AEM Console Admin Quick Bites
Purpose: Sixty-second admin tasks in the consoles — the "how do I quickly…" collection.
Who this page is for
| Audience | Why it matters to you |
|---|---|
| All engineers | Admin muscle memory |
| New joiners | Pairs with Lab 1 |
OSGi console bites (/system/console)
| Need | Bite |
|---|---|
| Is my bundle up? | /bundles → search symbolic name → state should be Active |
| Why isn't it? | Click bundle → Imported Packages → red entries name the gap |
| Component not activating? | /components → search → unsatisfied reference/config named |
| Live config value? | /configMgr → search PID → current values (file-config sourced shows binding) |
| Who provides interface X? | /services → search interface |
| Raise a log level temporarily | /slinglog → add logger for com.academy.phi at DEBUG → revert after |
| Recent request trace | /requests → pick the request → full processing breakdown |
| Which script rendered a URL? | /jcrresolver → paste URL → resolution trace |
CRXDE bites (/crx/de)
| Need | Bite |
|---|---|
| What did the dialog save? | Navigate to the component node under the page's jcr:content |
| Test a query | Tools → Query → JCR-SQL2 |
| Check effective ACLs on a node | Select node → Access Control tab |
| Follow a component's inheritance | Node's sling:resourceSuperType → jump to /apps or /libs path |
Package Manager bites (/crx/packmgr)
| Need | Bite |
|---|---|
| Export a content tree | Create package → add filter path → build → download |
| What did that deploy contain? | Package → Coverage |
| Undo last install (dev) | Package → More → Uninstall (restores the snapshot) |
Ops console bites (author → Tools/Operations)
| Need | Bite |
|---|---|
| Replication queue state | Deployment → Replication → agent → queue |
| Explain a slow query | Diagnosis → Query Performance → Explain |
| Maintenance task last-run | Maintenance → each window's task status |
| Health checks | Diagnosis → Health Reports |
| Who changed this page? | Sites → page → Timeline (or its Audit log) |
| Stuck workflows | Workflow → Instances/Failures → retry or terminate (playbook) |
User admin bites
| Need | Bite |
|---|---|
| Reproduce as a user | Security → Users → select → Impersonate (permissions triage) |
| Group membership check | Security → Groups → members tab |
| Create a service mapping | It's config, not console — service users |
Production caveat: consoles on prod are read-only culture (config management); these bites diagnose everywhere but change things only on dev/local.