Is it possible to share a live read-only confluence link to a non-user?

[Kevin Paulus]

A project wants to share a Confluence page with the customer that is always up to date.    The customer would not be a Confluence user and not have a Confluence account.

[Davin Studer · Accepted solution]

You can set up a space to allow anonymous access. I would highly recommend not allowing anonymous users to edit a space. You set that up in space permissions.

[Kevin Paulus]

Thanks David:  Wouldn't that allow ALL anonymous users?  I'm sure this team does not want full-public access --I think this project manager is looking to allow just his one customer to view -- without actually using one of the licenses.

Personally, I am not in favor of it since one of our management criteria is project security & confidentiality.

[Davin Studer]

No, the only way to not use a license is to allow anonymous access. You could limit it to using only one license by having a shared account, but that is the only way to do it. Read only accounts still use a license.

[Meg Holbrook · Accepted solution]

Hey Kevin, 

It sounds like this space would need to be made public: 

https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/make-a-space-public-829076202.html

If anonymous access is turned off though, this wouldn't work. 

I think there are probably many security considerations to weigh when making this decision. 

[Kevin Paulus]

Thank you Meg.  That is what I was thinking:  I am inclined to just use a license rather than open the site up for public consumption.