Documentation to setup AEM Dispatcher with help of Docker with bare minimum configuration. In addition, set up Docker Plugin in IntelliJIdea to optimize the working with dispatcher.

Step 1

Checkout the below repository using below command

git clone https://github.com/vivekdhiman/disptcher-docker-setup.git

Step 2 Change Renderer in dispatcher.any will be change according to environment. you can use below command to find the IP

ipconfig getifaddr en0

Open the termination and navigate to docker directory. i.e. /disptcher-docker-setup/local/docker

Step 3

Build the httpd+dispatcher image of name dispatcher-apache by using below command.

docker build -t dispatcher-apache .

This command execute the Dockerfile present in current directory. In terminal, you can view the step by step instructions gets execute for the image.

Step 4

Now you need to run the docker container and specify the name. The command in a whole will be similar like below.

• HOSTIP <--> IP Address for container , can be replace with HOSTIP=$(ipconfig getifaddr en0)
• dispatcher-app <--> Container Name
• dispatcher-apache <--> Image File

docker run -dit -e HOSTIP=$(ipconfig getifaddr en0) --rm --name dispatcher-app -p 8080:80 dispatcher-apache

Step 5

Test Dispatcher by hitting URL [http://aem.dispatcher-dev:8080/] , you must be getting response 404. In that case setup has been completed.

Step 6

To update and reflect and change in configuration file.

• We must first stop the container as with below command.

  docker stop dispatcher-app

• Rebuild Image (Step 2)

• Start the Container (Step 3)

Please read the following blog to manager docker based apache and dispatcher using intelliJ IDEA plugins.

[http://aemcorner.blogspot.com/2019/11/dispatcher-apache-management-using.html ]

Platform where this tested so far

OS Version - Mac

Installed Docker Version - 2.1.0.4

Apache - httpd:2.4

Dispatcher - 4.2.3