Confluence Installation

1. Login as ec2-user
2. Download the Linux Confluence installation
   

   cd
   wget http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/downloads/binary/confluence-3.3.3-std.tar.gz
   

   Check out the latest stable version

3. Extract the file to ec2-user home directory
   

   tar -zxvf confluence-3.3.3-std.tar.gz
   

4. Install confluence
   

   sudo mv confluence-3.3.3-std /opt
   

5. Create confluence home
   

   sudo mkdir /data/confluence
   sudo chown ec2-user.ec2-user /data/confluence
   

6. Change confluence home (Confluence data directory)
   

   vi /opt/confluence-3.3.3-std/confluence/WEB-INF/classes/confluence-init.properties
   

   Set Confluence Home

   confluence-init.properties

   confluence.home=/data/confluence
   

7. Change Confluence listening port
   

   vi /opt/confluence-3.3.3-std/conf/server.xml
   

   1. Change the port 8000 to 5101
   2. Change the port 8080 to 5100
   3. Change the port 8443 to 5102
8. Set JAVA_HOME
   

   vi /opt/confluence-3.3.3-std/bin/setenv.sh
   

   JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java
   export JAVA_HOME
   

Configure Virtual Host

1. Edit the virtual host file
   

   sudo vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/vhosts.conf
   

2. Add the virtual host configuration
   

   <VirtualHost *:80>
           ServerName conf.yourdomain.com
           ServerAlias conf.yourdomain.com
           ProxyRequests Off
           ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:5100/
           ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:5100/
           ProxyTimeout 60
   </VirtualHost>
   

3. Restart Apache
   

   sudo service httpd restart
   

Start

cd /opt/confluence-3.3.3-std/bin
./startup.sh

Confluence Configuration

Access

http://conf.yourdomain.com

1. Enter the license key and click the 'Custom Installation'
2. Under 'External Database' heading, select 'MySQL' and 'External Database'
3. Select 'Direct JDBC'.
4. Enter confluenceuser for user

Stop

% cd /opt/confluence-3.3.3-std/bin
% ./shutdown.sh

Trouble shoot

Check the log files in

% cd /opt/confluence-3.3.3-std/logs

Access

Browser Access

http://conf.yourdomain.com/

Auto-start Confluence

1. sudo vi /etc/init.d/confluence
   

   #!/bin/bash
   #
   # Startup script for Tomcat/Confluence
   #
   # chkconfig: 345 84 16
   # description: Tomcat/Confluence server
   # processname: confluence
   
   #Necessary environment variables
   export CATALINA_HOME="/opt/confluence-3.3.3-std"
   if [ ! -f $CATALINA_HOME/bin/catalina.sh ]
   then
   echo "Tomcat not available..."
   exit
   fi
   
   start() {
   echo -n -e '\E[0;0m'"\033[1;32mStarting Tomcat: \033[0m \n"
   su -l ec2-user -c $CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh
   echo
   }
   
   stop() {
   echo -n -e '\E[0;0m'"\033[1;31mShutting down Tomcat: \033[m \n"
   su -l ec2-user -c $CATALINA_HOME/bin/shutdown.sh
   rm -f /var/lock/subsys/confluenced
   echo
   }
   
   status() {
   ps ax --width=1000 | grep "[o]rg.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap start" | awk '{printf $1 " "}' | wc | awk '{print $2}' > /tmp/tomcat_process_count.txt
   read line < /tmp/tomcat_process_count.txt
   if [ $line -gt 0 ]; then
   echo -n "confluenced ( pid "
   ps ax --width=1000 | grep "[o]rg.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap start" | awk '{printf $1 " "}'
   echo -n ") is running..."
   echo
   else
   echo "Tomcat is stopped"
   fi
   }
   
   case "$1" in
   start)
   start
   ;;
   stop)
   stop
   ;;
   restart)
   stop
   sleep 3
   start
   ;;
   status)
   status
   ;;
   *)
   echo "Usage: confluenced {start|stop|restart|status}"
   exit 1
   esac
   

2. Add as a service
   

   sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/confluence
   sudo chkconfig --add confluence
   sudo chkconfig confluence on
   

Start/stop Confluence

Use the following command to start/stop Confluence when it is enabled as a service

sudo service confluence start
sudo service confluence stop

Tuning

1. Set Java Heap size
   

   sudo vi /opt/confluence-3.3.3-std/bin/setenv.sh
   

   JAVA_OPTS="-Xms256m -Xmx256m ...
   

   Adjust the memory size according to the available physical memory