Question: Downsync from AEMaaCS Instance

[anianweber]

I have the following questions:

• Is it possible to copy content from a cloud instance into the local instance(s)?
• As far as i can tell, it is possible to download and install packages, but can one create them with the CLI as well?
• How can you register remote instances?
• Are there other recommendations how one could downsync content?

[krystian-panek-vmltech]

but can one create them with the CLI as well?

yes, use:

sh aemw package create -A --pid group:name:version --filter-file filter.xml

How can you register remote instances?

just define them with any other prefix than 'local_' for example 'remote_', 'integration_', etc

instance:

  # Full details of local or remote instances
  config:
    integration_author:
      http_url: http://x.x.x.x:4502
      user: admin
      password: pwd
    integration_publish:
      http_url: http://y.y.y.y:4503
      user: admin
      password: pwd

or use ad-hoc definitions

sh aemw package deploy --instance-url=admin:admin@x.x.x.x:4502

or

ENVS=integration_author=admin:admin@x.x.x.x:4502,integration_publish=admin:admin@x.x.x.x:4503
sh aemw package deploy --instance-url=$ENVS -A # only to author
sh aemw package deploy --instance-url=$ENVS -P # only to publish

copy content from a cloud instance

as far as I know only AEM author is reachable but via auth using bearer token; this is supported in predecessor of AEMC (https://github.com/wttech/gradle-aem-plugin) but not yet in AEMC. I just raised a ticket to cover that: #220 ;

basically to copy cloud to/from cloud instances Adobe developed few tools and documented these approaches. don't hesitate to find them ;)

[anianweber]

Thank you very much for the detailed response! I will try it as you described.
This "issue" therefore is closed.