7.0 Confluence 3.x Setup

Install Required Libraries

In order to render thumbnails ect... you need certain x-windows libraries. Refer to the list from the Confluence install instructions and make sure to use the list matching your version of Confluence.

PostgreSQL

Confluence comes with its own embedded database called hsqldb. However, for real production use you should use a full fledged database.

Install PostgreSQL on Ubuntu

Install PostgreSQL6.0 PostgreSQL on Ubuntu.

Configure PostgreSQL

These are abridged instructions from Confluences wiki on setting up an external database.

Rather than use the gui we can do everything from the command line. I am pulled the command line from the visual guide by Confluence.

First log into the PostgreSQL prompt as explain in PostgreSQL on Ubuntu.

Create the confluence database admin account,

CREATE ROLE confluencedbuser LOGIN ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'putYourPasswordHere'
  NOINHERIT
   VALID UNTIL 'infinity';
COMMENT ON ROLE confluencedbuser IS 'Account used by the Confluence application.';

Create the database. I changed the default name confluence to confluencedb. As a coder it will be easier for me later one.

CREATE DATABASE confluencedb
  WITH ENCODING='UTF8'
       OWNER=confluencedbuser
       CONNECTION LIMIT=-1;

Confluence 3.2 does include a JDBC driver for PostgreSQL. HOWEVER, because we are using the newest Java download the JDBC4 driver from the PostgreSQL website.

First delete the jdbc3 driver,

rm /opt/confluence/confluence/WEB-INF/lib/postgresql-8.4-701.jdbc3.jar

Then, place the JDBC Driver postgresql-8.4-701.jdbc4.jar into the <confluence-install-path>/confluence/WEB-INF/lib folder.

Install Confluence

Core Package

Download the tar.gz install package and decompress it,

sudo - svradm # if you are not already
gunzip confluence-3.2-std.tar.gz
tar -xvpf confluence-3.2-std.tar
sudo mv ./confluence-3.2-std /opt/ # You want to use specific version numbers as part of your folder name. This will make upgrade easier in the future.

Java

I use a manual Java setup.

Next, we make the symbolic link directory. Scripts and anything else you do will use the symbolic link directory. When the new version of Confluence comes along you have various options for upgrading.

cd /opt
sudo ln -s ./confluence-3.2-std ./confluence

Also we need to create home directory,

cd ~
mkdir confluence-data # We don't use specific version numbers here because the data will actually be upgraded
sudo mv confluence-data /opt/

Set the home directory by modifying the files, ../confluence/WEB-INF/classes/confluence-init.properties, go to the bottom of the file,