Capability

Integration

Liferay is designed to be standards-compliant and highly interoperable. Connect Liferay DXP with external systems using SOAP, REST, GraphQL, and more to unite third-party software, legacy systems, and data.

Headless APIs, Remote Apps (Client Extensions), API Builder, and integrations with SSO platforms are some of the examples of the features in this area.

Feature
Deployment Approach
Hiding Portlets From Guests Who Do Not Have Permission to View It
When view permissions for guests are unchecked for a portlet, a guest will see the following message in the portlet: You do not have the roles required to access this portlet. While...
Known Issue: Error With URLs Leading With Period (.) in Tomcat 8.5
Customers using Tomcat 8.5 and configuring the Liferay platform with URLs that have a leading period (.) may encounter the following error: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: An invalid domain [.example.com] was specified...
Using Application Display Templates on DXP 7.1
Application Display Templates Table of Contents Introduction to Application Display Templates (ADT) Working with an ADT: Media Gallery Using the API: Creating an ADT for Wiki Exporting / Importing ADTs Known Issues and...
DXP Features Summary
Liferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP) has been redesigned to include new functionality. The following list is a summary of what is new to Liferay DXP. Digital Experience Platform (DXP) Foundation OSGi Open...
Quick Start Guide to SAML on Liferay Portal 6.1 EE GA2
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 While the article is no longer maintained, the information may still be applicable. SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) is...
Setting Up NTLM With Liferay
NTLM (NT Lan Manager) is a suite of Microsoft security protocols that provides authentication, integrity, and confidentiality to users. When Liferay Portal is successfully integrated with NTLM, Active Directory users...
Setting Up Liferay Portal with Active Directory Server
The details of this article may also be covered in Configuring Liferay's LDAP Settings to Import Users. This article provides a comprehensive walkthrough for integrating an Active Directory Server with Liferay...
Using Liferay Connector to OAuth 2.0 in Liferay DXP 7.1
What is OAuth? It is a utility that authorizes third party applications to interact with the Liferay platform. The OAuth example from our official documentation is worth repeating here; users can make Twitter or...
Publishing Individual Pages in a Staging Environment May Publish All Pages
When publishing individual pages from a Staging environment to a Live environment, it is possible that upon publication, all pages in the Live environment may reflect changes. If this...
Notifications for Updated Versions of Plugins
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. When there...
Overriding Liferay's Default CSS for Individual Portlets
In custom environments, it may be necessary to apply custom styles to specific portlets. The example below gives guidance on how to override the Liferay Theme CSS in order to customize...
Patching Liferay Portal When There Are Custom Apps Installed
Liferay Portal fix packs and hotfixes will often update, not only JSPs, but also classes. In order to ensure that your custom projects continue to use the most up-to-date code, please...
Using Liferay Connector to OAuth EE
What is OAuth? It is a utility that authorizes third party applications to interact with the Liferay platform. The example from our official documentation is worth repeating here; users can make Twitter or Facebook...
Using the Data Migration Tool in Liferay Portal
This article describes the two uses of the data migration tool in the system administration section of Liferay Portal. The Data Migration Tool is fully supported for Liferay Portal 6.2...
Updating Plugins After Applying a Patch
This article documents several possible solutions for updating plugins after a new fix pack has been installed. Specifically, customers have found that a plugin's libraries are not patched at the same time as the...
Changes in MVCActionCommands and portletIds
This article documents changes to the MVCActionCommand type of commands after Liferay DXP 7.0 Fix Pack 11 is deployed. This change most affects developers building portlets in Liferay IDE tools (e.g. Liferay Developer...
Document Library Permissions Are Not Inherited Between Parent and Child Folders/Files
This article describes the behavior in which permissions do not propagate from the parent folders to the files or children folders uploaded in the Document Library. Also, this article...
LDAP Import Rejects Users From Certain Domains
This article explains why users from specific domains are not imported through LDAP due to the email address validator in the Liferay platform, and provides a solution to resolve this if a specific domain is required...
Can I Create a Remote Live Database from a Copy of the Staging Database?
This article documents Liferay's position on duplicating a database to create a staging environment. The Use Case In order to enable Remote Live Staging, system administrators must have two databases: a staged...
Hiding Sensitive Server Details on the License Page
This article documents how to hide sensitive server details, such as the IP Addresses or MAC Addresses, when an administrator deploys an invalid activation key. This poses a security risk because the information is in...