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This article provides a checklist when you move your existing data from an old Liferay environment to a new one. Resolution For database, please backup the database in old environment and import it to the new environment. For documents, they are stored...

This article documents how to use the data migration tool in the Server Administration section of Liferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP) 7.1. The Data Migration Tool allows administrators to migrate data quickly between Documents and Media repository to another, such as moving from...

When upgrading to the latest Liferay Portal, there are many things to take into account. This guide is designed to assist in the upgrading process. Please read and ensure your environment is ready prior to performing the upgrade. Resolution These are listed in order of what should be...

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 While the article is no longer maintained, the information may still be applicable. Resolution   Tomcat JBoss Weblogic Websphere Glassfish WEB-INF Folder ${TOMCAT_HOME}/webapps/ROOT...

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 While the article is no longer maintained, the information may still be applicable.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 have a user that has a friendly URL page like "myca" and that user tries to join the user group that also...

This article documents which LPKG files can be disabled with little or no negative effects as part of Liferay's introduction of modularity in Liferay DXP 7.0. Because certain core functionalities have been turned into modules using the OSGi framework, there are benefits which have been...

Liferay Portal is designed to handle as many languages as you want to support. This is done by pulling out all language specific text and storing it in the language.properties files. This way, when a page loads, Liferay Portal will detect the language, pull up the corresponding language...

For developers, Liferay has created a set of documentation (Javadocs) that provide API and code detail for working with Liferay DXP's core software. To access the Javadocs, follow either one of the following instructions. For the zip file, navigate to the Liferay DXP 7.0 Fix...

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 While the article is no longer maintained, the information may still be applicable. There are multiple application servers that allow users to deploy plugins via an administration console of some...

Preserving anonymity of users when providing data to Liferay may be a concern for certain use-cases. The following guidelines should assist in determining which data should be anonymized and finding where 'sensitive' data can be located on Liferay's database. Resolution Create a SQL...

This article documents how to change the time zone in your Liferay DXP 7.0 environment. Given that users are working with the Liferay platform from all over the world, it is important to have the ability to change the time zone. You can do this at two different levels; the individual...

This article documents a common performance issue related to running Too Many CPU Intensive Tasks within Liferay DXP 7.0. Continue reading to discover the necessary information about this issue and how to navigate through it.  The following are some of the more common causes and...

This article is a guide to help users set up, install and cluster Liferay DXP 7.0 or 7.1 on AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2).  Resolution EC2 Instance Set Up There are 2 kinds of EC2 instances: (1) EC2-classic and (2) EC2-VPC. Please refer to Amazon's documentation for more detailed...

This article documents how the Liferay platform will automatically generate URLs appended with /web/, which can also be changed to a friendly URL. This may be an issue for those who do not want to append generated endings to URLs. For instance: http://liferay.com/web/page.html becomes...

This article documents the circumstances for when properties in the portal-ext.properties are not working correctly. This article also discusses common causes for the properties in the portal-ext.properties not taking effect and provides instruction on the proper ways to configure the...

This article documents how to deploy Liferay Portal 6.2 or Liferay DXP (7.0 or 7.1) on WebSphere Application Server with Network Deployment (commonly abbreviated ND). The Network Deployment Edition is a tool that offers an additional profile to manage multiple application server...

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. Permission algorithm 5 was used as the default permissions algorithm starting with Liferay Portal 5.1. Beginning...

This article outlines what Microsoft Azure is, how to create a Virtual Machine (VM) to run on the Liferay platform and how to configure the Liferay platform with Azure. Resolution What is Azure? Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure created by Microsoft. It is...

We understand that some customers have security policies which compel them to use the Liferay platform to connect to the database as a user that does not have elevated privileges; privileges to change the structure of the tables, such as CREATE, ALTER and/or DROP.  Sometimes a plugin or...

This article documents how to use the Data Migration tool in the Server Administration section of Liferay DXP 7.0. The Data Migration Tool allows administrators to migrate data quickly between Documents and Media repository to another, such as moving from File System Store or DB Store to...