Release Notes](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=838287794)*

Is MySQL 5.7 supported in Confluence 6? The [latest online documentation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/supported-platforms-207488198.html) states only MySQL 5.5 and 5.6, and there are a few issues trying to run with 5.7 server; see

* <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-40385>
* <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/confluence-fails-to-start-with-error-unknown-system-variable-storage_engine-using-mysql-5-7-x-789090576.html>

I'm using the workaround provided by user Yurii K. in <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-40198> to have my Confluence 5.8.13 instance running with MySQL 5.7...


Answers:
author: Ralf Ramge
body: Dear Atlassian Devs,

please make sure that you provide support for at least MySQL 5.7 (better would be 5.8, which is already available) as soon as possible.

MySQL 5.6 reaches its end-of-life in about 9 months (February 2018) and will also no longer be available in various Cloud environments then. Please don't forget that your customers will also need some time to migrate their Atlassian services to a supported MySQL version before that deadline.  

If you need any assistance here, feel free to contact me. I am an official Oracle Partner and can supply you with resources and testing environments for free, if necessary.

Cheers,

Ralf


author: Rachel Robins
body: Hi Thorsten,

We don't plan to add support for MySQL 5.7 in Confluence 6.0, but it is on our radar and we hope to add support in a future release.


Tags: documentation

mysql
How to do a label list for only a specific page
Asked by Jesse Katz:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Labels List Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=724765224)*

This only works by space. Are there any workarounds to see the list of labels on a specific page <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/labels-list-macro-724765224.html>


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: You can (sort of) list a single page using the Content by Label macro.

Enter at least one label that is on that page, then add the filter With title.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

label

list
Anchor links just reload the current page instead of linking down to the anchor I set.
Asked by Stacey Jenkins:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Anchors](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=139442)*

I followed the directions on the anchors page and set an anchor macro then created a link at the top of the page. When I click the link, the page just reloads instead of scrolling down to the anchor. I'm not clear on what I'm doing incorrectly or if this is a bug.


Answers:
author: Lara Lopez
body: In case anyone is fighting this again, my solution was dissabling this addon Confluence Iphone plugin:  
<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-20319>


author: Jay-r Lao
body: Hi Team,

I'd like to add to this question. If the user is logged in and visits a link with an anchor, the page reloads and goes to that anchored section. However, if the user is not logged in and visits a link with an anchor, it simply reloads the page without going to the anchored section. Is this the correct behavior? Or should the page go directly to the anchored section after the user logs in?

Thanks,

J


Tags: anchor

cloud

confluence-cloud
Use table row data in subpage?
Asked by Moritz:

What I want: An overview page containing a table with basic information and per row a subpage that contains the table row data plus additional information. The table shall contain a row with the name of the subpage that links to the according subpage.

I could think of two ways to realize that:

1. Enter data on the subpage and pull them from the subpage into the table row.
2. Enter data on the table and pull the row data into the according subpage.

Is there a way to achieve this in Confluence (without any SQL or Access database)?


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: You might be able to do what you want with the Page Properties and Page Properties Report macros.

comments: author: Moritz
body: Great, exactly what I was looking for. Thanks a lot!
Confluence and JIRA do not show up in Internet Explorer
Asked by Dan Conroy:

Confluence and JIRA will not load in Internet Explorer and only displays a blank screen or is missing a lot of functionality (i.e. left toolbar/navigation is missing)

It's running on IE version 11 and works perfectly in Google Chrome.

image2016-8-22 11:17:55.png

image2016-8-22 11:18:38.png  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Confluence-and-JIRA-do-not-show-up-in-Internet-Explorer/qaq-p/338854?attachment-id=11693){#link_11867b2d4e6091}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/57215/1/image2016-8-22%2011%3A17%3A55.png){#display_11867b2d4e6091_0}  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Confluence-and-JIRA-do-not-show-up-in-Internet-Explorer/qaq-p/338854?attachment-id=11694){#link_11867b2d4e6091_0}  
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[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Confluence-and-JIRA-do-not-show-up-in-Internet-Explorer/qaq-p/338854?attachment-id=11695){#link_11867b2d4e6091_1}  
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[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Confluence-and-JIRA-do-not-show-up-in-Internet-Explorer/qaq-p/338854?attachment-id=11696){#link_11867b2d4e6091_2}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/57215/4/image2016-8-22%2011%3A6%3A26.png){#display_11867b2d4e6091_6}


Answers:
author: Dan Conroy
body: I'm not running in compatibility mode


author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: Can you check if you are running in the compatibility mode or not?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How to configure base URL for notifications?
Asked by Moritz:

I've just received a notification about a comment on a Confluence page. So I clicked on "Open", but I got a "Server not found" error. After taking a look at the URL of the clicked link from the notification, I noticed that there is a typo in the URL (let's say it was "http://foober" instead of "http://foobar").

