Installing Confluence on Windows

In this guide we'll run you through installing Confluence in a production environment, with an external database, using the Windows installer.

This is the most straightforward way to get your production site up and running on a Windows server.

Other ways to install Confluence:

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Zip – install Confluence manually from a zip file.
Linux – install Confluence on a Linux operating system

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Before you begin

Before you install Confluence, there's a few questions you need to answer.

Are you using a supported operating system?	Tell me more... Check the Supported Platforms page for the version of Confluence you are installing. This will give you info on supported operating systems, databases and browsers. Good to know: We don't support installing Confluence on OSX. The Confluence installer includes Java (JRE) and Tomcat, so you don't need to install these separately.
Do you want to run Confluence as a Windows Service?	Tell me more... Running Confluence as a service in Windows means that Confluence will automatically start up when Windows is started. If you choose to run Confluence as a service: You must run the installer as administrator to be able to install Confluence as a service. The Confluence service will be run as the Windows 'SYSTEM' user account. To change this user account see Changing the Windows user that the Confluence service uses . We strongly recommend creating a dedicated user account (e.g. with username 'confluence') for running Confluence. See Creating a Dedicated User Account on the Operating System to Run Confluence to find out what directories this user will need to be able to read and write to. If you choose not to run Confluence as a service: You will start and stop Confluence using the Windows Start menu, or by running a file in your Confluence installation directory. Confluence will be run as the Windows user account that was used to install Confluence, or you can choose to run as a dedicated user. Confluence will need to be restarted manually if your server is restarted.
Are ports 8090 and 8091 available?	Tell me more... Error rendering macro 'includeplus' User 'anonymous' does not have permission to view the page with ID 859451395.
Is your database set up and ready to use?	Tell me more... Error rendering macro 'includeplus' User 'anonymous' does not have permission to view the page with ID 1044091858.
Do you have a Confluence license?	Tell me more... Error rendering macro 'includeplus' User 'anonymous' does not have permission to view the page with ID 1044091867.

There’s a known issue during setup where a load balancer (or proxy) pings the server and breaks Confluence installation or migration to Data Center. See CONFSERVER-61189 - Getting issue details... STATUS
During installation, you need to disable load balancer health checks and make sure you don’t open multiple tabs that point to the same Confluence URL.

Install Confluence

1. Download Confluence

Download the installer for your operating system - https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/download