AEM 6.5 On-Prem Setup Guide

This document covers the setup for AEM 6.5 and upgrading to Service Pack-12.

Prerequisites:

The following software is required for installation in one’s local environment:

• AEM Quickstart Jar, Service Pack -12 package and license details
• Java 8/ 11 (Open JDK or Oracle Java)
  • Java 8 supported after SP-9 upgrade, here we are setting up SP-12.

Step 1 - Install Java

Adobe Experience Manager is a Java application and requires the Java SDK to support the development tooling.

• Download and install the latest java SDK11+
• Verify Java 11 SDK is installed by running the command:
  • Windows: java -version
  • macOS / Linux: java –version

For Java/JDK 11- Path variables that need to be set:

• Create the system or user variables for the following:
  • Search Edit the system environment variable of your account
  • Create a new variable name and paste the JDK path and save it

Step 2 - Setup Local AEM instances

• Two basic run modes can be installed: Author and Publish. The Author run mode is the environment that developers will use to create and manage content.
• When developing most of the time you will be deploying code to an Author instance.
• The Publish instance is the AEM environment in that visitors to your website will interact
• Extract the AEM quickstart Jar and rename the jar file.
• Aem-author-p4502.jar (Application Name-Run mode-Port No.)
• Open command/ terminal and run the command java –jar aem-author-p4502.jar and enter a password using admin.

• AEM Server will be up in 5 minutes and the AEM console will open on port 4502.
• The following screen comes up when the server is up and enters a password use admin.

Step 5 - Install Service Pack 12

Install the service pack on Experience Manager 6.5

• Restart the instance before installation if the instance is in update mode (when the instance was updated from an earlier version). Adobe recommends a restart if the current uptime for an instance is high.
• Before installing, take a snapshot or a fresh backup of your Experience Manager instance.
• Download the service pack from Software Distribution.
• Open Package Manager and click Upload Package to upload the package. To know more, see Package Manager.
• Select the package and click Install and refresh the page.

Congratulations With this the AEM On-Prem Setup is completed successfully.