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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 further information. It must be mentioned, though, that this service is not supported by Liferay...

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 "http://www.liferay.com:8080" instead of port 80. Resolution To resolve this issue, add the following properties to the...

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 which neither ipconfig nor ifconfig will return the mac address for the...

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 This behavior is expected under Liferay DXP's Antisamy...

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 check on each of the results to see if the user that is searching has rights to view the result in...

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 longer generated based off the Server ID. Instead, you'll need an .xml key file. This file will be...

CVE-2018-3831 reports that, "Elasticsearch Alerting and Monitoring in versions before 6.4.1 or 5.6.12 have an information disclosure issue when secrets are configured via the API. The Elasticsearch _cluster/settings API, when queried, could leak sensitive configuration information such...

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 While the article is no longer maintained, the information may still be applicable. In older versions of Liferay Portal (e.g. 5.1.x, 5.2 EE SP3), by default, Liferay will import all user groups a...

The following Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) have been reported for Apache Struts 2: CVE-2017-9805 CVE-2017-12611 CVE-2018-1327 - REST XStream FreeMarker CVE-2018-11776 How are Liferay DXP (both 7.0 and 7.1) and Liferay Portal affected by the Apache Struts 2 Vulnerability?...

This article documents Liferay's position regarding the Session Identifier (JSESSIONID), including how and why a new JSESSIONID is generated.  Resolution Customers doing their own security scan of the Liferay platform might have noticed that a new JSESSIONID may have been generated....

Liferay Support does not recommend or endorse specific third-party products over others. Liferay is not responsible for any instructions herein or referenced regarding these products. Any implementation of these principles is the responsibility of the subscriber. This article contains a...

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 what has changed. Please note that these instructions are for the...

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 (Shortcuts in the right menu) > Create New App. Select SAML 2.0....

Creating and Upvoting Feature Requests As an open-source company, Liferay has always valued community feedback and suggestions to help us continually improve our products. To request for a new feature or suggest enhancements to existing ones, post your ideas in the dedicated Product...

There may be instances in which an administrator would like to disable the ability for the creator of blog entries to receive email notifications when an entry is added or updated, or when comments are added.  Resolution The following are the relevant properties that you can set and edit...

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 end users can customize their password reminder questions. Resolution...

By default, the page title in Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.x displays in the format of Page Name - (Site Name) -  Portal Name. This article documents how to change the portal name so that all page titles contain your desired portal name. Resolution Execute the following steps....

This article documents Liferay's position on duplicating a database to create a staging environment. The Use Case In order to enable Remote Live Staging, system administrators must have two databases: a staged environment and a live environment. One assumption is that it should be...

This article describes the behavior in which permissions do not propagate from the parent folders to the files or children folders uploaded in the Document Library. Also, this article will discuss what the following properties do in the portal with respect to permission inheritance....

This article documents several possible solutions for updating plugins after a new fix pack has been installed. Specifically, customers have found that a plugin's libraries are not patched at the same time as the portal. Customers have also found that a customized plugin that modifies a...