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Installing AEM Jar

Basic Installation Overview: The installation of AEM involves a few simple steps. Here’s how you can get started:

  1. Preparing the Installation Directory:
    • Create a root folder on your system where you want to install AEM. You can name it anything, for example, ‘AEM_SDK’.
    • Inside this root folder, create two subfolders: one for the author instance (named ‘author’) and one for the publish instance (named ‘publish’).
  2. Placing the AEM JAR and License Files:
    • Obtain the AEM JAR and its license file. Make sure you have the correct version of AEM as per your requirements.
    • Copy the AEM JAR file and the license file into both the ‘author’ and ‘publish’ folders.
  3. Renaming the JAR Files:
    • Rename the JAR file in each folder to reflect its purpose and the port it will use. For example, in the author folder, rename it to ‘aem-author-p4502.jar’, where ‘4502’ is the port number.
    • Similarly, in the publish folder, you might name it ‘aem-publish-p4503.jar’, with ‘4503’ as the publish instance port.
  4. Launching AEM:
    • Double-click on the renamed JAR file in the respective folder. This should start the AEM instance.
    • The first launch can take some time (around 15-20 minutes), as AEM initializes its environment.
  5. Logging into AEM:
    • Once the AEM startup process is complete, the login page should automatically open in your web browser.
    • Log in using the default credentials (username: admin, password: admin).