Confluence Docker image stuck on setup

Alexis Robert

Hi, 

 

I am trying to migrate my current Confluence Server instance to Docker. I want to keep using my current database, so I'm running the container with the following command line :

docker run -v /opt/confluence_home:/var/atlassian/application-data/confluence --name="confluence" -d -p 8090:8090 -p 8091:8091 -e ATL_DB_TYPE=mssql -e ATL_JDBC_USER=confluence -e ATL_JDBC_PASSWORD=xxx -e 'ATL_JDBC_URL=jdbc:sqlserver://myip:1433;databaseName=confluence' atlassian/confluence-server:6.13.3

 

However, this always starts the Confluence setup process, when I'm expecting it to use the current data in the database.

I have used the Jira and Bitbucket Docker previously images with exactly the same expectations (passing database information to Docker) and in both cases it just starts and does not take me to a setup screen.

 

Is this normal behaviour for Confluence ? 

 

Thanks,

 

--Alexis

Dave Chevell

Hey @Alexis Robert ,

 

When you pass DB configuration to our Confluence docker image, it will dynamically generate a confluence.cfg.xml file inside $CONFLUENCE_HOME containing this configuration, that Confluence will then use.

However, if there's an existing confluence.cfg.xml file inside $CONFLUENCE_HOME, we won't overwrite it for safety reasons - it's only intended to supply configuration to a new installation.

That being the case, I'd recommend that you check the contents of /opt/confluence_home on your host machine. Do you already have a copy of confluence.cfg.xml there? If so, Confluence will simply continue using this. If this were a new install I'd say just rename it to something else and retry; however if this is an existing instance there may be other critical configuration stored inside this file so you might be safest ensuring the existing configuration is correct.

I hope that helps Alexis!

Dave