In my job experience I saw several problems and strange situation. In this post we examine some of this situations and how we solve them . In this post we discover some interesting tricks 😉 Using Jira as user management in Confluence As shown in this documentation, we can use Jira Server as user management…
Read MoreCatalina log cleaning without Jira restart
It’s easy! Example: Other related info: Catalina.out Big Size – How to manage Catalina.out – another tip
Read MoreHow to fix gadget titles showing as __MSG_gadget
The cause is Jira that connects to itself, and if you have a proxy installed, the SSL certificate must be well configured in the Java environment The Atlassian solution is: How to fix gadget titles showing as __MSG_gadget And our proposed solution is: Export the SSL certificate and import it in the Jira JRE security…
Read MoreConfigure Tomcat 9 for HTTP/2
The Goal of HTTP2 The goal of HTTP/2 is to increase the perceived performance of the web browsing experience. Why Do We Need HTTP2 A web page has many resources that need to be load. In HTTP 1.0 requests for all resources are sent all at once and the server responds to each request. If…
Read MoreGenerating a Thread Dump of JIRA with Jstack
Occasionally, JIRA may appear to ‘freeze’ during execution of an operation. During these times, it is helpful to retrieve a thread dump — a log containing information about currently running threads and processes within the Java Virtual Machine. Taking thread-dumps is a non-destructive process that can be run on live systems. This document describes the…
Read MoreHow to change the creator of a page in Confluence 5.2 or above
For Confluence 5.2 and above To change the creator of a specific page Run this SQL query against your database, replacing these values: <lowerusername> with the username of the new creator in lower case ‘the title of the page’ with the page title (case sensitive) <thespacekey> with the spacekey in uppercase update content set creator…
Read MoreDatabase Custom Fields with Kepler Plugin. Show a list of issues of one JIRA project in a Custom Field
1.- Install the plugin: https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.keplerrominfo.jira.plugins.keplercf 2.- Create a Custom Field of the new Type “Database Custom Field” 3.- Go to your apache-tomcat/conf/context.xml and add the Datasource (first you need to install the Database JAR Driver if it’s different database Oracle, MySQL,… for example in apache-tomcat/lib/mysql-connector-java-5.1.17.jar 4.- Restart Tomcat 5.- Go as Admin to –> JIRA –> Add-ons…
Read MoreApache Tomcat Tricks
Cloud Servers Virtual Machines Native Installers Configuration file(s) /opt/bitnami/apache-tomcat/conf/server.xml /opt/bitnami/apache-tomcat/conf/server.xml install_dir/apache-tomcat/conf/server.xml Log file(s) /opt/bitnami/apache-tomcat/logs/* /opt/bitnami/apache-tomcat/logs/* install_dir/apache-tomcat/logs/* Default port 8080, 8443 (SSL) 8080, 8443 (SSL) 8080, 8443 (SSL) AJP port 8009 8009 8009 System user account tomcat tomcat tomcat Service control sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh start|stop|restart tomcat sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh start|stop|restart tomcat install_dir/ctlscript.sh start|stop|restart tomcat How to configure the…
Read MoreTrick for better performance: “Setting up a cache filter in Tomcat for static files”
Download the Cache filter here: Cache Filter Jar Zip This cache filter is released under an open source Apache License 2.0. The JAR file comes packaged up with the source files. Additional documentation may be found at the cache-filter project. Deploying the Cache Filter To deploy the cache filter, download the JAR file, which you…
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