Authenticating with Confluence
The following authentication methods are currently supported:
- cookie-based authentication
Cookie-based authentication
With this authentication method WikiTraccs uses the context of a logged-in user account.
To authenticate with Confluence WikiTraccs will open a Chrome browser window.
Note
Currently only the Chrome browser is supported.Log in to Confluence like you normally would. WikiTraccs will use the cookies from the authenticted browser session to access Confluence.
Note
WikiTraccs opens and controls the browser window you use to log in. This is necessary so that WikiTraccs can access cookies. A note about this automation will be shown at the top of Chrome, which is expected.Required permissions in Confluence
The permissions of the Confluence account you log in with determine what can be migrated.
The easiest approach is to log in with a Confluence admin account that has access to all spaces that should be migrated. This allows for content and permission migration.
But maybe you don’t want to use a Confluence admin account. In this case you can also use an account that is space admin in all to-be-migrated spaces. This allows for content and permission migration of those spaces.
The least permissive approach is to use an account that is no admin whatsoever but has normal user permissions like view and edit. This allows for migration of content this account has access to, which might not be all pages. Permission migration is not possible with a non-admin user account.
Certain operations like retrieving user account information or group memberships might be prohibited for non-admin users which might hinder WikiTraccs. If you see such errors in the log try using an account that has more permissions.