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Default Setting Changes in 7.2

Most new versions of Liferay include changes to the default settings. If you rely on the defaults from your old version, you should review the changes and decide to keep the defaults from your old version or accept the defaults of the new.

Default Portal Property Changes

Here are the default Portal Property changes from 7.1 to 7.2:

Portal Property 7.1 Default 7.2 Default
hot.deploy.listeners see value dropped com.liferay.portal.deploy.hot.SpringHotDeployListener
spring.configs see value dropped META-INF/cluster-spring.xml, META-INF/comment-spring.xml, META-INF/monitoring-spring.xml
jdbc.default.driverClassName com.mysql.jdbc.Driver com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver
jdbc.default.url see value added &serverTimezone=GMT
ehcache.multi.vm.config.location /ehcache/liferay-multi-vm-clustered.xml /ehcache/liferay-multi-vm.xml
company.security.send.password true false
locales see value added kk_KZ and ta_IN
locales.beta see value added iw_IL, kk_KZ, and ta_IN; dropped ar_SA and sv_SE
locales.enabled added ar_SA and sv_SE; dropped iw_IL
session.timeout.auto.extend.offset 0 10
default.guest.public.layout.nam Welcome Home
default.user.private.layout.name Welcome My Dashboard
default.user.public.layout.nam Welcome My Profile
default.user.public.layout.column-1 blank com_liferay_contacts_web_portlet_ProfilePortlet
field.enable.com.liferay.portal.kernel.model.Contact.male true false
setup.database.driverClassName[mysql] com.mysql.jdbc.Driver com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver
setup.database.jar.url[com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver] http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/mysql/mysql-connector-java/5.1.23/mysql-connector-java-5.1.23.jar http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/mysql/mysql-connector-java/8.0.15/mysql-connector-java-8.0.15.jar
module.framework.services.ignored.interfaces see value dropped com.liferay.portal.cache.thread.local.ThreadLocalCacheAdvice, com.liferay.portal.dao.jdbc.util.DataSourceSwapper, com.liferay.portal.dao.jdbc.util.DataSourceSwapper, com.liferay.portal.messaging.async.AsyncAdvice, com.liferay.portal.resiliency.service.PortalResiliencyAdvice, com.liferay.portal.search.IndexableAdvice, com.liferay.portal.security.access.control.AccessControlAdvice, com.liferay.portal.systemevent.SystemEventAdvice, org.aopalliance.*
module.framework.system.packages.extra see value added com.mysql.cj.jdbc
module.framework.properties.org.osgi.framework.bootdelegation see value added com.liferay.expando.kernel.model
module.framework.web.generator.excluded.paths see value dropped WEB-INF/lib/aopalliance.jar and WEB-INF/lib/aopalliance-1.0.jar
com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.strip.StripFilter true false
login.create.account.allow.custom.password false true

Default Settings Changed in 7.1

Portal Property 7.0 Default 7.1 Default
portlet.add.default.resource.check.whitelist see value see value
spring.configs see value added META-INF/security-spring.xml; dropped META-INF/message-boards-spring.xml, META-INF/security-spring.xml, and META-INF/service-configurator-spring.xml
javascript.barebone.files see value blank
javascript.everything.files see value blank
users.screen.name.allow.numeric false true
users.update.user.name.com.liferay.message.boards.kernel.model.MBMessage renamed users.update.user.name.com.liferay.message.boards.model.MBMessage
session.timeout 30 15
session.phishing.protected.attribute see value added OPEN_ID_CONNECT_SESSION
auth.token.ignore.actions see value dropped /login/login
default.user.private.layout.regular.theme.id userdashboard_WAR_userdashboardtheme classic_WAR_classictheme
default.user.public.layout.regular.theme.id userprofile_WAR_userprofiletheme classic_WAR_classictheme
layout.friendly.url.keywords see value added a
editor.wysiwyg.portal-web.docroot.html.portlet.announcements.edit_entry.jsp ckeditor alloyeditor
editor.wysiwyg.portal-web.docroot.html.portlet.message_boards.edit_message.bb_code.jsp ckeditor_bbcode alloyeditor_bbcode
editor.wysiwyg.portal-web.docroot.html.portlet.message_boards.edit_message.html.jsp ckeditor alloyeditor
browser.cache.disabled false true
browser.cache.signed.in.disabled false true
lock.expiration.time.com.liferay.message.boards.kernel.model.MBThread renamed lock.expiration.time.com.liferay.message.boards.model.MBThread
module.framework.properties.org.osgi.framework.bootdelegation see value added javax.validation, javax.validation., jdk., weblogic.jndi, weblogic.jndi.*
memory.scheduler.org.quartz.scheduler.jobFactory.class org.quartz.simpl.SimpleJobFactory org.quartz.simpl.PropertySettingJobFactory
persisted.scheduler.org.quartz.scheduler.jobFactory.class org.quartz.simpl.SimpleJobFactory org.quartz.simpl.PropertySettingJobFactory
com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.jsoncontenttype.JSONContentTypeFilter true false
dl.entry.columns see value added document-type
ratings.upgrade.thumbs.class.names see value replace com.liferay.message.boards.kernel.model.* with com.liferay.message.boards.model.* in values

