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This article documents how to change the Liferay logs directory from the default [LIFERAY_HOME]/logs to another desired path.  Resolution Steps to Change the Liferay Logs Directory Unzip the files log4j.dtd and portal-log4j.xml from [Liferay WAR]/WEB-INF/lib/portal-impl.jar...

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 While the article is no longer maintained, the information may still be applicable.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 following article lists a number of various "best practices" to keep in mind when using the Portal. The list...

Prior to Liferay Portal 6.1, the upgrade process required that "upgrade.process" property to be set in the portal-ext.properties. For example, consider an upgrade from Liferay Portal 5.2 to Liferay Portal 6.0 SP2. Before Liferay Portal 6.1, the user would point the Portal 6.0 SP2  to the...

Quartz data is a unique type of data. If quartz data is part of the database upgrade, then there are some potential additional steps to take during the upgrade process. Resolution If there are not any publishing jobs, simply dump the data in the old scheduler and the upgrade process will...

After upgrading from Liferay Portal version 5.2 EE SP4 to 6.2 EE, backslashes in the screen name are not allowed when using the liberal screen name validator. In Portal 5.2, backslashes were allowed in the screen name. Resolution The ability to add backslashes in the screen name was...

Liferay Support does not recommend or endorse specific third-party products over others. Liferay is not responsible for any instructions herein or referenced regarding these products. Any implementation of these principles is the responsibility of the subscriber. This article documents a...

This article outlines Liferay configurations for distributed caching along with how to deploy custom tuning configurations. For cache tuning and finding optimal settings for a particular environment, please see the Ehcache website for documentation and support. Resolution How to...

This article documents a known issue that occurs when deploying portlets that use JNDI. Liferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP) isn't able to load Weblogic's JNDI classes by default, which often results in a ClassNotFoundException on weblogic.jndi.WLInitialContextFactory. Resolution...

Important Notification: Modifying the database is a risky operation! Always make a backup of your database before any modifications! If your custom portal properties are already set through the Control Panel then Liferay will not use the properties which are set up in...

This article documents how to connect to Liferay WebDAV folders and files from a WebDAV client if Liferay Portal is running behind a web server. Specifically, this issue was found using the IBM WebSphere application server and IBM's HTTP Server (commonly abbreviated IHS). Clients have...

This article describes a workaround for the following known issue that you may encounter when using Liferay Portal with operating system Windows XP and/or Windows 7. The error reads: Error 0x80010135: File path is too long An unexpected error is keeping you from copying the file. If you...

Much like the portal-ext.properties file, portal-${instance}.properties files override properties set in portal.properties and other files for a specific Liferay instance. This article outlines the steps necessary to enable these portal properties files for a single instance. Resolution...

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.  This article will explain how to create a database in PostgreSQL and configure a Liferay bundle to connect to it....

This article documents how to use Session Variables / User Scoped Variables in conjunction with portlets. There is also an included example in the details to help demonstrate how this has already been implemented. Resolution PortletSession values should be scoped on a portlet and user...

If you are using Hibernate to connect to JNDI resources on Tomcat (or an application server that manages JNDI resources the same way), this tutorial is for you! As background, one way that Tomcat determines whether applications can access JNDI resources is by checking the context...

This article documents how to self-diagnose the structural issues in custom jars. There are different types of structural issues in custom jars, and this is a general guideline for developers to troubleshoot the structural issues during the development. Resolution 1. Use bnd Command to...

The following article describes how to update plugins to be compatible with a new version of the Liferay platform. Resolution The Liferay API may change from release to release, causing issues when trying to port code to a new version of Liferay. Please follow these steps in order to...

This article is intended to provide a list of all of the Liferay Portal Database properties that can be used to connect your portal to various databases. To use any of them, un-comment the block of code and paste it into your portal-ext.properties file. For example, to enable MySQL, you...

In the course of investigating a Liferay platform issue, you may be instructed by Liferay Support to export your database schema in Oracle. The following article contains guidelines for this export. Resolution 1. Use Oracle Data Pump (EXPDP) for creating the export file. With the advent...

In order to change out of the box page messages within Liferay, one must configure the properties of the language.properties located in the portal-impl.jar/content/language.properties Resolution The master language.properties file is used in Liferay to display portal content. This also...