Import from Confluence
The import from Confluence lets you migrate one or more spaces including articles, comments, attachments, and users from a cloud or self-hosted Confluence service to YouTrack's Knowledge Base.
A setup wizard navigates you through the import configuration process. It prompts you to enter the connection settings and lets you map projects in YouTrack to spaces in Confluence. If your Confluence has a custom set of fields for articles, you can edit the import script in YouTrack directly.
Prerequisites
Before you import spaces from Confluence to YouTrack, check the following requirements:
Your Confluence version is 5.5.6 or later. The ability to import articles from earlier versions of Confluence has not been verified.
If you're importing content from a self-managed Confluence Server installation, the Confluence installation must be accessible over the internet. Specifically, you need to make sure that your network doesn't block connections between your Confluence installation and YouTrack.
Your user account in Confluence has administrative permissions.
You have direct access to log in to the source application using a password or token.
YouTrack's import engine doesn't support authentication through external authentication modules.
Import Details
If the Confluence database contains references to entities that do not exist in YouTrack yet, they are created. The YouTrack user account you use to run the import should have enough permissions to create all imported entities. We recommend using an account with a System Admin role or the Low-level Admin Write permission to run the import.
Imported Entities
Here is the list of entities that are imported from Confluence and their mapping to YouTrack entities:
Entity in Confluence | Entity in YouTrack |
|---|---|
Space | Project |
Article | Article |
Comment | Comment |
User | User |
Group | Group |
Set up an Import from Confluence
Before you add a new import configuration, prepare the credentials that will grant access to your Confluence instance. You will need these credentials for authorization when setting up the import in YouTrack.
To configure an import from Confluence Cloud, you will need an API token. For details on creating an API token, see Create an API Token for Confluence Cloud.
Create an API Token for Confluence Cloud
To set up an import of articles from Confluence Cloud, first, you need to create an API token for your Atlassian account.
To create an API token for the Atlassian account:
Log in to the Atlassian account settings with an account that is granted administrative permissions.
Click the Create API token button and provide a label for the token.
Click Create.
The new API token is added to the list.
For more details on creating API keys for Atlassian products, refer to the Atlassian documentation.
Configure an Import from Confluence in YouTrack
The setup wizard guides you through the setup process.
To configure an import from Confluence:
From the
Administration menu, select .Click New import to open the setup dialog.
Select Confluence.
Settings for a New Import from Confluence are displayed.
Enter values for the following settings:
Setting
Description
Confluence URL
Enter the base URL of the Confluence instance. For Confluence Cloud, make sure to include the
/wikipath in the URL.Username or email
Enter the username of the account that is used to log in to Confluence. This account must have access to the spaces that you need to import.
Password
Enter the password for the account that is used to log in to the Confluence instance.
For Confluence Cloud, create an API token for your Atlassian account and paste it into the input field.
If required by your Confluence instance, enable the Use SSL key for client authentication option.
Click the Next button.
The second set of import settings is displayed.
Select the Confluence spaces and target projects for import. For details, see Project Mapping.
Optionally, enable the Continuous import. When enabled, YouTrack will periodically poll the items in the selected Confluence spaces and import updates made since the last sync.
Click the Start import button.
YouTrack will create new projects and import data to the existing ones according to the configured project mapping.
YouTrack will import articles, comments, and users to the target projects.
If the Continuous import option is enabled, YouTrack will periodically check target Confluence spaces for updated and new items.
When you have set up an import project, it appears in the Imports list. To view configuration and import details, select an import configuration from the list.
In the details sidebar, YouTrack shows import status and details on the data that was imported. Click the 
Resume button in the toolbar to explicitly start polling for changes and importing updates from the source Confluence instance.
You can also download the import log file to study and investigate when needed.
Project Mapping
On the final step of the import setup, you have an option to select those Confluence spaces that you want to import to YouTrack. You can also choose whether to create a new project for the import or import data into an existing project in YouTrack.
YouTrack recognizes when a web address has already mapped a source project by a previous import. Imported source projects that have already been mapped in YouTrack aren't selectable. You can create multiple import jobs from the same source without importing duplicate data.
To configure project mapping:
Locate those Confluence spaces that you want to import.
Use the filter bar on the right to filter projects by name.
Select the spaces that you want to import. Select the option at the top of the list to import all available Confluence spaces.
Select a target YouTrack project for each Confluence space.
When loading the list of Confluence spaces for mapping, YouTrack checks for existing YouTrack projects with corresponding names. If it finds a YouTrack project with the same name as the Confluence space, YouTrack suggests it as the target project.
If there is no existing YouTrack project with the corresponding name, YouTrack suggests creating a new one.
If you want to change a target project, select another option from the corresponding dropdown on the list.
Click Start import to finalize import setup and start the import.
Import starts.
Import Options
After the initial import, the following controls are available in the sidebar:
Control | Description |
|---|---|
Disable/Enable | Disable or enable the import. This lets you keep the settings for an import even if you aren't using it. |
Resume | Immediately imports any changes made in the selected Confluence spaces after the previous import. |
Edit | Opens the integration settings page in edit mode. Use this option to connect to a different Confluence instance, update the login credentials, or update project mapping. |
Delete | Deletes the current import settings. Projects, articles, comments, users, and groups that were imported from the connected Confluence instance are not affected. If you delete the import settings and connect to the same Confluence instance, the articles are re-imported into existing projects with new IDs. |
Continuous import | YouTrack periodically checks the target Confluence spaces and imports updated and new items created since the last sync. |
Download import log | Downloads the import log. Use this option to view and investigate errors that occurred during import. |