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Quantum entnagled
Quantum entnagled

Reputation: 77

Issues with two author instances of AEM of different versions in local

We're upgrading to 6.1 from 5.6, I have 5.6 setup on port 4502, I changed the port on the jar for 6.1 from 4502 to 4512 and started up both at the same time. But seems like both http://localhost:4512/ and http://localhost:4502/ take me to AEM 6.1.

Are there other configs that need a change to have two versions up and running at the same time?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2213

Answers (3)

Oliver Gebert
Oliver Gebert

Reputation: 1176

It might only be a caching issue in your browser. When 6.1 has been started on 4502 and then you have an other AEM/CQ version on that port (stop 6.1, start 5.6.1 or something like that), your browser will sometimes show the cached 6.1 login screen or at least some of the 6.1 images that are cached. Press SHIFT-Reload and all should be well.

Upvotes: 1

Isaías Sosa
Isaías Sosa

Reputation: 113

First of all there is no useful and logical reason to have two instances that does not comply with author|publish configuration.

But you can start a... e.g. test|author configuration:

Open ../crx-quickstart/bin/start.sh or .bat

Change CQ_PORT=4504 Change CQ_RUNMODE='test'

if [ -z "$CQ_PORT" ]; then CQ_PORT=4504 fi

if [ -z "$CQ_RUNMODE" ]; then CQ_RUNMODE='test' fi

Open ../crx-quickstart/conf/sling.properties

Change author by test sling.run.mode.install.options=test,publish|...

And start the instances in any order that you like.

Upvotes: 1

nateyolles
nateyolles

Reputation: 1921

You can run multiple instances of AEM on your local computer. In fact, as an engineer you should definitely run at least one author instance and one publish instance on your local computer so that you can test your work in both environments before committing any code.

You can rename the jar to cq-author-4502.jar, cq-publish-4503.jar or replace your port number. By naming the file cq-author-4512.jar and running java -jar cq-author-4512.jar, the instance will start up on port 4512.

If you want to start your instance using the start script, you need to update that script in the /crx-quickstart/bin directory. If you're on Linux or Mac update the start file. If you're on Windows update the start.bat file. Follow the instructions and replace 4502 with 4512 and author with publish if necessary. The /crx-quickstart/bin directory will be available after you run the jar file the first time.

Upvotes: 2

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