Confluence 2.9.1 - README

Thank you for downloading Confluence 2.9.1 - Standalone distribution. This distribution comes with a built-in Tomcat 5.5.23 web server and hsql database, so it runs (almost) out the box.

Installing Confluence

1. Download "JDK 5.0 Update 16" from http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index_jdk5.jsp. The latest version may have increased, but the most important thing is to get the SDK version. Not the JRE.
2. Set the JAVA_HOME variable to where you installed Java. (Full instructions here)
3. Edit confluence\WEB-INF\classes\confluence-init.properties and set the confluence.home property to a directory of your choice.
   This directory is where Confluence will store its configuration information, indexes and attachments.
4. Run bin/startup.sh (*nix) or bin\startup.bat (Windows). Check that there are no errors on the console. See below for troubleshooting advice.
5. Point your browser at http://localhost:8080. You should see the Confluence Setup Wizard.

Problems

A common startup problem is when another program has claimed port 8080, which Confluence is configured to run on by default. To avoid this port conflict, Confluence's port can be changed in conf/server.xml.

If you encounter any errors, please visit our online documentation at http://confluence.atlassian.com/x/8hIC or open a support case at our support JIRA instance.

Thank you for using Confluence!
- The Atlassian Team