The Confluence connector will crawl content from any Confluence content repository. The connector will retrieve spaces, pages, blogs, attachments, and comments.
The connector uses the Confluence REST API to crawl Confluence content, and we support both Confluence On-premise installation and Cloud installation.
Introduction
Some features of the Confluence connector include:
- Performs incremental crawling (so that only new/updated documents are indexed).
- Fetches access control lists (ACLs) for document level security.
- Is search engine independent.
- Runs from any machine with access to the given Confluence URLs.
- It supports HTTP and HTTPs..
For a Complete tutorial on Confluence, see here
Summary of Confluence organization
This is the hierarchy of spaces/pages/blogs/attachments/comments for Confluence versions:
- Dashboard: Is the first page you see when login to Confluence, it provides quick access to the top-level features of Confluence.
- Spaces: Spaces are containers that group content related to a specific theme or topic. Spaces contain pages and blogs.
- Pages: Like a web page or a page in a book, pages are places where you write content related to a specific theme or topic. Pages can contain attachments and comments.
- Attachments: Documents (images, files, videos, etc.) that are embedded in a page or blog and contain relevant information about the topic or theme the page/blog is talking about.
- Comments: Remarks users leave on a page or blog to share information with other users.
- Blogs: A blog is a discussion or informational site published on the World Wide Web and consisting of discrete entries (“posts”) typically displayed in reverse chronological order. Blog. Confluence blogs can contain attachments and comments.
- Attachments
- Comments
- Pages: Like a web page or a page in a book, pages are places where you write content related to a specific theme or topic. Pages can contain attachments and comments.
- Spaces: Spaces are containers that group content related to a specific theme or topic. Spaces contain pages and blogs.
Environment and Access Requirements
Repository Support
The Aspire Confluence connector was created and tested using version 7.19.2 of Confluence.
Before installing the Confluence connector, make sure that:
- Confluence is up and running.
- The Confluence REST API is available.
- You have all the certificates you need to log into the site if your Confluence instance is on a secure connection (HTTPS)
- You have a Confluence client login with sufficient permissions to crawl documents for indexing (at least Admin level permissions)
Account Privileges
To access Confluence, a user account with sufficient privileges must be supplied. It is recommended that the account be the site administrator.
Environment Requirements
No special requirements here
Framework and Connector Features
Framework Features
| Name | Supported |
|---|---|
| Content Crawling | yes |
| Identity Crawling | yes |
| Snapshot-based Incremental s | yes |
| Non-snapshot-based Incremental s | no |
| Document Hierarchy | yes |
Connector Features
The connector can operate in two modes: full and incremental.
Content Crawled
The Confluence connector can crawl the following objects:
| Name | Type | Relevant Metadata | Content Fetch & Extraction | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| space | container | spaces fields | NA | |
| blog | container | blog fields | yes | |
| page | container | page fields | yes | |
| attachment | document | attachment fields | yes |
Limitations
No limitations defined
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