A user directory is a place where you store information about users and groups. User information includes the person's full name, username, password, email address and other personal information. Group information includes the name of the group, the users that belong to the group, and possibly groups that belong to other groups. The internal directory stores user and group information in the Confluence database. You can also connect to external user directories, and to Atlassian Crowd and JIRA as directory managers. On this page:

Configuring User Directories in Confluence

To configure your Confluence user directories:

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2. Click 'User Directories' in the left-hand panel.

Connecting to a Directory

You can add the following types of directory servers and directory managers:

• Confluence's internal directory. See Configuring the Internal Directory.
• Microsoft Active Directory. See Connecting to an LDAP Directory.
• Various other LDAP directory servers. See Connecting to an LDAP Directory.
• An LDAP directory for delegated authentication. See Connecting to an Internal Directory with LDAP Authentication.
• Atlassian Crowd. See Connecting to Crowd or JIRA for User Management.
• Atlassian JIRA 4.3 or later. See Connecting Confluence to JIRA for User Management.
• Atlassian JIRA 4.2 or earlier, using the legacy database connection. See Connecting to JIRA 4.2 or Earlier for User Management.

You can add as many external user directories as you need. Note that you can define the order of the directories. This determines which directory Confluence will search first, when looking for user and group information. See Managing Multiple Directories.

Updating Directories

Enabling, Disabling and Removing Directories

Screenshot above: Configuring user directories

RELATED TOPICS

• Adding and Inviting Users
• Managing Site-Wide Permissions and Groups