aem-cookbook

This cookbook installs and configures Adobe Experience Manager (AEM). (NOTE: CQ versions 5.4 and 5.5 should work as well -- CQ was renamed to AEM as of version 5.6). Included are recipes to install an author or publish instance as well as the dispatcher module for Apache HTTP server.

Supported Platforms

• CentOS

Supported Versions

• AEM 6.0.0
• AEM 5.6.1
• AEM 5.6.0
• CQ 5.5.0

Featured Functionality

• Unattended installation of aem author, publish, and dispatcher nodes.
• Automatically search for and configure aem cluster members (dispatcher, author, publish) using chef searches.
• Configure replication agents using the replicator provider.
• Configure dispatcher farms with the farm provider.
• Deploy and remove aem packages with the package provider (recommended for development purposes only).

Attributes

Key	Type	Description	Default
['aem']['version']	String	AEM version	nil
['aem']['download_url']	String	URL to AEM jar file	nil
['aem']['license_url']	String	URL to AEM license file	nil
['aem']['dispatcher']['mod_dispatcher_url']	String	URL to AEM dispatcher (.tar.gz or .so)	nil
['aem']['dispatcher']['version']	String	dispatcher module version	nil

Usage

aem::author

Include aem::author in your node's run_list:

{
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[aem::author]"
  ]
}

aem::publish

Include aem::publish in your node's run_list:

{
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[aem::publish]"
  ]
}

aem::dispatcher

Include aem::dispatcher in your node's run_list:

{
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[aem::dispatcher]"
  ]
}

Contributing

1. Fork the repository on Github
2. Create a named feature branch (i.e. add-new-recipe)
3. Write your change
4. Write tests for your change (if applicable)
5. Run the tests, ensuring they all pass
6. Submit a Pull Request

License and Authors

• Author:: Bryce Lynn (bryce@tacitknowledge.com)
• Author:: Alex Dunn (adunn@tacitknowledge.com)
• Author:: Paul Dunnavant (pdunnavant@tacitknowledge.com)

Copyright 2012-2014, Tacit Knowledge, Inc.

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you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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