[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":146},["ShallowReactive",2],{"seo-verification":3,"blog-migrating-from-confluence-data-center-to-docmost-before-2029-en":6},{"google":4,"bing":5},"EycwPY2XMyTkVzas3n1ygeNJFGAH513qrMjfDljzsMQ","",{"id":7,"slug":8,"slugs":9,"title":12,"excerpt":13,"readTime":14,"views":15,"isPinned":16,"publishedAt":17,"category":18,"categories":23,"featuredImage":25,"bgImage":26,"posterImage":27,"relatedSolution":28,"intro":31,"sections":32,"ctaTitle":91,"ctaBody":92,"ctaButton":93,"ctaUrl":94,"relatedPosts":95},285,"migrating-from-confluence-data-center-to-docmost-before-2029",{"fr":10,"en":8,"ar":11},"migrer-confluence-self-hosted-docmost","الانتقال-من-confluence-data-center-إلى-docmost-قبل-2029","Migrating from Confluence Data Center to Docmost before 2029","Confluence Data Center goes read-only on March 28, 2029. Migrate your clients wikis to Docmost: agency guide with macro handling.",11,0,false,"2026-08-20T00:00:00+00:00",{"id":19,"name":20,"slug":21,"color":22,"icon":21},3,"Deployment","deploiement","bg-success\u002F10 text-success",[24],{"id":19,"name":20,"slug":21,"color":22,"icon":21},null,"\u002Fblog\u002Fcovers\u002Fbg.svg","\u002Fblog\u002Fcovers\u002Fmigrer-confluence-self-hosted-docmost-poster.svg",{"categorySlug":29,"appSlug":30},"collaboration-productivity","docmost","Atlassian stopped selling new Confluence Data Center subscriptions on March 30, 2026, and set the end of life for March 28, 2029 — the date on which all existing instances will become read-only. For agencies managing Data Center wikis on behalf of their clients, the migration window is open, but it is closing. Exporting, converting Confluence markup, restructuring spaces, handling incompatible macros, and training teams takes several weeks; waiting until 2028 means migrating under deadline pressure. This guide covers migration to Docmost, an open source collaborative wiki deployable in three Docker containers on any VPS, with a native Confluence importer (Enterprise edition) that preserves space hierarchy, attachments, internal links, and draw.io diagrams.",[33,37,48,51,54,57,82,85,88],{"type":34,"title":35,"body":36},"h2","Why migrate now, not in 2028","Atlassian has published two dates every agency managing Confluence Data Center must know. March 30, 2026: Atlassian ceased selling new Confluence Data Center licenses (source: falconer.com). March 28, 2029: all existing instances will become read-only (source: docmost.com\u002Fblog). March 30, 2028: existing customers lose the ability to renew or expand licenses.\n\nIn practice, an enterprise wiki migration takes between four and twelve weeks depending on the size of the instance.",{"type":38,"title":39,"items":40},"ul","Six reasons to migrate to Docmost rather than wait",[41,42,43,44,45,46,47],"**Hard, documented deadline** — March 28, 2029: no new pages, no edits, no revisions.","**End of security patches** — read-only mode means no Confluence DC patches.","**Real-time collaborative editing** — live co-editing with live cursors and instant synchronisation.","**Native diagrams** — Mermaid, Draw.io and Excalidraw integrated without extra configuration.","**Predictable cost** — open source, infrastructure you control, no per-user pricing.","**Markdown and HTML export** — simplify backups, vendor-independent migrations.","**Three-container Docker deployment** — `docmost`, `db` and `redis`, official compose file, up in under an hour.",{"type":34,"title":49,"body":50},"The Confluence importer — what it preserves, what it does not","Docmost provides a native Confluence importer in the Enterprise edition. It preserves Confluence spaces, page hierarchy, attachments, internal links, and draw.io diagrams.\n\n**What is not preserved:** layout macros lose their formatting, dynamic content macros are not reproduced, dashboard macros disappear, and third-party macros are not migrated.\n\n**Without Enterprise:** migration is manual — export HTML from Confluence, recreate structure in Docmost page by page.",{"type":34,"title":52,"body":53},"Breaking the migration into sprints","**Sprint 0** — space inventory and triage (1-2 days). **Sprint 1** — pilot space (3-5 days). **Sprints 2 to N** — spaces in batches (1 week per batch). **Final sprint** — cutover and archiving.