Capability

Development and Tooling

Liferay offers a comprehensive toolkit to extend or customize your digital experience. Build applications quickly with low-code/no-code features like Objects, or leverage developer tools like Liferay Workspace and Blade CLI for further customizations.

For users on PaaS or running Self-Hosted, Liferay also offers tools deploying customizations.

Feature
Deployment Approach
Connection Timeout Caused by 'org.dom4j.DocumentException' When Deploying Portlet, Hook, Etc.
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Users May Appear in the Database but Not in Liferay Control Panel
You may encounter an issue where specific users, or a group of users, are not appearing with the Control Panel. If upon querying the relevant tables in the database you are able to see...
Cluster Fails to Start Up Due to JGroups Update
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Default Landing Page Action Is Not Supported When Using Third-Party Authentication Mechanism
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Search portlet does not automatically reindex when new user is added
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 While the article is no longer maintained, the information may still be applicable.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 intended behavior of the Liferay...
Enabling Directory Indexing
Description If directory indexing is enabled, document libraries are browsable through the URL not only for site admins but for anyone according to the default Document Library permissions. This could result in permission /...
Why was my custom domain rejected by Liferay PaaS?
Note: please note that Liferay has renamed its Liferay Experience Could offerings to Liferay SaaS (formerly LXC) and Liferay PaaS (formerly LXC-SM). Issue Why was my custom domain rejected by Liferay...
NoSuchGroupException' Occurs When Deleting Deactivated Users
When deleting deactivated users from UI or through API, NoSuchGroupException is thrown as follows. Example 1 com.liferay.portal.NoSuchGroupException...
SQL Errors in the Console When Re-ordering Site Pages on Oracle Database 12.1.0.2
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Using CMIS Hooks
Liferay Portal 6.1 introduced the ability to mount multiple repositories into the Documents and Media portlet (previously named the Document Library portlet). One of the protocols it...
Social Office Setup Guide
This article describes how to get a Social Office instance up and running for the Liferay Portal. Resolution Activation key In order to use Social Office EE, users will require an...
JSP Compilation Errors when Deploying Liferay Portal 6.2 on Apache Tomcat 7.0.75 (Or Higher)
This article documents a known issue when administrators deploy Liferay Portal 6.2 EE on Apache Tomcat 7.0.75 (or higher). An error will appear in the console (see truncated log below): An error occurred at line: [430]...
AntiSamy Portlet Removes HTML Target Attributes
The AntiSamy portlet is meant to prevent XSS type attacks. One side effect however is that if an HTML target is used, then the portlet will remove it upon publishing the content. Steps to Reproduce Create Web...
Authentication Error When Logging In With Google Account
This article documents an authentication error when attempting to log in to the portal instance using a google account. Listed below are the steps to resolve the issue or avoid it altogether. Resolution Error:...
Existing users in Liferay can not login through SAML with "Screen name x must not be duplicate ..." error
Issue If the user exists in Liferay (service provider), the user cannot log in through SAML due to duplicate screenname ERROR. 2019-04-23 04:29:45.758 ERROR [http-nio-18080-exec-7][BaseSamlStrutsAction:58] Screen name ccc...
Known Issues: Liferay Commerce
This article documents a list of known issues that exist in Liferay Commerce. Commerce 2.2.0 Commerce 2.1.3 Commerce 2.1.2 Commerce 2.1.1 Commerce 2.1.0 Commerce 2.0.7 Commerce 2.0.0...
DXP 7.0 Fix Pack 70: Compatibility changes and deployment notes for Connector to Elasticsearch 6 and Solr 5 Search Engine
Liferay DXP 7.0 Fix Pack 70 and SP10 includes the fixes for LPS-79348, LPS-78857 and LPS-80931. Part of the changes (namely in LPS-78857) new APIs were added to the com.liferay.portal.search.api module which all...
Help Center Statuses and Priority Levels
There are a few different types of statuses within the workflow of a support ticket in Help Center.  Below is an overview of the 3 categories of statuses you will encounter on a ticket. System Status When you create a support...
Limitations in SASS Preprocessing in Theme Generation
This article documents the limitations for resolving potential startup performance issues when deploying custom themes and portlets in DXP 7.0. Note: the limitations are found only in 7.0. When using DXP 7.x, some...
Unable to Connect to External Datasources After Applying DXP 7.1 FP3+
