Changing base url in confluence 4.1 does not seems to work

Question

Hello, I would like to access confluence through / hidden behind my webserver preferable even ssl protected. - I had that working with the previeus confluence version by using apache proxy First step is of course to change the base url in confluence general configuration. However after changing server base url from http://localhost:8090 to e.g. http://:8090/confluence I obeserved two problems: 1) the base url did not change (e.g. site still refering to http:// not http:///confluence 2) the plugin administration page is telling me it can not access the plugin site (which it can as soon as I switch back to the original base url) Both seems not OK to me SIncerely, Louis

Pawan Upadhyay · Answer

Hi,

After changing in base url, I am not able to access the confluenc wiki with new url. Still old url is working.

Old url : http//<serverName>:8080/pages

Changes url: http//myname.com/pages

After change the url, i have restarted the Confluence service and tried to hit changed url,but not working. When I hit old url then confluence is working. I can not see any where the existing url in any config file/database/baseurl....everwhere changed url is visible, But still why my Confluence is pointing old url???

Please let know the steps to change url for Confluence Wiki and also let me know where I am missing?

Thanks,

Pawan

Louis van Breda · Answer

I have it working since some time now. I am using https:///confluence now. To get that working, I have setup apache virtualhost file to handel SSL and to proxy it to d to change settings in the the confluence Server.xml file. #GUI https:///confluence #Apache virtual host ProxyRequests Off ProxyPreserveHost On Require all denied # The directive limits the scope of the enclosed directives by URL Require all granted ProxyPass http://localhost:8090/confluence ProxyPassReverse http://localhost:8090/confluence #confluence server.xml - - - - - # some updates I think Thats how it is working now Sincerely, Louis

Thomas Wendel · Answer

The base URL has to be exactly like the one you have in your browsers URL-bar. If you access your Confluence and the address is http:///confluence then the base URL has to be exactly like this as well (without the port). If you use SSL encryption, then you should have even the "s" in the base URL - https:/ //confluence . If the URL matches the base URL, then the Universal Plugin Manager should work properly again as well. The Problem as I see it is, you probably use a different URL to connect to Confleucne whether you are connecting from outside your LAN (i.e. through the webserver) to when you are connecting from the LAN directly. The solution would be to always connect through the webserver. I hope this helps. - Thomas