What you should know about installing, updating, and uninstalling.
Before You Install
Check our Compatibility Guide if you want to know whether Acrolinx for Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service (AEMaaCS) works with your local platforms.
Before you install, make sure that you have the following:
Adobe AEM as a Cloud Service (AEMaaCS) Compatibility
| Compatibility Matrix | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supported Adobe AEMaaCS Versions | Supported | Maintained | Deprecated | Support for Acrolinx AI Assistant and Suggestions |
| AEMaaCS Sites | 3.2.2 | 3.2.1 | 3.2.0 and earlier | 2.3.3 and later |
| AEM Guides 2026.06.0 | 3.2.2 | 3.2.1 | 3.2.0 and earlier | 2.3.3 and later |
Install
Notice
You'll need Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) administrator rights to install Acrolinx for AEM.
To use Acrolinx for AEMaacs, you'll need to integrate Acrolinx into your existing code repository.
To install Acrolinx for AEMaaCs, do the following:
Create a clone of your Cloud Manager's Git repository and copy the Acrolinx module from the Acrolinx for AEMaaCS Git repository to the root directory of the cloud manager code.
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Update the parent section of
/acrolinx/pom.xmlwith your parent project's pom details and change theartifact Idto match your application's naming convention. For example: Set the
artifactIdin/acrolinx/acrolinx.installer/pom.xmlper your application's naming conventions.-
Add "Acrolinx" as a module under
modulesin/acrolinx/pom.xmland enter a dependency for the Acrolinx installer in theallmodule in/acrolinx/pom.xml. For example:<dependency> <groupId>com.acrolinx.client</groupId> <artifactId>aemaacs-acrolinx-project-acrolinx-installer</artifactId> <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version> <type>zip</type> </dependency>
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Insert a section called
embeddedin the plugin section of theallmodule within thefilevault-package-maven-plugin. For example:<embeddeds> <embedded> <groupId>com.acrolinx.client</groupId> <artifactId>aemaacs-acrolinx-project-acrolinx-installer</artifactId> <type>zip</type> <target>/apps/wknd-packages/application/install</target> <!-- Adjust path as per your project--> </embedded> </embeddeds> -
Add the following environment variables to the cloud manager environment configuration:
Name
Value
Type
Default
Optional
Notes
ACROLINX_URLhttps://<tenant>.acrolinx.cloudvariable
No
ACROLINX_GENERIC_TOKENsecret-tokensecret
No
For information on how to get the ACROLINX_GENERIC_TOKEN, visit About Single Sign-On with Acrolinx
ACROLINX_FORWARD_COOKIEStruefalsevariable
falseYes
Update
To update AEMaaCS, change the acrolinx.version property in the properties section of /acrolinx/acrolinx.installer/pom.xml. For example:
<properties>
<acrolinx.version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</acrolinx.version>
<target.path.for.install>${project.build.outputDirectory}/jcr_root/apps/acrolinx-installer /install</target.path.for.install>
</properties>
Uninstall
To uninstall AEMaaCS, do the following:
Remove the Acrolinx module from your cloud project.
Remove the entries added to the parent section of
/acrolinx/pom.xmlduring installation.Remove the cloud configuration for the
Acrolinx URLand theACROLINX_GENERIC_TOKEN.Rerun the cloud manager pipeline.