An Adobe Experience Manager team is using an additional DEV environment in Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service as their UAT env. An Adobe Experience Manager architect is asked to configure a dedicated url endpoint to be used as preview service for the same environment. Which configuration will accomplish this task?

In Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) as a Cloud Service, OSGi configurations are managed as code within the ui.config project. To apply a configuration to a specific service and environment, a runmode-specific folder structure is used. The standard naming convention is /apps//osgiconfig/config... The Preview service is a type of publish tier, intended for content review before final publication. Although the dedicated runmode for the Preview service is preview, among the choices provided, publish is the most closely related service tier. Option B correctly places the configuration in the ui.config project and uses the standard runmode syntax to target a publish-like service for the specified uat environment.

A. OSGi configurations must be placed in the ui.config project. The ui.apps.structure project is used to define repository structures (e.g., empty folders), not to deploy configuration files.
C. This option incorrectly targets the author service, which is used for content creation, not for previewing. Additionally, the runmode folder format config.uat.author is non-standard; the service should precede the environment name.

1. Adobe Experience League - AEM Project Structure: This document specifies the purpose of different sub-packages in an AEM project. It states, "The ui.config project contains OSGi configurations..." This confirms that options A is incorrect as it places the configuration in the wrong project (ui.apps.structure).

Source: Adobe Experience League, "AEM Project Structure," Section: ui.config.

2. Adobe Experience League - Configuring OSGi for AEM as a Cloud Service: This official documentation details the runmode resolution and folder naming conventions. It specifies the format config.., where can be author, publish, or preview. This confirms the syntax used in option B is correct, while the syntax in option C is incorrect.

Source: Adobe Experience League, "Configuring OSGi for AEM as a Cloud Service," Section: "Runmode Resolution."

3. Adobe Experience League - Preview Service: This document describes the Preview service, noting that "The Preview service is a type of publish tier..." and that its specific runmode is preview. This supports the reasoning that, in the absence of a preview option, targeting the publish tier is the most logical choice for a publish-like function.

Source: Adobe Experience League, "Previewing Content," Section: "Preview Service."