How to initiate Reindexing in AEM

Statement : How to reindex in AEM 6.3

Pre-requsite:

• AEM 6.3 is up and running
• ACS-common package is installed

Below approaches can be used for reindexing :

Approach 1: Reindex using CRXDE Lite console

• Go to this path /oak:index/cqPageLucene and Change the reindex property to true by default it will be false only.
  
• Save the changes
• Re-indexing will be triggered immediately
• Observe the Log file to Check whether index is triggered or not. in the log file you moght see the statement - Indexing is in progress...
• After re-indexing is done, the re-index property will be auto changed to False

Approach 2: Reindex using OAK Index Manager

• Download and install OAK Index Manager package from this site : https://adobe-consulting-services.github.io/acs-aem-commons/
• go to this URL to open the Indexin page : http://host:port/etc/acs-commons/oak-index-manager.html
• Select the node name to be used for the Reindexing
• Click on the Reindex icon.
• Observe the log file index start and completion.