Site Search - Liferay Learn

Reverting a hotfix while keeping your existing Fix Pack

Issue When it is necessary to install a new hotfix in the affected environment, the following command needs to be run: ./patching-tool.sh revert (Linux) or patching-tool.bat revert (Windows) The concern here is...

Wrong language when posting a content in Social Media

legacy Troubleshooting

Issue We have two languages set in our environment. The previews of news articles shared on Facebook appear in the incorrect language. We posted in French (fr) but we saw 'de' in the URL. Environment...

Instance level LDAP configuration

legacy How To

Issue When configuring LDAP authentication from DXP 7.3, the companyId has to be configured on an instance level. This issue can present itself for example during a CI / CD development. Environment DXP 7.3...

Expand the available special characters for passwords

legacy Troubleshooting

Issue If you have a password policy enabled where the users must have special characters in their passwords certain characters that are not allowed such as "&" or "%". You will get the following error message when you...

Site Administrator cannot add images of global site to current site's web content

legacy Troubleshooting

Issue Site Administrator cannot see global site and it's content listed when trying to add an image from global site to current site's web content. Steps to reproduce: Log in as admin. Go to the Global site's...

UserTrackerPath entries limitation in clustered environment

legacy

Issue Track user visited paths in a clustered environment. Environment Clustered environment with the following properties enabled to use Live Users and Session Tracker: live.users.enabled=true...

Can I have different Fix Pack levels in a remote Staging environment?

legacy Troubleshooting

Issue We are in the process of upgrading our portal to a higher Fix Pack and I was wondering if there is any issue with having the Staging environment with the new Fix Pack and the Live environment with the current...

Allow only one user to be logged into an account

legacy How To

Issue When someone is logging into an account I want to invalidate the previous session. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0+ Resolution With the following portal-ext property you can invalidate sessions, allowing only one...

How to build a SOAP JAX-WS (Java API for XML Web Services) client using the Liferay infrastructure.

legacy How To

Issue We have a WSDL (Web Services Description Language) descriptor and we need to build a client from it. Finally, we will make this service (client) available to any application installed on our Liferay instance....

Unexpected operator and Bad substitution errors executing the patching-tool

legacy Troubleshooting

Issue When you try to execute the patching-tool, the following errors show up: $ sh ./patching-tool.sh patching-tool.sh: 13: [: unexpected operator patching-tool.sh: 13: [: unexpected operator patching-tool.sh: 13: [:...

Patching Tool 'support-info' command

legacy Troubleshooting

Issue Trying to run the 'support-info' command using the patching tool, but nothing happens. But there is no output, and there is no error. How can users find out about modules? Environment Liferay DXP Patching...

SessionTracker in clustered environment

legacy

Issue Session Tracker cannot be used to track visited paths among cluster nodes. Environment Clustered environment with two or more nodes. Resolution Session Tracker doesn't support tracking visited paths when...

User unable to Login with CSRF error

legacy Troubleshooting

Issue User is unable to login, and gets the below error in logs: User 0 did not provide a valid CSRF token for com.liferay.portlet.SecurityPortletContainerWrapper Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 Resolution Firstly,...

Allow custom site administrator role to see all users of Liferay

legacy Troubleshooting

Issue When creating a site role that is able to add members to a site, they see a limited amount of users or just themselves. Environment DXP 7.0+ Resolution In order to allow a user to see all members of Liferay, you...

Create a custom logout action

legacy How To

Issue I want to control what happens after a user logs out. Environment DXP 7.0+ Resolution There are two ways of achieving the desired outcome. The first is to create a custom module and add it to the list of...

I cannot download the vCard from another user

legacy Troubleshooting

Issue The Contacts Center Widget allows users to export the user’s vCard and save it as a VCF file. vCard is a file format standard for electronic business cards. If a regular user clicks on the vCard from...

Users can't be assigned to sites

legacy Troubleshooting

Issue java.lang.IllegalArgumentException is occured when trying to add a user to a site. Steps to reproduce: 1. Add below property in portal-ext.properties file. users.search.with.index=false 2. Start the...

Impersonation Security concerns

legacy

Issue Impersonation is a powerful feature of Liferay. This article serves to answer the following questions regarding its security. Who triggers the impersonation request? How long that kind of access will be used?...

I cannot export Liferay Portal users

legacy Troubleshooting

Issue When I try to export the portal users, the process fails and the portal displays the error "This site cannot be accessed". The portal log shows the following errors: ERROR [default...

Why Are Announcements Visible to Everyone After Setting the Distribution Scope?

legacy Troubleshooting

Issue After setting the distributions scope in the Announcements Portlet, the announcements which it displays are now visible to all users and guests. I would like to restrict the announcements to the users...

