Databases Reference
In-Depth Information
High-level architecture
Atlassian has a comprehensive overview of the technical components of
Confluence, availabl
e at
https://developer.atlassian.com/display/CONFDEV/
Confluence+Architec
ture
. However, this overview is mainly interesting for
those who are developing some custom add-ons and not so much for day-to-day
administration and usage of Confluence. For this reason, we have created a
high-level overview that highlights the most important components in the
architecture, and how our users will connect to Confluence:
web
browser
Application
Server
user
Confluence
UI
webworks/velocity/jsp
Service Layer
Managers
Data Storage
Lucene
Index
File
System
Database
Supported browsers
Confluence is a web application, so the only thing our users need for accessing it is a
compatible web browser. This can be on a desktop system, laptop, or even a mobile
device such as a smartphone or tablet. The more recent versions of Confluence
depend heavily on some new web technologies and standards. For this reason,
older versions of Internet Explorer and Firefox are no longer fully compatible.
