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PriyankaKh4
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Custom oak indexing deployment issue

  • June 4, 2025
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Hi All,

I am trying to deploy my custom oak indexes which is placed under "ui.apps/src/main/content/jcr_root/_oak_index" and added the filter 

<filter root="/oak:index" mode="update"/>

When I try deploying my code locally below is the error 
[ERROR] ValidationViolation: Package of type 'APPLICATION' is not supposed to contain content outside root nodes 'apps' or 'libs'! @ jcr_root/_oak_index/.content.xml, line 63, validator: jackrabbit-packagetype, JCR node path: /oak:index
Found 41 violation(s) (with severity=ERROR). Check above errors for details -> [Help 1]
How can I fix this? Is there anything else I am missing?
Appreciate your help!


Best answer by SantoshSai

Hi @priyankakh4,

Can you try enabling the following configuration in your filevault-package-maven-plugin inside the ui.apps pom.xml?

<plugin> <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit</groupId> <artifactId>filevault-package-maven-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <allowIndexDefinitions>true</allowIndexDefinitions> </configuration> </plugin>

Why is this necessary?

It is necessary to enable the allowIndexDefinitions option in the filevault-package-maven-plugin:

  • allowIndexDefinitions: true - Allows packaging and deployment of custom Oak index definitions.

Official Adobe Documentation:
This requirement is documented in Adobe’s official guide on indexing for AEM as a Cloud Service:

Adobe AEM Indexing Guide

“To include custom indexes in your application content packages, it is necessary to enable the allowIndexDefinitions and noIntermediateSaves options in the filevault-package-maven-plugin.”

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SantoshSai
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June 4, 2025

Hi @priyankakh4,

Can you try enabling the following configuration in your filevault-package-maven-plugin inside the ui.apps pom.xml?

<plugin> <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit</groupId> <artifactId>filevault-package-maven-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <allowIndexDefinitions>true</allowIndexDefinitions> </configuration> </plugin>

Why is this necessary?

It is necessary to enable the allowIndexDefinitions option in the filevault-package-maven-plugin:

  • allowIndexDefinitions: true - Allows packaging and deployment of custom Oak index definitions.

Official Adobe Documentation:
This requirement is documented in Adobe’s official guide on indexing for AEM as a Cloud Service:

Adobe AEM Indexing Guide

“To include custom indexes in your application content packages, it is necessary to enable the allowIndexDefinitions and noIntermediateSaves options in the filevault-package-maven-plugin.”

Santosh Sai
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    PriyankaKh4Author
    June 4, 2025

    Hi @santoshsai,

    Thank you for your response, I have updated <allowIndexDefinitions>true</allowIndexDefinitions> the issue is still exists.

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      PriyankaKh4Author
      June 4, 2025

      @priyankakh4 Could you check what is the package type?

      <packageType>application</packageType>

      change it to 

      <packageType>mixed</packageType>

       


      Thank you @santoshsai it worked!

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