What is the best way to re-sync AEM with latest content from production? | Community
Skip to main content
S
SupportMember
Level 6
November 26, 2021
Solved

What is the best way to re-sync AEM with latest content from production?

  • November 26, 2021
  • 3 replies
  • 1704 views

We have production, staging, qa, and dev cloud environments. We want to re-sync all the content from production to staging, qa, and dev. What is the best way for us to do this in an automated way?

This post is no longer active and is closed to new replies. Need help? Start a new post to ask your question.
Best answer by rajaram33

Hi @supportmember  since you are asking automated way.One suggestion i can provide is to use the crx2oak tool from server shell script and schedule it using cron job to sync between repositories

https://experienceleague.adobe.com/docs/experience-manager-65/deploying/upgrading/using-crx2oak.html?lang=en

 

Example:

Create script.sh file using java - Crx2oak script and schedule that script in crontab

 

 

crontab -e

add an entry

0 10 * * * sh your_script.sh > your_log_fi 

 

3 replies

R
rajaram33Accepted solution
Level 2
November 27, 2021

Hi @supportmember  since you are asking automated way.One suggestion i can provide is to use the crx2oak tool from server shell script and schedule it using cron job to sync between repositories

https://experienceleague.adobe.com/docs/experience-manager-65/deploying/upgrading/using-crx2oak.html?lang=en

 

Example:

Create script.sh file using java - Crx2oak script and schedule that script in crontab

 

 

crontab -e

add an entry

0 10 * * * sh your_script.sh > your_log_fi 

 

    B_Sravan
    Community Advisor
    B_SravanCommunity Advisor
    Community Advisor
    November 27, 2021

    In my opinion, using CRX2Oak tool could be the best approach.

    Guide lines : https://experienceleague.adobe.com/docs/experience-manager-65/deploying/upgrading/using-crx2oak.html?lang=en 

    See the pros and cons of other approaches : https://medium.com/globant/aem-content-synchronization-cb1e15b0c3f8 

      Nirmal_Jose
      Adobe Employee
      Nirmal_JoseAdobe Employee
      Adobe Employee
      November 29, 2021

      There are different ways to do it based on

      1. how frequent you need the re-sync

      2. how big is your repository

      3. How is your infrastructure deployment 

       

      There is a decision making diagram published in a white paper by Adobe and is referenced at https://experienceleaguecommunities.adobe.com/t5/adobe-experience-manager/aem-author-to-author-content-replication-for-sync/m-p/391480/highlight/true#M9778 on which is the best way to sync it. 

      Once you are clear on what and how you want to sync, then we can choose how to automate it. As mentioned in other answers, crx2oak tool provides a way to migrate data between two repositories. If you are on a cloud infrastructure, it might be easier with a backup process in the cloud setup, eg. snapshots in AWS and control the specifics using env configurations while start up. 
      If you are a datacenter hosted on-prem solution and if you are okay with offline clone, it might be as simple as zipping the crx-quickstart folder and copying over with a script. 
      If the content sync is incremental on a daily basis, you can select package based replication and make use of https://adobe-consulting-services.github.io/acs-aem-commons/features/automatic-package-replicator/index.html
      There are many open source wrapper tools which can provide you better interface, resilience and performance for online sync eg https://github.com/TWCable/grabbit 
      As a disclaimer, a full sync of an online instance with a huge repo always has a risk of corruption, so select your sync strategy based on your needs and then automate it.

        Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement

        Loading footer...