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Following AEM 6.3 upgrade custom component configuration labels are missing

  • June 19, 2018
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We performed a 6.3 upgrade recently. For various reasons we stuck with Felix 1.9.8 annotations for now so I'm wondering if that's related. Anyway, labels and descriptions for our custom component configurations are missing. They look like this in the system config console.

The code for our main pom.xml looks like it does below. I'm wondering if something in our Maven configuration is incorrect or if this is just how Felix-annotated configuration will look and we need to speed up the move to OSGI annotations.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <!-- ====================================================================== -->
  <!-- P A R E N T P R O J E C T D E S C R I P T I O N -->
  <!-- ====================================================================== -->

   <groupId>com.oursite</groupId>
  <artifactId>oursite</artifactId>
  <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <packaging>pom</packaging>

  <name>Our Site</name>
  <description>Maven Multimodule project for Our Site.</description>

   <!-- ====================================================================== -->
  <!-- P R O P E R T I E S -->
  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
   <properties>
  <crx.host>localhost</crx.host>
  <crx.port>4502</crx.port>
  <publish.crx.host>localhost</publish.crx.host>
  <publish.crx.port>4503</publish.crx.port>
  <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
  <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
  </properties>

  <dependencyManagement>
  <dependencies>
   <!-- OSGi Dependencies -->
   <dependency>
  <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
  <artifactId>org.osgi.core</artifactId>
  <version>6.0.0</version>
  <scope>provided</scope>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
  <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
  <artifactId>osgi.cmpn</artifactId>
  <version>6.0.0</version>
  <scope>provided</scope>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
  <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
  <artifactId>osgi.annotation</artifactId>
  <version>6.0.1</version>
  <scope>provided</scope>
  </dependency>
   <!-- Logging Dependencies -->
   <dependency>
  <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
  <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
  <version>1.7.25</version>
  <scope>provided</scope>
  </dependency>
   <!-- Adobe AEM Dependencies -->
   <dependency>
  <groupId>com.adobe.aem</groupId>
  <artifactId>uber-jar</artifactId>
  <version>6.3.1.2</version>
  <scope>provided</scope>
  <classifier>obfuscated-apis</classifier>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
  <groupId>com.adobe.cq</groupId>
  <artifactId>core.wcm.components.all</artifactId>
  <type>zip</type>
  <version>1.0.6</version>
  </dependency>
   <!-- Apache Sling Dependencies -->
   <dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.sling</groupId>
  <artifactId>org.apache.sling.models.api</artifactId>
  <version>1.3.2</version>
  <scope>provided</scope>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.sling</groupId>
  <artifactId>org.apache.sling.models.impl</artifactId>
  <version>1.4.6</version>
  <scope>provided</scope>
  </dependency>
   <!-- Servlet API -->
   <dependency>
  <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
  <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
  <version>2.5</version>
  <scope>provided</scope>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
  <groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>
  <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
  <version>2.1</version>
  <scope>provided</scope>
  </dependency>
   <!-- JCR -->
   <dependency>
  <groupId>javax.jcr</groupId>
  <artifactId>jcr</artifactId>
  <version>2.0</version>
  <scope>provided</scope>
  </dependency>
   <!-- Taglibs -->
   <dependency>
  <groupId>com.day.cq.wcm</groupId>
  <artifactId>cq-wcm-taglib</artifactId>
  <version>5.7.4</version>
  <scope>provided</scope>
  </dependency>

   <!-- Testing -->
   <dependency>
  <groupId>junit</groupId>
  <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
  <version>4.12</version>
  <scope>test</scope>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
  <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
  <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
  <version>1.5.11</version>
  <scope>test</scope>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
  <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
  <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
  <version>2.7.22</version>
  <scope>test</scope>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
  <groupId>junit-addons</groupId>
  <artifactId>junit-addons</artifactId>
  <version>1.4</version>
  <scope>test</scope>
  </dependency>


