Can I synchronize profile pictures from External Directory into Confluence
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Problem
Users have profile pictures in External Directories and would like to be synchronized into Confluence. This includes profile pictures from
- Active Directory LDAP
- Apache LDAP
- Atlassian Crowd
No such function in Confluence yet
Currently, this feature is not available in Confluence. However, we have an existing open improvement request for this case:
- CWD-1287 - Provide ability to choose user attributes for display in LDAP directory
- CONFSERVER-7426 - Support retrieval of user metadata from LDAP
Workaround
Use third party plugin such as