aem-hotfix-installer

This utility automates the process of installing hotfixes on an AEM instance in the order specified. It is still a work in progress and will keep evolving so, please use at your own risk. If you have any nice additions to the code, please submit an issue and a corresponding PR and I will try my best to include it.

Please look at the current list of issues to see what additions are being considered.

I have not tested this for Service Pack Installs.

Sample config.properties file

host=localhost
port=4502
username=admin
password=admin
installPackages=false
maxNumberOfRetries=10
maxWaitTimeMS=4000
hotfixes=acs-aem-commons-content-2.1.0-min.zip,cq-6.1.0-hotfix-9104-1.0.zip

To use

• Create a folder that will have the config.properties and the hotfix packcages.

• Update the config.properties file.

  • host= AEM Host
  • port= AEM Port
  • username= AEM Username
  • password= AEM Password
  • installPackages= Flag to determine if the packages should be uploaded and installed (true) or just uploaded (false)
  • maxNumberOfRetries = Only used with the "silent" flag. The number of calls that will be made to /crx/packmgr/installstatus.jsp to get the installation status.
  • maxWaitTimeMS = Only used with the "silent" flag. The time in ms between calls made to /crx/packmgr/installstatus.jsp.
  • hotfixes=List of HFs to be installed, in order. The names here should match the file names of the packages.
    • for example "acs-aem-commons-content-2.1.0.zip, cq-6.1.0-hotifx-9104-1.0.zip"

• Then run executable jar like java -jar aem-hotfix-installer-1.4-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar /path/to/directory/containing/config.properties/and/hotfix/packages

• To check which hotfixes from the properties file is currently installed on the target system run the command with the "check" flag.

  • Example java -jar aem-hotfix-installer-1.4-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar /path/to/directory/containing/config.properties/and/hotfix/packages check

• To run in silent mode execute using the command below. I would recommend using the silent mode ONLY on non production environments.

  • Example java -jar aem-hotfix-installer-1.4-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar /path/to/directory/containing/config.properties/and/hotfix/packages silent

Logging

• It creates a hotfix_installer.log file that logs all the package install details.