The Standalone edition includes Apache Tomcat as the standalone application server. If you want to install an EAR/WAR edition for deployment on your own existing application server, please refer to Installing the Confluence EAR-WAR Edition.

Also, please check the version of Confluence which you are installing. Refer to the documentation home page to verify the latest Confluence version and to find documentation for older versions.

Choose the type of Confluence Standalone installer you'd like from the table below and follow the link to the installation instructions. When you have finished the installation phase, you will be prompted to start the setup phase.

Confluence Standalone installer

Description

Automatic installer for Windows or Mac OS X

This is the simplest method for installing and evaluating Confluence 'Standalone'. Choose this option if you wish to evaluate Confluence on a Windows- or a Mac OS-based system.

Please only use this installer for Confluence evaluation purposes.

Windows zip file

Instructions for installing Windows-based Confluence production systems using the Confluence Windows zip file installer.

Mac OS X gzipped tar file

Instructions for installing Mac OS X-based Confluence production systems using the Confluence gzipped tar file installer.

Linux/Unix gzipped tar file

Instructions for installing Linux- or Unix-based Confluence production systems using the Confluence gzipped tar file installer.

Check out our installation videos for Windows or Mac.

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