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Authenticating with SAML

Authenticating with SAML The SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) adapter provides Single Sign On (SSO) and Single Log Off (SLO) in your deployment. SAML works by using Identity Providers...

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM

Configuring SAML at the Instance Level

Configuring SAML at the Instance Level Each portal instance can be a SAML provider, either an Identity Provider (IdP) or a Service Provider (SP). Whichever role your DXP instance fills, you can...

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM

Configuring SAML at the System Level

Configuring SAML at the System Level Before allowing any portal instances to enable SAML authentication, you should configure it at the system level so those instances have a foundation from which...

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM

Importing User Groups' Memberships from an External IdP through SAML

Importing User Groups' Memberships from an External IdP through SAML This feature was released behind a dev feature flag. It was made Generally Available (GA) in Liferay DXP 2024.Q2/GA120. You...

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM

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. You can configure an...

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM

Configuring Liferay Authentication With Auth0 Using OpenId Connect

Configuring Liferay Authentication With Auth0 Using OpenId Connect This tutorial guides you through integrating Auth0, your Identity Provider (IdP), with your Liferay environment using OpenID...

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM

SAML Settings

SAML Settings Many of the same fields appear in both the Service Provider and the Identity Provider configurations. Here's a reference. Name: Name the SP or IdP. This is just a descriptive name;...

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM

SAML Authentication Process Overview

SAML Authentication Process Overview Both the IdP and the SP can initiate the Single Sign On process, and the SSO flow is different depending on each one. Regardless of how it's initiated, SSO is...

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM

Configuring Liferay Authentication With Okta Using OpenId Connect

Configuring Liferay Authentication With Okta Using OpenId Connect This tutorial guides you through the basic steps needed to integrate Okta, your Identity Provider (IdP), with your environment...

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM

Configuring Liferay Authentication With PingOne Using SAML

Configuring Liferay Authentication With PingOne Using SAML This tutorial guides you through the basic steps needed to integrate PingOne, your Identity Provider (IdP), with your Liferay environment...

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM

Token-based Single Sign On Authentication

Token-based Single Sign On Authentication Token-based SSO authentication was introduced in Liferay Portal 7.0 to standardize support for Shibboleth, SiteMinder, Oracle OAM, and any SSO product that...

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM

Using OpenAM

Using OpenAM Liferay supports only OpenAM version 13. All other versions of OpenAM/OpenSSO are deprecated as of Liferay DXP 7.2. OpenAM is an open source single sign-on solution from the codebase...

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM

Captcha API Basics

Captcha API Basics Liferay provides a headless API to retrieve and submit captchas using the SimpleCAPTCHA engine. Using the /captcha endpoint from the API Explorer, you can add captchas in your...

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM

Developer Guide

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM

SCIM Group API Basics

SCIM Group API Basics Liferay DXP 2024.Q1+ [Beta Feature](../../../system-administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md#beta-feature-flags) Liferay provides a headless API to perform CRUD...

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM

Fast IDentity Online 2

Fast IDentity Online 2 Available: Liferay DXP/Portal 7.4+ The Fast IDentity Online 2 or FIDO2 standard allows for the use of biometrics (i.e., fingerprint readers), mobile devices, or other...

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM

Using Multi-Factor Authentication

Using Multi-Factor Authentication To enhance your installation's security, you should disable less secure, one-factor forms of authentication, such as Basic Auth, Digest Auth, and WebDAV. You can...

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM

SCIM User API Basics

SCIM User API Basics Liferay DXP 2024.Q1+ [Beta Feature](../../../system-administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md#beta-feature-flags) Liferay provides a headless API to perform CRUD...

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM

Multi-Factor Authentication

Multi-Factor Authentication Liferay DXP 7.3+ Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) provides better security by requiring users to prove their identity in multiple ways, or factors. The basic user...

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM

Multi-Factor Authentication Checkers

Multi-Factor Authentication Checkers Liferay DXP 7.4 ships with two additional factor checkers for Multi-Factor Authentication. Both of them are disabled by default, because they're only useful in...

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM

AntiSamy

AntiSamy Liferay DXP includes an AntiSamy module that protects against user-entered malicious code. If your site allows users to post content in message boards, blogs, or other applications, these...

