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Published Jun. 30, 2025

Uploaded documents are available for all sites using different virtual hosts

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Balázs Létai

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Issue

  • Create two sites
  • Set a different virtual host for each site e.g. testsite.local, testsite2.local
  • Upload a document into Documents and Media on your second site
  • See that the uploaded file is available when accessing it with any of the site's URL
  • Example:
     http://localhost:8080/documents/[SiteID-from-testsite2]/0/[file-name]
     http://testsite2.local:8080/documents/[SiteID-from-testsite2]/0/[file-name]
     http://testsite.local:8080/documents/[SiteID-from-testsite2]/0/[file-name]

Environment

  • Liferay DXP 7.4 +

Resolution

  • This is an intended behaviour.
  • The virtual host is not taken into account when looking up a Document.
  • Instead, the Document is retrieved via the parameters in the URL.
  • The URL takes the form "/[Group Id]/[Folder Id]/[Document Title]/[(Optional) UUID]"?[Optional Timestamp "t" parameter].
  • The virtual host serves no purpose in this URL format other than to point to the Liferay server.
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