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title: Elastic Confluence connector reference
description: The Elastic Confluence connector is a connector for Atlassian Confluence. This connector is written in Python using the Elastic connector framework. View...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2423/reference/search-connectors/es-connectors-confluence
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# Elastic Confluence connector reference
The *Elastic Confluence connector* is a [connector](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2423/reference/search-connectors) for [Atlassian Confluence](https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence). This connector is written in Python using the [Elastic connector framework](https://github.com/elastic/connectors/tree/main).
View the [**source code** for this connector](https://github.com/elastic/connectors/tree/main/app/connectors_service/connectors/sources/atlassian/confluence) (branch *main*, compatible with Elastic *9.0*).
<important>
  As of Elastic 9.0, managed connectors on Elastic Cloud Hosted are no longer available. All connectors must be [self-managed](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2423/reference/search-connectors/self-managed-connectors).
</important>


## **Self-managed connector**


### Availability and prerequisites

This connector is available as a **self-managed connector** using the **Elastic connector framework**. This self-managed connector is compatible with Elastic versions **8.7.0+**.
<note>
  Confluence Data Center support was added in 8.13.0 in technical preview and is subject to change. The design and code is less mature than official GA features and is being provided as-is with no warranties. Technical preview features are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features.
</note>

To use this connector, satisfy all [self-managed connector requirements](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2423/reference/search-connectors/self-managed-connectors).

### Create a Confluence connector


#### Use the UI

To create a new Confluence connector:
1. In the Kibana UI, search for "connectors" using the [global search field](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2423/explore-analyze/query-filter/filtering#_finding_your_apps_and_objects) and choose the "Elasticsearch" connectors.
2. Follow the instructions to create a new  **Confluence** self-managed connector.


#### Use the API

You can use the Elasticsearch [Create connector API](https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/group/endpoint-connector) to create a new self-managed Confluence self-managed connector.
For example:
```json

{
  "index_name": "my-elasticsearch-index",
  "name": "Content synced from Confluence",
  "service_type": "confluence"
}
```

<dropdown title="You’ll also need to create an API key for the connector to use.">
  <note>
    The user needs the cluster privileges `manage_api_key`, `manage_connector` and `write_connector_secrets` to generate API keys programmatically.
  </note>
  To create an API key for the connector:
  1. Run the following command, replacing values where indicated. Note the `encoded` return values from the response:
     ```json

     {
       "name": "connector_name-connector-api-key",
       "role_descriptors": {
         "connector_name-connector-role": {
           "cluster": [
             "monitor",
             "manage_connector"
           ],
           "indices": [
             {
               "names": [
                 "index_name",
                 ".search-acl-filter-index_name",
                 ".elastic-connectors*"
               ],
               "privileges": [
                 "all"
               ],
               "allow_restricted_indices": false
             }
           ]
         }
       }
     }
     ```
  2. Update your `config.yml` file with the API key `encoded` value.
</dropdown>

Refer to the [Elasticsearch API documentation](https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/group/endpoint-connector) for details of all available Connector APIs.

### Usage

To use this connector as a **self-managed connector**, see [*Self-managed connectors*](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2423/reference/search-connectors/self-managed-connectors) For additional usage operations, see [*Connectors UI in Kibana*](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2423/reference/search-connectors/connectors-ui-in-kibana).

