The Confluence integration enables security and compliance teams to sync policy documents from Confluence into Drata. This allows organizations to continue managing policy content in Confluence while using Drata to manage policy approvals, versioning, and employee acknowledgements.
Key Capabilities
Policy Sync: Import policy documents from Confluence into Drata
Policy Lifecycle Management: Use Drata to manage policy approvals and employee acknowledgements
Centralized Compliance: Maintain policies in Confluence while tracking compliance in Drata
Unlike manually uploading policies, this integration allows organizations to maintain policies in Confluence while leveraging Drata’s policy approval and acknowledgement workflows.
Prerequisites & Data Access
Confluence Access Requirements
The user connecting the integration must have administrative access to the Confluence spaces containing policy pages.
Policy pages must be stored in shared spaces, not personal spaces.
Policy pages must be published pages (not drafts).
Page Configuration Requirements
To ensure policies sync correctly:
Pages must not be personal pages.
Pages must not be in private spaces.
Pages must not be draft pages.
Pages must not contain Confluence macros.
Note: Pages with attachments will sync, but attachments themselves are not imported into Drata.
Drata Role Requirements
To create or modify connections, you must have one of the following Drata roles with write access: Admin, Workspace Manager, or DevOps Engineer
Access Reviewers can view the connection page but cannot create or modify connections
Permissions & Data Table
Permission / Access | Why It’s Needed |
Confluence space admin access | Allows Drata to retrieve policy pages from selected spaces |
Page read access | Enables Drata to sync policy content |
Step-by-Step Setup
Step 1: Prepare Policy Pages in Confluence
Before connecting the integration, ensure your policy pages meet the required configuration:
Policies are stored in shared Confluence spaces.
Pages are published and not drafts.
Pages do not contain macros.
Policy pages are not personal pages or private space pages.
Expected outcome:
Your policy pages are ready to be synced to Drata.
Step 2: Connect Confluence in Drata
Log in to Drata → go to the Connections page.
Navigate to your Available Connections.
Search for and start the Confluence connection process.
Follow the prompts to authorize access to your Confluence workspace.
Expected outcome:
Confluence is successfully connected and policy pages can be synced into Drata.
Important Notes
Content source: Policies remain managed in Confluence, while Drata manages policy approval and employee acknowledgement workflows.
Macro limitation: Confluence pages containing macros are not supported for syncing.
Attachment behavior: Attachments on pages are recognized, but attachment files are not imported into Drata.
External resources
Read more about how to use an External Policy Integration.