Leveraging Amazon Kendra to Enhance the Intelligent Search Capabilities of Adobe Experience Manager

Amazon Kendra is an intelligent search service that utilizes machine learning to provide accurate search results. It allows users to aggregate content from various repositories into an index, making it easy to search and find information from different data sources. One of the content management platforms commonly used by organizations is Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), which is used for creating website and mobile app content. With the Amazon Kendra AEM connector, customers can index pages and assets from AEM, and search their data using Amazon Kendra’s intelligent search capabilities. The connector supports both AEM On-Premise and AEM Cloud Service instances. By configuring the connector, users can index their AEM content, filter the types of content they want to index, and search their AEM assets and pages. The connector also incorporates access control list (ACL) information for each document, ensuring that search results are filtered based on user access permissions. To use the Amazon Kendra connector for AEM, users need to set up OAuth2.0 and enable the OAuth Server authentication handler in AEM. They also need to register the OAuth client and generate the JWT token for server-to-server integration. Additionally, SSL needs to be set up for secure communication, and the AEM SSL configuration needs to be completed. Once these prerequisites are met, users can configure the data source using the Amazon Kendra connector for AEM. They can choose the source type (AEM On-Premise or AEM Cloud Service) and enter the AEM host URL. They also have the option to choose between Basic authentication or OAuth 2.0 authentication, depending on their preference. In the authentication step, users need to provide the necessary credentials, such as user name, password, client ID, client secret, and private key. Finally, users can configure VPC and security group settings if desired, and enable the Identity crawler to crawl identity information on users and groups with access to documents. Overall, the Amazon Kendra AEM connector allows users to seamlessly integrate their AEM content with Amazon Kendra’s powerful search capabilities, enabling efficient and secure search across multiple data sources.