How to clean up the local home folder after migrating to a DC cluster in Confluence
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Summary
While migrating to a clustered Data Center instance, the attachments folder need to be moved to the shared-home directory as described here:
It is possible to delete other folders from the local home directory to save disk space.
Environment
Confluence Data Center clustered (multi-node).
Solution
The following directories can be safely removed from the local home directory as their equivalent ones will be created in the shared home folder:
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local-home/imgeffects
local-home/shared-home
local-home/thumbnails
local-home/viewfileTo confirm the location of the local home folder, check the file <Confluence-install>/confluence/WEB-INF/classes/confluence-init.properties
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