\n\nPractical rule: never migrate all of a client spaces in a single import. Batches of 200-300 pages per sprint.",{"type":34,"title":55,"body":56},"Measured prerequisites before you start","Docmost deploys with three Docker containers: `docmost` (main application), `db` (PostgreSQL 18) and `redis` (Redis 8). For production use with 10-50 users, a VPS with 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM and 40 GB storage is a reasonable baseline.",{"type":58,"title":59,"steps":60},"steps","Step-by-step migration procedure",[61,64,67,70,73,76,79],{"title":62,"body":63},"Export spaces from Confluence","Administration general -> Backup Manager. Per-space export with attachments. Verify archive size.",{"title":65,"body":66},"Deploy Docmost on the VPS via Docker","Official docker-compose.yml + .env with APP_URL, APP_SECRET, DB_URL. Launch with docker compose up -d. Configure Nginx + Certbot.",{"title":68,"body":69},"Create destination spaces in Docmost","Create a space for each Confluence space to migrate, keeping the same names.",{"title":71,"body":72},"Run the Confluence importer (Enterprise edition)","Space settings -> Import -> Confluence format. Upload the ZIP archive. Without Enterprise, copy content page by page.",{"title":74,"body":75},"Validate imported pages and handle degraded macros","Browse a representative sample. Apply standard treatment from your reference grid. Assign corrections to page owners.",{"title":77,"body":78},"Configure users and permissions","RBAC by spaces and groups. Enterprise edition includes SSO via SAML 2.0, OpenID Connect, and LDAP.",{"title":80,"body":81},"Configure backups and monitoring","Daily pg_dump + archive the Docker volume to off-VPS storage. Configure an availability alert.",{"type":34,"title":83,"body":84},"What Docmost does not carry over from Confluence","Dynamic macros, full version history, Confluence blog pages, page templates and Jira integrations are not transferred. Document this explicitly before announcing the migration to clients.",{"type":86,"body":87},"tip","Always export a test space to XML and open it in a text editor before launching a production import. Search for `\u003Cac:structured-macro ac:name=\"...\">` tags. In ten minutes, you have the exact list of macros to handle manually.",{"type":34,"title":89,"body":90},"Docmost on VPS — a clean exit from Confluence Data Center","Migration from Confluence Data Center is not a multi-month project if approached with progressive sprints. A prioritised space inventory, a pilot sprint to calibrate macro handling, and Docmost Confluence importer (Enterprise edition) are sufficient to transfer hierarchy, attachments, and internal links without structural loss.","Activate this solution on a professional VPS","The ServOrbit Docmost VPS template includes the ready-to-use Docker configuration, Nginx reverse proxy, and automated backups. Evaluate the resources and pre-configuration before ordering.","Activate this solution","\u002Fmarketplace\u002Fcollaboration-productivity\u002Fdocmost",[96,115,132],{"id":97,"slug":98,"slugs":99,"title":102,"excerpt":103,"readTime":19,"views":15,"isPinned":16,"publishedAt":104,"category":105,"categories":111,"featuredImage":25,"bgImage":26,"posterImage":113,"relatedSolution":114},148,"how-to-self-host-docmost-on-a-vps",{"fr":100,"en":98,"ar":101},"self-host-docmost-vps","كيفية-استضافة-docmost-ذاتيا-على-vps","How to Self-Host Docmost on a VPS","Deploy Docmost on your VPS for a self-hosted team wiki with real-time collaboration. 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Migrate to OpenProject or Plane on your VPS in a single working day.",13,1,"2026-08-16T00:00:00+00:00",{"id":19,"name":20,"slug":21,"color":22,"icon":21},[128],{"id":19,"name":20,"slug":21,"color":22,"icon":21},"\u002Fblog\u002Fcovers\u002Fmigrer-jira-openproject-plane-vps-2026-poster.svg",{"categorySlug":29,"appSlug":131},"plane",{"id":133,"slug":134,"slugs":135,"title":138,"excerpt":139,"readTime":140,"views":15,"isPinned":16,"publishedAt":141,"category":142,"categories":143,"featuredImage":25,"bgImage":26,"posterImage":145,"relatedSolution":25},261,"when-saas-vendors-bundle-ai-migrating-to-self-hosting",{"fr":136,"en":134,"ar":137},"migrer-saas-self-hosting-bundling-ia","ارتفاع-تكاليف-saas-46-متى-تستضيف-بنفسك","When SaaS vendors bundle AI: migrating to self-hosting","PricePulse H1 2026: +46% SaaS costs for 50-person teams. Mattermost, Nextcloud, Plane and Forgejo self-host on a VPS. 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