Databases Reference
In-Depth Information
The following table summarizes the browser requirements for Confluence 5.1:
Browsers
Compatibility
Microsoft Internet Explorer (Windows)
8, 9 (drag-and-drop not completely supported
because Internet Explorer doesn't fully support
the related HTML5 feature)
Mozilla Firefox (all platforms)
10+
Safari (Windows and Mac)
5, 6
Google Chrome (Windows and Mac)
17+
Mobile Safari (iOS)
iOS 5.1, 6.0 (editing is not supported on mobile
devices)
Data storage
The configuration files, attachments, indexes, and add-ons are stored, by default, in
the Confluence Home directory that is configured when Confluence is first installed.
All other data resides in the configured database. Optionally, attachments can be
configured to be stored in the database instead of the Confluence Home directory.
You can choose to store the attachments in the database for ease of backup
(all data in one single location) or to cope with characters that are invalid on your
file system. Be aware: storing your attachments in the database increases the size of
your database drastically. In a clustered environment where data is shared between
several Confluence installations, you need to store the attachments in the database.
Confluence Installation directory
The directory where you install Confluence is called the Installation directory.
It contains all the executable and configuration files of the application server.
Confluence does not modify or store any data in this directory. This directory is
primarily used for execution. For the remainder of the topic we will be referring
to this directory as
CONF_INSTALL
.
Confluence Home directory
The Confluence Home directory is the folder where Confluence stores its
configuration, search indexes, attachments, and add-ons, specific to one Confluence
installation. This means that every Confluence installation must, and can, have only
one Confluence Home directory, and each Confluence Home directory can serve
only one Confluence installation. If you're evaluating Confluence and using the
embedded HSQLDB database, the database files are also stored in this directory.
For the remainder of this topic we will refer to this directory as
CONF_HOME
.
