This page last changed on Sep 09, 2009 by ggaskell.
The Confluence installation includes a pre-configured HSQLDB database for evaluation purposes only. For safe production use, you need to configure Confluence to use an external database listed below.
Supported Databases

Confluence supports the following database systems, provided they are running on a Windows, Unix (NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, Linux), Mac OS X on X86 or X86-64 processors.

  Supported in Confluence 3.0 (JUN/2009)
Works with Confluence 3.0
PostgreSQL 8.1, 8.2 8.0, 8.3
Oracle 10.1, 10.2 11
MySQL 5.0.28 and above
5.0 - 5.0.27
DB2 8.2, 9.7  
SQL Server 2005  

Column labelled 'Works with' as opposed to 'Supported in': We assume that Confluence works fine with these database versions. But please be aware that we don't test these versions regularly and that we may ask you to upgrade to a supported platform before we can provide more detailed support.

If your database does not appear on this list, please read the questions and answers about supported platforms.

If you have no preference, we recommend using PostgreSQL — it is scalable, free, and easy to set up. For database setup information, see Database Configuration and Database Setup For Any External Database.

Refer to the list of known issues for these databases.

Unsupported Databases

For Confluence 2.10 and later, MySQL 4.1.x is not supported — please upgrade to MySQL 5.

The decision to deprecate this database was announced previously.

There is a workaround to enable MySQL 4.1.x.

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