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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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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...
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...
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...
DXP
DXP Welcome to the official documentation for the latest versions of Liferay DXP and Liferay Portal! Liferay DXP is the commercially supported and enterprise ready platform used around the world,...
Building a Sample API Application
Building a Sample API Application Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA102+ [Beta Feature](../../security-and-administration/administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md#beta-feature-flags) The...
API Builder
API Builder Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA102+ [Beta Feature](../security-and-administration/administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md#beta-feature-flags) This feature is currently...
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...
Managing Object Entries Using GraphQL
Managing Object Entries Using GraphQL You can use GraphQL to manage custom object entries in Liferay efficiently. This API framework simplifies data interaction and serves as an alternative to REST...
SCIM User API Basics
SCIM User API Basics Liferay DXP 2024.Q1+/Portal GA112+ Liferay provides a headless API to perform CRUD operations on SCIM users to keep their identity information in sync with your company's...
SCIM Resource Type, Service Provider, and Schema Basics
SCIM Resource Type, Service Provider, and Schema Basics Liferay DXP 2025.Q2+ Liferay provides a headless API to query the SCIM resource types, service providers, and schemas available. Use the...
SCIM Group API Basics
SCIM Group API Basics Liferay DXP 2024.Q1+/Portal GA112+ Liferay provides a headless API to perform CRUD operations on SCIM groups to keep their information in sync with your company's...
Workflow Definition Link API Basics
Workflow Definition Link API Basics Liferay DXP 2025.Q1+/Portal GA132+ You can manage workflow definition links from the Liferay UI or using Liferay's REST APIs. In Liferay, the Control Panel →...
Picklists API Basics
Picklists API Basics Liferay provides the headless-admin-list-types REST APIs for creating and managing picklist definitions (ListTypeDefinition) and their entries (ListTypeEntry). You can view and...
Notifications API Basics
Notifications API Basics Liferay's headless delivery application provides REST and GraphQL services for subscribing to or unsubscribing from notifications for platform events across several default...
Notifications and Requests
Notifications and Requests Notifications and requests keep users informed about important activity, such as mentions, site invitations, or workflow tasks. You can manage how users are notified,...
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...
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...
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...
Become a Publisher
Become a Publisher To publish apps or solutions on Marketplace, you need a Liferay account with publisher permissions. Becoming a publisher is free, but you must submit a request with relevant...
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...
Connecting Liferay DXP to Marketplace
Connecting Liferay DXP to Marketplace Liferay DXP 2025.Q1+/GA132+ You can connect Liferay DXP to Marketplace in Instance Settings. With this integration, you can add supported apps from the...
Provisioning Cloud Apps
Provisioning Cloud Apps You can provision cloud apps to your Liferay instance and start using them immediately. Unlike DXP apps, cloud apps integrate with Liferay SaaS directly and don't require...
Publishing Apps in Marketplace
Publishing Apps in Marketplace The Liferay Marketplace contains Cloud apps (for Liferay SaaS, PaaS, and self-hosted) and DXP apps (for Liferay PaaS and Liferay Self-Hosted). As a publisher, you may...
Publishing Solutions in Marketplace
Publishing Solutions in Marketplace The Liferay Marketplace contains business solutions to improve productivity and reduce time to market. Currently, only existing Liferay partners can publish a...
Resolving Conflicts
Resolving Conflicts During the publishing process, Liferay checks for conflicts between your publication and the production environment. Resolving all conflicts is necessary to complete publishing....
Forms Analytics
Forms Analytics 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...
Configuring Frontend Resource Caching (CSS)
Configuring Frontend Resource Caching (CSS) Liferay DXP 2025.Q4+ When you access a page on your site, the page's load time depends on how it retrieves frontend resources, such as JavaScript or...
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...