Confluence and Java requirement

[Kathiresan Malarvannan]

We use the following Atlassian Confluence products (server, HTML, ThemeBuilder, Comala Workflows).

Wanted to find out if Java (JRE or JDK) required to use the above mentioned products
is bundled with the product and included in our Atlassian Confluence license.

Please let me know.

Thanks,
Malar

[Daniel Eads · Accepted solution]

Hi @Kathiresan Malarvannan , welcome to the Community!

In addition to the installers (.bin and .exe files) bundling a JRE, you can easily check which version is bundled on the Bundled Tomcat and Java versions page in our knowledgebase.

The exception is the archive file (.tar.gz), which does not bundle a JRE and instead uses whatever JRE is default on the system. If you happen to have an install running from the archive file or plan to go that direction in the future, you can check which JRE/JDK versions are supported on the Supported Platforms page for whichever version of Confluence you are looking to install.

Cheers,
Daniel

[Kathiresan Malarvannan]

Thank you Daniel for the detailed response, appreciated. 

Thanks

Malar

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Accepted solution]

HTML is not a product, it's a markup language - do you mean you have some app that mentions HTML?

Themebuilder and Comala workflows are apps that run on your server.  You don't care about the Java version for these, it only matters for the Confluence that you add them to.

All the supported (and quite a lot of the older versions) all bundle an appropriate installation of Java with them.   So a standard download/install (and in fact upgrade) will give you a valid JVM for the Confluence version you are installing.