Confluence seems to need to contact the internet while using, why?

Gerhard Hannemann_ub8ose

Hi

I have install confluence to a local server.  This is installed onto to a restrict network. Questions

Does confluence need access to the internet?

If so, why?

One of the reasons we have a local system is due to our strict internet access policy.  We generally have little need for it for many our ouf systems.  So this really need to work without the internet.

Regards

Gerhard

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

It needs it to check for updates to apps, feed usage data to Atlassian, any urgent security updates and if you want to install apps from the marketplace, it'll need access.

However, all of those are totally optional, and disabling them or just blocking them with your network will not break anything in Confluence apart from making youhave to do app installs manually.