ClassCastException on com.liferay.frontend.theme.contributor.extender after installing a newer fix pack

legacy Troubleshooting

Issue After patching the environment with a newer fix pack, the below error may be encountered at server startup: ERROR [ServerService Thread Pool -- 68][ThemeContributorTopHeadDynamicInclude:93] bundle...

Why does the LDAP import schedule start over whenever I reset my server?

legacy

Issue I would like my LDAP import to run at specific times and dates. I can set LDAP import intervals by number of minutes through either System Settings or Instance Settings: Control Panel > Configuration >...

When granting the "View" permission only for "Forms" and "Documents and Media" to a Role, the Users with this Role is able to see the "Add" button and can add assets in "Forms" and "Documents and Media"

legacy

Issue When granting the "View" permission only (as below) for "Forms" and "Documents and Media" to a Role, the Users with this Role is able to see the "Add" button and can add things in "Forms" and "Documents and Media"...

How to change the logo for Application Menu?

legacy How To

Issue How to change the logo for Application Menu? Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 Resolution The logo for Application Menu can be changed according to the following steps. Stop the server. Place the new log...

After a web content owner loses his membership of a site, he can still edit all the previously authored web content

legacy How To

Issue If an editor user creates a web content, and after his site membership is removed, he can still edit/configure the web content. Environment Portal 6.2 DXP 7.0+ Resolution This behavior works as intended. The Web...

Custom widget template for breadcrumbs doesn't get applied in control panel and breadcrumbs aren't shown

legacy Troubleshooting

Issue When a widget template is configured via system settings in system scope it doesn't show any breadcrumb. Environment Liferay DXP 7.2. Resolution Those configurations are made inside System Settings ->...

Why does my instance have a default@liferay.com user?

legacy

Issue I see a default@liferay.com user in my database. What is the purpose of this default user? If you have a virtual instance is configured, you may see another default user with the configured mail domain (i.e....

Kaleo Workflow Permissions missing from custom role after upgrade to DXP

legacy How To

Issue Permissions regarding Kaleo Workflow are lost or improperly formatted after upgrade to DXP 7.0+, for example: Environment Upgrade to DXP 7.0+ Resolution This is an intended behavior caused by a change of the...

Keeping 'Location' type organization when upgrading to DXP 7.0+

legacy How To

Issue In DXP 7.0+ the location organization type is removed by default. When upgrading to DXP 7.0+, organizations that were categorized as a 'Location' lose this categorization during the upgrade process. Environment...

Limit on number of users for 'Analytics Cloud' platform access

legacy

Issue Any limit on the number of users for analytics platform access if giving access to some more users for analytics cloud platform along with 'Admin' and 'Product Team' users. Environment Liferay 7.1 Resolution...

Solr Error when searching for Users or Organizations

legacy Troubleshooting

Issue When I perform a search for Users or Organizations, I see a blank screen and an error like the following in the logs: 2021-01-29 00:15:48.429 WARN [http-nio-8080-exec-5][ProxyMessageListener:86]...

Additional JavaMail properties not being considered in mail server configuration

legacy Troubleshooting

Issue JavaMail properties defined in the field Manually specify additional JavaMail properties to override the above configuration are not being considered. Environment Liferay 7.0+ Resolution Each property should...

How to reset mail settings

legacy How To

Issue How can I reset (delete from the database) mail settings I have previously set and saved from the UI, at Control Panel > Configuration > Server Administration > Mail? (e.g if I want to provide them through portal...

Hide Permissions for user in Message Board

legacy

Issue User can see the permissions in the Thread he/she replied to. Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution This is the intended behavior as User is only able to see the permission for their own thread reply and not for...

Cannot login using OpenID Connect: Timeout error

legacy Troubleshooting

Issue In some cases, users are having problems with the integration with OpenID Connect, and they are unable to log in. The Liferay log returns the following error: ERROR...

Is a duplicate Organization Name allowed in DXP?

legacy

Issue Is there any way to turn off the duplicate name check for Organization Name? Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution By default, the Organization Name is not allowed to be duplicated., content: Issue Is there any...

How Can I Include Both AND and OR Variables in User Segments?

legacy

Issue I would like to create User Segments which include some roles and exclude others. For example, I would like a segment which includes either roles X or Y, but not roles A, B or C. In order to do this, I need...

Disable all locales that are not EN

legacy Troubleshooting

Issue Asset publishers are being translated to other languages than English which is the default and only one that is desired. For some reason due to the location of the IP/network or browser translation URLs are...

Backup service does not show on PRD environment

legacy Troubleshooting

Note: please note that Liferay has renamed its Liferay Experience Could offerings to Liferay SaaS (formerly LXC) and Liferay PaaS (formerly LXC-SM). Issue While checking all the services available at the...

Disable Liferay "set your preferred language" message

legacy How To

Issue In case the User's Display Language is set differently than the language of the Site that is being displayed, a warning message appears with the option to set your preferred language. You may wish to...

