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Cloud

Liferay Cloud Platform provides the infrastructure and tooling necessary to simplify, secure, and deliver applications on Liferay DXP when using the SaaS or PaaS deployment approaches. Using Liferay’s Cloud infrastructure provides a secure, reliable, and scalable platform for building Liferay solutions.

The Liferay Cloud Platform includes DevOps CI/CD tools, automated backups, real-time logs, and much more.

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Exporting Data
Exporting Data Various analytics data can be accessed through the sites dashboard and the individuals dashboard. Analytics data can also be fetched and exported using Analytics Cloud's APIs....
Querying Data
Querying Data The root endpoint of Liferay Analytics Cloud is . You can get the list of all data types endpoints by requesting a GET to the above URL. Try with curl curl -i -L -H "Authorization:...
Multi-Factor Authentication
Multi-Factor Authentication Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is required for all Analytics Cloud users. This additional layer of security helps to protect users from cyberattacks such as phishing...
Scoping Sites and Individuals Using Properties
Scoping Sites and Individuals Using Properties A Property allows you to define and associate a label to a single or multiple sites. This allows you to aggregate the analytics data for all...
Managing Users
Managing Users If you are the workspace Owner or have been assigned the Admin permission, you can invite and manage users. Here's how to bring up the User Management page: Click on Settings in...
Data Control and Privacy
Data Control and Privacy Analytics Cloud provides administrative tools for managing individual data and privacy. Use these tools to assist you in meeting General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)...
Tracking Usage
Tracking Usage Analytics Cloud plans are limited by the total amount of individuals and page views synced from data sources. When either limit is exceeded, Analytics Cloud users are prompted to...
Troubleshooting Data Sources
Troubleshooting Data Sources Misconfigured environments or data sources can prevent or disrupt access to Liferay DXP data sources. Here's how to troubleshoot DXP data source issues. No Network...
Managing Data Sources
Managing Data Sources After connecting Liferay DXP to your workspace, you can view and make changes to them from the settings page. Navigate to Settings → Workspace Data → Data Sources. See the...
Contact Sync Data Reference
Contact Sync Data Reference When you sync contacts from your Liferay Instance, you can choose different fields from the Contacts table and the User table. Fields are selected from the contacts...
Definitions
Definitions There are four types of definitions: Individuals: attributes of individuals accessing your site Events: default and custom actions that happen on your site Event Attributes:...
Managing API Access
Managing API Access Liferay Analytics Cloud supports access to its analytics data via a set of API endpoints. You can access and integrate the data either through RESTful APIs or data export. Some...
Managing Workspaces
Managing Workspaces You can view and change your workspace settings from the settings page. Navigate to Settings → Workspace Settings → Workspace. Workspace Name: The name of your analytics...
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Analytics Cloud Activation Troubleshooting Data Sources
Workspace Data
Workspace Data In settings view, and manage the data sources that sync with Analytics Cloud. Click the settings link at the bottom left of the UI. Manage API access by creating or revoking access...
Workspace Settings
Workspace Settings In settings, view and manage your Analytics Cloud workspace. Click the settings link at the bottom left of the UI. Invite other users and manage access to the workspace. View...
Reference
Reference
Configuring Externally Managed Services
Configuring Externally Managed Services Externally managed services are created, configured, and managed outside the Liferay Helm chart. Database Configuring an external database for Liferay in...
Liferay Helm Values Reference
Liferay Helm Values Reference Helm is configured in YAML. Below are descriptions of the Liferay default Helm chart values. affinity: {} # Set Liferay DXP StatefulSet spec...
Configuring a VPN Server
Configuring a VPN Server The following scenario walks through how to set up an IPsec or OpenVPN VPN server. Once a VPN server is configured, a secure connection can be established between an...
Cloud
Cloud Liferay DXP is prepackaged with all the configurations you need to host your application on the cloud. For more information on installing cloud-ready Liferay bundles, see Provisioning Liferay...
VPN Integration Overview
VPN Integration Overview Liferay Cloud provides a VPN client-to-site connection that has port forwarding and redundant tunnels support. This feature is commonly used to connect a subscriber's...
Private Network
Private Network Every environment has its own private network. This lets services from the same environment communicate through multiple secure communication protocols without having to interact...
Setting Up Clustering in Liferay Cloud
Setting Up Clustering in Liferay Cloud This article outlines the steps necessary to configure clustering for your Liferay DXP instance in Liferay PaaS. Contents: Enable the Clustering...
Deploying to the Liferay Service
Deploying to the Liferay Service As with other services, deploying custom additions involves adding your configurations or files to the appropriate locations in your Git repository. However,...
Configuring Your GitHub Repository
Configuring Your GitHub Repository Your Liferay Cloud onboarding email contains a link to a GitHub repository hosted in the dxpcloud organization. This repository is a template for a team's...
Updating Your DXP Instance to a New Minor Version
Updating Your DXP Instance to a New Minor Version Regularly updating your Liferay DXP installation is an important part of maintaining your Liferay PaaS environment. Use the available tags on the...
Configuring Your Azure Repository
Configuring Your Azure Repository Your Liferay Cloud onboarding email contains a link to a GitHub repository hosted in the dxpcloud organization. This repository is a template for a team's private...
Upgrading Your Liferay DXP Instance
Upgrading Your Liferay DXP Instance Every three months, Liferay releases a new quarterly release version of Liferay DXP that includes security and bug fixes, as well as enhancements. To upgrade to...
Getting Started
Getting Started Getting started with Liferay Cloud (SaaS or PaaS) involves ensuring all accounts, environments, and services have been successfully provisioned and deployed in your instance. Begin...
