Egress domains

Forge apps can only reach domains that have been declared, which is a real security property rather than an inconvenience. If your diagrams need to load an image or a source file from your own server, you approve that domain yourself.

Approving a domain means the browser fetches it directly, so it is worth understanding what that implies before you add one.


#When you would change this

  • Diagrams that embed images hosted on your own servers.

  • Sources pulled from an internal repository or documentation host.

  • A self-hosted renderer, which needs its own domain approved.


#What you can set

Setting

What it does

Where

Site settings, in the diagram administration area.

Who

A Confluence administrator.

Effect

The browser may fetch from that domain when rendering diagrams.

Scope

The domains you add, and nothing else.


#A few things that catch people out

  • Approving a domain means the reader's browser connects to it directly, so that host sees your users' requests.

  • Only add domains you control or trust. This is a security decision, not a convenience setting.

  • The security implications are set out properly in Security and privacy.



Set it once, in the right place.