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In addition to SaaS and PaaS deployment approaches for Liferay DXP, you can also opt to self-host Liferay DXP. Self-hosting gives you flexibility to deploy Liferay DXP on-premises or to a cloud computing provider of your choice, giving you complete control over deployment, infrastructure, and maintenance.

Feature
Deployment Approach
Custom Code and Patch Compatibility
Official Documentation
Custom Code and Patch Compatibility Subscribers If you deploy code that customizes or patches your DXP 7.2 installation, you must maintain its compatibility with all patches you're using. The...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Slimming Down Patched Installations
Official Documentation
Slimming Down Patched Installations Subscribers In Liferay DXP 7.2, patch information is retained in Patch Files in the installation by default. This facilitates restoring DXP to a previous patch...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Applying a Hotfix
Official Documentation
Applying a Hotfix Subscribers A Hotfix is a fix or collection of fixes delivered between Updates (or between Fix Packs for versions before DXP 7.3 SP3) to address a customer's confirmed critical...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Backing Up
Official Documentation
Backing Up Once you have your DXP installation running, you should implement a comprehensive backup plan that accounts for unforeseen events. Backup copies are also valuable for testing updates...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Maintaining Clustered Installations
Official Documentation
Maintaining Clustered Installations Setting up your Liferay DXP installation to function in a cluster provides performance and scalability improvements, but also requires additional consideration...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Blue-Green Deployments
Official Documentation
Blue-Green Deployments Blue-green is a deployment technique in which you duplicate your production environment (the blue environment) and modify the duplicate (the green environment) with software...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Performing Rolling Restarts
Official Documentation
Performing Rolling Restarts The rolling restart cluster maintenance process involves shutting down and updating nodes one at a time (while the other nodes are running) until they're all updated....
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Advanced Patching for DXP 7.2
Official Documentation
Advanced Patching for DXP 7.2 Here are the DXP 7.2 advanced patching topics: Using Slim Bundles demonstrates conserving disk space by using DXP fix pack bundles that don't include Patch Files. ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Using Slim Bundles
Official Documentation
Using Slim Bundles Subscribers Liferay DXP 7.2 Fix Packs and Service Packs are also released bundled with the Tomcat application server. They are available as traditional bundles and Slim Bundles....
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Installing Patches in Earlier Versions
Official Documentation
Installing Patches in Earlier Versions Subscribers The Patching Tool applies Fix Packs (including Security Fix Packs and Service Packs) for versions prior to Liferay DXP 7.3 SP3. It also applies...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Configuring the Patching Tool
Official Documentation
Configuring the Patching Tool Subscribers The Patching Tool can be adapted to any DXP installation. The tool's auto-discovery option is the easiest way to configure the Patching Tool. If you...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Uninstalling Patches
Official Documentation
Uninstalling Patches Subscribers After you install a patch, you may decide to restore your installation to a previous patch level. Here you'll learn how to Uninstall Patches Revert (uninstall)...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Updating Previous Versions of Liferay
Official Documentation
Updating Previous Versions of Liferay Staying current with updates gives you the best security and quality. Security Updates are releases that address the latest security issues immediately. ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
JVM Configuration
Official Documentation
JVM Configuration As of Liferay DXP 2024.Q3+/Portal GA125+, Liferay DXP/Portal requires a Java JDK 17 or 21 (prior versions support JDKs 8 and 11) with specific JVM option settings. There are also...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Activating Liferay DXP
Official Documentation
Activating Liferay DXP Subscription Required Liferay DXP is activated using an XML (.xml) activation key. It specifies your DXP subscription terms or trial agreement. When you run Liferay DXP for...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Maintenance and Troubleshooting in Docker
Official Documentation
Maintenance and Troubleshooting in Docker The Liferay Docker container has tools for maintenance and troubleshooting out-of-the-box. You can set various environment variables to modify settings...
Published Date: Aug 16, 2024 3:43 PM
Configuring a Database
Official Documentation
Configuring a Database By default for demonstration purposes, Liferay DXP/Portal is configured to use an embedded HSQL database. Beyond demonstration purposes, we recommend using a full-featured,...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:49 PM
Self-Hosted Installation and Upgrades
Official Documentation
Self-Hosted Installation and Upgrades
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:49 PM
Installing Liferay
Official Documentation
Installing Liferay Liferay runs on an application server. There are three ways to host Liferay: Using a Docker container Using a Liferay Tomcat bundle, on premises On a supported application...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:49 PM
Installing a Liferay-Tomcat Bundle
Official Documentation
Installing a Liferay-Tomcat Bundle The Tomcat Bundle includes the Apache Tomcat application server with Liferay DXP/Portal pre-deployed. It's the easiest, fastest way to install Liferay on...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:49 PM