GitHub links for Confluence: Cloud and Data Center Comparison
This page summarises the differences between GitHub links for Confluence (Data Center) and GitHub links for Confluence (Cloud).
Connection
Capability | Data Center | Cloud |
|---|---|---|
Connect via GitHub Personal Access Token | ✅ | ✅ |
Connect via GitHub App | ❌ | ✅ |
Global (admin-level) connection | ✅ | ✅ |
Per-user (personal) connection | ❌ | ❌ |
Multiple integrations support | ❌ | ❌ |
GitHub Links macro - supported entity types
Entity type | Data Center | Cloud |
|---|---|---|
Issue | ✅ | ✅ |
Issues list | ✅ | ✅ |
Pull Request | ✅ | ✅ |
Pull Requests list | ✅ | ✅ |
Repository | ❌ | ✅ |
Branch | ❌ | ✅ |
Source file | ❌ | ✅ |
Source file - line range | ❌ | ✅ |
Account / Profile | ❌ | ✅ |
Release | ❌ | ✅ |
Releases list | ❌ | ✅ |
Milestone | ❌ | ✅ |
Tags list | ❌ | ✅ |
Commit | ❌ | ✅ |
Commits list | ❌ | ✅ |
Compare | ❌ | ✅ |
Discussion | ❌ | ✅ |
Discussions list | ❌ | ✅ |
Gist | ❌ | ✅ |
Blame view | ❌ | ✅ |
Project | ❌ | ✅ |
Wiki page | ❌ | ✅ |
Dependabot alert | ❌ | ✅ |
Code Scanning alert | ❌ | ✅ (extra permission required) |
Security Advisory | ❌ | ✅ (extra permission required) |
Reporting macros
Cloud includes three additional live reporting macros with no Data Center equivalent.
Macro | Data Center | Cloud |
|---|---|---|
PR Cycle Time | ❌ | ✅ |
PR Throughput | ❌ | ✅ |
Review Latency | ❌ | ✅ |
Global configuration settings
Setting | Data Center | Cloud |
|---|---|---|
Date format | ✅ | ❌ |
Repository access scope | ❌ Governed by PAT scope only | ✅ Configured per organisation via the GitHub App |
Hosting and deployment
Capability | Data Center | Cloud |
|---|---|---|
Works with http://GitHub.com | ✅ | ✅ |
Works with GitHub Enterprise Cloud (*.ghe.com) | ❌ | ✅ |
Works with self-hosted GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) | ❌ | ❌ |
Need help?
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