Dispatcher Flush UI

Purpose

Allow AEM authors (or “super authors”) to flush parts of the dispatcher cache manually without the involvement of IT Operations.

How to Use

• Log in to AEM Author
• Navigate to Tools
• Under the acs-commmons folder, create a folder named “dispatcher-flush” (NOTE: As of 1.6.0, this folder is created automatically)
• Under the dispatcher-flush folder, create a new Page of Template type “Dispatcher Flush”
  • Note: After v1.2.0, Dispatcher Flush templates creation will be limited to:
    • /etc/acs-commons/dispatcher-flush
    • /etc/dispatcher-flush
    • /etc/replication
• Give the page a logical naming (“Brand X Site” or “Brand Y Site”)
• Open the page and edit the component
  • Add all the paths you would like to flush for the particular site
  • Select the “flush type”
    • Invalidate Cache touches .stat files invalidating the cache
    • Delete Cache deletes the files from Dispatcher
• Verify that all the expected Dispatcher Flush Agents are listed below the configuration and the paths are correct.
• Press the “Flush Paths” button
  • If the “Flush Paths” button does not appear something is wrong with the configuration or no Flush Agents are available.
  • Note: Resource-Only flush agents are NOT supported.
• The page will refresh indicating the successful status of your Flush request
• If there are problems, review the Dispatcher Flush Agent Logs

Note: This requires Dispatcher Flush Replication Agents to be setup on Author. If your Dispatcher Flush agents reside on Publish, you will need to setup a parallel set on AEM Author with the setting of “Ignore Default”