Liferay PaaS Go-Live Checklist
Liferay PaaS Go-Live Checklist Liferay Cloud is committed to your project's smooth launch. This go-live checklist should help you catch potential issues in advance and optimize your Cloud...
Environment Teams and Roles
Environment Teams and Roles Administrators can manage team members and roles in each project environment using the Liferay Cloud Console. Each environment can have unique members, and each member...
Configuring Your GitLab Repository
Configuring Your GitLab Repository Your Liferay Cloud onboarding email contains a link to a GitHub repository hosted in the dxpcloud organization. This repository is a template for a team's private...
Application Metrics
Application Metrics With Liferay Cloud's built-in monitoring, you can track resources used by each environment service. These application metrics include memory and CPU usage, as well as network...
Understanding Liferay Cloud Environments
Understanding Liferay Cloud Environments A Liferay Cloud project can have multiple environments, each for a different purpose (e.g., development, staging, production, etc.). Each environment has a...
Quotas and Resource Usage
Quotas and Resource Usage Quotas are the maximum number of resources available for a given Liferay Cloud project. Administrators may configure services and environments to use resources according...
Logging into Your Liferay Cloud Services
Logging into Your Liferay Cloud Services By default, you must log in to access the web interfaces for the Liferay and Infrastructure services on any non-production environment (e.g., uat)....
Manage and Optimize
Manage and Optimize Liferay Cloud offers numerous tools to help you efficiently manage your projects. Resource Management The Liferay Cloud dashboard has built-in tools to help you track and...
Migrating to Liferay Cloud
Migrating to Liferay Cloud Liferay Cloud is a secure and reliable enterprise platform built for high availability, scalability, and performance. Running a Liferay DXP instance on Liferay Cloud...
Real-Time Alerts
Real-Time Alerts Liferay Cloud can alert system administrators of unexpected behaviors in a project. Examples of unexpected behaviors include auto-scaling events, higher than expected memory...
Stage 7: Connecting the VPN
Stage 7: Connecting the VPN If required for your development environment, the last stage of migration is to connect your Cloud environment to your private network. This involves configuring (or...
Scaling the Liferay Service
Scaling the Liferay Service Liferay Cloud's auto-scaling feature automatically creates and destroys Liferay service instances as needed to optimize performance. You can choose the minimum and...
Stage 2: Creating Data Backup Files
Stage 2: Creating Data Backup Files Now that the Liferay versions match between your on-premises and Liferay Cloud environments, you must prepare the data from your installation for migration. This...
Stage 4: Migrating DXP Configurations and Customizations
Stage 4: Migrating DXP Configurations and Customizations Now that your database and document library are applied to your Liferay Cloud environment, the next stage of migration is to migrate your...
Stage 3: Uploading and Restoring the Data Backup
Stage 3: Uploading and Restoring the Data Backup With your Liferay DXP database and document library in a compatible format, the next stage is to upload them together as a single backup to Liferay...
Restoring Data from a Backup
Restoring Data from a Backup During project development, there may be times when you must restore data or roll back the project to an earlier state. Restoring a backup to an environment restores...
Stage 8: Next Steps After Migration
Stage 8: Next Steps After Migration Congratulations! If you have completed all of the previous stages in this section, then you have successfully migrated your on-premises Liferay DXP installation...
Platform Services
Platform Services In Liferay Cloud, the processes necessary to host and maintain a site are run by platform services. Each service corresponds to a part of what is necessary to keep your...
Stage 6: Migrating Search Configurations
Stage 6: Migrating Search Configurations Now that your web server configurations are deployed to Liferay Cloud, the next stage of migration is to migrate your search configurations. This involves...
Continuous Integration
Continuous Integration Liferay Cloud uses Jenkins to power its continuous integration infrastructure service. When you send a pull request or push a commit to one of your pre-configured GitHub...
Backup Service
Backup Service Maintaining regular backups is vital to protecting your project's data. The Liferay Cloud backup service stores iterations of environment data that can be used to restore your...
Database Service
Database Service The database service is a proxy in Liferay Cloud to the Cloud SQL service in the Google Cloud Platform where the database itself resides. The database service provides tools for...
Changing Your Database Username
Changing Your Database Username The database username is defined by the lcp-secret-database-user secret and can be changed at any time. When this value is changed, a user with the new credentials...
Using the Database Client
Using the Database Client Viewing data in the database is sometimes necessary to troubleshoot an issue with your application or for custom development. In order to access the database, you must use...
Search Service (Elasticsearch)
Search Service (Elasticsearch) The Elasticsearch service is the text search engine for your Liferay DXP application. It's a private service that only communicates with the other services in your...
Changing Your Database Password
Changing Your Database Password Changing the database password for your database service also affects the other services that must connect to the database. Updating your database password...
Breaking Changes
Breaking Changes Breaking changes in the Cloud platform are changes that break or alter existing functionality of the platform's console, services, or infrastructure. These changes can impact the...
Liferay Cloud Version 5 Changes
Liferay Cloud Version 5 Changes Liferay Cloud version 5 comes with several changes and new features: ModSecurity Capabilities with Nginx Improved Regional Persistence Prepare and Swap Backup...
Liferay Cloud Support
Liferay Cloud Support Liferay is committed to providing excellent service and customer experience. Liferay Cloud customers have several means to contact support, including opening a Support ticket...
Command-Line Tool
Command-Line Tool The CLI tool can be used to view and manage your Liferay Cloud services. Once installed, you can run lcp --help in your terminal to view available actions. You can run the -v or...