Project Setup for AEM as a Cloud Service (AEMaaCS) Or AEM Using Maven Archetype

1. Prerequisites.

• Have access to an Adobe Experience Manager instance/jar. You will need aem 6.3 Service Pack 3, AEM 6.4 or AEM 6.5 or AEM Cloud.
• JAVA 11 (Recomended)
• Maven

2. Creating settings.xml file.

Look for the .m2 folder inside your user for your particular Operating System

• C:\Users\<YOUR-USERNAME>\.m2\settings.xml for Windows
• ~/.m2/settings.xml for Linux or Mac

If it is not there create settings.xml under the .m2 folder.

<settings
	xmlns="https://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0"
	xmlns:xsi="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="https://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0
                      https://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
	<profiles>
		<!-- ====================================================== -->
		<!-- A D O B E   P U B L I C   P R O F I L E                -->
		<!-- ====================================================== -->
		<profile>
			<id>adobe-public</id>
			<activation>
				<activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
			</activation>
			<properties>
				<releaseRepository-Id>adobe-public-releases</releaseRepository-Id>
				<releaseRepository-Name>Adobe Public Releases</releaseRepository-Name>
				<releaseRepository-URL>https://repo.adobe.com/nexus/content/groups/public</releaseRepository-URL>
			</properties>
			<repositories>
				<repository>
					<id>adobe-public-releases</id>
					<name>Adobe Public Repository</name>
					<url>https://repo.adobe.com/nexus/content/groups/public</url>
					<releases>
						<enabled>true</enabled>
						<updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
					</releases>
					<snapshots>
						<enabled>false</enabled>
					</snapshots>
				</repository>
			</repositories>
			<pluginRepositories>
				<pluginRepository>
					<id>adobe-public-releases</id>
					<name>Adobe Public Repository</name>
					<url>https://repo.adobe.com/nexus/content/groups/public</url>
					<releases>
						<enabled>true</enabled>
						<updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
					</releases>
					<snapshots>
						<enabled>false</enabled>
					</snapshots>
				</pluginRepository>
			</pluginRepositories>
		</profile>
	</profiles>
	<activeProfiles>
		<activeProfile>adobe-public</activeProfile>
	</activeProfiles>
</settings>

3. Create Your Project With Archetype.

Open your terminal and paste the command.

 mvn -B archetype:generate \
 -D archetypeGroupId=com.adobe.aem \
 -D archetypeArtifactId=aem-project-archetype \
 -D archetypeVersion=35\
 -D appTitle="My Site" \
 -D appId="mysite" \
 -D groupId="com.mysite" \
 -D aemVersion=cloud

• Archetype Version (You can use latest version) Click Here For Latest Version.
  -D archetypeVersion=35
• Title Of The Website.
  -D appTitle="My Site"
• Your project folder name.
  -D appId="mysite"
• Project Package Name
  -D groupId="com.mysite"
• Version of AEM
  -D aemVersion=cloud
  Or
  -D aemVersion=6.5.7 (Or 6.3.0 Or 6.4.0)

4. Navigate To Your Project Folder.

$ cd mysite

5. Build The Package.

$ mvn clean install
or
$ mvn clean install -PautoInstallPackage
** “autoInstallPackage” is a default maven profile included in pom.xml which will build and deploy your project to AEM running on localhost.

Happy Coding!