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Trying to utilize my custom domain name to access my confluence instance.

Brandon Rowland
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September 29, 2018

My domain name points to the IP of the server that runs the Confluence instance.  How do I redirect my custom domain name to confluence and use that domain name as my base url?

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JP _AC Bielefeld Leader_
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September 29, 2018

Hi Brandon,

by default a Confluence server doesn't run on Port 80 or 443 (http / https), but on port 8090.

So to access your server from the internet, you probably have to use:

http://YOURIP:8090

Please check, that your firewall allows access from the internet to port 8090.

If you want your Confluence server to run on port 80 (Default HTTP) you might want to read:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/change-listen-port-for-confluence-165823.html

I strongly suggest, using encryption (https), otherwise all data (username,...) cross the internet open for everyone.

My approach is to have a standard HTTPD server (eg. Apache) before the Confluence server acting as a proxy. HTTPS is much easier to configure on Apache HTTP then on the Confluence application server (Tomcat).

You might want to check:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/using-apache-with-mod_proxy-173669.html

There are other solutions that work as well.

Is this a good starting point for you for further research?

Best

JP

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
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September 29, 2018

The other part of it is "ow do I redirect my custom domain name to confluence" - to which the answer is that you need to set up DNS to resolve the custom domain name to the base url

JP _AC Bielefeld Leader_
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I thought from the precondition "My domain name points to the IP of the server that runs the Confluence instance" that this is working already..,

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
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September 29, 2018

I think I need more coffee, that first sentence just did not go into my brain!

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