Please review the system requirements before installing Confluence:

CLIENT REQUIREMENTS

Clients can access Confluence using:

• Internet Explorer 6 or later
• Firefox
• Mozilla-based browsers (Some do not support Rich Text Editing)

SERVER REQUIREMENTS

Server load depends primarily on the number of users online at once and their usage of Confluence.

Under 25 Online Users

• 1GHz+ CPU Pentium 4 or equivalent
• 256MB RAM

Over 25 Online Users

• Dual 2.4GHz CPU Pentium Xeon or equivalent
• 512MB+ RAM

See Server Hardware Requirements Guide for details.

OPERATING SYSTEM

Supported

• Windows
• Linux
• Mac OS X
• Solaris
• AIX
• Unix

Any OS that support J2EE 1.4

DISK SPACE

Confluence Install Directory - 250MB

• Install files
• Nightly site backups
• Temporary files

Confluence Home Directory or External Database - 250MB minimum

• Text content
• File attachments

JAVA

Confluence requires JDK 1.4 or later.

JDK 1.6 is not yet fully supported

DATABASE

Confluence is bundled with a pre-configured HSQL database for evaluation purposes only.

For safe production use, Confluence must be configured to use one of the following databases:

If your database does not appear on this list, please read the Supported Platforms FAQ.

Fully Supported

• PostgreSQL 8+
• MySQL 4.1+ ([MySQL 5.0 is supported when used with Confluence 2.5 and above])
• Oracle 10g+
• DB2 8.2+

Supported with Minor Workarounds

• PostgreSQL 7.1+
• Oracle 8i, 9i or later
• Microsoft SQL Server 2000+
• Sybase ASE 12.5.1+

If you have no preference, PostGreSQL is scalable, free and easy to setup. For database setup information, see Database Configuration.

SELECT CONFLUENCE EDITION

Confluence can be deployed in either:

RELATED TOPICS

Confluence Setup Guide
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Confluence User Guide
How to add Confluence to a JIRA Standalone installation
Confluence Documentation Home
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