This document provides information on configuring an external database.

The Embedded Database for Evaluation Purposes

Selecting an External Database

The XML backup built into Confluence is not well suited for database migration for large data sets (see Production Backup Strategy for reference). Choose your database wisely; if you need to migrate later, Atlassian support will refer you to a third party database migration tool. Vote for CONF-12599 to add a more robust strategy for large implementation migrations.

Below is more information on selecting and migrating to an external database:

Database Setup

Setup instructions are shown below.

Optimising Database Performance

To improve database responsiveness:

Database Troubleshooting

For solving database-related problems:

Obtain technical support from Troubleshooting Problems & Requesting Technical Support.