: Begin Scanning a Confluence Data Center App
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Begin Scanning a Confluence Data Center App

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Begin Scanning a Confluence Data Center App

Authorize
Data Security
to connect to Confluence Data Center to scan all content shared within the app.
To connect a Confluence Data Center app and begin scanning assets, you need to:
  • Ensure that you add your region-specific IP addresses to the allowed list so that firewalls don’t block them.
  • Ensure that you have a Confluence Data Center Administrator account with workspace-level permissions.
  • Grant
    Data Security
    access to Confluence Data Center.
  • Add the Confluence Data Center app to
    Data Security
    , providing
    Data Security
    information about your Confluence Data Center account.
Support for automated remediation capabilities varies by SaaS application.

Add Confluence Data Center App

In order for
Data Security
to scan assets, you must consent to specific permissions during adding the Confluence Data Center app.
  1. (
    Recommended
    ) Add your Confluence Data Center domain as an internal domain.
  2. Log on to SaaS Security. Go to
    Data Security
    Applications
    Add Application
    Confluence Data Center
    .
  3. Sign in
    to the Atlassian workspace with an account that has workspace-level Administrator permissions.
  4. Follow the onscreen instructions in
    Step 1
    : In Confluence, navigate to
    Confluence settings (cog icon) > General Configuration > Application links > Create Link
    .
  5. Follow the onscreen instructions in
    Step 2
    : In the Create Link page, ensure that
    Atlassian product
    is selected. Enter the tenant home page address (given in step 2 of the wizard). Ignore the
    No response
    warning, and click
    Continue
    .
  6. Follow the onscreen instructions in
    Step 3
    : In the
    Link applications
    page, enter the Application Name as
    Palo Alto Networks CASB
    .
  7. Follow the onscreen instructions in
    Step 4
    : Choose the Application Type as
    Generic application
    from the drop-down.
    Because you're only retrieving data from Confluence, you only need to set up a one-way (incoming link) communication for the client to Confluence. You can leave all other input fields blank.
  8. Follow the onscreen instructions in
    Step 6
    : Select the
    Create incoming link
    check box. Click
    Continue
    .
  9. Follow the onscreen instructions in
    Step 7
    : The following consumer details for the client are provided in your wizard:
    • Consumer key
    • Consumer name
    • Public key
  10. Follow the onscreen instructions in
    Step 8
    : Add your region-specific IP addresses to the allowed list so that firewalls don’t block them.
  11. Follow the onscreen instructions in
    Step 9
    : To onboard your Confluence instance on the
    Data Security
    platform, you must provide access to your Confluence instance. To do that, enter your Server URL and click
    Add to Confluence
    .
  12. After onboarding is complete,
    Data Security
    adds the new Confluence Data Center app to the list of Cloud Apps as Confluence Data Center n, where n is the number of Confluence Data Center app instances that you have connected to
    Data Security
    . You’ll specify a descriptive name soon.
    Data Security
    creates webhooks on your Confluence Data Center instance during onboarding. It is not deleted even after you have deleted or offboarded your connector. To delete the webhooks, in the Confluence administration page, go to
    Settings
    General Configurations
    Webhooks
    , and delete
    ConfluenceDataCenter Webhook
    .

Apply Rate Limiting to Confluence Data Center App

By default, rate limiting is disabled for Confluence Data Center. If you enable rate limiting, users who exceed the API requests limit are listed under
List of limited accounts
. You can exempt specific users from rate limiting by adding them to the
Exemption
list.

Identify Risks

When you add a new cloud app and enable scanning,
Data Security
automatically scans the cloud app against the default data patterns and displays the match occurrences. You can take action now to improve your scan results and identify risks.
  1. Start scanning the new Confluence app for risks.
  2. During the discovery phase,
    Data Security
    scans files and matches them against enabled default policy rules.
    Verify that your default policy rules are effective. If the results don’t capture all the risks or you see false positives, proceed to the next step.
  3. (
    Optional
    ) Add new policy rules.
    Consider the business use of your app, then identify risks unique to your enterprise. As necessary, add new:
  4. (
    Optional
    ) Configure or edit a data pattern.
    You can Configure Data Patterns to identify specific strings of text, characters, words, or patterns to make it possible to find all instances of text that match a data pattern you specify.

Customize Confluence Data Center App

If you plan to manage more than one instance of Confluence app, consider differentiating your instances.
  1. (
    Optional
    ) Give a descriptive name to this app instance.
    1. Select the Confluence n link on the Cloud Apps list.
    2. Enter a descriptive
      Name
      .
    3. Click
      Done
      to save your changes.

Fix Confluence Data Center App Onboarding Issues

The most common issues related to onboarding the Confluence app are as follows:
Symptom
Explanation
Solution
During creating application links, the Confluence web interface displays errors, requesting required Service provider, Shared secret, Request Token URL, and Access Token URL.
These errors are not related to onboarding. These errors occur when you forget to select the
Create income link
check box.
Delete the application links you created and recreate them with the
Create income link
selected.

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