Now I'm very curious about this as the base URL of the Confluence is well configured and I cannot find any other place where the base URL is specified for notifications.

Where do I find this other base URL configuration so that I can fix it?


Answers:
author: Jonas Andersson
body: Needless to say the only place you will find it in confluence is under the general configuration, BUT if you are using a apache rewrite proxy, you will find it in server.xml for tomcat, you will find it hardcoded in /etc/apache2/sites-available/confluence(?).conf or /etc/httpd/conf.d/confluence(?).conf too.

comments: author: Moritz
body: Thanks for this information. I asked the according system administrator to take a look.


Tags: confluence-administration
How make at:i18n use the user locale?
Asked by Redlink Management:

I thought `at:i18n` was taking care of that, but it always uses the default i18n literals.

It's weird, but I only got working the i18n in the plugin xml file (e.g. `i18n-name-key`), but I may have something wrong in my plugin...


Answers:
author: Alexandra Topoloaga
body: Hi,

Beside the resource tag with the file, you also need a transformation in the web-resource and the component-import.

```
&lt;transformation extension="js"&gt;    &lt;transformer key="jsI18n"/&gt;&lt;/transformation&gt;
```

```
&lt;component-import key="i18nResolver" interface="com.atlassian.sal.api.message.I18nResolver"/&gt;
```

Hope this helps,

Alexandra


Tags: i18n

template
Is it safe to clean temp directory under Confluence Installation directory?
Asked by Pavel Potcheptsov:

There is no clear answer for that.

There is scheduled job "[Clean Temporary Directory](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/scheduled-jobs-96567525.html#ScheduledJobs-Typesofjobs)" which doesn't include the temp directory located in the confluence install directory.

So, is it safe to clean content of temp directory in installation path?

If yes then should I stop confluence service or it's safe to remove files on running instance?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Safe, yes, as long as Confluence is not running when you do it.


Tags: confluence-administration
I need to know if we can un-check notify watchers by default
Asked by salkurdi:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Manage Watchers](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=218271870)*

I need to know if we can un-check notify watchers by default


Answers:
author: Daniel Eads {unmonitored account}
body: Hi Salah,

While you can do this (see answer from Hemant), we've found a better solution for us is the free [No Email Storm](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/confluence.extra.noemailstorm/server/overview) plugin. It changes the checkbox / Save button to "Save" and "Save and Notify" buttons. This makes it much clearer to users what action will occur when they click one of these buttons. You can then choose which button is more prominent (probably want it to be "Save").

comments: author: Bill Bailey
body: I have a customer using this macro, and they do love it. Although most of the email traffic is caused by OCD users constantly saving pages after every edit rather than trust the draft mechanism ;-) I leave pages open for the entire editing session, which a) cuts down on the email traffic and b) still notifies watchers of edits.


author: Hemant
body: Please go through the below URL :

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-uncheck-notify-watchers-check-box-on-confluence-editor-by-default-314449908.html>

Thanks,

Hemant


author: salkurdi
body: Hello,

Yes actually I used another Plugin **Save and Notify Button for Confluence**

and it works fine. Thank you all

comments: author: Dion Factor
body: Not available for Cloud :(


Tags: watcher
Can I make the Roadmap planner editor bigger
Asked by Daniel Park:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Roadmap Planner Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=704578202)*

I quite like using the roadmap planner, but I find the popup too small to work with. Is there a way I can make it bigger?


Answers:
author: Nick Muldoon
body: Hi Daniel,

On the off chance you're interested we have a JIRA add-on that allows you to create roadmaps full screen. Heavily influenced by the Confluence roadmap planner, yet using JIRA epics for the chunks of work.

[![](https://marketplace-cdn.atlassian.com/files/images/0d9b70a4-0415-4364-a511-cf60ac89f188.png)](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.arijea.easy-agile-roadmaps)

If you're interested you can find out more at [Easy Agile Roadmaps for JIRA](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.arijea.easy-agile-roadmaps).

Thanks Daniel, have a good day.  

