Can we schedule Link Checker on weekly basis for production environment.?

[pathikparmar]

Hello Community,

We are planning to activate link checker feature on Production env, Can we schedule it on weekly basis or monthly basis? If it's possible then what will be the node properties.? If someone has configured prior please provide your suggestions. Thank you.

[tusharbias · Accepted solution]

AEM LinkChecker is based on an Event-Handler and gets called on create and update for /content and its child.

How it works:

• Author save any link (RTE or component), event handler get invoked.
• Link checker event Handler traverse /content and checks for new/updated links, once found it will store that mapping under /var/linkchecker cache folder
• Day CQ Link Checker Service - It checks for the scheduler.period configuration. Once scheduler time is met, it triggers the scheduler to validate the links syntax. You can configure the scheduler periord (AFAIR, its in seconds)
• Day CQ Link Checker Task - Syntax results are pushed under /etc/linkchecker. However, links remains in pending state until link checker task executed & validate these links.
  • This can also be scheduled in seconds.
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Hope this helps!