Setup tasks for the Openflow Connector for Confluence Data Center¶

This topic describes the tasks required to set up, configure, and run the Openflow Connector for Confluence Data Center.

Prerequisites¶

1. Review About Openflow Connector for Confluence Data Center.

2. Set up your runtime deployment.

   • Set up Openflow - Snowflake Deployments
   • Set up Openflow - BYOC

3. If you are using Openflow - Snowflake Deployments, ensure that you have reviewed configuring required domains and have granted access to your Confluence Data Center server’s hostname. Because Confluence Data Center is self-hosted, this hostname is specific to your deployment and isn’t listed on that page.

4. You have access to the Openflow admin role or similar role you use to manage Openflow.

5. If you are creating a Snowflake service user to manage the connector, you have created a key pair authentication. For more information, see key-pair authentication.

6. Ensure that you have the following credentials and site URL available:

   Credential	Description	How obtained
   Site URL	Your Confluence instance URL	Use your organization’s Confluence URL. For example, https://your-company.atlassian.net
   Admin Personal Access Token	API token for the admin account	Generated by the Confluence administrator. See Openflow Connector for Confluence Data Center: Generate API tokens.
   User Personal Access Token	API token for the non-admin account	Generated in the Account Settings. See Openflow Connector for Confluence Data Center: Generate API tokens.

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Tasks¶

The following personas are used when setting up the Openflow Connector for Confluence Data Center:

• Confluence Data Center Admin: Generates a Personal Access Token within the Confluence instance. The connector uses this token for authentication.
• Openflow Administrator: Creates and configures the database, service users, and roles the connector requires to run.
• Data Engineer: Installs, configures, and runs the connector in Snowflake Openflow.

Perform the following tasks to set up, configure, and run the Openflow Connector for Confluence Data Center.

Next steps¶

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