How does AEM Sites move a page from author to publish?

In Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), moving a page from the author environment to the publish environment is accomplished using a Replication Agent. This process is crucial for managing and synchronizing content across different environments.

The Replication Agent is a mechanism that facilitates the transfer of content authored in the AEM Author instance to the AEM Publish instance. When a page is created, updated, or deleted in the Author environment, the Replication Agent acts upon these changes to propagate them to the Publish instance. This ensures that the content is consistent and up-to-date on the live site, allowing users to see the most current information.

The role of the Replication Agent is to establish a communication pathway between the two environments, ensuring that any modifications made during the authoring process are reflected in the public-facing site when replication occurs. This agent can be configured to handle various types of content and can be set to operate automatically or manually, depending on the needs of the organization.

In contrast, the other options do not fulfill this specific function. The Reverse Replication Agent is used to send content from the Publish instance back to the Author instance, which is not relevant to moving content from author to publish. The Dispatcher acts as a caching and load balancing mechanism, optimizing content