Install Confluence

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Read Confluence Installation Guide: https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-installation-guide-135681.html

• 7.4 Confluence Data Center Installation Guide https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf74/installing-confluence-data-center-1003129653.html
  • Use OAuth authentication if you have application links to other Atlassian products (such as Jira)
  • Load balancer with session affinity and WebSockets

• Download binary and run it:

./atlassian-confluence-7.3.2-x64.bin

Setup PostgreSQL (https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/database-setup-for-postgresql-173244522.html)

• apt install postgresql -y

/var/lib/postgresql/10/main

Connect to http://localhost:8090/ to follow Web interface installer and choose option to restore data if you needed.

Installation

.../...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.3-2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.32-0ubuntu3) ...
W: --force-yes is deprecated, use one of the options starting with --allow instead.
Unpacking JRE ...
Starting Installer ...

This will install Confluence 7.4.7 on your computer.
OK [o, Enter], Cancel [c]

Click Next to continue, or Cancel to exit Setup.

Choose the appropriate installation or upgrade option.
Please choose one of the following:
Express Install (uses default settings) [1],
Custom Install (recommended for advanced users) [2, Enter],
Upgrade an existing Confluence installation [3]


See where Confluence will be installed and the settings that will be used.
Installation Directory: /opt/atlassian/confluence
Home Directory: /var/atlassian/application-data/confluence
HTTP Port: 8090
RMI Port: 8000
Install as service: Yes
Install [i, Enter], Exit [e]

Please wait a few moments while we configure Confluence.

Installation of Confluence 7.4.7 is complete
Start Confluence now?
Yes [y, Enter], No [n]
y

Please wait a few moments while Confluence starts up.
Launching Confluence ...

Installation of Confluence 7.4.7 is complete
Your installation of Confluence 7.4.7 is now ready and can be accessed via
your browser.
Confluence 7.4.7 can be accessed at http://localhost:8090
Finishing installation ...

Setup PostgreSQL

• Execute:

sudo -u postgres psql

create user confluenceuser;
ALTER USER confluenceuser WITH PASSWORD 'new_password';

CREATE DATABASE "confluence"
 WITH OWNER "confluenceuser"
 ENCODING 'UTF8'
 LC_COLLATE = 'en_US.UTF-8'
 LC_CTYPE = 'en_US.UTF-8'
 TEMPLATE template0;

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE confluence TO confluenceuser;
ALTER DATABASE confluence OWNER TO confluenceuser;
ALTER USER confluenceuser WITH PASSWORD 'new_password';

Import data

Copy you .zip exported file on designated folder: /var/atlassian/application-data/confluence/restore

Errors:

• Import failed. Check your server logs for more information. Error refreshing index searcher

Activities

• Atlassian: Server vs. Data Center

Related terms

• server.xml
• PostgreSQL
• How to bind Confluence to a particular network interface: https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-bind-confluence-to-a-particular-network-interface-164496389.html
• Confluence: Restore Passwords To Recover Admin User Rights: https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf610/restore-passwords-to-recover-admin-user-rights-952622930.html
• systemctl status confluence
• Install Jira, Integrate Jira and Confluence
• Confluence versions
• RMI

See also

• Confluence, Install Confluence (PostgreSQL), Integrate Jira and Confluence, Confluence release notes, Confluence logs (catalina.out), systemctl start confluence, systemctl restart confluence, systemctl status confluence, Confluence versions, Confluence: Restore Passwords To Recover Admin User Rights, OGNL
• Atlassian: Jira (Jira release notes), Confluence (Confluence release notes), OpsGenie, Draw.io, Opsgenie, Bitbucket, Crucible, Hipchat, Statuspage, Crowd, Trello, Halp, Atlassian Clover, Statuspage.io, Escalator, Loom