Installation Instructions for the Confluence Distribution

Follow these steps to install a patched class file:

1. Shut down your confluence instance.
2. Copy the supplied class files to <installation-directory>/confluence/WEB-INF/classes/<subdirectories>, where:
   • <installation-directory> must be replaced with your Confluence Installation directory. (If you need more information, read about the Confluence Installation Directory.)
   • <subdirectories> must be replaced by the value specified in the relevant JIRA issue. This value will be different for different issues. In some cases, the subdirectories will not exist and you will need to create them before copying the class files. Some issues will contain the patch in the form of a ZIP file which will contain the desired directory structure.
3. Restart your Confluence instance for the changes to become effective.

Class files in the /WEB-INF/classes directory of a web application will be loaded before classes located in JAR files in the /WEB-INF/lib directory. Therefore, classes in the first directory will effectively replace classes of the same name and package which would otherwise be loaded from the JAR files.

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