   <!-- Supporting Customizations -->
   <dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
  <artifactId>org.apache.felix.configadmin</artifactId>
  <version>1.8.0</version>
  <scope>provided</scope>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
  <artifactId>org.apache.felix.eventadmin</artifactId>
  <version>1.4.2</version>
  <scope>provided</scope>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
  <artifactId>org.apache.felix.scr</artifactId>
  <version>2.0.0</version>
  <scope>provided</scope>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
  <artifactId>org.apache.felix.scr.annotations</artifactId>
  <version>1.9.8</version>
  <scope>provided</scope>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
  <groupId>biz.aQute.bnd</groupId>
  <artifactId>annotation</artifactId>
  <version>2.3.0</version>
  <scope>provided</scope>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
  <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
  <version>3.3.2</version>
  <scope>provided</scope>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
  <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
  <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
  <version>2.5</version>
  <scope>provided</scope>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
  <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
  <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
  <version>1.5</version>
  <scope>provided</scope>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
  <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
  <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
  <version>2.4</version>
  <scope>provided</scope>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
  <groupId>com.day.commons</groupId>
  <artifactId>day-commons-jstl</artifactId>
  <version>1.1.4</version>
  <scope>provided</scope>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.sling</groupId>
  <artifactId>org.apache.sling.scripting.jsp.taglib</artifactId>
  <version>2.2.4</version>
  <scope>provided</scope>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
  <artifactId>geronimo-atinject_1.0_spec</artifactId>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <scope>provided</scope>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
  <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
  <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
  <version>3.0.0</version>
  <scope>provided</scope>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
  <groupId>javax.inject</groupId>
  <artifactId>javax.inject</artifactId>
  <version>1</version>
  <scope>provided</scope>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
  <groupId>com.coresecure.brightcove.cq5</groupId>
  <artifactId>brightcove-services</artifactId>
  <version>5.1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
  <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
  <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
  <version>2.3</version>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
  <groupId>org.jsoup</groupId>
  <artifactId>jsoup</artifactId>
  <version>1.9.2</version>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
  <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
  <artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
  <version>3.1</version>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
  <artifactId>httpcore-nio</artifactId>
  <scope>provided</scope>
  <version>4.3.2</version>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.sling</groupId>
  <artifactId>org.apache.sling.xss</artifactId>
  <version>1.0.0</version>
  </dependency>
  </dependencies>
  </dependencyManagement>
   <!--
  Inclusion of repositories in POMs is controversial, to say the least.
  It would be best if you proxied the Adobe repository using a Maven
  Repository Manager. Once you do that, remove these sections.
  -->
   <repositories>
  <repository>
  <id>adobe-public-releases</id>
  <name>Adobe Basel Public Repository</name>
  <url>https://repo.adobe.com/nexus/content/groups/public</url>
  <releases>
  <enabled>true</enabled>
  <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
  </releases>
  <snapshots>
  <enabled>false</enabled>
  </snapshots>
  </repository>
  </repositories>
  <pluginRepositories>
  <pluginRepository>
  <id>adobe-public-releases</id>
  <name>Adobe Basel Public Repository</name>
  <url>https://repo.adobe.com/nexus/content/groups/public</url>
  <releases>
  <enabled>true</enabled>
  <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
  </releases>
  <snapshots>
  <enabled>false</enabled>
  </snapshots>
  </pluginRepository>
  </pluginRepositories>
  <build>
  <plugins>
  <plugin>
  <groupId>com.day.jcr.vault</groupId>
  <artifactId>content-package-maven-plugin</artifactId>
  <extensions>true</extensions>
  </plugin>
  </plugins>
  <pluginManagement>
  <plugins>
   <!-- Maven Enforcer Plugin -->
   <plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
  <executions>
  <execution>
  <id>enforce-maven</id>
  <goals>
  <goal>enforce</goal>
  </goals>
  <configuration>
  <rules>
  <requireMavenVersion>
  <version>[3.3.9,)</version>
  </requireMavenVersion>
  <requireJavaVersion>
  <message>Project must be compiled with Java 8 or higher</message>
  <version>1.8.0</version>
  </requireJavaVersion>
  </rules>
  </configuration>
  </execution>
  </executions>
  </plugin>
   <!-- builds groovy code -->
   <plugin>
  <groupId>org.codehaus.gmaven</groupId>
  <artifactId>gmaven-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>1.5</version>
  <executions>
  <execution>
  <goals>
  <goal>compile</goal>
  </goals>
  <configuration>
  <providerSelection>1.8</providerSelection>
  </configuration>
  </execution>
  </executions>
  <dependencies>
  <dependency>
  <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
  <artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>
  <version>2.3.6</version>
  </dependency>
  </dependencies>
  </plugin>
  <plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-scr-plugin</artifactId>
  <configuration>
  <scanClasses>true</scanClasses>
  </configuration>
  <executions>
  <execution>
  <id>generate-scr-descriptor</id>
  <goals>
  <goal>scr</goal>
  </goals>
  </execution>
  </executions>
  <version>1.26.0</version>
  </plugin>
  <plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>3.3.0</version>
  </plugin>
  <plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>3.1</version>
  <configuration>
  <source>1.8</source>
  <target>1.8</target>
  </configuration>
  </plugin>
  <plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>2.6</version>
  </plugin>
  <plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>2.8.2</version>
  </plugin>
  <plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>2.5.2</version>
  </plugin>
  <plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>2.17</version>
  </plugin>
  <plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.sling</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-sling-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>2.2.0</version>
  <configuration>
  </configuration>
  </plugin>
  <plugin>
  <groupId>com.day.jcr.vault</groupId>
  <artifactId>content-package-maven-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>0.5.1</version>
  <extensions>true</extensions>
  <configuration>
  <failOnError>true</failOnError>
  </configuration>
  </plugin>
  <plugin>
  <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>2.9.1</version>
  <configuration>
  <excludePackageNames>
   *.impl

