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Published Jul. 2, 2025

Enable sitemap.xml from a third party in Liferay

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Anishq Sharma

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Issue

  • How to add and enable sitemap.xml from a third party in Liferay DXP?

Environment

  • Liferay DXP 7.0
  • Liferay DXP 7.1
  • Liferay DXP 7.2
  • Liferay DXP 7.3

Resolution

  • Liferay already generates a sitemap.xml file dynamically, it is not hosted at any place, and hence, cannot be replaced.
  • Alternatively, user can put their own sitemap.xml file at the ROOT folder of the server on which they are hosting Liferay, and provide the link of that particular file in robots.txt file.
  • Steps that can be taken to do the same for Tomcat application server
    • Go to liferay_home\tomcat\webapps
    • Create a folder with name site-a.
    • Place the third party sitemap.xml file inside this folder.
    • Start the server.
    • Redirect to localhost:8080/site-a/sitemap.xml, user should be able to get the xml file.
    • Now, navigate to Menu --> Site Builder --> Pages --> Click on Configure icon next to Public
    • Pages --> Switch to Advanced tab.
    • Edit the sitemap URL in robots.txt, switch it to, Sitemap: [$PROTOCOL$]://[$HOST$]:[$PORT$]/site-a/sitemap.xml, Save it.
    • Restart the server.
    • Result: The custom sitemap.xml is configured in tomcat application server.

Additional Information

  • The sitemap URL should be added to the robots.txt file, for making them available to search engines like google.
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