Web Console web-console
The Web console in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) is based on the Apache Felix Web Management Console. Apache Felix is a community effort to implement the OSGi R4 Service Platform, which includes the OSGi framework and standard services.
The Web console offers a selection of tabs for maintaining the OSGi bundles, including:
- Configuration: used for configuring the OSGi bundles, and is therefore the underlying mechanism for configuring AEM system parameters
- Bundles: used for installing bundles
- Components: used for controlling the status of components required for AEM
Any changes made are immediately applied to the running system. No restart is required.
The console can be accessed from ../system/console; for example:
http://localhost:4502/system/console/components
Configuration configuration
The Configuration tab is used for configuring the OSGi bundles, and is therefore the underlying mechanism for configuring AEM system parameters.
The Configuration tab can be accessed by either:
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The drop-down menu:
OSGi >
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The URL; for example:
http://localhost:4502/system/console/configMgr
A list of configurations is shown:
There are two types of configurations available from the drop-down lists on this screen:
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Configurations
Lets you update the existing configurations. These have a Persistent Identity (PID) and can be either:
- standard and integral to AEM; these are required, if deleted the values return to the default settings.
- instances created from Factory Configurations; these instances are created by the user, deletion removes the instance.
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Factory Configurations
Create an instance of the required functionality object.
This is allocated to a Persistent Identity and then listed in the Configurations drop-down list.
Selecting any entry from the list displays the parameters related to that configuration:
You can then update the parameters as required and:
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Save
Save the changes made.
For a Factory Configuration, this creates an instance with a Persistent Identity. The new instance is listed under Configurations.
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Reset
Reset the parameters shown on the screen to those saved last.
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Delete
Delete the current configuration. If standard, the parameters are returned to the default settings. If created from a Factory Configuration, then the specific instance is deleted.
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Unbind
Unbind the current configuration from the bundle.
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Cancel
Cancel any current changes.
Bundles bundles
The Bundles tab is the mechanism for installing the OSGi bundles required for AEM. The tab can be accessed by either of the following methods:
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The drop-down menu:
OSGi >
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The URL; for example:
http://localhost:4502/system/console/bundles
A list of bundles is shown:
Using this tab you can:
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Install or Update
You can Browse to find the file containing your bundle and specify whether it should Start immediately and at which Start Level.
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Reload
Refreshes the list displayed.
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Refresh Packages
This checks the references of all packages and refreshes as necessary.
For example, after an update both the old and new version may still be running due to prior references. This option checks and moves all references to the new version, allowing the old version to stop.
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Start
Starts a bundle according to the start level specified.
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Stop
Stops the bundle.
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Uninstall
Uninstalls the bundle from the system.
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see the status
The list specifies the status of the bundle; clicking the name of a specific bundle with show further information.
Components components
The Components tab lets you Enable and/or Disable the various components. It can be accessed by either:
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The drop-down menu:
Main >
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The URL; for example:
http://localhost:4502/system/console/components
A list of components is shown. Various icons are available to enable you to enable, disable or (where appropriate) open configuration details for a specific component.
Clicking the name of a particular component displays further information on its status. Here you can also enable, disable, or reload the component.
