5.1 General tasks

AEM forms JEE administration console is the web-based portal for accessing configuration pages where you can set run-time properties that control the way how AEM forms JEE operates. When you log in to the administration console, you can access User Management, Watched Folder, Email client configuration, and administrative configuration options for other services. The administration console also provides access to Applications and Services, which administrators use for managing archives and deploying services to production environment.

The default user name and password for logging in is administrator and password . After you log in the first time, access User Management and change the password.

Before you access administration console, AEM forms JEE must be deployed and running on your application server. For information about using administration console, see administration help .

1. Type the following URL in a web browser:

   http://[hostname]:[port]/adminui

   For example: http://localhost:9080/adminui

2. If you have upgraded to AEM forms on JEE, enter the same administrator user name and password as that of your previous installation. In case of a fresh installation, enter the default user name and password.

3. After you log in, click Services to access the service administration pages or click Settings to access the pages on which you can administer settings for different modules.

AEM forms on JEE creates one or more default users during the installation. The password for these users is in the product documentation and is publicly available. You must change this default password, depending on your security requirements.

The AEM forms on JEE administrator user password is set to “password” by default. You must change it in Administration console > Settings > User Management > Users and Groups and at the AEM Configuration Management web console.

AEM embedded within AEM forms on JEE creates two administrator users as mentioned below.

• Super Administrator (administrator) : The Super Administrator user can access various CRX UIs, except OSGi Management Console, and perform admin operations. The default username and password are same as AEM forms on JEE Administrator, administrator/password . The default password of this user can be changed using Administrator console only as mentioned in section Change default password of AEM forms on JEE Administrator . The changed password will be applicable for both AEM forms on JEE and Super Administrators.

• CRX Administrator (admin) : This user can access to OSGi console in addition to CRX UIs and has administrator privileges. The default username and password for the user are admin/admin . To change the default password, do the following:

  1. Type the following URL in a web browser.

     http://[hostname]:[port]/lc/libs/granite/security/content/useradmin.html

  2. Login using following credential:

     Username : admin

     Password : admin

  3. Search for user Administrator .

  4. Click on the user in left pane, the user details is displayed in the right pane.

  5. Click on Edit icon in the right pane.

  6. On the edit page in the right pane, provide new password in the New Password field and current password in Your Password field.

  7. Click Save icon in the right pane.

  8. Re-login using the changed password to verify.

AEM welcome page is the web-based portal for accessing various AEM components, administration, deployment and development tools.

Access the welcome page using the following steps:

1. Type the following URL in a web browser:

   http://[hostname]:[port]/lc/welcome

2. Enter the AEM forms administrators user name and password. The default user name and password for logging in is administrator and password (same as AEM forms on JEE Administrator).

3. After you log in, you can access various components, administration, deployment and development UIs.

AEM components are in form of OSGi bundles, which are deployed to Apache Felix OSGi container. OSGi console provides a way to manage OSGi bundles and services configurations.

Access the OSGi Management console using the following steps:

1. Type the following URL in a web browser:

   http://[hostname]:[port]/lc/system/console

2. Enter the CRX Administrator username and password as mentioned above. The default user name and password for logging in is admin and admin (same as CRX Administrator).

   Note: You cannot log into OSGi Management Console using the credentials of AEM forms on JEE Administrator or AEM Super Administrator.

3. After you log in, you can access various components, services, bundles and other configurations.

Events, such as run-time or startup errors, are recorded to the application server log files. If you have problems deploying to the application server, you can use the log files to help you find the problem. You can open the log files by using any text editor.

The following log files are located in the [appserver root] /profiles/ [profilename] /logs/ [server name] directory:

• SystemErr.log

• SystemOut.log

• startServer.log

FacesConfigur E org.apache.myfaces.config.FacesConfigurator configureRenderKits failed to configure class com.adobe.framework.jsf.renderkit.SecureInputRenderer java.lang.ClassCastException

This error occurs due to a different version of the IBM JSF engine expected by WebSphere. This is a known issue and this error can be safely ignored.