Cloud Manager FAQs cloud-manager-faqs

This document provides answers to the most frequently asked questions about Cloud Manager in AEM as a Cloud Service.

Is it possible to use Java™ 11 with Cloud Manager builds? java-11-cloud-manager

Yes. Add the maven-toolchains-plugin with proper settings for Java™ 11.

The process is documented - see Project Creation Wizard.

For example, see the wknd project sample project code.

My build fails with an error about maven-scr-plugin after switching from Java™ 8 through Java™ 11. What can I do? build-fails-maven-scr-plugin

Your AEM Cloud Manager build may fail when attempting to switch the build from Java™ 8 through 11. If you encounter the following error, then you must remove maven-scr-plugin and convert all OSGi annotations to OSGi R6 annotations.

[main] [ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.felix:maven-scr-plugin:1.26.4:scr (generate-scr-scrdescriptor) on project helloworld.core: /build_root/build/testsite/src/main/java/com/adobe/HelloWorldServiceImpl.java : Unable to load compiled class: com.adobe.HelloWorldServiceImpl: com/adobe/HelloWorldServiceImpl has been compiled by a more recent version of the Java Runtime (class file version 55.0), this version of the Java Runtime only recognizes class file versions up to 52.0 > [Help 1]

For instructions on how to remove this plugin, see From SCR annotations to OSGI annotations.

My build fails with an error about RequireJavaVersion after switching from Java™ 8 through Java™ 11. What can I do? build-fails-requirejavaversion

For Cloud Manager builds, the maven-enforcer-plugin can fail with this error.

"[main] [WARNING] Rule 1: org.apache.maven.plugins.enforcer.RequireJavaVersion".

This error is a known issue due to Cloud Manager using a different version of Java™ to run the maven command versus compiling code. Simply omit requireJavaVersion from your maven-enforcer-plugin configurations.

The code quality check failed and the deployment is stuck. Is there a way to bypass this check? deployment-stuck

Yes. All code quality check failures except for the security rating are non-critical metrics, so they can be bypassed as part of a deployment pipeline by expanding the items in the results UI.

A user with Deployment Manager, Project Manager, or Business Owner role can override the issues, in which case the pipeline proceeds or they can accept the issues, in which case the pipeline stops with a failure.

See the documents Code Quality Testing and Configuring Non-Production Pipelines for more details.

Can I use SNAPSHOT for the version of the Maven project? use-snapshot

Yes. For developer deployments, the git branch pom.xml files must contain -SNAPSHOT at the end of the <version> value.

This value allows subsequent deployment to still be installed when the version did not change. In developer deployments, no automatic version is added or generated for the maven build.

You can also set the version to -SNAPSHOT for stage and production builds or deployments. Cloud Manager automatically sets a proper version number and creates a tag for you in git. This tag can be referred to later, if necessary.

For further details about version handling see Maven Project Version Handling.

How does package and bundle versioning work for stage and production deployments? snapshot-version

In stage and production deployments, an automatic version is generated - see Maven Project Version Handling.

For custom versioning in stage and production deployments, set a proper three-part maven version like 1.0.0. Increase the version each time you deploy to production.

Cloud Manager automatically adds its version to stage and production builds and creates a git branch. No special configuration is required. If you do not set a maven version as described previously, the deployment still succeeds and a version is automatically set.

My maven build fails for Cloud Manager deployments but it builds locally without errors. What is wrong? maven-build-fail

See this git resource for more details.

What do I do if a Cloud Manager deployment fails at the deploy step in AEM as a Cloud Service? cloud-manager-deployment-cloud-service

The most common reason for a deployment to fail is due to insufficient permissions for the sling-distribution-importer user. In this situation, the deploy step fails during a Cloud Manager deployment and errors such as the following are generated.

[Queue Processor for Subscriber agent forwardPublisherSubscriber] org.apache.jackrabbit.vault.fs.io.Importer Error while committing changes. Retrying import from checkpoint at /. Retries 4/10
[Queue Processor for Subscriber agent forwardPublisherSubscriber] org.apache.sling.distribution.journal.impl.subscriber DistributionSubscriber Error processing queue item
org.apache.sling.distribution.common.DistributionException: Error processing distribution package
dstrpck-1583514457813-c81e7751-2da6-4d00-9814-434187f08d32. Retry attempts 162/infinite.
Caused by: org.apache.sling.api.resource.PersistenceException: Unable to commit changes to session.
Caused by: javax.jcr.AccessDeniedException: OakAccess0000: Access denied [EventAdminAsyncThread #7] org.apache.sling.distribution.journal.impl.publisher.DistributionPublisher [null] Error processing distribution package` `dstrpck-1583514457813-c81e7751-2da6-4d00-9814-434187f08d32. Retry attempts 344/infinite. Message: Error trying to extract package at path /etc/packages/com.myapp/myapp-base.ui.content-5.1.0-SNAPSHOT.

The sling-distribution-importer user needs additional permissions for the content paths defined in the ui.content package. This rule usually means you must add permissions for both /conf and /var.

The solution is to add a RepositoryInitializer OSGi configuration script to your apps deployment package to add ACLs for the sling-distribution-importer user.

In the previous example error, the package myapp-base.ui.content-*.zip includes content under /conf and /var/workflow. For the deployment to succeed, permissions for the sling-distribution-importer under those paths is needed.

Here’s an example of an org.apache.sling.jcr.repoinit.RepositoryInitializer-DistributionService.config OSGi configuration that adds additional permissions for the sling-distribution-importer user. The configuration adds permissions under /var. Such a configuration must be added to the application package under /apps/myapp/config (where myapp is the folder where your application code is stored).

My Cloud Manager deployment fails at the deploy step in AEM as a Cloud Service and I already added a RepositoryInitializer OSGi configuration. What else can I do? build-failures

If adding a RepositoryInitializer OSGi configuration did not solve the error, it may be due to one of these additional issues.

I am unable to set a variable using an aio command. What can I do? set-variable

You may receive a 403 error such as the following when attempting to list or set pipeline variables by way of aio commands.

$ aio cloudmanager:list-pipeline-variables 222

Cannot get variables: https://cloudmanager.adobe.io/api/program/111/pipeline/222/variables (403 Forbidden)

$ aio cloudmanager:set-pipeline-variables 222 --variable TEST 1

Cannot get variables: https://cloudmanager.adobe.io/api/program/111/pipeline/222/variables (403 Forbidden)

$ aio cloudmanager:set-environment-variables 1755 --variable TEST 1

setting variables... !

Cannot set variables: https://cloudmanager.adobe.io/api/program/111/environment/222/variables (403 Forbidden)

In this case, the user running these commands must be added to the Deployment Manager role in the Admin Console.

See API Permissions for more details.