Regards,  
Nick Muldoon  
Arijea, creators of [Easy Agile Roadmaps](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.arijea.easy-agile-roadmaps)


Tags: addon-com.arijea.easy-agile-roadmaps

advanced-roadmaps

cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence knowledge base only available to users signed into my web app ?
Asked by Sam ?Sammy? Howley:

Hi,

I would like to use Confluence Cloud Knowledge Base as the online documentation/manual for my web app.

I do not want the documentation to be public however and I do not want to have to create a confluence user account for each of my users and have them log into confluence.

Is there a way to achieve this ?

Thanks

Sam


Answers:
author: James Dellow
body: Out of the box (so to speak) there isn't a way to do this.

Confluence Cloud supports anonymous access (so you can have public content), but there is no way to add something like a basic auth password to the site. Maybe you could talk to <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/instant-websites/cloud/overview> about adding that feature to their Instant Websites add-on?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Code Macro Plugin for 5.10.3
Asked by Buc-ee's IT:

We are preparing to upgrade to the latest version of Confluence (5.10.3) at the time of this writing, but when I performed the 'Add-In' check I discovered that the 'Code Macro Plugin' is not available for this version (there are others, but we figured we can do with out, so we just disabled them). The code macro plug in is used through out our pages. Even if I could just go through and convert it to just HTML or something, I wouldn't even know how to find all of the pages where the macro was being used.

I really hope someone has some good news for me on this. These types of things cause us to reconsider using any of the plug-ins because we never know when they will no longer be supported.


Answers:
author: Rachel Robins
body: Hi there,

This macro is bundled with Confluence so will be automatically updated when you upgrade to Confluence 5.10.

I'm following up with our dev team to find out why it is appearing in marketplace and the universal plugin manager as not compatible.

comments: author: Buc-ee's IT
body: Thank you. That's great news. I will proceed with the upgrade


author: Davin Studer
body: What we always do in our environment is create a test instance based on our production instance. I then upgrade the test instance first and check around to make sure everything still works. Mostly I look for a couple of instances of all the add-ons we use and make sure they still work. Normally they still do. The fact that the marketplace says that the add-on does not work with your version may or may not be true. The version compatibility in the marketplace is simply a way for the developer to verify that they have tested the add-on and it works with the versions they have stated. Often times add-ons will work even though they may not be listed as working for a certain version. This is especially true if the APIs that support the add-on have not changed. Atlassian is pretty good about not breaking their APIs. So the best thing to do is just try it out. In fact you can even install add-ons manually that are not listed for a particular Confluence version. You go to the add-on page and download the .jar or .obr file and manually upload it in Confluence Administration.

comments: author: Buc-ee's IT
body: Thanks. We actually just started to create a test instance. We were concerned that there would be a licensing issue, but were told that the license allows us to have a test instance.

We did find that the code macro does still work. There have been a lot of other changes, but we're working our way through those now.


Tags: confluence-administration
migrate Confluence from Cloud to Server
Asked by artafon:

Hi all!

After migrating Confluence from Cloud to Server version, i'm getting an error

Could you help me please in resolve:smile::

2016-08-20 17:16:12,984 ERROR \[http-nio-8090-exec-4\] \[confluence.plugins.synchrony.SynchronyContextProvider\] getContextMap This instance could not be registered with Synchrony.

-- space: 1376259 \| url: /confluence/plugins/editor-loader/editor.action \| page: 29294854 \| traceId: 8e769c28af516e13 \| userName: admin \| referer: [https://website.ru/confluence/display/XRX/Data+exhange+between+customer+portal%2C+marketing+systems+and+CRM](https://work.abbyy-ls.com/confluence/display/XRX/Data+exhange+between+customer+portal%2C+marketing+systems+and+CRM) \| action: editor

2016-08-20 17:16:29,883 ERROR \[http-nio-8090-exec-1\] \[synchrony.api.v1.SynchronyTokenResource\] generateToken This instance could not be registered with Synchrony.

[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/migrate-Confluence-from-Cloud-to-Server/qaq-p/66061?attachment-id=12742){#link_11867c891a5ac5}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/11222/1/image2016-8-21%2010%3A1%3A46.png){#display_11867c891a5ac5_0}


Answers:
author: Bill Bailey
body: I think that Synchrony is the collaborative editing tool and currently it only exists in the cloud. I think it is slated as a server 6.x feature. So you need to file a case with Atlassian on how to migrate that content.

comments: author: artafon
body: Not very good news ![sad](/html/@C495B4504065515364EB1894F812B34C/images/emoticons/sad.png "sad")


author: Steven F Behnke
body: They made an announcement that there was no migration path. Did you research the migration path ahead of time? However Confluence 6.0 should be completed soon...


author: Bill Bailey
body: What is soon? They started moving 6.x features into the 5.10 release, I assume because of delays?

