Atlassian only provides a binary for installing Confluence on 32-bit and 64-bit x86 platforms, so we cannot use their automated installation scripts. To install Confluence on ARM, we need to use the Archive File option provided by Atlassian.
Preparation
Install and configure the required packages (Apache, MySQL, Tomcat, Java, JDBC driver for MySQL):
apt-get update
apt-get install apache2 tomcat8 python-software-properties software-properties-common oracle-java8-installer oracle-java8-set-default
add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
apt-get update
update-alternatives --config java
Select the „auto mode“ option in the Selection Path Priority menu and when finished check the Java version:
java -version
Create a dedicated user for running Confluence:
useradd --create-home --comment "Account for running Confluence" --shell /bin/bash confluence
Create the installation directory:
mkdir /var/confluence
chown -R confluence /var/confluence
chmod -R u=rwx,go-rwx /var/confluence
Create the home directory:
mkdir /var/confluence-home
chown -R confluence /var/confluence-home
chmod -R u=rwx,go-rwx /var/confluence-home
Download the tar.gz archive file using the link of the button on
https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/download
when the TAR.ZG package is selected:
cd /usr/local/src
wget https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/downloads/binary/atlassian-confluence-5.10.7.tar.gz
Extract the archive file:
tar -xvzf atlassian-confluence-5.10.7.tar.gz
Database
Variant 1: PostgreSQL
Install database packages (PostgreSQL, phpPgAdmin):
apt-get install postgresql phppgadmin
The JDBC driver for PostgreSQL is included by default in the Confluence package.
With phpPgAdmin create the database „confluence“ with „UTF-8 general“ character encoding and the db user „confluence“ with all rights for the database „confluence“.
Variant 2: MySQL
Install database packages (MySQL, PhpMyAdmin, JDBC driver for MySQL):
apt-get install mysql phpmyadmin libmysql-java
With PhpMyAdmin create the database „confluence“ with „UTF-8 general“ character encoding and the db user „confluence“ with all rights for the database „confluence“.
Confluence Installation
Change to the subdirectory and copy its content to the installation directory:
cd atlassian-confluence-5.10.7
cp -r * /var/confluence
Set the home directory property in the /WEB-INF/classes/confluence-init.properties file:
nano /var/confluence/confluence/WEB-INF/classes/confluence-init.properties
Add the following line at the end of the file, save and exit:
confluence.home=/var/confluence/
Now Confluence has all it needs and is able to run, so we can start it with:
cd /var/confluence/bin
./start-confluence.sh
Confluence can take up to 10 minutes or more to start, depending on your ARM processor’s core and speed, as well as your file system location and speed.
To finalize the installation, open „http://your-ip-address:8090“ in your browser and follow the steps.