I tried to launch configmgr web in AEM cloud using the url path <instanceurl>/system/console/configmgr, it is giving access denied page. I am the admin of the instance and have all highest privileged roles
Cloud Manager doesn't allow access to system/console/configMgr for any of the instances (including dev). It is designed this way. Not even for admin user.
If you have to add some configuration still check below:
you can navigate to Program Overview> Environments.
Select the environment (example dev). go to the Configuration tab and add your configuration.
this is good to know, however there are many configuration related to different handlers like authentication etc, how do we this with the cloud configuration tab? do we need to have local instance for these configurations which comes under configmgr?
Yes, it is recommended for developers to have the local instance setup, test there first then move it to server since cloud manager has less accessible when compared to AMS or on prem. Also, you can check the status on developer console if you have access to it.
OSGI Configs has to be deployed via code through CI/CD Pipeline, We can't change on runtime since it will be saved under /apps which is a immutable folder. So we don't have access to it.
Just incase if you need to view the OSGI configs for debugging use developer console.
