3.8 Central Migration Bridge service

The Central Migration Bridge service helps you to migrate existing applications from your Adobe Central Pro Output Server or Adobe Web Output Pak products to work with the Output service. The Central Migration Bridge service allows you to use your current IFD/MDF templates, data transformation scripts, and DAT files in a AEM forms on JEE environment as part of an overall migration strategy.

Note: The Central Migration Bridge is useful only if you have existing Central Pro applications to migrate.

Authorized use of Central Migration Bridge

To use the Central Migration Bridge service, you must have a valid license for Central Pro Output Server 5.7 or an executed Central Pro Output Server 5.7 migration agreement. To install Central Pro Output Server 5.7, use your existing media and existing product authorization code (PAC). Your PAC is for a specific operating system platform; if this differs from the operating system platform on which you are installing AEM forms on JEE, you will need to acquire a PAC for that operating system. Contact your Adobe representative for more information regarding migration, or acquiring Central Pro Output Server 5.7 media or PAC.

Installation considerations

The Central Migration Bridge service interacts directly with the Central Pro (version 5.7) executable files. You must have Central Pro installed on the same server as AEM forms on JEE, but it is not a prerequisite to installing AEM forms on JEE (that is, it can be installed before or after AEM forms on JEE). Consult the Central Pro documentation set for installation instructions.

Important: Do not start Central Pro or change its properties to run automatically.

On Windows, the Central Pro service Adobe Central Output Server is installed as a manual service. Do not run the service or change its properties to run automatically.

On AIX, Linux, or Solaris, do not start the Central Pro daemon jfdaemon . If you edited the start-up script of your computer to launch jfdaemon when restarting the computer, change the script to prevent the daemon from being launched automatically. (See the Central Pro installation documentation.) Do not start Central from the command line by launching the jfserver process.

Note: The AEM forms on JEE User that invokes the Central Migration Bridge service must have access rights to the Central Pro install directory as well as execute permissions on the Central Pro executable files.

AEM forms on JEE turnkey installations

If you are installing and configuring a AEM forms on JEE turnkey environment using Express mode, the Central Migration Bridge service will be installed and configured by default - you will not be prompted for any input.

Note: Ensure that the Adobe Central Pro product is installed in the default directory.

AEM forms on JEE custom installations

If you are installing and configuring AEM forms on JEE using the Custom mode (Partial turnkey or Manual), Configuration Manager will prompt you to include Central Migration Bridge in the deployment.

By default, the service will use the default Central Pro installation path. If Central Pro is installed in a different location, update the [Central Install Dir] configuration for the Central Migration Bridge Service by going to administration console.
Note: In a clustered environment, you must install Central Pro on each node of the cluster.

When you have finished installing AEM forms on JEE, if Central Pro is not installed in the default location, do the following steps to point AEM forms on JEE to the correct directory:

  1. Log in to administration console.

  2. Click Services > Applications and Services > Service Management .

  3. Click the Central Migration Bridge:1.0 service.

  4. Type the correct path to the Central Pro install directory.

  5. Click Save .

Note: This configuration can also be made in Workbench. See Creating and managing processes in Workbench documentation.

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