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List Of Supported Databases

Created by David Soul [Atlassian], last updated by SarahA on Aug 08, 2007 1 minute read

Confluence is bundled with a pre-configured HSQL database for evaluation purposes only.

For safe production use, Confluence must be configured to use one of the following databases:

If your database does not appear on this list, please read the Supported Platforms FAQ.

Fully Supported

PostgreSQL 8+
MySQL 4.1+ (MySQL 5.0 is supported when used with Confluence 2.5 and above)
Oracle 10g+
DB2 8.2+

Supported with Minor Workarounds

PostgreSQL 7.1+
Oracle 8i, 9i or later
Microsoft SQL Server 2000+
Sybase ASE 12.5.1+

If you have no preference, PostGreSQL is scalable, free and easy to setup. For database setup information, see Database Configuration.

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