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM

Setting Up Liferay

Setting Up Liferay After installing Liferay, configure it to meet your needs. Here are common setup tasks. Setup Tasks Activate Liferay (Subscription Required) Configure Your Instance ...

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM

Clustering for High Availability

Clustering for High Availability Liferay DXP can scale to serve everything from the smallest to the largest web sites. Out-of-the-box, it's configured optimally for a single server environment. If...

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM

Configuring Cluster Link

Configuring Cluster Link Enabling Cluster Link activates distributed caching. The cache is distributed across multiple Liferay DXP nodes running concurrently. Cluster Link uses Ehcache replication....

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM

Configuring Unicast over TCP

Configuring Unicast over TCP If your network configuration or the geographical distance between cluster nodes prevents you from using UDP Multicast clustering, you can configure TCP Unicast. You...

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM

Database Configuration for Cluster Nodes

Database Configuration for Cluster Nodes At minimum, nodes in a DXP cluster must be configured to share the same database (or database cluster) in order to function. Optimizations discussed here...

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM

Example: Creating a Simple DXP Cluster

Example: Creating a Simple DXP Cluster A fast, easy way to learn DXP clustering is to set up a two node DXP cluster environment on one machine using Docker containers. This example creates two DXP...

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM

Configuring Mail

Configuring Mail Liferay DXP/Portal can be configured to use a mail server to send email notifications for a variety of purposes: User registration and password management, Site membership...

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM

Using Liferay's Delta Manager for Improved Session Replication Performance

Using Liferay's Delta Manager for Improved Session Replication Performance Liferay 7.4 2023.Q3+/GA92+ To ensure user session data is synchronized across all instances in the cluster, Liferay...

Published Date: Sep 3, 24, 5:25 PM

Alternative Email Configuration Methods

Alternative Email Configuration Methods There are several methods of configuring Liferay DXP to connect to a mail server. The simplest way to get started is to configure mail using through the...

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM

Configuring Default Email Senders

Configuring Default Email Senders By default, emails sent by Liferay DXP use the name and email address as the default admin user. This behavior can be configured for each of the different email...

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM

Configuring Microsoft Office 365 with OAuth

Configuring Microsoft Office 365 with OAuth Liferay DXP 7.4 U79+/Liferay Portal 7.4 GA79+ Connect your Microsoft email service to Liferay with the use of OAuth 2.0 authorization. Note, Microsoft...

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM

Initial Instance Localization

Initial Instance Localization Liferay DXP supports localization by language, time zone, and more. The English (US) language translation and GMT time zone are the defaults, but DXP has over 40...

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM

Tuning Liferay

Tuning Liferay There are several ways to tune Liferay's performance. This involves configuring the Java Virtual Machine and frameworks that support the Liferay application, monitoring performance...

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM

Tuning Your JVM

Tuning Your JVM Java Virtual Machine (JVM) tuning primarily focuses on adjusting Java heap and non-heap settings and configuring garbage collection. Finding settings that perform well for you...

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM

Using a CDN

Using a CDN A Content Delivery Network (CDN) is a distributed infrastructure for caching static, file-based content. When visitors hit your site, your static content is loaded from the server...

Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM

Provisioning DXP Apps

Provisioning DXP Apps Free apps can be downloaded, deployed to Liferay DXP, and used immediately without deploying a license. Paid apps have trial, developer, or standard licenses based on the...

Published Date: Nov 8, 24, 3:11 PM

Publishing Apps in Marketplace

Publishing Apps in Marketplace The Liferay Marketplace contains both Cloud apps (for Liferay SaaS, PaaS, and self-hosted) and DXP apps (for Liferay PaaS and Liferay Self-Hosted). As a publisher,...

Published Date: Aug 16, 24, 3:45 PM

Publishing Solutions in Marketplace

Publishing Solutions in Marketplace The Liferay Marketplace contains business solutions you can use to improve productivity and reduce your time to market. Currently, only existing Liferay partners...

Published Date: Aug 31, 24, 7:45 PM

Become a Publisher

Become a Publisher To publish apps and solutions on the Marketplace, you must have a Liferay account with additional publisher permissions. It is free to become a publisher, but you must submit a...

Published Date: Aug 16, 24, 3:45 PM