Will Content ReIndexing Cause Confluence to be Inaccessible?

Question

Hi Everyone,

Planning to re-index Confluence as the search bar does not show results expected (example, searching for a username).

Was reading the user guides for Confluence but it doesn't mention if Confluence will become inaccessible if re-index happens. Although, some paragraphs say Confluence might become slow, under certain conditions.

Will re-index of Confluence content be done as background re-index or will it totally lock Confluence while re-index happens?

Confluence version is 6.3.4.

Thanks in advance.

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Accepted Answer

It's done in the background.  Yes, it can make Confluence slow while it runs, but it doesn't need to lock it so you can carry on using it.