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Published Jun. 30, 2025

Search engine shows a different hostname in the title than the one that is in use when using Virtual Instances

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Brian Suh

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Issue

  • In the event that the Liferay DXP site is in a virtual instance, and is indexed by a Search Engine, the hostname appears to be incorrectly set in the resulting title

Environment

  • Liferay DXP 7.4 using virtual instances

Resolution

  • You can see the Search Engine preview from Site Menu > Pages > [Select the desired page] > Page Option Menu (⁝) > Configure. Go to the SEO tab from the left-hand menu. Under Settings > Preview, you will see an example of what Liferay DXP will display to the search index crawler.
  • If the hostname is displayed (when using a Virtual Instance) and is incorrect, please go to Applications Menu > Control Panel > Instance Settings > Instance Configuration > Instance Settings > Platform > Instance Configuration. In the General tab, locate the

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