Abstract
Link checker provide the capability to validate all internal or external links authored on content page. AEM link checker is an event based and gets triggered on update of content.
It is not advisable to use link checker for large repositories which is going to have frequent changes/updates in links.
As it is event based and on creation or modification in node inside /content folder structure will create below mapping inside /var/linkchecker
Link Checker is responsible For:
Validating both external and internal links authored on the pages.
Show list of all external links authored on pages.
Perform link rewritten / transformation.
Internal Links
Internal links is all about AEM content pages link of same instance starting from /content. e.g. /content//us/en/home.html
Internal links on page gets validated as soon as added or updated on a page.
External Link
External links are those links which are outside of the AEM instance or different domain. e.g. https://www.google.com
External links validated based on their syntax and by checking their availability.
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Kautuk Sahni