First you need to set up a trial. If you already have Confluence you can skip this step. 

Set up your Confluence Trial

Signing up for a Confluence OnDemand trial will provide you with a fully-functional Confluence site hosted in the cloud, which is free for one month. The OnDemand signup process requires a credit card, but you will not be charged in the first month and can cancel at any time. 

  1. Go to http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/try/.
  2. Read the Trial FAQ. Don't skip this step, the FAQ has important information on what you are signing up for.
    You can find the link under the 'OnDemand' and 'Download' panels, if the FAQ is not showing.
  3. Click Start Free OnDemand Trial.
  4. Follow the prompts to set up your trial.
    (info) Tips for filling in your Confluence OnDemand form:
    • 10 users is enough for this tutorial, and you can always add more later. 
    • You won't need any other applications. This guide only covers Confluence. 
    • You can choose to keep your site after your trial. Keep this in mind when picking a site address.

That's it! It will take about 10 minutes for your OnDemand instance to be provisioned. You will receive an email when your Confluence instance is ready. The trial is free for the first month and you can cancel any time.  

If you can't use Confluence OnDemand, you can install the trial version instead. Go to http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/try/ and choose Start Free Download Trial.

 To install the Confluence trial on Windows:

  1. Download the Confluence Windows Installer file for 32-bit or 64-bit Windows.
  2. Run the installer, choose an installation directory, a home directory, and a port ('8090' will do). We recommend you choose to install Confluence as a service.
  3. Confluence will start automatically when the installer finishes. The installer will also add Windows 'Start' menu shortcuts which you can use to start and stop Confluence.
  4. To access Confluence, go to your web browser and type this address: http://localhost:8090/.

  5. The Setup Wizard will guide you through the process of setting up your Confluence server and creating an administrative user.

Refer to our full installation instructions for more information.

To install the Confluence trial on Linux:

  1. Download the Confluence Linux 64-bit / 32-bit Installer (.bin) file. 
  2. Open a Linux console and change directory (cd) to the '.bin' file's directory.
  3. Execute the '.bin' file to start the console wizard.
  4. Follow the prompts. The console wizard will install Confluence onto your operating system and will start Confluence automatically when the wizard finishes.
  5. To access Confluence, go to http://<computer_name_or_IP_address>:<HTTP_port_number> (<computer_name_or_IP_address> is the name or IP address of the computer on which Confluence is installed and <HTTP_port_number> is the HTTP port number specified during installation.
  6. The Setup Wizard will guide you through the process of setting up your Confluence server and creating an administrative user.

Refer to our full Installation instructions for more information.

Installing Confluence as a production system on a Mac is not supported, however for the purposes of evaluating, you should be able to install Confluence locally on your Mac. 

 

 

 

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