Activation module

The Activation module publishes content from an author instance to a public instance, see the Activation overview page for more information about how activation works. In the Enterprise Edition of Magnolia, the functionality of this module is extended by the Transactional Activation module which ensures synchronization of content between multiple public instances.

The module can be replaced with the Publishing module, which offers a neater and more logical structure of publishing (activation) functions.

Installing

<dependency>
  <groupId>info.magnolia.activation</groupId>
  <artifactId>magnolia-module-activation</artifactId>
</dependency>

Configuration

The Activation module is configured in Configuration > /modules/activation .

Activate and deactivate commands

Users typically activate content by clicking Publish in the Action bar. The click executes an activate command which pushes the content from the author instance to subscriber instances. Conversely, when users click Unpublish the system executes a deactivate command which deletes the content from public instances.

The activate and deactivate commands are configured in /modules/activation/commands . The default catalog contains commands which just publish the content without versioning. Magnolia also provides a versioned command catalog. It contains identically named activate and deactivate commands which first version the content and then delegate to the default commands.

To use one of these commands, define the catalog and the command name in the action definition. See an example in Executing commands with actions.

Activation log storage

The activationLogStorage property defines where information about activations are logged. The default implementation MemoryActivationStorage keeps the information in memory.

How activation works

How activation works is described on the Activation overview page.

Troubleshooting

• Instances are not in sync
• Non EE receiver or subscriber
• Activation errors