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Liferay DXP is a robust platform with its own navigation menus, configuration methods, and core features. These core features are foundational to effective system administration, maintenance, notifications, and other core platform functions.

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Configuring a Shutdown Event
Configuring a Shutdown Event In the Shutdown tab you can initiate a graceful shutdown event, warning Users of the impending shutdown and instructing them to save any work in progress. When you...
Managing System Resources
Managing System Resources The Server Administration panel's Resources tab contains several features, all related to low-level monitoring and management of the system's resources: FunctionPurpose...
Configuring Single Sign-On
Configuring Single Sign-On Liferay Portal/DXP supports many ways of authenticating, from token-based solutions to standards such as OpenID Connect and SAML. With all the available options, you...
SAML Admin
SAML Admin The SAML Admin panel is the best place to configure your SAML instance. Use it instead of Instance Settings to streamline your SAML administration experience. Starting from Liferay...
Securing Liferay
Securing Liferay Liferay is built with security in mind. This includes mitigation of common security vulnerabilities and exploits like those described by the OWASP Top 10 and the CWE/SANS Top 25. ...
Configuring Authentication Types
Configuring Authentication Types Users can be configured to log in using one of three authentication types: Authentication TypeDescriptionUsed by Default? Screen NameDetermined by administrator or...
Configuring Logging
Configuring Logging In the Server Administration panel's Log Levels tab, you can set logging levels for classes and packages in Liferay DXP's class hierarchy and add custom objects to be similarly...
Using the Server Administration Panel
Using the Server Administration Panel Server Administration is a system-scoped administration panel holding a variety of low-level Liferay DXP configurations. In Server Administration you can...
Using OpenID Connect
Using OpenID Connect OpenID Connect is a lightweight authentication layer that enables users to authenticate using accounts they have on other systems. It's built on top of the OAuth 2.0...
Using Configuration Files
Using Configuration Files System Settings provides a user interface for making system-scoped configuration changes and setting default configurations for other scopes. The same configurations in...
Using Factory Configuration
Using Factory Configuration Most Liferay DXP System Settings allow just one set of configurations for an entry. To change the configuration, you update the single configuration form, and it applies...
Beta Features and Feature Flags
Beta Features and Feature Flags Feature Flags DXP 7.4 U69+/GA69+ Some features in Liferay are hidden behind feature flags. Using feature flags, you have control over new functionality introduced...
Adding a Virtual Instance
Adding a Virtual Instance Before you do anything in Liferay DXP to add a virtual instance, you must configure its domain name in your network to point to your installed Liferay DXP system. There's...
System Settings
System Settings You can make System-scoped configurations from Control Panel → Configuration → System Settings. The System Settings application shows configuration sections underneath four...
Common Tasks
Common Tasks Enabling OpenOffice / LibreOffice Configuring Mail Managing Instance Email Notification Templates Setting a Terms of Use Managing User Authentication Configuring Default User...
Analytics
Analytics The Analytics category defines the available analytics systems for the virtual instance. Enter an analytics system or remove one of the two pre-configured options (google and piwik)....
Managing Countries
Managing Countries Liferay DXP 7.4 U36/Liferay Portal 7.4 GA36 and above Liferay contains a list of available countries as defined by the ISO 3166 Standard, but you can use the Countries...
Configuration Files and Factories
Configuration Files and Factories Using Configuration Files Using Factory Configuration
Understanding Configuration Scope
Understanding Configuration Scope Liferay DXP settings are applied at four levels, or scopes: System, Virtual Instance, Site, and Widget. System Settings define the system-wide defaults. For all...
Redirect URLs
Redirect URLs Available 7.4+ Your Liferay Instance can be configured to allow redirects to certain URLs or IP addresses. To configure, navigate to Control Panel → Instance Settings → Content and...