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Creating an OAuth2 Application

Creating an OAuth2 Application When you have an application that can use OAuth 2.0 for authorization, you must register that application so Liferay can recognize it. Do this by accessing Control...

Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:48 PM

OAuth 2 Scopes

OAuth 2 Scopes In OAuth 2.0, applications are granted access to limited subsets of user data. These are called scopes (not to be confused with Liferay scopes). You can create them in two ways: ...

Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:48 PM

DXP

DXP Welcome to the official documentation for the latest versions (7.3 and 7.4+) of Liferay DXP and Liferay Portal! Liferay DXP is the commercially supported and enterprise ready platform used...

Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:49 PM

Liferay Labs

Liferay Labs Liferay Labs is an innovation hub within Liferay Marketplace dedicated to exploring newer technologies and developing experimental features. It provides a wide range of useful...

Published Date: Jan 7, 2025 4:36 PM

Mentioning Users

Mentioning Users Mentioning other users in a DXP asset draws their attention to a particular asset (for example, a message boards thread, blog post, or comment) by sending them a site and email...

Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:46 AM

Notifications and Requests

Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:46 AM

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. ...

Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:47 AM

Using Liferay's Delta Manager for Improved Session Replication Performance

Using Liferay's Delta Manager for Improved Session Replication Performance Liferay 7.4 2024.Q3+/GA92+ To ensure user session data is synchronized across all instances in the cluster, Liferay...

Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:47 AM

Customizing the Submit Button

Customizing the Submit Button Available 7.4+ When a User is finished entering data into a form, they must submit the form. By default a button that says Submit is displayed for this purpose. ...

Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:49 AM

Translating Forms

Translating Forms Forms can be translated and presented in any language that is currently enabled on the current site. To add a translation: Begin by viewing an existing form (e.g., Guest...

Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:49 AM

Using Storage Adapters

Using Storage Adapters When a User adds a form record, Liferay routes the processing of the request through a storage adapter API. The same is true for the other CRUD operations performed on form...

Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:49 AM

Providing Help Text and Predefined Values

Providing Help Text and Predefined Values Form fields can be configured to have help text, placeholder text, and predefined values that assist users in understanding and filling out a form. Help...

Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:49 AM

Forms

Forms Forms are important direct data gathering tools for enterprises. Are your web forms providing you invaluable information or turning users away? Analytics Cloud gives you important insights. ...

Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:44 PM

User Guide

User Guide Mentioning Users Managing Notifications and Requests Configuring Mentions

Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:49 PM

Configuring Mentions

Configuring Mentions Mentions are enabled by the Mentions app. By default, the Mentions app is enabled globally. However, this can be enabled or disabled either globally or per Site. Configuring...

Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:49 PM

Managing Notifications and Requests

Managing Notifications and Requests Users receive notifications and requests if they have subscribed to a blog or message board or are mentioned in a post. They may also be notified if someone sent...

Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:49 PM

Getting Started

Getting Started Liferay DXP is a powerful, open source, enterprise-ready platform for building and deploying web applications. However, all of that power and functionality can make it difficult to...

Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM

What's New in Liferay DXP 7.3

What's New in Liferay DXP 7.3 The latest release of Liferay DXP includes many significant new features and improvements. These features will enhance how you build your site, analyze your site's...

Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM

What's New in Liferay DXP 7.4

What's New in Liferay DXP 7.4 Liferay DXP 7.4 comes with enhanced functionality and exciting improvements that make it even easier for both technical and non-technical users to deliver and optimize...

Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM

Building a Sample API Application

Building a Sample API Application Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal 7.4 GA102+ [Beta Feature](../../system-administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md#beta-feature-flags) The API Builder is...

Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM

Introduction to the Admin Account

Introduction to the Admin Account The Admin User account is created by default in any new installation of Liferay DXP and has full permissions to modify every facet of a Liferay DXP instance. The...

Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM

Navigating DXP

Navigating DXP Liferay DXP's out-of-the-box navigation is organized into three major areas: Site Menu, Personal Menu, and Global Menu. Site Menu The DXP Site Menu on the left side of the screen...

Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM

APIs with REST Builder

APIs with REST Builder REST Builder is a code generation tool that makes it easy for you to take your local APIs and make them available on the web. It uses the OpenAPI Specification to generate...

Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM

Consuming APIs

Consuming APIs APIs, or Application Programming Interfaces, serve as the bridge between different software applications, allowing them to communicate and exchange data. By consuming external APIs,...

Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM

Producing and Implementing APIs with REST Builder

Producing and Implementing APIs with REST Builder With REST Builder, you can define the API you want to build, and REST Builder provides the framework and endpoints for you. Deploy an Example REST...

Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM

Using External Reference Codes

Using External Reference Codes Liferay DXP/Portal 7.4+ Many of Liferay's headless API endpoints support an external reference code (ERC). The ERC field is useful in wide range of scenarios. For...

Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM

Using OAuth 2.0

Using OAuth 2.0 OAuth 2.0 is an industry-standard authorization protocol. Users can seamlessly share select credentials from your Liferay-based website with various clients. OAuth 2.0 works by...

Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM

Making Unauthenticated Requests

Making Unauthenticated Requests By default, Liferay DXP restricts API access for the sake of security, requiring authentication to get a valid response. However, in certain cases it may make sense...

Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM

Authenticating with CAS (Central Authentication Service)

Authenticating with CAS (Central Authentication Service) CAS was deprecated as of Liferay DXP 7.2 and removed as of Liferay DXP 7.4. Please use [SAML](./authenticating-with-saml.md) instead. CAS...

Published Date: May 9, 2024 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, 2024 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, 2024 6:52 PM

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...

Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM

Authenticating with Kerberos

Authenticating with Kerberos You can use Kerberos to authenticate Microsoft Windows™ accounts with Liferay DXP. This is done by using a combination of Liferay DXP's LDAP support and a web server...

Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM

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, 2024 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, 2024 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, 2024 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, 2024 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, 2024 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, 2024 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, 2024 6:52 PM