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  2. CONFSERVER-22463

Support migration of pre-3.5 groups and memberships of external users to 3.5+ "Internal with LDAP authentication" directory

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      A customer with a large number of users in LDAP in 3.4.x or below would need to set up 3.5+ without migrating the atlassian-user.xml file (as automatic migration for large LDAP instances is not supported), so that no LDAP directory is set up in 3.5+. This involves adding the LDAP directory again manually, but all group memberships between LDAP users and local groups or LDAP groups and local users are lost. Confluence doesn't currently support an easy migration of this configuration.

      A manual migration process needs to be put in place that allows such users to migrate their memberships.

      Solution

      Follow the "Resolution" steps in the LDAP synchronisation process takes too long if number of users or groups is large KB article.

            [CONFSERVER-22463] Support migration of pre-3.5 groups and memberships of external users to 3.5+ "Internal with LDAP authentication" directory

            Niraj Bhawnani added a comment -

            Hi Bryan,

            Sorry about the confusion. I've updated the issue description to include the solution. Note that even though the article currently says to upgrade to "3.5.12 or later", Confluence 3.5.11 has the migration implemented as well. The only difference is Confluence 3.5.11 does not yet have the "Synchronise Group Memberships" option. It will be in 3.5.13 which will be released in 1-2 working days.

            Regards,
            Niraj.

            Niraj Bhawnani added a comment - Hi Bryan, Sorry about the confusion. I've updated the issue description to include the solution. Note that even though the article currently says to upgrade to "3.5.12 or later", Confluence 3.5.11 has the migration implemented as well. The only difference is Confluence 3.5.11 does not yet have the "Synchronise Group Memberships" option. It will be in 3.5.13 which will be released in 1-2 working days. Regards, Niraj.

            Bryan bush added a comment -

            This issue has been marked as "resolved" as of 3.5.11.

            Are there any instructions or anything that reference how to do this or does the resolution imply just using the workarounds listed in the ticket?

            Regards,
            Bryan

            Bryan bush added a comment - This issue has been marked as "resolved" as of 3.5.11. Are there any instructions or anything that reference how to do this or does the resolution imply just using the workarounds listed in the ticket? Regards, Bryan

            Martin Mitry added a comment -

            Hi Niraj,

            thanks for the info as well.

            Regards
            Martin

            Martin Mitry added a comment - Hi Niraj, thanks for the info as well. Regards Martin

            Niraj Bhawnani added a comment -

            We try to release bug fix versions of Confluence approximately every 2 weeks. So that should be around the 2nd week of September.

            Niraj Bhawnani added a comment - We try to release bug fix versions of Confluence approximately every 2 weeks. So that should be around the 2nd week of September.

            Martin Mitry added a comment -

            Hi Niraj,

            thanks a lot for the info.

            While i was browsing through the JIRA issues regarding Confluence 3.5.12 i found that we might also face CONF-19124. Is there also a release date known for 3.5.12?

            Thanks again.

            Regards
            Martin.

            Martin Mitry added a comment - Hi Niraj, thanks a lot for the info. While i was browsing through the JIRA issues regarding Confluence 3.5.12 i found that we might also face CONF-19124 . Is there also a release date known for 3.5.12? Thanks again. Regards Martin.

            Niraj Bhawnani added a comment -

            Hi Martin,

            Thanks for your interest in this issue. We are planning to release 3.5.11 some time around the 24th-26th of this month.

            Niraj Bhawnani added a comment - Hi Martin, Thanks for your interest in this issue. We are planning to release 3.5.11 some time around the 24th-26th of this month.

            Martin Mitry added a comment -

            Good to see that this issue has been resolved.

            Can you tell an approximately release date for 3.5.11?

            Thanks and Regards
            Martin

            Martin Mitry added a comment - Good to see that this issue has been resolved. Can you tell an approximately release date for 3.5.11? Thanks and Regards Martin

            Martin Mitry added a comment -

            Hi,

            we are currently preparing upgrade from Confluence 3.0.0_01 to 3.5.9 and are facing the issue as we use LDAP for authentication only and memberships are not being migrated.

            Is it possible to get a patch for testing purpose?

            Regards
            Martin

            Martin Mitry added a comment - Hi, we are currently preparing upgrade from Confluence 3.0.0_01 to 3.5.9 and are facing the issue as we use LDAP for authentication only and memberships are not being migrated. Is it possible to get a patch for testing purpose? Regards Martin

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