Grant unlicensed users access to a confluence page

dorothea.schwarz

Hi!

One of our departments would like to grant some users read-only access to a certain confluence space.

 

Reading this about unliscensed access on the "global permissions" page,

I would like to achieve these users being able to see this space without giving them more than "site access" (means NO proper confluence license).

Or what is a "active user, including thos who don't have a Confluence license"?

 

Is this possible without opening the page up to "anonymous access" or making the space public (via Jira Service Desk)?

 
What exactly are the needed settings on the space to achieve this?

 

Thanks for some help with this!
Dorothea

Kirkie

Go to your space settings>Permissions.

There will be a section at the bottom for Anonymous permissions.

If your Confluence site is public, you can grant permissions to people who are not logged in. Anonymous users can be granted almost any permission, but we recommend you limit this to viewing and commenting.

Confluence offers "anonymous access" which means the site visitor does not log in and thus does not need to be licensed which most frequently is associated with 'read-only' access. The great news is, in Confluence it is up to you the level of permissions you set up for these users we call "anonymous" (docs will also refer to as "public" access).  For example, you can grant your anonymous users to read-only permissions or you can choose to assign additional permission to them including commenting on, editing, or deleting content.  With anonymous users, however, you lose the ability to see who commented or edited something since the user is anonymous (without login) and thus not recognizable in the system from another anonymous user on the site.

Obviously if your site is not public, a user will need a license to get to the space.