This is no longer an issue with 7.1 FP10+. Recently, LPS-85683 was implemented in Liferay DXP 7.1's core infrastructure and can be deployed by applying DXP 7.1 Fix Pack 3.  LPS-85683 detailed a project where...
Arbitrary Code Execution With jQuery Versions Earlier Than 3.0
This article documents a security issue in jQuery versions prior to 3.0, which is also described on Github. The issue can be reproduced with the following steps. Install a theme that uses jQuery prior to 3.0. Head to any...
Liferay Developer Studio 3.5.0 Release Highlights
Liferay Developer Studio provides an all-in-one, integrated development environment based on Eclipse for developers to build plugins for the Liferay Digital Experience Platform....
Liferay Portal 6.1 EE GA2 Update 2013-09-17 All-1 Installation Instructions
This article documents instructions for installing Liferay Portal 6.1 EE GA2 Update 2013-09-17 All-1. Resolution Extract "latest-fix-packs-6120-2013-09-17.zip" Place individual fix...
How to Translate Forms for Localisation in DXP 7.0
Issue Can I translate Forms in Liferay DXP 7.0 for localisation of our different language sites? We have found the translation function for Web Content, but cannot find it for Forms. Environment DXP 7.0, 7.1 Resolution...
Activation Keys FAQ for Liferay DXP and Liferay Commerce
What are the different types of activation keys? How do I obtain an .xml activation key for my Liferay DXP instance? What information do I need to provide to request an activation key?...
Total Number of Index Limit Error in Elasticsearch
Issue When new contents are created or updated in Liferay, they are not being added to the Elasticsearch index (they will not be displayed on the search results) If you check the log Liferay log file you will get this...
Understanding WebDAV Upload Permissions
Issue Are documents uploaded through WebDAV given more permissions than UI uploads? Why can one user who uploads a document through WebDAV update or delete the file while another user with the same level of...
Receiving email notifications for updated, added, or moved web content
Issue Why can't I receive email notifications for Updated, Added, or Moved web content assets? My mail server is set up correctly and I am getting the Web Content Review notifications without issue. Environment DXP...
Resolving Static Asset Publisher Rendering Errors in Custom Layout Templates
Issue There is a known issue (as documented in LPS-88239) encountered when using a custom Layout Template that implements a static Asset Publisher. Instead of rendering properly, a NoSuchPortletPreferencesException...
Removing Older Elasticsearch Plugins Needed for Successful Upgrade to ES 6.1
Issue It was discovered that older versions of the Elasticsearch plugin can interfere whenever administrators are deploying the latest version. The use case: Administrators are deploying the latest Elasticsearch 6.1...
Troubleshooting Service Builder Blob Compile Issues
Issue Service builder with Blob and compound primary key throws compilation error. The console errors might look like this: [javac]...
Patch Installation Slowdown Due to Windows Security
Issue When Patching Tool is run on a Windows machine, Windows Security can slow down the patch installation drastically due to the large amount of file operations being performed. Resolution If you experience extreme...
Updated Email Addresses in LDAP are not Imported to Liferay DXP 7.0
Issue This article documents a product limitation and a possible workaround for importing a user whose email address was updated in LDAP into a Liferay DXP instance. Environment Liferay DXP  LDAP server Resolution This...
Restriction of file upload size for a Site
Issue Can we set the upload size limit for a Site instead of the complete portal? For example, Can we set the file upload size limit to 20 MB or more on a site while setting 10MB for portal wide? Environment...
I can't autodeploy in DeveloperStudio
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How to hide the popup that appears in the upper right corner when a session is expired
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Configuration of NTLMv2 with Liferay
Issue How to configure NTLMv2 in Liferay as there is no configuration available in Liferay control panel to differentiate the request/service Environment Liferay 6.x Liferay 7.0 and Liferay 7.1 Resolution...
Unable to import more than 100MB
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Calendar Agenda View: Why do I see events in the previous/next days?
Issue When viewing a Calendar portlet in agenda view, you might see events of the next day listed. Or if you step back to the previous day, you also see the events of today listed. Environment Liferay DXP 7.1 Resolution...
Security Statement on CVE-2019-11444: Disputed Groovy Script console vulnerability
Recently, a security vulnerability was filed in Mitre under CVE-2019-11444 arguing that attackers could allegedly use Liferay's Groovy script console to execute OS commands. Liferay disputes this issue because this is...