Default Settings Changed in 7.0

Here are some properties that have changed since version 6.2:

Portal Property 6.2 Default 7.0 Default
verify.process.concurrency.threshold 3 5
auto.deploy.listeners see value dropped com.liferay.portal.deploy.auto.LiferayPackageAutoDeployListener, com.liferay.portal.deploy.auto.exploded.tomcat.HookExplodedTomcatListener, com.liferay.portal.deploy.auto.exploded.tomcat.LayoutTemplateExplodedTomcatListener, com.liferay.portal.deploy.auto.exploded.tomcat.PortletExplodedTomcatListener, com.liferay.portal.deploy.auto.exploded.tomcat.ThemeExplodedTomcatListener
hot.deploy.listeners see value added com.liferay.portal.deploy.hot.OSGiHotDeployListener
portlet.add.default.resource.check.whitelist see value see value
portlet.add.default.resource.check.whitelist.actions see value blank
portlet.interrupted.request.whitelist.actions /language/view blank
portlet.preferences.strict.store false true
resource.actions.configs see value added META-INF/resource-actions/default.xml
model.hints.configs replaced META-INF/portlet-model-hints.xml with classpath*:META-INF/portlet-model-hints.xml
spring.configs see value see value
jdbc.default.* see value see value
transactional.cache.names see value see value
ehcache.* see value see value
javascript.barebone.files see value see value
javascript.everything.files see value dropped liferay/address.js and liferay/dockbar.js
javascript.bundle.dir[javascript.barebone.files] /html/js /
javascript.bundle.dir[javascript.everything.files] /html/js /
SQL Data replace sql.data.com.liferay.portal.model.* with sql.data.com.liferay.portal.kernel.model.*
company.settings.form.authentication see value blank
locales see value added th_TH
locales.beta see value dropped nl_NL
locales.enabled see value added nl_NL
locale.use.default.if.not.available true false
time.zones see value added Australia/Perth, Australia/Eucla, Australia/Lord_Howe
Look and Feel see value see value
session.phishing.protected.attributes see value added CAS_LOGIN
LDAP props see value see value
auth.login.portlet.name 58 com_liferay_login_web_portlet_LoginPortlet
auth.public.paths see value see value
Authentication Token see value see value
auth.token.ignore.portlets 82 blank
Passwords see value see value
permissions.inline.sql.resource.block.query.threshhold renamed permissions.inline.sql.resource.block.query.threshold
Captcha props see value see value
application.startup.events see value see value
Portal Events see value see value
Default * Layouts see value see value
layout.friendly.url.keywords see value added sprite and user; dropped software_catalog*
layout.parallel.render.thread.pool.core.thread.count 0 1
layout.set.prototype.propagate.logo true false
Editors see value see value
field.enable.com.liferay.portal.model.* props renamed field.enable.com.liferay.portal.kernel.model.*
Lucene Search see value see value
Setup Wizard see value see value
value.object.entity.cache.enabled.com.liferay.portal.model.* props renamed value.object.entity.cache.enabled.com.liferay.portal.kernel.model.*
value.object.finder.cache.enabled.com.liferay.portal.model.* props renamed value.object.finder.cache.enabled.com.liferay.portal.kernel.model.*
Audit Message see value see value
Cluster Link see value see value
counter.increment.com.liferay.portal.model.Layout renamed counter.increment.com.liferay.portal.kernel.model.Layout
com.liferay.portal.service.http.TunnelUtil.verify.ssl.hostname renamed com.liferay.portal.kernel.service.http.TunnelUtil.verify.ssl.hostname
JSON props see value see value
Lock see value see value
Module Framework see value see value
Quartz see value see value
search.container.page.iterator.max.pages 10 25
Staging see value see value
virtual.hosts.ignore.paths see value added /c/portal/edit_layout; dropped /c/layouts_admin/update_page
xuggler.jar.file[64-win] see value see value
xuggler.jar.url see value see value
com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.gzip.GZipFilter=false true false
web.server.servlet.check.image.gallery true false
admin.default.role.names Power User\nUser User
admin.obfuscated.properties see value see value
Blogs Portlet and Service see value see value
blogs.trackback.enabled true false
Discussion Tag Library see value see value
Document Library Portlet and Service see value see value
dl.file.entry.thumbnail.max.height 128 300
dl.file.entry.thumbnail.max.width 128 300
login.form.navigation.pre see value see value
login.form.navigation.post see value see value
Message Boards Service see value see value
Ratings Tag Library see value see value

The latest portal properties reference provides property details and examples. Many properties are now replaced by OSGi configurations, which are accessible through the UI in System Settings.