Confluence shared-home subfolders that do not need to be backed up
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Summary
This article list the folders in Confluence shared home that need to be backed up to guarantee a successful disaster recovery strategy.
Solution
Critical files and folders
Below the list of the files and folders that need to be backed up:
confluence.cfg.xml
attachments/
config/
Temporary files and folders
Any other file and folder present in the shared home, with the exclusion of the above ones, is to be considered as a temporary one used during the application runtime.
Below some examples:
analytics-logs/
dcl-document/
dcl-document_hd/
dcl-poster/
dcl-poster_hd/
dcl-thumbnail/
imgEffects/
index-snapshots/
restore/
thumbnails/
viewfile/
⚠️ Please be aware that 3rd party Application installed in Confluence can create additional folder and may need to be backed up for a successful restore.
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