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See https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/System+Requirements for newest requirements
OS and Hardware Settings
Virtual: Why not - the benefits are huge
Preferred OS: Linux Ubuntu LTS 64-bit (this Cookbook is 90% Linux orientated)
Hardware: At least 2 vCPU Bit - 2 CPU's and at lease least 3 GB Ram
Mysql Settings
Preferred Database: MySQL (or Postgres)
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[mysqld]
transaction-isolation = READ-COMMITTED
log-bin=mysql-bin
binlog_format=row
default-table-type=innodb
default-storage-engine=innodb
max_allowed_packet=64M
[mysql]
default-character-set=utf8
[mysqldump]
max_allowed_packet=64M |
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mysql> create database confluence CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin; mysql> grant all privileges GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,CREATE,DROP,ALTER,INDEX on confluence.* to confluence@localhost identified by '*******'; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) |
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Download Confluence from http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/download
Download the MySQL JDBC from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/
For the binary installer, JAVA is integrated, for EAR or WAR files this must be downloaded and installed separately.
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Follow the required steps (remember path to Confluence_HomeInstall and Confluence_DataHome) and connect to the tomcat instance started; if the MySQL Driver can be found, restart the Tomcat.
Postinstall
This is where the tweaking comes into place, to avoid common problems:
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This file is found in Confluence_DataHome
Change the number of Database connections to higher than standard
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This file is found in the Confluence_HomeInstall/bin
Read Garbage Collector Performance Issues for settings
Add support for UTF-8 File system by adding -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 to the JAVA_OPTS:
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JAVA_OPTS="-Xms2048m -Xmx2048m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m -Djava.awt.headless=true -verbose:gc -Xloggc:/pack/confluence/logs/gc.log -XX:+PrintGCTimeStamps -XX:+PrintGCDetails -XX:NewSize=700m -XX:+UseParallelGC -Dsun.rmi.dgc.client.gcInterval=900000 -Dsun.rmi.dgc.server.gcInterval=900000 -XX:+DisableExplicitGC -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -XX:HeapDumpPath=/backup/hdump -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8" export JAVA_OPTS |
If You are planning to run under the same Fully Qualified Domain - review https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-8726
server.xml
This file is found in Confluence_HomeInstall/conf
Binding to a fixed IP Address, add the address= to the connector. Also the port= can be changed (Under Linux only root can bond to 0-1023):
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If behind a traffic Manager or Apache Proxy, add scheme=, proxyName= and proxyPort to the context t (See Apache2 Proxy Passing or Proxy Passing section belov)::
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<Context path="" docBase="../confluence" debug="0" reloadable="false" useHttpOnly="true" scheme="https" proxyName="jira.example.com" proxyPort="443"> |
If the Tomcat needs to travel through symbolic links on the filesystem, add the allowLinking="true" to the context:
Tomcat 7.X - This is in server.xml
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<Context path="" docBase="../confluence" debug="0" reloadable="false" useHttpOnly="true" allowLinking="true"> |
Tomcat 8.X - This is in context.xml
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<Context>
<Resources allowLinking="true" />
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If the Confluence instance need to run below root /, change the path= parameter:
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<Context path="/confluence" docBase="../confluence" debug="0" reloadable="false" useHttpOnly="true" allowLinking="true"> |
Its possible to increase maxPostSize for faster page rending - https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Slow+Page+Rendering+of+Large+Pages+Due+to+HTTP+POST+Limitations
Confluence running as Confluence user
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Make sure Confluence is not running as root (for security reasons); look at Confluence_HomeInstall/bin/user.sh for a username:
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Finally, make sure the confluence user has access:
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cd Confluence_HomeInstall sudo chown -R confluence:confluence confluence cd Confluence_DataHome sudo chown -R confluence:confluence confluence-data |
Other
Proxy passing
There are good reasons for using an Apache or Traffic Manager in front of the Confluence Installation, some are:
- No port changing (non-root users can assign to ports below 1024)
- Use of URL Rewrite
- Use of URL Blocking
- Use of Allow/Denial
- SSL offloading/handling outside the Confluence
Se my example in Apache2 Proxy Passing
Time And Date Setup
Time and Date should be set up according to
https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Configuring+Time+and+Date+Formats
My formats for danish is:
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Time Format HH:mm
Date Time Format dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm
Date Format dd-MM-yyyy |
Logfiles
Logrotate
Set up logrotate to avoid ever growing catalina.out log file. Here Confluence_Home is Install is /opt/confluence, logs are rotated daily and keept for 7 days:
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