Tree Activation — Detailed Reference

Publishes an entire content hierarchy in one operation via Classic UI.

Steps

1. Navigate to http://localhost:4502/miscadmin
2. Click Replication in the left sidebar → Activate Tree
3. Configure:

   Start Path:        /content/mysite/en
   Only Modified:     ✓  (publish only pages changed since last activation)
   Only Activated:    ✓  (skip pages never previously published)
   Ignore Deactivated: ✓ (skip pages explicitly deactivated)
   Dry Run:           ✓  (preview without publishing — always run first)

4. Click Dry Run — review the list of pages that would be affected
5. Uncheck Dry Run → click Activate
6. ✓ Verify: results summary shows success count and zero failures; check crx-quickstart/logs/replication.log for errors

Performance Guidance

• Use Only Modified to avoid replicating unchanged pages — reduces queue load significantly
• Schedule large tree activations during off-peak hours
• For very large trees (10k+ pages), consider chunking by sub-path
• Monitor the replication agent queue: Tools → Deployment → Replication → Agents on author → queue depth

When to Use

• Initial site launch (full tree)
• Large content migration (entire section)
• Bulk re-publication after template or component changes
• Recovery after replication queue failure that left pages un-replicated