### Compatibility

- Confluence Cloud or Confluence Server/Data Center **versions 7 or later**


### Configuration

The following configuration fields are required to set up the connector:
<definitions>
  <definition term="data_source">
    Dropdown to determine the Confluence platform type: `Confluence Cloud`, `Confluence Server`, or `Confluence Data Center`. Default value is `Confluence Server`.
  </definition>
  <definition term="data_center_username">
    The username of the account for Confluence Data Center.
  </definition>
  <definition term="data_center_password">
    The password of the account to be used for the Confluence Data Center.
  </definition>
  <definition term="username">
    The username of the account for Confluence Server.
  </definition>
  <definition term="password">
    The password of the account to be used for the Confluence server.
  </definition>
  <definition term="account_email">
    The account email for the Confluence Cloud.
  </definition>
  <definition term="api_token">
    The API Token to authenticate with Confluence Cloud.
  </definition>
  <definition term="confluence_url">
    The domain where the Confluence instance is hosted. Examples:
    - `https://192.158.1.38:8080/`
    - `https://test_user.atlassian.net/`
  </definition>
  <definition term="spaces">
    Comma-separated list of [Space Keys](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/space-keys-829076188.html) to fetch data from Confluence. If the value is `*`, the connector will fetch data from all spaces present in the configured `spaces`. Default value is `*`. Examples:
    - `EC`, `TP`
    - `*`
  </definition>
  <definition term="index_labels">
    Toggle to enable syncing of labels from pages. NOTE: This will increase the amount of network calls to the source, and may decrease performance.
  </definition>
  <definition term="ssl_enabled">
    Whether SSL verification will be enabled. Default value is `False`.
  </definition>
  <definition term="ssl_ca">
    Content of SSL certificate. Note: If `ssl_enabled` is `False`, the value in this field is ignored. Example certificate:
    ```txt
    -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
    MIID+jCCAuKgAwIBAgIGAJJMzlxLMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAMHoxCzAJBgNVBAYT
    ...
    7RhLQyWn2u00L7/9Omw=
    -----END CERTIFICATE-----
    ```
  </definition>
  <definition term="retry_count">
    The number of retry attempts after failed request to Confluence. Default value is `3`.
  </definition>
  <definition term="concurrent_downloads">
    The number of concurrent downloads for fetching the attachment content. This speeds up the content extraction of attachments. Defaults to `50`.
  </definition>
  <definition term="use_document_level_security">
    Toggle to enable [document level security (DLS)](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2423/reference/search-connectors/document-level-security).
    When enabled, full syncs will fetch access control lists for each document and store them in the `_allow_access_control` field. Access control syncs will fetch users' access control lists and store them in a separate index.
    <note>
      To access user data in Jira Administration, the account you created must be granted **Product Access** for Jira Administration. This access needs to be provided by an administrator from the [Atlassian Admin](http://admin.atlassian.com/), and the access level granted should be `Product Admin`.
    </note>
  </definition>
  <definition term="use_text_extraction_service">
    Toggle to enable the local text extraction service. Default value is `False`. Requires a separate deployment of the Elastic Text Extraction Service. Requires that ingest pipeline settings disable text extraction.
  </definition>
</definitions>


### Deployment using Docker

You can deploy the Confluence connector as a self-managed connector using Docker. Follow these instructions.
<dropdown title="Step 1: Download sample configuration file">
  Download the sample configuration file. You can either download it manually or run the following command:
  ```sh
  curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elastic/connectors/main/app/connectors_service/config.yml.example --output ~/connectors-config/config.yml
  ```
  Remember to update the `--output` argument value if your directory name is different, or you want to use a different config file name.
</dropdown>

<dropdown title="Step 2: Update the configuration file for your self-managed connector">
  Update the configuration file with the following settings to match your environment:
  - `elasticsearch.host`
  - `elasticsearch.api_key`
  - `connectors`
  If you’re running the connector service against a Dockerized version of Elasticsearch and Kibana, your config file will look like this:
  ```yaml
  # When connecting to your cloud deployment you should edit the host value
  elasticsearch.host: http://host.docker.internal:9200
  elasticsearch.api_key: <ELASTICSEARCH_API_KEY>

  connectors:
    -
      connector_id: <CONNECTOR_ID_FROM_KIBANA>
      service_type: confluence
      api_key: <CONNECTOR_API_KEY_FROM_KIBANA>
  ```
  Using the `elasticsearch.api_key` is the recommended authentication method. However, you can also use `elasticsearch.username` and `elasticsearch.password` to authenticate with your Elasticsearch instance.Note: You can change other default configurations by simply uncommenting specific settings in the configuration file and modifying their values.
</dropdown>

<dropdown title="Step 3: Run the Docker image">
  Run the Docker image with the Connector Service using the following command:
  ```sh
  docker run \
  -v ~/connectors-config:/config \
  --network "elastic" \
  --tty \
  --rm \
  docker.elastic.co/integrations/elastic-connectors:9.2.3 \
  /app/bin/elastic-ingest \
  -c /config/config.yml
  ```
</dropdown>

