Confluence Cookbook

Description

Installs/Configures an instance of Atlassian Confluence.

Maintainers

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Requirements

Platforms

• RHEL/CentOS 6, 7
• Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04

Cookbooks

• apache2
• ark
• database
• java
• mysql
• mysql_connector
• mysql2_chef_gem
• postgresql

JDK/JRE

The Atlassian Confluence Linux installer will automatically configure a bundled JRE.

If you prefer Confluence standalone installation, then you have to manage JDK/JRE 8 (Supported Platforms) on this node. It can be done with java cookbook and appropricate attributes:

node.default['java']['jdk_version'] = "8"
include_recipe 'java'

Attributes

These attributes are under the node['confluence'] namespace.

--Notice:-- If ['confluence']['install_type'] is set to installer, then the installer will try to upgrade your Confluence instance located in ['confluence']['install_path'] (if it exists) to the ['confluence']['version'].

If you want to avoid an unexpected upgrade, just set or override ['confluence']['version'] attribute value to that of your current confluence version.

Confluence Database Attributes

These attributes are under the node['confluence']['database'] namespace.

Confluence JVM Attributes

These attributes are under the node['confluence']['jvm'] namespace.

Confluence Autotune Attributes

These attributes are under the node['confluence']['autotune'] namespace. Autotune automatically determines appropriate settings for certain attributes. This feature is inspired by the autotune recipe in the https://github.com/afklm/jira cookbook. This initial version only supports JVM min and max memory size tuning.

There are several tuning types that can be set:

• 'mixed' - Confluence and DB run on the same system
• 'dedicated' - Confluence has the system all to itself
• 'shared' - Confluence shares the system with the DB and other applications

Total available memory is auto discovered using Ohai but can be overridden by setting your own value in kB.

Confluence Tomcat Attributes

These attributes are under the node['confluence']['tomcat'] namespace.

Recipes

• recipe[confluence] Installs/configures Atlassian Confluence
• recipe[confluence::apache2] Installs/configures Apache 2 as proxy (ports 80/443)
• recipe[confluence::database] Installs/configures MySQL/Postgres server, database, and user for Confluence
• recipe[confluence::linux_installer] Installs/configures Confluence via Linux installer"
• recipe[confluence::linux_standalone] Installs/configures Confluence via Linux standalone archive"
• recipe[confluence::tomcat_configuration] Configures Confluence's built-in Tomcat
• recipe[confluence::crowd_sso] Configures user authentication with Crowd single sign-on

Usage

Confluence Data Bag

For security purposes it is recommended to use data bag for storing secrets like passwords and database credentials.

You can override any attributes from the ['confluence'] namespace using the confluence/confluence data bag. It could be either encrypted or not encrypted by your choice.

Example:

{
  "id": "confluence",
  "confluence": {
    "database": {
      "type": "postgresql",
      "name": "confluence_db",
      "user": "confluence_user",
      "password": "confluence_db_password"
    }
  }
}

Note - "confluence" nesting level is required!

These credentials will be used for your Confluence installation instead of appropriate attribute values.

Data bag's and item's names are optional and can be changed by overriding attributes ['confluence']['data_bag_name'] and ['confluence']['data_bag_item']

Confluence Server Installation

The simplest method is via the default recipe, which uses node['confluence']['install_type'] to determine best method.

• Optionally (un)encrypted data bag or set attributes
  • knife data bag create confluence
  • knife data bag edit confluence confluence --secret-file=path/to/secret
• Add recipe[confluence] to your node's run list.

Custom Confluence Configurations

Using individual recipes, you can use this cookbook to configure Confluence to fit your environment.

• Optionally (un)encrypted data bag or set attributes
  • knife data bag create confluence
  • knife data bag edit confluence confluence --secret-file=path/to/secret
• Add individual recipes to your node's run list.

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