   </excludePackageNames>
  </configuration>
  </plugin>
  <plugin>
  <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
  <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>0.7.1.201405082137</version>
  <executions>
  <execution>
  <id>default-prepare-agent</id>
  <goals>
  <goal>prepare-agent</goal>
  </goals>
  </execution>
  </executions>
  </plugin>
  <plugin>
  <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>3.0.1</version>
  <configuration>
  <rulesets>
  <ruleset>acs/pmd/rules.xml</ruleset>
  </rulesets>
  </configuration>
  <dependencies>
  <dependency>
  <groupId>com.adobe.acs</groupId>
  <artifactId>coding-standards</artifactId>
  <version>0.0.1</version>
  </dependency>
  </dependencies>
  </plugin>
  <plugin>
  <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
  <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>3.0.0</version>
  </plugin>
  <plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>2.12.1</version>
  <configuration>
  <linkXRef>false</linkXRef>
  <configLocation>acs/checkstyle/checks.xml</configLocation>
  <includeResources>false</includeResources>
  <includeTestResources>false</includeTestResources>
  </configuration>
  <dependencies>
  <dependency>
  <groupId>com.adobe.acs</groupId>
  <artifactId>checkstyle-osgi-checks</artifactId>
  <version>0.0.3</version>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
  <groupId>com.adobe.acs</groupId>
  <artifactId>coding-standards</artifactId>
  <version>0.0.1</version>
  </dependency>
  </dependencies>
  </plugin>
   <!--This plugin's configuration is used to store Eclipse m2e settings
  only. It has no influence on the Maven build itself. -->
   <plugin>
  <groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
  <artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
  <version>1.0.0</version>
  <configuration>
  <lifecycleMappingMetadata>
  <pluginExecutions>
  <pluginExecution>
  <pluginExecutionFilter>
  <groupId>org.codehaus.gmaven</groupId>
  <artifactId>gmaven-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>1.5</version>
  <goals>
  <goal>compile</goal>
  </goals>
  </pluginExecutionFilter>
  <action>
  <execute />
  </action>
  </pluginExecution>
  <pluginExecution>
  <pluginExecutionFilter>
  <groupId>
   org.apache.felix

   </groupId>
  <artifactId>
   maven-scr-plugin

   </artifactId>
  <versionRange>
   [1.26.0,)

   </versionRange>
  <goals>
  <goal>scr</goal>
  </goals>
  </pluginExecutionFilter>
  <action>
  <ignore />
  </action>
  </pluginExecution>
  </pluginExecutions>
  </lifecycleMappingMetadata>
  </configuration>
  </plugin>
  </plugins>
  </pluginManagement>
  </build>

  <profiles>
  <profile>
  <id>autoInstallPackage</id>
  <build>
  <plugins>
  <plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.sling</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-sling-plugin</artifactId>
  <executions>
  <execution>
  <id>install-bundle</id>
  <goals>
  <goal>install</goal>
  </goals>
  </execution>
  </executions>
  </plugin>
  </plugins>
  </build>
  </profile>

