Manual SharePoint Feature Installation

If you have trouble running the SharePoint Installer for the SharePoint Connector for Confluence, you can try to install it manually instead.

The SharePoint Installer comes with several files:

• Atlassian.Confluence.SharePoint.wsp
• EULA.rtf
• MsiBanner.bmp
• Release Notes.txt
• Setup_WebParts.exe
• Setup_WebParts.exe.config

The automatic install is done through the executable file, Setup_WebParts.exe, which requires all of the files listed above to present in the same directory. To do a manual install, you only need the Atlassian.Confluence.SharePoint.wsp file. A WSP file is a Solution Package which contains everything SharePoint needs for the installation. Unfortunately, installing a WSP through SharePoint is a little tedious, which is why we have used the SharePoint Solution Installer to ease the installation experience. However, if you are having problems using the installer provided , the steps are below.

Manual Installation Steps

• Log in to a SharePoint server on your farm as a SharePoint farm administrator.
• Open a command prompt (Start->Run then type "cmd") and do the following:
  • Navigate to "Bin" directory within your SharePoint installation (e.g., "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN").
  • Type the following command:

    stsadm -o addsolution -filename "<full_path_to_your_sharepoint_installer_files>\Atlassian.Confluence.SharePoint.wsp"

• Open SharePoint 3.0 Central Administration (under Start->Administrative Tools).
  • Navigate to Operations->Solution Management.
  • Click on "atlassian.confluence.sharepoint.wsp".
    • Click the "Deploy Solution" link.
    • Choose where to deploy this solution (e.g., "All content Web applications" or a particular web application).
    • Click OK.
    • Repeat the 3 steps immediately above if you did not choose "All content Web applications" and you want to deploy it to other web applications.
  • (Optional) Click on "atlassian.confluence.sharepoint.search.wsp" if applicable and click the OK button.
• Open a browser to a SharePoint site collection where you deployed "atlassian.confluence.sharepoint.wsp".
  • Log in as a site collection administrator if you are not already logged in as one.
  • Navigate to Site Settings (Site Action->Site Settings or Site Action->Modify All Site Settings->Site Settings).
  • Click "Site collection features" under the "Site Collection Administration group.
    • If you don't see the group you are not logged in as a site collection administrator.
    • If you only see a "Go to top level site settings" link under the group then you are not at the top level site - click this link to get there.
  • Activate the "Confluence Integration" feature if it is not already activated.
• Follow the instructions for Configuring the SharePoint Web Part and optionally Configuring the SharePoint Federated Search.

Manual Uninstall Steps

• Log into a SharePoint server on your farm as a SharePoint farm administrator.
• Open SharePoint 3.0 Central Administration (under Start->Administrative Tools).
  • Navigate to Operations->Solution Management.
  • Click on "atlassian.confluence.sharepoint.wsp".
    • Click Retract Solution.
    • Click OK.
    • Wait a minute or so and refresh your browser until you see "Not Deployed" for the solution.
    • Click on "atlassian.confluence.sharepoint.wsp".
    • Click Remove Solution and OK.