Installation options
Confluence is a Java-based web application, developed using many open standards and libraries. For this reason, it is able to run on many different operating systems, databases, and application servers. We will take a closer look at the options we have, and make an informed decision on what would work best in our situation.
Standalone and WAR distributions
First, we need to decide on the distribution. Confluence comes in three distributions:
- One-click installer
- Standalone bundled with Apache Tomcat
- WAR/EAR distribution
With regard to the application, there is no difference between the three distributions. The installer and standalone distributions are bundled with Apache Tomcat, which means we don't have to install and configure ...
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