Confluence

Version

The version is shown in the footer at the bottom of each page....

Start

As 'root'

(or, whichever user owns the subdirectories of /opt/atlassian/confluence)

systemctl start confluence

Stop

As 'root'

(or, whichever user owns the subdirectories of /opt/atlassian/confluence)

systemctl stop confluence

Status

As 'root'

(or, whichever user owns the subdirectories of /opt/atlassian/confluence)

systemctl status confluence

Configuration Information

You can work out some key configuration information for a system where you don't already know this...

Installation directory

You just need to hunt for this... it's usually something like...

/opt/atlassian/confluence/current/confluence

 Local Home directory

Assumes installation directory matches the one found above

View the confluence-init.properties file in WEB-INF/classes...

cat /opt/atlassian/confluence/current/confluence/WEB-INF/classes/confluence-init.properties

You should see a line like this...

confluence.home = /var/atlassian/application-data/confluence

Database User Password

Yes, it is in plain text. Yes, that is a little scary.

View the file in your Local Home directory...

cat /var/atlassian/application-data/confluence/confluence.cfg.xml | grep hibernate.connection.password

Bibliography

https://confluence.atlassian.com/alldoc/confluence-documentation-directory-12877996.html
https://www.atlassian.com/enterprise/data-center/confluence/guide-for-successhttps://confluence.atlassian.com/enterprise/example-data-center-configurations-935363786.htmlhttps://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-release-notes-327.htmlhttps://confluence.atlassian.com/servicedeskserver/using-jira-applications-with-confluence-939937149.html https://confluence.atlassian.com/enterprise/infrastructure-recommendations-for-enterprise-scale-confluence-instances-965544795.htmlhttps://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-home-and-other-important-directories-590259707.htmlhttps://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/develop-technical-documentation-in-confluence-226166494.htmlhttps://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/use-confluence-as-a-knowledge-base-218275154.htmlhttps://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/guide-to-link-knowledge-base-to-jira-service-desk-for-unlicensed-user-816677228.htmlhttps://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/use-confluence-as-your-intranet-230819424.htmlhttps://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-for-software-teams-776656419.htmlhttps://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/global-permissions-overview-138709.html
https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-discussions/Confluence-guide-to-keyboard-shortcuts/td-p/706444 https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Confluence-Database-password/qaq-p/1812450https://atlassianblog.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/keyboard-shortcuts-infographics-1.pdf
Using Jira as user directory for Confluencehttps://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/unable-to-connect-to-jira-for-authentication-forbidden-403-728139630.html https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Jira-User-Directory-linked-to-Confluence-not-working/qaq-p/678862https://confluence.atlassian.com/kb/how-to-create-an-unproxied-application-link-719095740.html 
Webinars and Videoshttps://www.atlassian.com/webinars/software/how-to-get-started-confluence-data-center
Shortcutshttps://www.atlassian.com/blog/confluence/keyboard-shortcuts-guide
Spaceshttps://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/spaces-139459.htmlhttps://www.atlassian.com/blog/confluence/build-confluence-spaces-team-projecthttps://confluence.atlassian.com/conf59/create-a-space-792498598.html 
Pages & Blogshttps://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/pages-and-blogs-320602215.htmlhttps://www.atlassian.com/blog/confluence/create-engaging-confluence-pages-4-easy-steps
Diagramshttps://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/254/gliffy-diagrams-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overviewhttps://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/350288/lucidchart-diagrams-connector?hosting=datacenter&tab=overviewhttps://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1210933/draw-io-diagrams-for-confluence?hosting=datacenter&tab=overview
Team Calendarshttps://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/team-calendars 
AWShttps://aws.amazon.com/quickstart/architecture/confluence/https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-quickstart/quickstart-atlassian-confluence/doc/confluence-data-center-on-the-aws-cloud.pdf