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How to Automate AEM Offline Revision Cleanup

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2/21/25

How to Automate AEM Offline Revision Cleanup

by @giuseppebag 

 

Dear AEM Community,

 

I'd like to share my recently published article exploring how to transform the critical but tedious process of AEM Offline Revision Cleanup into an automated, one-command operation.

 

Introduction

AEM's Oak repository eventually suffers from performance issues as unused data accumulates. My article presents a Bash script that transforms the tedious manual cleanup process into a single-command operation with built-in safety checks. This automation approach not only saves time but also reduces human error risk during critical maintenance operations.

 

Key Points

-  A powerful Bash script that automates AEM Offline Revision Cleanup with built-in safety checks.

-  More than just a wrapper for oak-run.jar—it includes pre-flight checks, path validation, interactive prompts, and atomic operations.

-  Features robust argument parsing, a streamlined Oak command engine, and safeguards to prevent data corruption.

-  Covers advanced customizations like monitoring, alerting, and dynamic retries for enterprise use.

-  Turns ORC from a tedious manual task into a scalable, low-risk automation advantage.

 

Full Article

Read the full article on https://medium.com/@giuseppebaglio/how-to-automate-aem-offline-revision-cleanup-f95db0729e71 to find out more, including the complete script, step-by-step implementation guide, and troubleshooting tips.

 

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