Custom login page instead of default sign-in portlet

Issue

• Need to have a custom login page instead of a default sign-in portlet when a user tries to access a private page without being logged in.
  • The private and public pages are not having Guest user’s VIEW permission.  

Environment

• Liferay DXP 7.4

Resolution

• The following are the steps that would help to achieve the requirement here :
  1. Set the following properties in the portal-ext.properties file: "auth.login.site.url=/sign-in", "auth.login.url=/sign-in"
  2. Started the portal.
  3. Removed the release feature flag of the private pages at “Control Panel > System Settings > OTHER > Release Feature Flags“ with the “Disabled Features” dropdown to “Disable Private Pages”.
  4. Changed the default site’s /guest “Friendly URL” (at “Menu > Configuration > Site Settings > Site Configuration > Site URL”) to /abc as per the use case. 
  5. Created a /sign-inpublic page with a Sign-in widget on that.
  6. Created a /restrictedpublic page by removing the Guest user’s VIEW permission.
  7. Created a /private-homeprivate page.
  8. Also, enable the 'Prompt Enabled' option here [User-is-redirected-to-the-404-page-instead-of-the-login-page-when-the-session-expires]
• Now, to test the above steps for this use case:

  • Hit both the pages created at the 6th and the 7th steps by the Guest user should lead to the /sign-in public page.

    e.g., the URL pattern would something be like this: 

    Restricted public page: localhost:8080/web/abc/restricted-public-page

    Private page: localhost:8080/group/abc/private-home-page

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Additional Information

• Custom-login-page-redirection-with-child-page