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
Patching Tool v21
Since the release of the last Patching Tool v20, we have been busy implementing new improvements that will enhance the user experience as well as the Support engineers’ ability to assist users. Starting with version 21,...
Liferay Sync Frequently Asked Questions
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Special Characters Do Not Work in Friendly URL
Liferay platform "friendly URLs" allow you to create smaller, user-friendly URLs instead of the large, standard ones that the portlet creates. If you try using special characters in...
Site Pages Using “Link to Page” Option Are Not Published When Staging
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 While the article is no longer maintained, the information may still be applicable.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 describes how staged site pages...
User Cannot Log In to Sync Client When SAML SSO and OAuth Are Enabled
This article documents a known issue where users cannot log in to the Sync Client if both SAML and OAuth are enabled. As a result, authentication fails with a blank screen on Sync client. Repeated warning messages will print...
Cursor Position Glitch Specific to Using CKEditor on Microsoft Edge
This article documents a known issue for customers using CKEditor in Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0. When editing content that uses CKEditor—such as a Message Board thread—on a Microsoft Edge browser, you...
PNG Compatibility on Internet Explorer 11
This article documents a known issue with PNG files that are uploaded to Document Library not displaying in IE11 with a DOM7009: Unable to decode image at URL in the console.  As a security measure, and to prevent...
Announcement Portlet
The Announcements portlet enables the portal user to receive important messages or updates that need to be received portal-wide. For example, if a user needs to make an announcement to thousands of users who are accessing...
Create a Plan for Maintaining Database-File System Consistency for Staging
Remember that Liferay’s database and file system are generally separate data sources that need to be in sync as Liferay references the file system. When backing up, make sure that these sources are backed up in a way...
Receiving Mixed Mode Warning when ReCaptcha is enabled on site with HTTPS
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...
False Security Issue in FCKEditor and Liferay 6.x Reported as CVE-2018-10795
Recently, a security vulnerability was filed in Mitre under CVE-2018-10795 reporting an issue in FCKEditor and Liferay Portal 6.x versions. Resolution Liferay disputed this issue because file upload is an expected...
Preventing the User Role From Accessing the Control Panel
This article explains how to prevent users from accessing the Control Panel. Resolution This functionality can be achieved in the Control Panel: Navigate to Control Panel > Users and...
Liferay Sync for Desktop Handshake Connection
Here you will find information for resolving connection issues between Liferay Sync desktop and your server. Resolution ServerName must match the cname of the record If these do not match, the handshake will fail...
Optimizing Lucene
In most cases, optimizing Lucene is helpful; in larger deployments it is a necessity. This article aims to explain the relevant settings for optimizing Lucene and provide links to...
Message Boards Issue When Configuring With HTML and Creating Hyperlinks With the 'Other' Designation
This article documents a known behavior where Message Boards' CKEditor—when configured to HTML—will have text stripped from hyperlinks after a post. This is usually observed after setting the protocol to Other. Resolution...
Liferay's permissions.inline.sql.check.enabled property
When searching, guest users are able to see highlighted folders, categories, and threads when they have no permission to view them. Resolution During search, Liferay runs a permission...
Liferay Portal Activation Key Deployment Instructions for versions 5.2 SP5 to 6.0.X
Activation Key deployment for Liferay Portal versions 5.2.9 (Service Pack 5) to 6.0.x is different from key deployment for Liferay versions 5.2 SP4 and earlier. Activation keys are no...
Configuring the automatic email notification URLs to display the correct port number
When an email notification is sent out, the template for the message may not be referencing the correct port within the URL. For example, the email may show the URL as...
AIX License Deployment Issue
When using the AIX operating system with Liferay Portal 6.1, a license may fail to deploy, giving the output: License is in use by another instance. Resolution This license issue is due to a known issue with AIX, in...
Customizing the Announcements Portlet in DXP 7.1
This article details how to optimize the Announcement portlet using the Customize Announcement Displayed feature in Liferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP) 7.1. The Announcements app allows users to broadcast...
Creating Custom Validation Scripts on Web Form Portlet With DXP 7.0
This article documents how to use the custom validation script feature in the Web Form Portlet on Liferay DXP 7.0. Users might have used the same feature on Liferay Portal 6.2 and wonder which features are the same and...
Configuring Liferay DXP as SP and OKTA as IdP
This article documents the basic steps users need to execute in order to set up their instance of Liferay DXP as SP, and OKTA as IdP. Resolution OKTA Configuration Log in to OKTA and navigate to Admin > Add Application...
