Does UWC work with Confluence 4?

[Todd Palmer]

Trying to import a MoinMoin wiki into Confluence 4 and it looks like it hasn't been updated to support Confluence 4? I get the following exception. Importing an existing wiki is a critical feature to evaluation and adoption, so any help would be appreciated.

org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcException: java.lang.Exception: com.atlassian.confluence.rpc.RemoteException: Unsupported operat
ion: Wiki formatted content can no longer be retrieved from this API. Please use the version 2 API. The version 2 WSDL i
s available at: http://localhost:9090/rpc/soap-axis/confluenceservice-v2?wsdl. XML-RPC requests should prefixed with "co
nfluence2.". Please use getPageSummary() to get page data without its content.
        at org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcClientResponseProcessor.decodeException(XmlRpcClientResponseProcessor.java:104)
        at org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcClientResponseProcessor.decodeResponse(XmlRpcClientResponseProcessor.java:71)
        at org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcClientWorker.execute(XmlRpcClientWorker.java:73)
        at org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcClient.execute(XmlRpcClient.java:194)
        at org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcClient.execute(XmlRpcClient.java:185)
        at org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcClient.execute(XmlRpcClient.java:178)
        at biz.artemis.confluence.xmlrpcwrapper.RemoteWikiBroker.populatePageXmlRpcData(RemoteWikiBroker.java:208)
        at biz.artemis.confluence.xmlrpcwrapper.RemoteWikiBroker.storeNewOrUpdatePage(RemoteWikiBroker.java:260)
        at com.atlassian.uwc.ui.ConverterEngine.sendPage(ConverterEngine.java:1742)
        at com.atlassian.uwc.ui.ConverterEngine.sendPage(ConverterEngine.java:1859)
        at com.atlassian.uwc.ui.ConverterEngine.sendPage(ConverterEngine.java:1621)
        at com.atlassian.uwc.ui.ConverterEngine.writeHierarchy(ConverterEngine.java:1537)
        at com.atlassian.uwc.ui.ConverterEngine.writeHierarchy(ConverterEngine.java:1485)
        at com.atlassian.uwc.ui.ConverterEngine.convert(ConverterEngine.java:412)
        at com.atlassian.uwc.ui.ConverterEngine.convert(ConverterEngine.java:210)
        at com.atlassian.uwc.ui.UWCGuiModel.convert(UWCGuiModel.java:180)
        at com.atlassian.uwc.ui.listeners.ConvertListener$Worker.construct(ConvertListener.java:277)
        at com.atlassian.uwc.ui.SwingWorker$2.run(SwingWorker.java:110)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

[Laura Kolker · Accepted solution]

Yes and no.

Short story: Some of the work needed to get the UWC working with Confluence 4 has been completed, but not released, so if you're willing to build from source, then you can get those changes right now. (Works more or less, except the comments get munged.)

Otherwise, you'll have to wait til the next release of the UWC. (Or do your migration to a staging Conf 3, and use Confluence's upgrade processes to upgrade the data to Conf 4)

[Todd Palmer]

OK got the development build, but unfortunately now I get a different problem. I've exported the old wiki, but when I got to import it all I get are a bunch of errors that say:

011-09-27 14:26:20,386 ERROR [Thread-10] - .... unexpected name: FrontPage/SalesAndMarketing/1 - SKIPPING
011-09-27 14:26:20,386 ERROR [Thread-10] - .... unexpected name: FrontPage/1 - SKIPPING
011-09-27 14:26:20,386 ERROR [Thread-10] - .... unexpected name: FrontPage/SalesAndMarketing/Sending/null/1 - SKIPPING
011-09-27 14:26:20,386 ERROR [Thread-10] - .... unexpected name: FrontPage/SalesAndMarketing/Sending/1 - SKIPPING
011-09-27 14:26:20,386 ERROR [Thread-10] - .... unexpected name: FrontPage/SalesAndMarketing/1 - SKIPPING
011-09-27 14:26:20,386 ERROR [Thread-10] - .... unexpected name: FrontPage/1 - SKIPPING
011-09-27 14:26:20,386 ERROR [Thread-10] - .... unexpected name: FrontPage/SalesAndMarketing/null/1 - SKIPPING
011-09-27 14:26:20,386 ERROR [Thread-10] - .... unexpected name: FrontPage/SalesAndMarketing/1 - SKIPPING
011-09-27 14:26:20,386 ERROR [Thread-10] - .... unexpected name: FrontPage/1 - SKIPPING
011-09-27 14:26:20,386 ERROR [Thread-10] - .... unexpected name: FrontPage/null/1 - SKIPPING
011-09-27 14:26:20,386 ERROR [Thread-10] - .... unexpected name: FrontPage/1 - SKIPPING
011-09-27 14:26:20,386 ERROR [Thread-10] - .... unexpected name: GuestGroup/null/1 - SKIPPING
011-09-27 14:26:20,386 ERROR [Thread-10] - .... unexpected name: GuestGroup/1 - SKIPPING
011-09-27 14:26:20,386 INFO [Thread-10] - Uploading Pages to Confluence...
011-09-27 14:26:20,386 INFO [Thread-10] - Page 'Home' does not exist. Creating it now.
011-09-27 14:26:20,824 INFO [Thread-10] - Conversion Complete
And it skips all the pages . It looks like the revision number is in the page. If I look in the converted pages for one t outputs as skipped (FrontPage/1).

The page FrontPage.txt exists with {orig-title:FrontPage}.

