This page last changed on Jan 30, 2011 by smaddox.

You can enable anonymous access (also known as public access) to your site by granting the 'Use Confluence' permission to 'Anonymous' users.

This user category has been created for convenient administration of users who have not logged into the site. Permissions assigned to this group apply to all anonymous users of the site.

Enabling Anonymous Access

To enable anonymous access to your site,

  1. Go to the Confluence 'Administration Console':

    • Choose Browse > Confluence Admin. The 'Administrator Access' login screen will be displayed.
    • Enter your password and click Confirm. You will be temporarily logged into a secure session to access the 'Administration Console'.
  2. Click 'Global Permissions' in the left-hand panel.
  3. Click 'Edit Permissions'.
  4. In the 'Anonymous Access' section, select the 'can use' check box to enable anonymous access to the content on your site.
  5. If you selected the 'can use' check box in the previous step and want to allow anonymous access to user profile views, select the check box in the 'View User Profiles' section.
    Note: You cannot grant the 'View User Profiles' permission independently of the 'Use Confluence' permission.
  6. Click 'Save All'.
  7. You can now grant further permissions from the space administration screens to control the viewing and editing privileges of anonymous users. See Space Permissions Overview

Disabling Anonymous Access

To disable anonymous access to your site, clear the 'can use' check box and the 'View User Profiles' check box, then click 'Save All'.

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