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Thank you for choosing Confluence. To help you get up and running quickly, we've compiled some easy instructions for configuring and using Confluence. Are you using Confluence Team Hosted? Please visit this documentation instead.Getting Started1. Installing ConfluenceFirst things first. If you haven't already got Confluence up and running, carry out the following steps: You may want to watch the video showing how to do this. Go to the Atlassian Download Center. Click 'Show all' and download the Confluence Standalone Windows Installer (.EXE) file. If you are upgrading Confluence, please download the ZIP archive instead of the Standalone Installer. Install Java and set JAVA_HOME. Run the Windows Installer .EXE file, choose an installation directory, a home directory, and a port ('8080' will do). We recommend that you choose to 'Run Confluence as a service'. Confluence will start automatically when the Installer finishes, if you selected the option to launch Confluence at the end of the Installer. To access Confluence, go to your web browser and type this address: Windows 'Start' menu shortcuts will also be added which you can also use to start and stop Confluence. Follow the Setup Wizard. This will guide you through the process of setting up your Confluence server and creating an Admin user.For more help on the technical procedures in this section, see the Confluence Installation Guide.If you need assistance, please create a support ticket. Before using Confluence as a production system, you need to switch from the default HSQL database, which is provided for evaluation purposes only. Please see the documentation for details.Download the Confluence Standalone for Linux (TAR.GZ) file from the Atlassian Download Center, and follow the installation instructions. The Setup Wizard will guide you through the process of setting up your Confluence server and creating an Admin user.If you need assistance, please create

Why have Cluster Safety in a Single Node Standalone InstanceThe reason the cluster safety mechanism exists even in a standalone installation is because it's possible to have two Confluence servers on different computers, both pointing to the same database. For example, in creating a test server, if you copy the data over from production but forget to change the database information, you would have two servers accessing the same database, and it's possible to corrupt your data.In those circumstances, the cluster safety mechanism will kick in within a maximum of 30 seconds, so the likelihood of corrupting data is almost none - Confluence will still be starting up in the first 30 seconds and is mainly reading from the database, so it's very unlikely a write could occur before the instance shuts down. If you were to increase the cluster timeout to 300 seconds for example, it would be possible to run two instances by accident for up to five minutes, which is enough time to do a reasonable amount of damage to your data.The way cluster safety mechanism handles a cluster panic differs depending on the Confluence version. For Confluence 5.4 and earlier, the cluster safety mechanism will shut down all instances. From Confluence 5.6 onwards only one instance will be shut down in a cluster panic. When a cluster panic occurs in a single node environment, it's usually possible to rectify it by restarting Confluence. However, if that is not successful, there are some other potential causes and

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