Databases Reference
In-Depth Information
5.
That is it. We have installed PostgreSQL and created a user and database for
our Confluence installation to use.
Installing Confluence
Now that we have the JDK and database prepared, we have met all the conditions
required to install Confluence on our machine. In order to get Confluence installed
we have to:
• Unpack Confluence
• Configure the Confluence Home directory
• Check the ports Confluence uses
• Configure e-mail
Optionally, we can configure Confluence to use HTTPS and run as a Windows service.
Unpacking Confluence
Perform the following steps to unpack Confluence:
1. Download the latest version of
f Atlassian Conluence from
www.atlassian.com/s
oftware/confluence/download
.
2. The Atlassian website will detect the operating system you are using and will
suggest a distribution accordingly. If you intend to install Confluence on a
different system than the one you are currently on, make sure you select the
correct distribution.
3. As mentioned before, there are one-click installers available for both
Windows and Linux. For the purpose of this exercise we will be using
the ZIP archive, as it will provide us with an insight of the steps that are
normally hidden by the installation process.
4. Extract the downloaded ZIP file to
c:/confluence/
. It is recommended
to use a third-party unzip software, such as 7-Zip or WinZip, as there are
known issues with the unzip application provided with Windows. You can
choose a different installation path; just make sure that you don't use spaces
in your directory path.
5.
C:\confluence\atlassian-confluence-5.1
will now be known as
CONF_INSTALL
. Next, we will define the Confluence Home directory.
