This page tells you how to obtain a new server ID to use in a test installation of Confluence. Please note this is not essential. If your test server has the same server ID as production it will not affect your production installation. The separate server ID is however useful for the support team, to help us distinguish between your servers.

If you would like to change the server ID on your test installation, you will need to acquire a new server ID for your test environment:

1. Install a new, temporary instance of Confluence. See Installing Confluence.
   • Choose the the zip file. Do not use the automatic installer.
   • Make sure the installation points to a new empty home directory.
2. Start the new, temporary Confluence instance. This will create a confluence.cfg.xml in the home directory you specified. Look in this file for the line:

   <property name="confluence.setup.server.id">BIBE-YA0Z-8EK6-SS9C</property>

   The above line in your own file will contain a server ID that you can use.
3. On your test server, go to the <<Confluence-Home>>/confluence.cfg.xml file and replace the existing server ID with the one you have just obtained in the new temporary installation of Confluence.
4. Start up the test server, go to Administration --> License Details and update the license to your developer license that you generate from https://my.atlassian.com.