Global Configuration
Note: This documentation is for an older version of Lockpoint.
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Accessing the Global Configuration
The Lockpoint global configuration page, located at Confluence Administration » Cenote Lockpoint, is used for setting Lockpoint options that apply to your entire Confluence instance.
To access the global configuration page:
- Click on the Confluence Administration gear icon, and select General configuration.
2. Then, in the left-hand side-bar under the Administration category, select Cenote Lockpoint.
Global Configuration Options
All of the possible global Cenote Lockpoint configuration options are shown below. Note that Confluence 6.11+ does not support Edit in Office, so the corresponding Lockpoint options for Edit in Office will not be displayed.
Default Lockpoint Activation for Spaces
Under Space-Specific Options, choose whether to have Lockpoint enabled or disabled by default for all Confluence spaces.
Changing this setting has the immediate effect of enabling or disabling Cenote Lockpoint in all Confluence spaces that have not been specifically configured to override the global setting.
To override this global default for a specific space, to specifically activate or deactivate Lockpoint for a given space, navigate to the Space and select Space Tools » Cenote Lockpoint » Permissions.
When Lockpoint is enabled in a space, all of the locking functionality and Lockpoint user interface controls are made available to users of the space. If Lockpoint is disabled in a space, locking will not be activated and pages in the space will behave as if Lockpoint were not installed.
Disabling Lockpoint in a Space does not delete any attachment locking information.
If Lockpoint is accidentally disabled in a space in which attachments were already locked, the locks can be recovered and made visible again by simply re-enabling Lockpoint in that space.
Inline Display of Lock Owner
For those attachments that have been locked, this option enables an inline display of the name of the current lock owner in file attachment lists.
Even if this setting is disabled, the lock owner can always be discovered by hovering the mouse pointer over the lock icon next to a locked file.
Smart Automatic Locking
The "Permit unlocked attachments to be modified without requiring a lock" option enables Cenote Lockpoint's smart, automatic locking function, allowing you to control Lockpoint's behavior when users try to update an attachment that they have not explicitly locked. Although Lockpoint uses seamless locking when editing attachments through Edit in App and Edit in Office, users may sometimes need to update attachments through drag-and-drop, the attachments macro, or other locations in Confluence.
By default, Lockpoint requires that users explicitly lock attachments before taking any action that would modify them, such as uploading new versions. With this option enabled, Lockpoint will automatically lock and unlock attachments during uploads and other updates, so long as no other user has a lock on the attachments. This eliminates the need for users to manually click the lock and unlock buttons before and after file updates.
Edit in Office for Visio and Project Files
Available only in Confluence 6.10 and below, these options enable the Edit in Office function for Microsoft Visio and Microsoft Project attachments, even when the underlying Confluence Office Connector does not officially support Visio or Project attachments.
For Confluence 6.11 and above, the Edit in App functionality automatically supports all attachment types (including Microsoft Visio and Microsoft Project attachments), so this configuration option is no longer needed.
Note:
For Edit in Office with Confluence 6.10 and below only:
- If a user attempts to open a Microsoft Visio document that is locked by another user, Visio will simply open the file as read-only rather than displaying an error message as do other Office applications.
- For Microsoft Visio attachments, this feature works with most Internet Explorer browsers, but it does not work with the Firefox WebDAV launcher.
- For Microsoft Project attachments , this feature works with most Internet Explorer browsers, as well as the Firefox WebDAV launcher on Windows.
Lockpoint License Status
The License Status section of the Lockpoint global configuration page is used only for managing legacy Cenote or Arsenale-issued Lockpoint licenses. This section of the page is not shown if you have an Atlassian Marketplace license installed.
If you purchased your Cenote Lockpoint license directly from Atlassian (via Atlassian Marketplace or your My Atlassian account) go instead to the standard Confluence Administration » Manage Apps (Manage Add-ons) page in order to install and manage your Cenote Lockpoint license.
If you are using a legacy Cenote-issued Lockpoint license, use the License Status section of the Lockpoint global configuration page to install, manage and see the support status for your Lockpoint license.