Can I synchronize profile pictures from External Directory into Confluence
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Problem
Users have profile pictures in External Directories and would like to be synchronized into Confluence. This includes profile pictures from
Active Directory LDAP
Apache LDAP
Atlassian Crowd
No such function in Confluence yet
Currently, this feature is not available in Confluence. However, we have an existing open improvement request for this case:
CWD-1287 - Provide ability to choose user attributes for display in LDAP directory
CONFSERVER-7426 - Support retrieval of user metadata from LDAP
Workaround
Use third party plugin such as
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