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- Supports "context-specific" configuration and system-wide configuration
- Supports inheritance of configuration parameter across nested contexts
- Provides a simple ValueMap and Resource-based API to access configuration values
- Supports lists of configurations
- Links content subtrees with configuration nodes via
cq:confproperty - Stores configuration in
/conftree of repository - Designed with security in mind (good control of ACLs in /conf)
- Provides a simple but useful web console plugin for debugging configuration resolving: http://localhost:4502/system/console/conf
Cloud Service Configurations (since CQ 5.5)
Available in AEM for quite a long time, it's primary usecase is to configure AEM marketing cloud solution integrations or other hosted cloud solutions. But the mechanisms can be used to build custom configuration pages as well, and use the Java API of com.day.cq.wcm.webservicesupport to access this configuration.
Some documentation links:
- https://docs.adobe.com/docs/en/aem/6-2/develop/extending/cloud-service-configurations.html
- https://docs.adobe.com/docs/en/aem/6-2/develop/extending/cloud-service-configurations/creating-a-custom-cloud-service.html
- https://docs.adobe.com/docs/en/aem/6-2/develop/ref/javadoc/com/day/cq/wcm/webservicesupport/package-summary.html
Key features:
- Assign to a page cloud configuration of each type. This configuration is inherited automatically to all subpages.
- Configurations are maintained separate from content in
/etc/cloudservices - Uses AEM templates and component to define the edit mode of the configuration pages
- Provides a ValueMap and Resource-based API to access configuration values
wcm.io Configuration
Open Source Library for AEM, support AEM 6.0, 6.1 and 6.2.
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