I've tried with content-hierarchy-setname.property true or false with similar results.Any ideas?

[Laura Kolker]

Hrm. What happens if you switch off the page history?

[Todd Palmer]

If I turn off history in the exporter and converter I get the same result.

2011-09-28 07:00:16,986 ERROR [Thread-12] - .... unexpected name: FrontPage/1 - SKIPPING
2011-09-28 07:00:16,986 ERROR [Thread-12] - .... unexpected name: FrontPage/SalesAndMarketing/Images/null/1 - SKIPPING
2011-09-28 07:00:16,986 ERROR [Thread-12] - .... unexpected name: FrontPage/SalesAndMarketing/Images/1 - SKIPPING
2011-09-28 07:00:16,986 ERROR [Thread-12] - .... unexpected name: FrontPage/SalesAndMarketing/1 - SKIPPING
2011-09-28 07:00:16,986 ERROR [Thread-12] - .... unexpected name: FrontPage/1 - SKIPPING
2011-09-28 07:00:16,986 ERROR [Thread-12] - .... unexpected name: FrontPage/SalesAndMarketing/Sending/null/1 - SKIPPING
2011-09-28 07:00:16,986 ERROR [Thread-12] - .... unexpected name: FrontPage/SalesAndMarketing/Sending/1 - SKIPPING
2011-09-28 07:00:16,986 ERROR [Thread-12] - .... unexpected name: FrontPage/SalesAndMarketing/1 - SKIPPING
2011-09-28 07:00:16,986 ERROR [Thread-12] - .... unexpected name: FrontPage/1 - SKIPPING
2011-09-28 07:00:16,986 ERROR [Thread-12] - .... unexpected name: FrontPage/SalesAndMarketing/null/1 - SKIPPING
2011-09-28 07:00:17,002 ERROR [Thread-12] - .... unexpected name: FrontPage/SalesAndMarketing/1 - SKIPPING
2011-09-28 07:00:17,002 ERROR [Thread-12] - .... unexpected name: FrontPage/1 - SKIPPING
2011-09-28 07:00:17,002 ERROR [Thread-12] - .... unexpected name: FrontPage/null/1 - SKIPPING
2011-09-28 07:00:17,002 ERROR [Thread-12] - .... unexpected name: FrontPage/1 - SKIPPING
2011-09-28 07:00:17,002 ERROR [Thread-12] - .... unexpected name: GuestGroup/null/1 - SKIPPING
2011-09-28 07:00:17,002 ERROR [Thread-12] - .... unexpected name: GuestGroup/1 - SKIPPING
2011-09-28 07:00:17,002 INFO  [Thread-12] - Uploading Pages to Confluence...
2011-09-28 07:00:17,002 INFO  [Thread-12] - Page 'Home' does not exist. Creating it now.
2011-09-28 07:00:17,486 INFO  [Thread-12] - Conversion Complete

[Laura Kolker]

So the moinmoin converter was user submitted (which simply means it worked great for that user and their organization). Over the years, we've added a few bits and pieces to try to make it cover a few more cases, like hierarchy, but without real data to work off, sometimes these features just don't work. You're probably going to need to get a developer team together to expand on what's there. It's a place to start, but it's clearly not going to handle your dataset as is.

One other thought: If you don't need it, you could try turning off the hierarchy. Just comment out the hierarchy related properties by putting a hash symbol (#) infront of the property defining the hierarchy class.

[Todd Palmer]

The documentation really should do a better job of explaining the converters up front. "Supported" should mean just that IMHO.

[Ellen Feaheny [AppFusions]]

You do not have to wait for the UWC to be compatible with Conf 4 - you can migrate using the UWC 3.5.x versions - then upgrade. 3.5.X > 4.X Confluence upgrades are pretty straight-forward.

At least that is today's answer, and definitely to evolve.

Regardless, the UWC is not a silver bullet - it helps you along, but this checklist gives an idea of the many content and other areas to think through - for starts. With the help of the UWC, you are already 2 wks ahead on your effort, before you even started!

Beyond, happy to chat with you to understand your project/needs, and explain your options and you can decide from there.

Best,

Ellen
info@appfusions.com

[Ellen Feaheny [AppFusions]]

The UWC update for Confluence 4.2.X is now officially underway ...

Couple dev days into it >> Magic eight ball says: prognosis looks positive, for release in Sept.

Will update when released.. in mid/late Sept 2012.

[David Skreiner]

a) The above link is outdated. Good documentation for UWC is available here:
https://migrations.atlassian.net/wiki/display/UWC/UWC+Developer+Documentation

b) Appfusion don't seem to reply to emails. Anyone know details, like do they still work on UWC?

c) I found this thread by looking for "unexpected name ... SKIPPING". In our case, the problem was in the (optional) page hierarchy: It tried to link many pages like ABC/DEF, ABC/DEG and ABC/DEH to the ABC page, which did not exist. The workaround was to just create an ABC page so the hierarchy information / node links would work.

[Ellen Feaheny [AppFusions]]

Updates are posted - have at it!

https://twitter.com/appfusions/status/253905889482903552

Thanks Laura@appfusions.com and recent client for their support on this effort!

[Laura Kolker]

Go to the p.a.c. page and expand the Compatibility with Confluence subsection

[Nuno Dias]

Hello, is there a compatibility matrix for UWC / Confluence?

I have read various pages of documentation and did not find which version of UWC is compatible with Confluence 4 (version 4.1 to be precise).

Seemed kinda strange since is very commom on plugin pages.