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Delete shared-home directory

andrea schneider

Can you please tell me what happens when I delete the shared-home folder from a
Confluence Server installation? Is it something like a cash that gets rebuild with usage or is it not used at all on a server installation (Version 6.15.5)?

I have removed the folder on a TEST installation and couldn't see any side effects. What is it used for?

Thanks for your help

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Johan Soetens _Dumblefy_

Hello Andrea,

the shared-home folder in Server caches files for features as Office document and PDF previews.

When you move to Data Center, you’ll really make it shared for all nodes and it will contain your attachments.

This folder is not listed in the Confluence clear plugins cache KB

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Johan Soetens _Dumblefy_

Hello Andrea,

the shared-home folder in Server caches files for features as Office document and PDF previews.

When you move to Data Center, you’ll really make it shared for all nodes and it will contain your attachments.

This folder is not listed in the Confluence clear plugins cache KB

andrea schneider

Hi Johan

Thanks for your reply.

I still do not understand for what exactly it is used. We do have seperate directories where the attachments and thumbnails are stored. So what is stored in the shared-home then? Wer're not having a Data Center installation, only a normal Server with no cluster.

Could you may give me an example where I could see the negative impact of missing content in the shared-home directory?

Sorry for this for you silly question, but I would like to understand it properly.

Thanks a lot in advance
Andrea

sara_6nw0oa

Hi andrea,

Shared home comes only for datacenter installation.

For standalone there is home directory and installation directories.There are no other folders.

Johan Soetens _Dumblefy_

Andrea,

have a look at the official documentation about the Confluence folders but here’s the summary about shared-home.

“This sub-directory is created in your home directory when you install Confluence Server. If you choose move to Data Center, you'll move the contents of this directory to a seperate shared home directory, that is accessible to all nodes.

Cache files for some features, including Office document and PDF previews are also stored in this directory (in both Server and Data Center).”

Hope this helps.

andrea schneider

Hi Johan

I'm still confused what it is used for. I have installed a complete new version of the latest Confluence server and got the shared-home directory, but the only content I have there is a version of a confluence.cfg.xml and a config directory with a file cache-settings-overrides.properties.

There aren't any other files. If I have a look into our current installation, this directory has a size of about 10GB.

robert_egan_305

A little late to the party, but I know of at least ONE instance where deleting this folder will have negative effects.

The Smart Courses LMS plugin uses this folder to permanently store it's SCORM files. If you have created courses that contain SCORM content, they will no longer play. You will just get an infinite wait until you reach your Confluence time out.

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