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 GitHub.com |
✅ |
✅ |
|
Works with GitHub Enterprise Cloud (*.ghe.com) |
❌ |
✅ |
|
Works with self-hosted GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) |
❌ |
❌ |
Need help?
If you have questions about the differences above, please contact the Move Work Forward Support team.
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