When to use this KB

This KB will help you migrate your group memberships between any combination of the following directory types:

• LDAP Directories with Local Groups
• Internal Directory with LDAP Authentication
• Internal Directory

Step 1: Create a CSV of user-group relationships

First, you will need to create a CSV by exporting the username and group pairing of all users in your directory. You will need the directory ID for the source users and groups. To find out your directory ID, run the following query:

 SELECT id, directory_name, description, directory_type
   FROM cwd_directory;

MySQL and Postgres queries are provided below that will create the proper output for the CSV file.

SELECT cu.lower_user_name, cg.lower_group_name 
  FROM cwd_user cu 
      JOIN cwd_membership cm ON cu.id=cm.child_user_id 
      JOIN cwd_group cg ON cm.parent_id=cg.id 
   WHERE cu.directory_id=<souce_directory_id> AND cg.directory_id=<source_directory_id>
      INTO OUTFILE '/tmp/outfile.csv'
         FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
         ENCLOSED BY ''
         LINES TERMINATED BY '\n';

COPY (
   SELECT cu.lower_user_name, cg.lower_group_name
      FROM cwd_user cu
      JOIN cwd_membership cm
         ON cu.id=cm.child_user_id
      JOIN cwd_group cg
    	 ON cm.parent_id=cg.id
      WHERE cu.directory_id=<souce_directory_id> AND cg.directory_id=<souce_directory_id>
)
	 TO '/tmp/user-groups.csv'
	 WITH CSV;

The output of these queries should create a csv with content similar to the following:

admin,confluence-administrators
admin,confluence-users

Step 2: Create your new directory and add users

The most common directories to migrate local memberships to are LDAP Directories with Local Groups or an Internal Directory with LDAP Authentication, but you can also use this method for an additional Internal Directory.  Once you have created your desired directory, you will need to meet the following prerequisites:

• The new directory must be moved to the top of the directory list in Confluence Admin >> User Directories.

• All of the usernames that need their group memberships migrated need to already exist in the new directory.  In an LDAP directory that supports syncing, this will happen once you create the directory.  For an internal directory, you will need to populate the directory manually.  This can be accomplished via the CLI with the addUserWithFile action.  Each line in your CSV will need to be in the format: user,password,email,fullName

  You can alter the SQL statements above so that the select portion of the query pulls the necessary columns to create an addUser CSV. For example, SELECT lower_user_name, 'password', email_address, display_name FROM cwd_user JOIN..., replacing password with any random string for a temporary password. Your users can then use the password reset option before logging into Confluence after the migration.

Step 3: Download and configure the Atlassian CLI Tool

First, you need to have downloaded and configured the Atlassian CLI Tool.  Details on usage can be found on the Confluence CLI wiki page.  The example script in step 4 assumes that you have added your authentication credentials to the confluence.sh or confluence.bat.

Step 4: Use the CLI to add users to their groups

The CLI tool has a built in action that will automatically add users to groups using a CSV.  Run the following command from the CLI directory root directory:

./confluence.sh --action addUserToGroupWithFile --file "/Users/alaskowski/Downloads/test.csv" --autoGroup

For Windows users, replace ./confluence.sh with confluence.bat.  Once the script has completed, you can move the new directory to any ordering you prefer.  If you are unsure of how ordering your directories affects authentication and permissions, there is more information available in our doc on Managing Multiple Directories.