A website hosted on AEM as a Cloud Service features site page content search as...

In AEM as a Cloud Service, indexes must be defined and deployed as part of the project code base. The recommended approach is to extend or customize the out-of-the-box (OOTB) indexes by modifying the Oak index definitions and deploying them via Maven and Cloud Manager pipelines. This ensures that indexes are version-controlled, consistently deployed across all environments (Dev, Stage, Prod), and aligned with CI/CD practices. Option B is incorrect because replicating index packages via Package Manager is not supported in AEM as a Cloud Service. Option C is valid in scenarios where entirely new indexes are needed, but the question specifies that the index is based on existing search requirements. Adobe documentation emphasizes customizing existing indexes as the most efficient way to support project-specific queries.