This section describes the Configuration for Connection used by the AEM Connector Seeds.

Step 1. Open the Aspire Admin UI.

Browse to the Aspire Admin UI. It is typically located at http://localhost:50505.

Step 2. Select the Connection option from the left-hand menu.

The “Connection” option, identified by a “connection” image , is located on the left side of the application, between the “Credentials” and “Connector Instances” options. Click on it to navigate to the “Connection” page.

Step 3. Specify Connection Description and Type.

Once on the “Connection” page, click on the “+New” option to create a new Connection or select an existing one to modify it.

• Description: specify a description for the Connection. It is advised for it to be concise and meaningful.
  
• Type: select “Adobe Experience” as the type for the Connection.

Step 4. Specify Connection General information.

Once the type has been selected, you will be presented with the “General” section of the “Connection” page. Here, you need to enter the following information for the Connection:

• Repository URL: the URL and port of the AEM Server.
• Fetch ACLs: check to fetch the documents acls.
• Use / to execute requests: check to include a slash character at the end of each node path for the JSON requests.
• Exclude Properties: specify filters about which documents to exclude.
  
  • Property Name: property of the node to check.
  • Expected Value: the expected value of the property.
  • Is regex: check if expected value is a regex.
• Include Properties: specify filters about which documents to include.
  
  • Property Name: property of the node to check.
  • Expected Value: the expected value of the property.
  • Is regex: check if expected value is a regex.
    
• Stop Crawl on Scan Error: if enabled, stops the crawl if an error occurs during the scan phase.

Step 5. Specify Connection Scope (Optional)

The “Scope” section is located between the “General” section and the “Connection Settings” section of the “Connection” page. Here, you can specify document inclusions and exclusions, based on the regular expression patterns:

• Scan excluded items: if enabled, scans excluded container items so documents inside them can be processed.
• Include patterns: list of regular expressions to match documents to be included in the crawl.
• Exclude patterns: list of regular expressions to match documents to be excluded from the crawl.

Step 6. Specify Connection Settings (Optional)

The “Connection Settings” section is located between the “Scope” section and the “Credentials” section of the “Connection” page. Here, you can specify custom settings for the AEM Server connection.

• Idle Connection Timeout: maximum time to keep an idle connection open (specified in milliseconds).
• Max Connections: maximum number of connections to be opened.
• Connections per Target: maximum number of connections to be opened for the same target.
• Connection Timeout: maximum connection wait time (specified in milliseconds).
• Socket Timeout: maximum socket response wait time (specified in milliseconds).
• Connection Throttling: check to enable connection throttling.
  
  • Throttling Period: the period to throttle the connection (specified in milliseconds).
  • Max Connections per Period: maximum number of connections to use during the throttling period.
• Maximum Retries: maximum number of retries for a failed document.
• Retry Delay: time to wait before a retry (specified in milliseconds).
• Use Proxy: check to configure a proxy.
  
  • Hostname: the proxy hostname.
  • Port: the proxy port.
  • Schema: the proxy schema.
  • Use Authentication: check to configure credentials for the proxy.
    • Username: the proxy username.
    • Password: the proxy username's password.

Step 7. Specify Credentials.

The “Credentials” section is located between the “Connection Settings” section and the “Policies” section of the “Connection” page. Here, you have to select a set of previously created AEM Connector Credentials to be used from the Credentials' combo box.

Step 8. Specify Policies (Optional)

The “Policies” section is the last section, located right below the “Credentials” section of the “Connection” page:

• Throttle Policy: here, you can select a previously created Throttling Policy from the Throttle Policy combo box.
• Route Policy: here you can select a previously created Routing Policy from the Route Policy combo box.
• Delete Policy: here, you can select a previously created Delete Policy from the Delete Policy combo box.

Step 9. Save the Connection

Click on the "Complete" button to save the new Connection (when updating, the button option will read "Save" instead of "Complete").