  <profile>
  <id>analysis</id>
  <build>
  <plugins>
  <plugin>
  <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
  <executions>
  <execution>
  <phase>package</phase>
  <goals>
  <goal>pmd</goal>
  <goal>cpd</goal>
   <!-- build will fail on warnings -->
   <goal>check</goal>
  </goals>
  </execution>
  </executions>
  </plugin>
  <plugin>
  <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
  <executions>
  <execution>
  <phase>package</phase>
  <goals>
  <goal>javadoc</goal>
  </goals>
  </execution>
  </executions>
  </plugin>
  <plugin>
  <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
  <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
  <executions>
  <execution>
  <phase>package</phase>
  <goals>
  <goal>check</goal>
  </goals>
  </execution>
  </executions>
  </plugin>
  <plugin>
  <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
  <executions>
  <execution>
  <phase>package</phase>
  <goals>
  <goal>checkstyle</goal>
  </goals>
  </execution>
  </executions>
  </plugin>
  </plugins>
  </build>
  </profile>
  <profile>
  <id>analysisCI</id>
  <build>
  <plugins>
  <plugin>
  <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
  <executions>
  <execution>
  <phase>package</phase>
  <goals>
  <goal>pmd</goal>
  <goal>cpd</goal>
  </goals>
  </execution>
  </executions>
  </plugin>
  <plugin>
  <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
  <executions>
  <execution>
  <phase>package</phase>
  <goals>
  <goal>javadoc</goal>
  </goals>
  </execution>
  </executions>
  </plugin>
  <plugin>
  <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
  <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
  <executions>
  <execution>
  <phase>package</phase>
  <goals>
  <goal>findbugs</goal>
  </goals>
  </execution>
  </executions>
  </plugin>
  <plugin>
  <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
  <executions>
  <execution>
  <phase>package</phase>
  <goals>
  <goal>checkstyle</goal>
  </goals>
  </execution>
  </executions>
  </plugin>
  </plugins>
  </build>
  </profile>
  </profiles>
  <modules>
  <module>bundle</module>
  <module>content</module>
  <module>brightcove</module>
  </modules>
</project>

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Best answer by prestonModOp

I played around with the POM settings and figured out the problem. I was using version 1.26.0 of the Felix maven-scr-plugin dependency. Once I switched back to 1.20.0 this stared working correctly. So that plugin should look like this.

<plugin>

<groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>

<artifactId>maven-scr-plugin</artifactId>

<configuration>

<scanClasses>true</scanClasses>

</configuration>

<executions>

<execution>

<id>generate-scr-descriptor</id>

<goals>

<goal>scr</goal>

</goals>

</execution>

</executions>

<version>1.20.0</version>

</plugin>

5 replies

kautuk_sahni
Community Manager
Community Manager
June 19, 2018

The development of the Apache Felix SCR Plugin is in maintenance mode. You should use the official annotations from the OSGi R6 specification.

Read:- Official OSGi Declarative Services Annotations in AEM - Adobe Experience Manager | AEM/CQ | Apache Sling

-Kautuk

Kautuk Sahni
Level 3
June 19, 2018

Why would labels and descriptions start working with AEM 6.3, though? Is there something we can do until we upgrade?    

smacdonald2008
Level 10
June 19, 2018

If you have access to a fresh install of AEM 6.3 - try that use case on that server. LEts see if its a upgrade issue or not working in AEM 6.3 for some reason.

Level 3
June 19, 2018

Try this use case meaning try a pom file like the above, but with a clean install and a basic component configuration?         

prestonModOpAuthorAccepted solution
Level 3
June 19, 2018

I played around with the POM settings and figured out the problem. I was using version 1.26.0 of the Felix maven-scr-plugin dependency. Once I switched back to 1.20.0 this stared working correctly. So that plugin should look like this.

<plugin>

<groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>

<artifactId>maven-scr-plugin</artifactId>

<configuration>

<scanClasses>true</scanClasses>

</configuration>

<executions>

<execution>

<id>generate-scr-descriptor</id>

<goals>

<goal>scr</goal>

</goals>

</execution>

</executions>

<version>1.20.0</version>

</plugin>