Open Graph tags and feature is missing

legacy

Issue I am trying to configure Open Graph based on the following article: Configuring Open Graph but the functionality is not available in our environment. Environment DXP 7.0 DXP 7.1 DXP 7.2 Resolution Open Graph is...

Assign bulk users to an organization/user group/site

legacy How To

Issue I'd like to add many users at once to an organization/user group. How to do it? Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution Currently it is not possible to assign bulk users to an organization or user group from...

How to install Liferay Connector SAML 2.0 without need to restart in a Docker Container for Kubernetes usage

legacy How To

Issue I have a docker image in Kubernetes with Liferay installed. I'd like to deploy the SAML 2.0 connector plugin without the need to restart. Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution Copy the SAML 2.0 Connector...

Configuring Liferay's LDAP Settings to Import Users in DXP 7.3

legacy How To

This article shows how to setup Liferay DXP 7.3 to import users from an LDAP server through the graphical user interface. The steps are the basically the same as for earlier versions of Liferay, but the UI...

Unable to import User Groups from LDAP containing a comma "," or an asterisk "*"

legacy Troubleshooting

Issue Receiving the following error when trying to import User Groups from LDAP containing a comma "," or an asterisk "*": 2020-06-04 08:23:50.268 WARN [main][LDAPUserImporterImpl:1165] Unable to create user group...

Impersonation won't give you all the permissions set of the impersonated User

legacy

Issue If User A impersonates User B than User A might not be able to perform the same actions as User B was originally able to. For example, downloading certain documents or checking the previews. For...

Make Recycle Bin available for regular users

legacy How To

Issue How to make Recycle Bin available for regular users? Environment Liferay 6.2 Liferay DXP 7.0 Liferay DXP 7.1 Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution Navigate to Control Panel --> User --> Roles. Create a new...

Downloading the Source Code for Plugins in Liferay Marketplace

legacy How To

This article is a legacy article. It applies to previous versions of the Liferay product. While the article is no longer maintained, the information may still be applicable. If you are...

How the Patching Tool Detects Changes to JSP Files

legacy

This article explains the limitations of the patching tool (v22 and earlier) when detecting changes to the portal's JSP files. Resolution When customizations are deployed to the portal, the patching tool sometimes...

Patching Tool v22

legacy

This article is a legacy article. It applies to previous versions of the Liferay product. While the article is no longer maintained, the information may still be applicable. The...

Enabling or Disabling Permission to Edit Specific Fields in the My Account Portlet

legacy How To

This article demonstrates how portal administrators can enable or disable permissions to edit specific fields in the My Account portlet in Liferay Portal 6.2. By default any user...

Using the Patching Tool With Websphere

legacy How To

Websphere is a complex application server that does not behave like Tomcat, making its patching process slightly different Resolution There are two ways to patch Liferay Portal in...

Checking for Collisions Before Installing a Hotfix

legacy How To

This article will walk through the basic steps that can be used to check for code collisions between a new fix pack or hotfix and custom plugins. NOTE: This procedure requires that the patches being installed include...

Patching Tool 1.0.23

legacy Troubleshooting

The Patching Tool 1.0.23 is a maintenance release which includes fixes and minor updates. This article outlines improvements to the Patching tool, Steps on How to configure the...

Patching a Liferay Cluster With No Down Time

legacy How To

This article describes steps for customers to patch Liferay instances in a cluster with no down time for the cluster environment. Known as a rolling change, there are limitations to...

User is Able to Access Web Content Functions Without Proper Permissions

legacy Troubleshooting

This article documents a known issue in LPE-15180 where users are able to access web content functions without proper permissions. This vulnerability was fixed by the Portal-143-6210 Fix Pack. However, this fix was...

Dockbar Display Error After Patch Installation With Patching Tool

legacy Troubleshooting

After installation of a new hotfix, the dockbar fails to display and an error message can be found in the logs: ERROR...

Restrict guest users from accessing login page when attempting to access a protected page or resource

legacy How To

Issue By default, guest users are prompted to the login page when they are attempting to hit a url or access a resource that is protected and not available to guest users. I do not want guest users to be redirected to...

Patching Tool 3 selects older patch in the patches folder to Install

legacy Troubleshooting

Issue Patching Tool 3 selects older patch instead of the newest/latest in the patches folder to install I have more than one hotfix in the patches folder, and Patching Tool 3 selects the older one to install Environment...

Patching Tool 3 "info" Command showing multiple patches as "Will be Installed"

legacy Troubleshooting

Issue Patching Tool 3 info command shows multiple patches as "will be installed" Environment Patching Tool 3 Resolution Keep only the needed patches in the Patches folder For Example: If you have DXP-1 and hotfix-2 installed. ...

Search Results