Using CAPTCHAs with AEM Adaptive Forms

Last update: March 25, 2025
  • Applies to:
  • Experience Manager 6.4
  • Experience Manager 6.5

CREATED FOR:

  • Intermediate
  • Developer

Adding and using a CAPTCHA with AEM Adaptive Forms.

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This video walks through the process of adding a CAPTCHA to an AEM Adaptive Form using both the built-in AEM CAPTCHA service as well as Google’s reCAPTCHA service.

NOTE
This feature is available only with AEM 6.3 onwards.
NOTE
To configure reCaptcha on publish instance please follow the steps
Configure reCaptach on author instance
open the Felix web console on the author instance
search for com.adobe.granite.crypto.file bundle
Note the bundle id. On my instance it is 20
Navigate to the bundle id on the file system on your author instance
  • <author-aem-install-dir>/crx-quickstart/launchpad/felix/bundle20/data
  • Copy the HMAC and master files
Open the felix web console on your publish instance. Search for com.adobe.granite.crypto.file bundle. Note the bundle id
Navigate to the bundle id on the file system of your publish instance
  • <publish-aem-install-dir>/crx-quickstart/launchpad/felix/bundle20/data
  • delete the exisiting HMAC and master files.
  • paste the HMAC and master files copied from the author intance
Restart your AEM publish server