Configuring AEM environment for Native PDF publishing

Ensure that AEM server is down.

On the Windows taskbar, right-click the Windows icon and select System.

In the Settings window, under Related Settings, click Advanced system settings.

On the Advanced tab, click Environment Variables.

In system variables section, click “New” to create a new environment variable.

Enter variable name as JAVA_HOME.

In the value field, provide the Java Installation path and click Ok.

For example:

JAVA 11:

C:\Program Files\JAVA\jdk-11.0.15.1

JAVA 8:

C:\Program Files\JAVA\ jdk1.8.0_144

Add select Path from system variables and click Edit.

Now, inside Path variables provide the value of Server path and click Ok.

For example:

JAVA 11:

%JAVA_HOME%\bin\server\

JAVA 8:

%JAVA_HOME%\jre\bin\server\

Click ‘OK’ again on Environment variables dialog.

Click ‘OK’ again on System Properties dialog.

Now, start the AEM server.

Generate native PDF from presets in web editor.

Ensure that the AEM server is down

Verify the JAVA_HOME variable by doing echo $JAVA_HOME

If JAVA_HOME variable is not set, then follow step 4. Otherwise, move to step 5 directly.

Set JAVA_HOME variable using the below commands based on the installed java version

For example:

JAVA 11:

1. export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-11.0.15.1
2. export PATH=$PATH: $JAVA_HOME/bin
3. export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/jvm/jdk-11.0.15.1/lib/server:/usr/java/jdk-11.0.15.1/lib/server

JAVA 8:

1. export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-11.0.15.1
2. export PATH=$PATH: $JAVA_HOME/bin

Restart AEM Server and move to Step 12, if you are using Guides version 4.2 and higher.

Copy the “node_modules.zip” attached in the bottom of this article to the crx-quickstart/profiles/nodejs–b1aad0a7-9079-e56c-1ed8-6fcababe8166/ directory.

Open terminal in crx-quickstart/profiles/nodejs–b1aad0a7-9079-e56c-1ed8-6fcababe8166/ location.

Delete node_modules directory using below command

rm -rf node_modules

Unzip node_modules.zip using below command

unzip node_modules.zip

If unzip command is not installed/recognized, it can be installed using following command

yum install unzip

Install fontconfig package.
Command: yum install fontconfig

Generate native PDF from presets in web editor.

Install Oracle JAVA 11 or Oracle JAVA 8.

Set JAVA_HOME environment variable to the installed JAVA directory.

Open a Unix shell.
(Bash is used here for setting up the configuration)

Command: nano ~/.bashrc

Set JAVA_HOME variable using the below commands based on the installed java version

For example:

JAVA 11:

export JAVA_HOME= /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-11.0.15.1.jdk/Contents/Home

Reload bashrc

Command: source ~/.bashrc.

Verify JAVA_HOME is set using command echo $JAVA_HOME

Execute the below three commands from AEM installation path

C:/{aem-installation-folder}/crx-quickstart/profiles/nodejs–b1aad0a7-9079-e56c-1ed8-6fcababe8166

i) find . -type d -exec chmod 0755 {} ;
ii) find . -type f -exec chmod 0755 {} ;
iii) ./node-darwin/bin/node node-darwin/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js --prefix . install --unsafe-perm --scripts-prepend-node-path

Verify if Java is installed using the below command

i) Run ./node-darwin/bin/node command from /crx-quickstart/profiles/nodejs–b1aad0a7-9079-e56c-1ed8-6fcababe8166 folder

ii) a = require(‘java’)

Install fontconfig package.
Command: apt install fontconfig

Generate native PDF from presets in web editor.

Check whether the output preset is defined correctly or create a new output preset without spaces.

Verify the node resources directory at /libs/fmdta/node_resources to ensure that all the required libraries are installed during the installation.