Requesting a New Feature or Feature Improvement
As an open-source company, Liferay has always highly valued feedback and suggestions from our community of users on how to continually improve our products. Creating and Upvoting...
Creating High Contrast Color Themes in Liferay DXP 7.0
Beginning with DXP 7.1, the Liferay platform makes use of Clay, which is the implementation of Lexicon 2.0 and the Lexicon Experience Language. This version provides improved accessibility with the offering of...
Adding Custom Password Reminder Questions
This article provides step-by-step instructions on how Liferay Portal, or Liferay Digital Enterprise 7.0, administrators can enable and leverage the user reminder queries. In addition, this article also documents how...
java.lang.ClassCastException: class javax.mail.Session cannot be cast to class javax.mail.Session error when configuring email delivery using JNDI
Issue We have configured email delivery using the application server JNDI mail resource, adding the following property to the portal-ext.properties file mail.session.jndi.name=mail/Session  We followed this Liferay...
POST request with multipart/form-data downloads the file
Issue A POST request with multipart/form-data and appropriately sized attached file downloads the file to the temporary disk folder Antivirus agent may detect malicious file(s) in the folder after a similar...
Cache Control header for other content type
Issue With the following property browser.cache.disabled=false the cache headers are not being set with other content types such as text/css, text/javascript, img/png  Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution The...
java.sql.BatchUpdateException: Duplicate entry errors
Issue Duplicate entry error when switching from Hypersonic to MySQL using the setup wizard Steps to reproduce 1) Start portal with hypersonic 2) In Setup Wizard, add test@liferay.com as an email 3) Click to change...
Failed upgrade process com.liferay.dynamic.data.mapping.internal.upgrade.v5_2_2.DLFileEntryDDMFormInstanceRecordUpgradeProcess
Issue During the upgrade process from DXP 7.3 to DXP 7.4, a NullPointerException is being reported with the following stack trace: 2023-04-04 17:03:17.835 INFO [main][UpgradeProcess:145] Failed upgrade process...
User clicks not tracked correctly
Issue The number of hits goes up by 2 Steps to reproduce: 1) Add "live.users.enabled=true" to portal-ext.properties and start portal 2) Navigate to Control Panel > Monitoring 3) View the number of hits 4) Refresh...
Exceptions from class "freemarker.core.FMParser$LookaheadSuccess" when using java mission control while doing perfomance analysis
Issue We are doing a performance analysis using Java Mission Control and while checking the errors tab we see a lot of exceptions coming from freemarker.core.FMParser$LookaheadSuccess class Environment...
Web content with special characters in their title, their friendly URL is populated with C% code
Issue The Friendly URL presented when editing a Web Content is displayed with C% code in the special characters, making it difficult to forward that URL. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 (equal to or below Update 40)...
Is there any Instance Level Configuration for Google Captcha?
Issue Is there any instance level configuration for Google Captcha   Environment Liferay DXP 7.4   Resolution The Google Captcha can only be enabled via System Settings > Security Tools > CAPTCHA, which is a server level...
Make Editable Fields in a Custom Widget Embedded in Fragment
Issue I have a custom widget and write editable fields in the JSP like this. <div class="form-group required"> <label class="required-field-lbl form-field-lbl" data-lfr-editable-id="resume-name"...
Portal getting slow/down frequently
Issue Liferay portal gets too slow or down frequently and below threads are observed in the thread dumps: at java.util.regex.Pattern$BnM.match(Pattern.java:5483) at java.util.regex.Matcher.search(Matcher.java:1248)...
Navigating to URL after setting Redirect Pattern is giving 404 error
Issue When Redirect Pattern is defined such as below to redirect pages, navigating to the URL gives 404 error instead of redirecting properly. Environment DXP 7.4 u65 and lower Resolution By default, patterns defined...
Saving Site Settings - Languages takes a long time
Issue The issue can be reproduced with the following steps: 1. Go to configuration then select site setting. 2. Select Define a custom default language and additional available languages for this site. 3. Click on save....
Fragment's Edit/Update Date Isn't Getting Updated
Issue When making edits to fragments and publishing those fragments, the "Modified time" of the fragment is not updated accordingly. Steps to Reproduce: Navigate to Design > Fragments Add a Fragment Collection and create...
Adding and deleting a Fragment before publishing the page still count
Issue The issue can be reproduced with the following steps: 1. Add a new Fragment Sets. 2. Add a new Basic Fragment. 3. Create a Content Page. 4. Add the newly created fragment to the Page and delete the fragment from the...