Refer to [`DOCKER.md`](https://github.com/elastic/connectors/tree/main/docs/DOCKER.md) in the `elastic/connectors` repo for more details.
Find all available Docker images in the [official registry](https://www.docker.elastic.co/r/integrations/elastic-connectors).
<tip>
  We also have a quickstart self-managed option using Docker Compose, so you can spin up all required services at once: Elasticsearch, Kibana, and the connectors service. Refer to this [README](https://github.com/elastic/connectors/tree/main/scripts/stack#readme) in the `elastic/connectors` repo for more information.
</tip>


### Documents and syncs

The connector syncs the following Confluence object types:
- Pages
- Spaces
- Blog Posts
- Attachments

<note>
  - Content of files bigger than 10 MB won’t be extracted.
  - Permissions are not synced. **All documents** indexed to an Elastic deployment will be visible to **all users with access** to that Elastic Deployment.
</note>


#### Sync types

[Full syncs](/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2423/reference/search-connectors/content-syncs#es-connectors-sync-types-full) are supported by default for all connectors.
This connector also supports [incremental syncs](/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2423/reference/search-connectors/content-syncs#es-connectors-sync-types-incremental).

### Sync rules

[Basic sync rules](/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2423/reference/search-connectors/es-sync-rules#es-sync-rules-basic) are identical for all connectors and are available by default.
This connector supports [advanced sync rules](/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2423/reference/search-connectors/es-sync-rules#es-sync-rules-advanced) for remote filtering. These rules cover complex query-and-filter scenarios that cannot be expressed with <basic sync rules. Advanced sync rules are defined through a source-specific DSL JSON snippet.

#### Advanced sync rules examples

**Example 1**: Query for indexing data that is in a particular **Space** with key *DEV*.
```js
[
  {
    "query": "space = DEV"
  }
]
```

**Example 2**: Queries for indexing data based on `created` and `lastmodified` time.
```js
[
  {
    "query": "created >= now('-5w')"
  },
  {
    "query": "lastmodified < startOfYear()"
  }
]
```

**Example 3**: Query for indexing only given types in a **Space** with key *SD*.
```js
[
  {
    "query": "type in ('page', 'attachment') AND space.key = 'SD'"
  }
]
```

<note>
  Syncing recently created/updated items in Confluence may be delayed when using advanced sync rules, because the search endpoint used for CQL queries returns stale results in the response. For more details refer to the following issue in the [Confluence documentation](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-73997).
</note>


### Document level security

<note>
  DLS is automatically available for Atlassian Confluence Cloud since 8.9.0. DLS is available since 8.14.0 for Confluence Server and Confluence Data Center, but requires installing [Extender for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1217507/extender-for-confluence?tab=overview&hosting=datacenter).
</note>

Document level security (DLS) enables you to restrict access to documents based on a user’s permissions. Refer to [configuration](#es-connectors-confluence-client-configuration) on this page for how to enable DLS for this connector.
<warning>
  When the `data_source` is set to Confluence Data Center or Server, the connector will only fetch 1000 users for access control syncs, due a [limitation in the API used](https://auth0.com/docs/manage-users/user-search/retrieve-users-with-get-users-endpoint#limitations).
</warning>

<note>
  Refer to [DLS in Search Applications](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2423/reference/search-connectors/es-dls-e2e-guide) to learn how to ingest data from a connector with DLS enabled, when building a search application. The example uses SharePoint Online as the data source, but the same steps apply to every connector.
</note>


### Content Extraction

See [Content extraction](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2423/reference/search-connectors/es-connectors-content-extraction).

### Self-managed connector operations


### End-to-end testing

The connector framework enables operators to run functional tests against a real data source. Refer to [Connector testing](/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2423/reference/search-connectors/self-managed-connectors#es-build-connector-testing) for more details.
To perform E2E testing for the Confluence connector, run the following command:
```shell
$ make ftest NAME=confluence
```

For faster tests, add the `DATA_SIZE=small` flag:
```shell
make ftest NAME=confluence DATA_SIZE=small
```


### Known issues

There are currently no known issues for this connector. Refer to [Known issues](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2423/release-notes/elasticsearch/known-issues) for a list of known issues for all connectors.

### Troubleshooting

See [Troubleshooting](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2423/reference/search-connectors/es-connectors-troubleshooting).

### Security

See [Security](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2423/reference/search-connectors/es-connectors-security).