Installation Steps
There are 2 ways of installing depending whether your Confluence server has a direct connection to the Internet
With Internet Connection
- Log in as an user with Confluence Administrator role
- Go to Confluence Administration Console by clicking on the Browse -> Confluence Admin in the top menu bar
- On the left sidebar, click on Find New Add-ons link under the Add-ons section
- Enter Hinch in the textbox labelled with Search the Marketplace
- Click on the blue Install button to install the plugin
- Wait for the installation process to complete and click on the Close button
- Click on the Manage button to proceed with the configuration
Without Internet Connection
- Download the latest version of the plugin from the Atlassian Marketplace
- Log in as an user with Confluence Administrator role
- Go to Confluence Administration Console by clicking on the Browse -> Confluence Admin in the top menu bar
- On the left sidebar, click on Manage Add-ons link under the Add-ons section
- Click on the Upload Plugin link to bring up the Upload Plugin dialog box
- Click on the Browse button and select the jar file (e.g. HinchPanels-1.0.jar ) that you have downloaded previously
- Click on the Upload button to upload the plugin
- Click on the Close button to acknowledge
Configuration
A license key is required for the plugin to work.
To get the license key
- Go to License Request on our Service Desk
- Fill in the required information and click on the Submit button
- The license key will be emailed to the given email address
To update the license key to the Confluence server
- Log in as an user with Confluence Administrator role
- Go to Confluence Administration Console by clicking on the Browse -> Confluence Admin in the top menu bar
- On the left sidebar, click on Manage Add-ons link under the Add-ons section
- Search for the HinchPanels under the User-installed Plugins
- Click on it once to expand the details
- Click on the Configure button to go to Hinch Panels Plugin Admin page
- Fill in the details and click on the Submit button