AEM Cloud Service SDK Universal Editor

[Ashwani_Agrawal]

Hi All,

I am trying to set up universal editor in my local and usinig AEM Cloud Service SDK (aem-sdk-2025.9.22758.20250928T092442Z-250900) for local development.

I have done below set up

• AEM - http running on port 4502
• AEM - https running on port 8443
• Local universal editor service running on port 8000
• Trusted the local certificate in the browser for self signed certificates

The problem I am facing is,

1. when I try to load AEM page running on https (port 8443) inside universal editor, it gives this error "Blocked autofocusing on a <input> element in a cross-origin subframe." I followed whats mentioned in this document - https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/experience-manager-cloud-service/content/implementing/dev... for same site cookie settings but it doesn't help and I continue getting the cross origin error. Has anyone come across the same issue
2. There is no Universal editor service related configuration available in OSGI console for me to configure anything. Is this expected ?

The issue doesn't comes up when I am setting up universal editor with AEM 6.5 on prem with SP 21+ and universal editor service package. I am able to successfully load pages running on AEM 6.5 (SP21) inside universal editor service and can successfully edit them as well, but with AEM cloud SDK, I am unable to do so because I cannot go past the AEM login screen inside the universal editor.

Anyone who can help on this ?

[TarunKumar]

There are few things that I'd like you to check in order to make it work:-

1. Configure Local AEM SDK for HTTPS:

2. The Universal Editor requires AEM to run on HTTPS locally. 

    Navigate to Tools > Security > SSL Configuration in your local AEM author instance.

    Follow the wizard to generate and configure an SSL certificate. For development, you can create a self-signed certificate using OpenSSL. 

3. Download and Set up the Universal Editor Service:

    Download the latest Universal Editor Service from the Adobe Software Distribution Portal. 

    Extract the downloaded zip file.

    Create a new directory (e.g., universal-editor-service) and copy the universal-editor-service.cjs file into it.

4. Create a .env file in this directory and configure environment variables, such as UES_PORT (e.g., 8000) and potentially UES_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED=false for development.

5. Start the Local Universal Editor Service:

    Open your terminal, navigate to the universal-editor-service directory, and run:

       

 node universal-editor-service.cjs​

6. Configure AEM for Universal Editor:

    Access the Configuration Manager in your local AEM instance (e.g., http://localhost:4502/system/console/configMgr).

    Locate the Apache Sling Referrer Filter and ensure the Universal Editor's local URL is added to the allowed referrers.

    Locate the Apache Sling Main Servlet and remove or modify the X-Frame-Options=SAMEORIGIN header to allow AEM pages to be loaded within the Universal Editor's iframe.

-Tarun