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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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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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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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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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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 Blob Storage Service

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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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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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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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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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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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Configuring Portlets, Themes, and Layout Templates

Configuring Portlets, Themes, and Layout Templates The Components listing is the easiest way to configure portlets, themes, and layout templates. In the Components UI, you can enable/disable them...

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Renewing Apps

Renewing Apps To continue using a purchased app whose license has expired, you must renew your app subscription. Here are the steps: Go to https://web.liferay.com/marketplace. Click your...

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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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Using the App Manager

Using the App Manager The App Manager is a Control Panel screen where you can install, uninstall, activate, and deactivate apps in your DXP installation. You can also use it to inspect details for...

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Using Marketplace

Using Marketplace Liferay Marketplace is a hub for sharing, browsing, and downloading apps. Marketplace leverages the entire Liferay ecosystem to release and share apps in a user-friendly, one-stop...

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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...

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Configuring External Services

Configuring External Services Liferay provides integration with external services for converting files and generating file previews. Three of these services can be enabled in the Server...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Configuring Liferay Authentication With PingOne Using SAML

This recipe guides you through the basic steps needed to integrate PingOne, your Identity Provider (IdP), with your Liferay environment using Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML). PingOne...

Published Date: Aug 2, 2024 2:34 PM

Integrate Azure AD with Liferay DXP Using OpenID Connect

This recipe guides you through the basic steps needed to integrate Azure AD (now known as Microsoft Entra ID), your Identity Provider (IdP), with your Liferay environment using OpenID Connect....

Published Date: Aug 2, 2024 4:36 PM

Integrate Azure AD with Liferay DXP Using SAML

As a general best practice, integrating Liferay DXP with other Identity Providers (IdPs) provides enhanced security and streamlines authentication management. This recipe guides you through the...

Published Date: Aug 5, 2024 5:12 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...

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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,...

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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...

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Configuring JSON Web Services

Configuring JSON Web Services Liferay’s services are exposed as JSON web services out-of-the-box. This is enabled by default. You can access these services via the API page at...

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Configuring the Commerce Notification Queue

Configuring the Commerce Notification Queue When channel events trigger notifications, Commerce logs them in the channel's Notification Queue tab with the Unsent status. By default, Liferay checks...

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Using Notification Templates

Using Notification Templates Email notifications are sent automatically to users based on events in the store. To send them, you must first create a Notification Template. Notification templates...

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Using OAuth2 to Authorize Users

Using OAuth2 to Authorize Users You can create applications that access Liferay's headless REST APIs using the OAuth 2.0 authorization protocol. The provided sample React app demonstrates three...

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Using Liferay as a Headless Platform

Using Liferay as a Headless Platform Liferay provides a suite of APIs that perform the same kinds of actions available in the web interface. This is essential when you must get data in a...

Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:48 PM

Authorizing Account Access with OAuth2

Authorizing Account Access with OAuth2 Once you have an application registered, you can start authorizing users. To do that, you must construct the URL to the authorization server (Liferay DXP)....

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Notifications and Requests

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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. ...

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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. ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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. ...

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User Guide

User Guide Mentioning Users Managing Notifications and Requests Configuring Mentions

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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