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Published Jul. 2, 2025

Does Liferay DXP use WebDAV HTTP methods?

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Nathan Roberts

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Issue

  • Our security team wants to restrict the HTTP methods that are allowed through our firewall. Does Liferay DXP use WebDAV HTTP methods such as:
PROPFIND, PROPPATCH, MKCOL, COPY, MOVE, LOCK, UNLOCK

Environment

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

Resolution

  • Liferay DXP does not use WebDAV HTTP methods when retrieving a WebDAV link. Instead Liferay DXP uses the GET HTTP Method. 

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