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There are a number of ways new users can be added to Confluence:

  • By public signup: If public signup is enabled on your Confluence site, people can add themselves as users of the site.
  • By Confluence administrators: Administrators with Confluence Administrator or System Administrator permissions can add new users from the Administration Console.
  • Via an external user directory: See Configuring User Directories.
 

(warning) The information on this page does not apply to Confluence OnDemand.

To add a new user to Confluence from the Administration Console:

  1. Go to the Confluence 'Administration Console':

    • Choose Browse > Confluence Admin. The 'Administrator Access' login screen will be displayed.
    • Enter your password and click Confirm. You will be temporarily logged into a secure session to access the 'Administration Console'.
  2. Select 'Manage Users' in the left-hand panel.
  3. Click the link 'Add User' at the top of the page.
  4. Enter the user's details: username, password, name and email address.
  5. Click 'Create'.

Notes

  • Multiple user directories: You may define multiple user directories in Confluence, so that Confluence looks in more than one place for its users and groups. For example, you may use the default Confluence internal directory and also connect to an LDAP directory server. In such cases, you can define the directory order to determine where Confluence looks first when processing users and groups. Here is a summary of how the directory order affects the processing:
    • The order of the directories is the order in which they will be searched for users and groups.
    • Changes to users and groups will be made only in the first directory where the application has permission to make changes.

    See Managing Multiple Directories.

RELATED TOPICS

Page: Removing a Group
Page: Adding a New User
Page: Editing User Details
Page: Adding or Removing Users in Groups
Page: Global Permissions Overview
Page: Viewing members of a group
Page: Removing or Deactivating a User
Page: Adding a Group
Page: Permissions Overview
Page: Changing Usernames
Page: Global Groups Overview
Page: Disabling the Built-In User Management
Page: Setting up Anonymous Access
Page: Searching For and Managing Users
Page: Enabling or Disabling Public Signup

  1. May 11, 2011

    Anonymous

    Once a new user is created by an admin, is there anyway that a user receives a confirmation by email with his user name + initial password ?

  2. May 13, 2011

    I have the same question

    1. Jun 07, 2011

      Hi there Ivo and friend,

      This is currently not a feature available in Confluence, however a feature request has been created on our issue tracker for this. If you follow the link, you can vote for the issue and add your comments to the request for the Confluence development team.

      I hope this helps!

      Best Regards,

      Edwin Dawson
      Technical Writing Team Leader
      Atlassian
      http://www.atlassian.com

  3. May 26, 2011

    Anonymous

    Are there any restrictions in naming the user name?

    I have the problem, that a user with an user name, which contains a minus ("-"): e.g. "bla-blah", is unable to login.

    1. Jun 07, 2011

      Hi there,

      Apparently there is currently no restriction on the characters used for usernames.

      This may be something that is included in a future release of Confluence however.

      I hope this helps!

      Best Regards,

      Edwin Dawson
      Technical Writing Team Leader
      Atlassian
      http://www.atlassian.com