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This article explains how to copy a space from one instance to other instance using the Confluence Command Line Interface (CLI) app.

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1. Execute the following action that copies the current space, CopySpace_CLI, with key COPYCLI, to another confluence instance with space name, TARGET_CLI . The copied space in the target instance retains the same space key, COPYCLI.
   

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   --action copySpace --space "COPYCLI" --targetServer "http://confluence.examplegeardestinationinstance.com" --targetUser "admin" --targetPassword "admin" --name "TARGET_CLI" --description "copied space" --copyComments --copyLabels --descendents

   

   
   

2. The result of the above action is as follows:
   
   Output on the terminal:
   

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   --action copySpace --space "COPYCLI" --targetServer "http://confluence.destinationinstance.com" --targetUser "admin" --targetPassword "admin" --name "TARGET_CLI" --description "copied space" --copyComments --copyLabels --descendents Space added with key COPYCLI, name 'TARGET_CLI', and url http://confluence.destinationinstance.com/display/COPYCLI. Page 'Confluence_CLI Home' copied to 'Confluence_CLI Home' in COPYCLI. Page 'addPage_CLI' copied to 'addPage_CLI' in COPYCLI with parent 'Confluence_CLI Home'. 2 comments copied from page 'addPage_CLI' to 'addPage_CLI' in space COPYCLI on target server http://confluence.destinationinstance.com. 1 labels copied. Page 'CLI_Title_3' copied to 'CLI_Title_3' in COPYCLI with parent 'addPage_CLI'. Page 'Blogging tutorial' copied to 'Blogging tutorial' in COPYCLI with parent 'Confluence_CLI Home'. 1 comments copied from page 'Blogging tutorial' to 'Blogging tutorial' in space COPYCLI on target server http://confluence.destinationinstance.com. 1 labels copied. Page 'CLI_Title_1' copied to 'CLI_Title_1' in COPYCLI with parent 'Blogging tutorial'. Page 'CLI_Title_2' copied to 'CLI_Title_2' in COPYCLI with parent 'Blogging tutorial'. Page 'Confluence_CLI Home' with 5 descendents copied to 'Confluence_CLI Home' in space COPYCLI on target server http://confluence.destinationinstance.com. Page has id 65895. 6 pages copied. Space copied successfully to COPYCLI on http://confluence.destinationinstance.com.

   
   

   Output in Confluence:
   
   

   
   The above action contains the following parameters: 

   • copySpace: Creates a new space and copies pages to the new space. Other information can also be copied based on other parameters. 
   • space: Space key. For some actions, a space name may also work.
   • targetServer: Target server URL for copy requests.
   • targetUser: Target server user. Defaults to user.
   • name: Space name or file name for the attachment.
   • description: Descriptive text.
   • targetPassword: Target server user password. Defaults to password.
   • copyLabels: Copy labels when copying a page or space.
   • copyComments: Copy comments when copying a page.
   • descendents: All descendents for a page.

   
   

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