DXP Self-Hosted Installation, Maintenance, and Administration

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Installing Liferay

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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 on WebLogic

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Installing on WebLogic If you are using WebLogic as your application server, it is highly recommended to install DXP to a WebLogic Managed server. A managed server can start and stop DXP quickly...

Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:49 PM

Installing on WildFly

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Installing on WildFly Installing on WildFly requires installing the DXP WAR, installing dependencies, configuring WildFly, and deploying DXP on WildFly. You must also configure your database and...

Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:49 PM

Container Lifecycle and API

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Container Lifecycle and API At a high level, the container starts Tomcat with Liferay deployed on it. Additionally, however, the container entry point provides an API for executing these use cases:...

Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:49 PM

Docker Image Versions

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Docker Image Versions Liferay Docker image tags begin with a Liferay software version and end with an image version. [Liferay software version] [image version] For example, Liferay DXP 7.4.13...

Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:49 PM

Configuring Containers

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Configuring Containers Everything that is configurable in a Liferay installation is configurable in a Liferay Docker container. Here are the most common things to configure: JVM Options Portal...

Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:49 PM

Running Scripts in Containers

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Running Scripts in Containers If there's more that you want to do in the Liferay container beyond setting up Tomcat and Liferay files, deploying arifacts, and applying patches, you can use scripts....

Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:49 PM

Patching Earlier DXP Versions

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Patching Earlier DXP Versions Liferay DXP uses Bundle Releases for its latest releases. Please see Updating Liferay if you are applying an Update. All Hotfixes are patches. If you're applying a...

Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:49 PM

Providing Files to the Container

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Providing Files to the Container The Liferay container uses the files you provide to execute the following use cases: Configure Liferay with .properties Files and .config files Configure Tomcat...

Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:49 PM

Accessing DXP Patch Code

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Accessing DXP Patch Code Subscribers Liferay DXP Fix Pack and Hotfix source code is available in a private GitHub repository called liferay-dxp. The source code facilitates identifying and...

Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:47 AM

Installing the Patching Tool

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Installing the Patching Tool Subscribers The Patching Tool is easy to install and update. Installation Download the Patching Tool from the Customer Portal. For DXP 7.3+, download the latest...

Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:47 AM

Updating Liferay

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Updating Liferay Liferay DXP 7.3 SP3+/Portal 7.4 GA1+ Update your Liferay installation with Bundle Releases. The latest features, security releases, as well as library updates are all delivered...

Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:47 AM

Migrating Liferay Instances

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Migrating Liferay Instances Liferay DXP 2025.Q2+/Portal GA148+ [Beta Feature](https://learn.liferay.com/web/guest/w/dxp/system-administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags#beta-feature-flags) ...

Published Date: Apr 25, 2025 4:46 PM

Provisioning Liferay in Kubernetes

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Provisioning Liferay in Kubernetes Cloud environments require a layer of orchestration to manage containers, and that is usually Kubernetes. If you're already heavily invested in the cloud, you can...

Published Date: May 16, 2025 4:35 PM