Question
A CQ5 instance hosts multiple websites in different content branches. How is it possible to map a domain to a specific content branch to support multi-domain hosting scenarios?
Answer, Resolution
CQ5 which is based on Apache Sling [1] provides the necessary functionality through repository-based configuration. When resolving resources, these so-called mappings are applied.
The following example configuration is based on the Geometrixx website that comes per default with a CQ5 installation. The Geometrixx website is already multilingual and serves perfectly as example.
The goal is to configure these mappings:
| Domain | Content branch |
| www.geometrixx.fr | /content/geometrixx/fr |
| www.geometrixx.de | /content/geometrixx/de |
These nodes have to be created in the default workspace of the repository via the CRX Content Explorer, required nodetypes in brackets:
/etc
/map (sling:Folder)
/http (sling:OrderedFolder)
/www_geometrixx_fr (sling:Mapping)
/www.geometrixx.fr (sling:Mapping)
/www_geometrixx_de (sling:Mapping)
/www.geometrixx.de (sling:Mapping)
2 mappings are required:
- map the root context to the index-page of the language branch, e.g.
www.geometrixx.fr-->/content/geometrixx/fr.html - map resources to the corresponding language branch
Following is the JSON representation of the configuration necessary to map these 2 domains (/etc/map/http.tidy.-1.json):
{
"jcr:primaryType": "sling:OrderedFolder",
"www_geometrixx_fr": {
"sling:internalRedirect": [
"/content/geometrixx/fr.html"
],
"jcr:primaryType": "sling:Mapping",
"sling:match": "www.geometrixx.fr/$"
},
"www.geometrixx.fr": {
"sling:internalRedirect": [
"/content/geometrixx/fr",
"/"
],
"jcr:primaryType": "sling:Mapping"
},
"www_geometrixx_de": {
"sling:internalRedirect": [
"/content/geometrixx/de.html"
],
"jcr:primaryType": "sling:Mapping",
"sling:match": "www.geometrixx.de/$"
},
"www.geometrixx.de": {
"sling:internalRedirect": [
"/content/geometrixx/de",
"/"
],
"jcr:primaryType": "sling:Mapping"
}
}
Attached there is also a Content Package [2] with above example configuration.
Applies
CQ5.2.x, CQ5.3
[1] Apache Sling"s Flexible Resource Resolution
[2] geometrixx_domain_mapping.zip
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