And yes, I see that it is still a beta feature?


author: artafon
body: You want to say, that in 5.10 release it's not real to migrate from cloud?


author: BlackPearl PDM
body: Not if collaborative editing was enabled.


author: artafon
body: BlackPearl, Hi!

What do you mean - if collaborative editing was enabled?


author: Bill Bailey
body: Synchronyis the name of the collaborative editing tool in the Cloud (currently beta I think). You would have to ask how to disable the plugin and revert the content before exporting the content.


author: artafon
body: If you are talking about this plugin - **Synchrony Interop Bootstrap Plugin,**i haven't too. But I'm not sure, may be it was before restore data from cloud


author: BlackPearl PDM
body: You cannot restore to Confluence Server if Collaborative Editing was enabled. You will only be able to do so to Confluence 6.0 which has **not** been released yet.

It's all right on the page where you enable it in your instance --

image2016-8-21 10:1:46.png


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

confluence-server
Unable to add Confluence Cloud on the existing Jira account
Asked by Swingvy Official:

I'd like to add Confluence cloud on our Jira account, but there is an error message as below and it brings to unaccessible loop. Is there any way to add Confluence on our existing Jira account?

Message:

Error

You must [signup for OnDemand](https://www.atlassian.com/ondemand/signup) before you can configure an OnDemand instance. If you already have an OnDemand account please check that it is linked to your current username.


Answers:
author: Robert Massaioli _Atlassian_
body: Steps:

1. Log into your Atlassian Cloud (OnDemand) instance.
2. Click on the cog on the top right (next to your user profile) and select "Billing".
3. In the left hand billing menu select: "Discover new applications".
4. When that finishes loading Confluence should be one of the options.

You can now click on Confluence to add it to your account.

I hope that helps!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Is there a way to view the history of shares?
Asked by Iris Rogers:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Share a Page or Blog Post](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=16482511)*

Is there a way to view the history of shares? Is there a way to view a list of users that I shared a page with?


Answers:
author: Matthias Born
body: Hi Iris,

I'm always add myself to the list of users (mostly to be shure I haven't forgotten to share important informations)

But for your ++purpose++ make sense to: In the share-email is a list "also shared with" with the other users.

Regards!

Matze


Tags: confluence-administration

share
How to use an installed add-on (Confluence)
Asked by Helen Heath:

I'm sure this is a really stupid question, but I cannot find an answer anywhere! I have installed a new plugin to Confluence (v5.8.13) using UPM and I can see it installed and enabled successfully in 'Manage add-ons'. There's no configuration that needs doing (it's a Calendar-style plugin).

What I cannot tell is how an end-user references that plugin from within a newly created page, actually creates himself a calendar (in this instance, but it could be any plugin) on his page? How do you reference add-ons/plugins for actual use? I can't believe that's not in the Confluence help anywhere, or if it is, that I've managed to miss it!


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: There aren't any instructions on using add-ons in the Confluence docs because an add-on could do all sorts of things. It might add new macros (in which case Alex's answer is spot on), but it might add reports, views, buttons on pages or in toolbars, extra admin functions, background coding hooks, or even (and yes, I've seen this done) a "kitten picture of the day) on the dashboard.  

The main question is really "what do you expect the add-on to do?", and then maybe "what do the add-on's docs say about using it?"

comments: author: Helen Heath
body: Thanks but there aren't any add-on docs. It's a calendar plugin/add-on, so I rather expected to be just able to add it to a page, but I don't see it available in any page button, toolbar, macro list, views or anywhere else! I think I need to contact the author and see how he intended it to be used.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Hmm, I'm not sure I'd install an add-on if I didn't know what it was supposed to be doing. Which add-on is it? Or, more importantly, what are you trying to do?


author: Alex Yasurek
body: Hi,

You can look it up like you would any other plugin on a page. Either go to the tool bar-\>Insert-\>other Macros and then search for it or on the page type "{ name of macro" and a drpo down should appear listing macros matching the name you wrote out

comments: author: Helen Heath
body: Hmm I tried this, but none of the user-installed add-ins show up in the macro list, so I'm a bit confused how to reference it!