Platform - Liferay Learn

Using Staging in Asset Libraries

Using Staging in Asset Libraries Staging is supported for Asset Libraries since Liferay DXP 7.4 and 7.3.10 FP1. Liferay's Staging application is a publishing tool for managing changes on DXP. For...

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System Administration

System Administration Liferay is highly adaptable and customizable. You can configure multiple aspects of it in the system or instance scope. For an overview of the different settings and...

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Configuring Liferay

Configuring Liferay Liferay is a very adaptable tool. You can modify and configure it to suit the needs of your application.

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Adding Custom Fields

Adding Custom Fields Many of Liferay's assets and resources can be extended with custom fields. Adding custom fields can give you greater control and flexibility over your site. You can use custom...

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Changing Translations with Language Override

Changing Translations with Language Override Liferay DXP 7.4 U4/Portal 7.4 GA8. Import/Export and filtering functionality in Liferay DXP 7.4 U17/Liferay Portal 7.4 GA17 Liferay's Language...

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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...

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Configuration Files and Factories

Configuration Files and Factories Using Configuration Files Using Factory Configuration

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Understanding Configuration Scope

Understanding Configuration Scope Settings for Liferay DXP's services and applications are applied at one of four levels, or scopes: System, Virtual Instance, Site, or Widget. Settings made in...

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Virtual Instances

Virtual Instances Liferay DXP can host multiple portals on one installation. These are called virtual instances. Each virtual instance has completely separate data and configurations. Each is...

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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...

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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)....

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Email Settings

Email Settings The email configuration is where you configure email notifications at the virtual instance scope. To access these options, Open the Global Menu (Global Menu) and navigate to...

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Infrastructure

Infrastructure The Infrastructure category contains settings related to the export/import, staging, and site template propagation processes. You can also configure the session timeout portal...

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Instance Configuration

Instance Configuration The Instance Configuration settings define the configuration information for the virtual instance, from its appearance to the Terms of Use your Users agree to the first time...

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Third Party

Third Party The Third Party category specifies the maps API provider for geolocalized assets. Choose OpenStreetMap or Google Maps as the maps API provider. Configure API provider for mapping...

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Localization

Localization To access the Localization settings, Open the Control Panel and navigate to Configuration → Instance Settings, and select the Localization category under the PLATFORM section. Here,...

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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...

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Users

Users You can define the look and feel of the personal menu, the default user associations, and the fields that appear when a new user creates an account. To access user settings, open the Global...

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File Storage

File Storage All files uploaded to Liferay DXP are stored in the instance's designated file store. This includes files uploaded using Documents and Media, as well as those uploaded using...

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Enabling Antivirus Scanning for Uploaded Files

Enabling Antivirus Scanning for Uploaded Files Available: DXP 7.3 SP 1+, Portal 7.3 GA7+, and DXP 7.2 FP 9+ This feature is not currently available on Portal 7.2 and earlier versions. You can...

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Other File Store Types

Other File Store Types Simple Fie System Store Amazon S3 Store DBStore IBM Cloud Object Storage Google Cloud Storage Microsoft Azure Blog Storage Service

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File Store Migration

File Store Migration Files can be migrated from one file store type to another. Here are some migration scenarios: Migrating from Simple File System Store to Advanced File System Store for...

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DBStore

DBStore DBStore stores files to the DXP database as blobs. DBStore doesn't have the transaction rollback vulnerabilities that the file-based store types (Simple, Advanced, S3) have. DBStore's file...

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Google Cloud Storage

Google Cloud Storage Self-Hosted Only Available for Liferay DXP 7.3 SP3+ and 7.4+ Liferay DXP provides integration with Google's Cloud Storage (GCS) service. With GCS integration, you can...

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IBM Cloud Object Storage

IBM Cloud Object Storage Self-Hosted Only Liferay DXP implements IBM’s Cloud Object Storage store with the S3 compatibility layer so that it uses the same configuration as the AWS S3 store. Once...

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Microsoft Azure Blob Storage Service

Microsoft Azure Blob Storage Service Self-Hosted Only Available for 7.4+ and 7.3 FP2+ Microsoft Azure Blob Storage is a cloud-based storage solution that DXP’s Azure Blob Storage Store uses to...

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Simple File System Store

Simple File System Store Simple File System Store is the default file store type. It uses a file system (local or a mounted share) to store files. If Simple File System Store is used in a clustered...

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Amazon Simple Storage Service

Amazon Simple Storage Service Self-Hosted Only Amazon's simple storage service (S3) is a cloud-based storage solution that DXP's S3 Store uses to store files seamlessly to the cloud. Once you have...

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Installing and Managing Apps

Installing and Managing Apps You can add all kinds of functionality to your DXP installation by purchasing and installing apps. Apps are available in the Liferay Marketplace, and tools such as the...

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Installing Apps

Installing Apps After downloading an app as an LPKG file from the Marketplace website, the next step is to install it to a local DXP instance. You can use either of the following methods to...

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Accessing EE Plugins During a Trial Period

Accessing EE Plugins During a Trial Period If you are evaluating DXP during a trial period, you can access certain EE plugins. Here are the steps: In the Control Panel, navigate to Apps →...

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Downloading Apps

Downloading Apps When you purchase an app via the Liferay Marketplace website, you can download the app via its receipt or your Liferay.com account. Each Marketplace app is distributed as an LPKG...

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Blacklisting Apps

Blacklisting Apps The bundle blacklist is a convenient way to uninstall or reinstall multiple apps, OSGi bundles (modules), and WAR plugins at once. It saves you the trouble of managing app,...

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Managing Apps

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Blacklisting OSGi Components

Blacklisting OSGi Components The Component Blacklist is a convenient way to manage multiple OSGi Declarative Service Components (components). The list is an OSGi configuration that DXP uses to...

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