Purpose

In case the internal user directories is accidently deleted, you can follow the steps below to recreate the internal user directory.

Solution

Here's the list of steps that you will need to take to recreate the internal directory and user in Confluence:

1. Remember to backup your Confluence database dump before running any of the queries below.
2. Shutdown Confluence.

3. Run these queries to recreate the directory:

   INSERT INTO cwd_directory (id,directory_name,lower_directory_name,created_date,updated_date,active,description,impl_class,lower_impl_class,directory_type)
   VALUES 
   (327681,'Confluence Internal Directory','confluence internal directory','2015-02-08 15:02:53','2015-02-08 15:02:53','T','Confluence default internal directory','com.atlassian.crowd.directory.InternalDirectory','com.atlassian.crowd.directory.internaldirectory','INTERNAL');
   INSERT INTO cwd_directory_operation (directory_id,operation_type)
   VALUES 
   (327681,'CREATE_GROUP'),
   (327681,'CREATE_ROLE'),
   (327681,'CREATE_USER'),
   (327681,'DELETE_GROUP'),
   (327681,'DELETE_ROLE'),
   (327681,'DELETE_USER'),
   (327681,'UPDATE_GROUP'),
   (327681,'UPDATE_GROUP_ATTRIBUTE'),
   (327681,'UPDATE_ROLE'),
   (327681,'UPDATE_ROLE_ATTRIBUTE'),
   (327681,'UPDATE_USER'),
   (327681,'UPDATE_USER_ATTRIBUTE');
   INSERT INTO cwd_directory_attribute (directory_id,attribute_value,attribute_name)
   VALUES (327681,'atlassian-security','user_encryption_method');
   INSERT INTO cwd_app_dir_mapping (id,application_id,directory_id,allow_all,list_index)
   VALUES (360449,294913,327681,'T',0);
   INSERT INTO cwd_app_dir_operation
    (app_dir_mapping_id,operation_type)
   VALUES
   (360449,'CREATE_GROUP'),
   (360449,'CREATE_ROLE'),
   (360449,'CREATE_USER'),
   (360449,'DELETE_GROUP'),
   (360449,'DELETE_ROLE'),
   (360449,'DELETE_USER'),
   (360449,'UPDATE_GROUP'),
   (360449,'UPDATE_GROUP_ATTRIBUTE'),
   (360449,'UPDATE_ROLE'),
   (360449,'UPDATE_ROLE_ATTRIBUTE'),
   (360449,'UPDATE_USER'),
   (360449,'UPDATE_USER_ATTRIBUTE');
    

4. Follow this documentation to Restore Passwords To Recover Admin User Right to recreate the administrator user.