Documentation for Confluence 7.4 2 Contents Confluence administrator's guide . 7 Getting Started as Confluence Administrator . 9 Manage Users . 12 Add and Invite Users . 14 Delete or Disable Users . 19 Restore Passwords To Recover Admin User Rights . 25 Edit User Details . 26 Change a Username . 28 Managing Site-Wide Permissions and Groups . 30 Confluence Groups for Administrators . 31 Adding or Removing Users in Groups . 33 Global Permissions Overview . 35 Setting Up Public Access . 40 Revoking access for unlicensed users from Jira Service Desk . 41 Configuring User Directories . 42 Configuring the Internal Directory . 44 Connecting to an LDAP Directory . 45 Configuring the LDAP Connection Pool . 54 Configuring an SSL Connection to Active Directory . 55 Connecting to an Internal Directory with LDAP Authentication . 64 Connecting to Crowd or Jira for User Management . 71 Reverting from Crowd or Jira applications to Internal User Management . 79 Managing Multiple Directories . 83 Managing Nested Groups . 87 Synchronizing Data from External Directories . 90 Diagrams of Possible Configurations for User Management . 93 User Management Limitations and Recommendations . 99 Requesting Support for External User Management . 103 Disabling the Built-In User Management . 105 Single sign-on for Confluence Data Center . 106 Managing System and Marketplace Apps . 107 Writing User Macros . 108 User Macro Template Syntax . 116 Customizing your Confluence Site . 121 Changing the Look and Feel of Confluence . 122 Customizing the Confluence Dashboard . 123 Changing the Site Logo . 124 Customizing Color Schemes . 126 Styling Confluence with CSS . 127 Basic Styling Tutorial . 129 Styling Fonts in Confluence . 131 Working with Themes . 132 Applying a Theme to a Site . 133 Creating a Theme . 134 Customizing Site and Space Layouts . 135 Upgrading Customized Site and Space Layouts . 137 Working With Decorator Macros . 139 Custom Decorator Templates . 141 Customizing a Specific Page . 143 Customizing the Login Page . 144 Modify Confluence Interface Text . 145 Customizing Email Templates . 146 Changing the Default Behavior and Content in Confluence . 147 Administering Site Templates . 148 Importing Templates . 149 Changing the Site Title . 151 Choosing a Default Language . 152 Configuring the Administrator Contact Page . 154 3 Configuring the Site Home Page . 156 Customizing Default Space Content . 158 Editing the Site Welcome Message . 159 Integrating Confluence with Other Applications . 161 Linking to Another Application . 162 Configuring Workbox Notifications . 163 Integrating Jira and Confluence . 168 Registering External Gadgets . 169 Configuring the Office Connector . 173 Managing your Confluence License . 176 Managing Confluence Data . 179 Database Configuration . 180 Database JDBC Drivers . 182 Database Setup for Oracle . 184 Database Setup for PostgreSQL . 188 Database Setup for SQL Server . 191 Database Setup For MySQL . 194 Embedded H2 Database . 199 Migrating to Another Database . 201 Configuring Database Character Encoding . 206 Configuring database query timeout . ..