Is my OnDemand Confluence content available to anonymous internet users?

[Liam Smith]

I'm looking at Confluence at the moment in the aim of using the OnDemand version initially as a proof of concept then moving to a internal hosted instance down the track.

I can't see this mentioned explicitly anywhere and apologies if it seems too straightforward a question, but is a OnDemand instance of Confluence available to anonymous internet users without having to log in?

ie, anyone could access the content in the OnDemand instance (and I guess Google/bots index the pages and present them as search results?)

Thanks,

[Michael Knight · Accepted solution]

Hi Gorlaz,

Yes, it's possible to do this by configuring Confluence's permissions to allow anonymous access. You can read in detail how to do this here:

• http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Setting+up+Anonymous+Access

[Liam Smith]

Thanks Michael.

So without enabling that option, my Confluence instance is essentially private and non searchable by Google/bots?

[Michael Knight]

Exactly right :)

[Liam Smith]

Many thanks