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Liferay Sync Access Blocked by Firewall
legacy Troubleshooting
n order for Liferay Sync to function properly, the application will need access to the Liferay Portal. In many environments, this is a straightforward connection. In some, however, the local firewall may result in the...
Liferay Sync Not Verifying Portal Version
legacy Troubleshooting
This article highlights a known issue when using Liferay Sync and Liferay Portal 6.1 EE. Resolution While using Liferay Sync, a user may experience the following error when attempting to connect to an instance of the...
Documents and Media Library Capacity
legacy How To
As many customers use the Liferay Document Library to store the bulk of their documents, a natural question arises pertaining to the data; namely, how much is too much? While this...
Implementing NTLM Seamless Login
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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 While the article is no longer maintained, the information may still be applicable. After successfully configuring Liferay...
Enabling or Disabling Directory Indexing
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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 While the article is no longer maintained, the information may still be applicable. Starting...
Wiki Permission Details
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Wiki Permissions can be "layered" because of the multiple permissions that can go into it. This article aims to explain the different levels that wiki permissions can happen on....
Using the Global Scope when linking assets from multiple sites for Staging
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This article outlines a practical suggestion for storing and referencing content in multiple sites. Following this suggestion will help prevent errors and permissions issues for users referencing documents, media,...
Changing Settings in Live, Embedded Portlets
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This article outlines a practical suggestion for how to change or delete settings in live, embedded portlets. Resolution Liferay makes it possible to embed portlets in the layout template and in the theme. While...
Changing Content Permissions from Staging Environment to Remote Live
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This article outlines a practical suggestion in the case of publishing updated content permissions from a staging environment to a remote live environment. Following this suggestion will ensure that the updated...
Guide for Document and Media Library in Liferay Portal 6.1 and 6.2
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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...
Increasing the Speed of Search/Indexing Times
legacy Troubleshooting
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.  This...
How Password Policies are Applied in Liferay
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This article describes several cases in which a user can receive a password policy. Resolution Here are several use-cases outlining how password policies are applied in Liferay Portal. Case 1 When a user and all...
Granting users permission to customize site pages
legacy How To
Permission to customize site pages can be granted to users via the "page customization" feature. Resolution To enable "Page Customization" on a desired page: In the control panel,...
Liferay Information for Common Browsers
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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.  The following article contains relevant...
Activation Key Files Must Be Deployed Before Deploying Plugins
legacy Troubleshooting
This article briefly describes a deployment error that can be easily avoided by simply ensuring that the portal's activation key is deployed before any plugins are deployed. If an...
Guide for Document Library 5.2 and 6.0
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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...
Portal Search Results Do Not Include Knowledge Base Articles
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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. When...
LDAP Frequently Asked Questions
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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. As many Liferay subscribers use...
Utilizing Jasper Reports Plugin in Liferay
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The Jasper Reports Plugin is designed to work with the Reports Portlet in order to enhance the report capabilities of reporting programs such as iReport. This article will demonstrate...
Creating a Role That Allows Users to Impersonate Other Users
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Below are the steps on how to create a role that allows users to impersonate other users. Resolution Add a role Define Permissions Portal: General [Go to Control Panel, Impersonate]...
List of Cookies That Are Affected at Liferay Login
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In compliance to the European Union Cookie Directive, please see the following articles in reference to cookies that Liferay has set upon at login. Resolution How HTTP Cookies are...
Changing Permissions of all Web Content Display Portlets
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This article describes how to change permissions across multiple Web Content Display Portlets at the same time. Resolution If a template is created that contains multiple Web Content Display portlets, they are not...
Issues with Using IBM J9 JDK
legacy Troubleshooting
When running Liferay Portal's Patching Tool with IBM J9 as the Java version with multiple hotfixes, the patching-tool info command, and other patching tool commands may fail. Resolution The root cause of this issue is that...
Setting Up the Patching Tool in Weblogic
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This article details how to set up the Liferay patching tool in a Weblogic based environment. Resolution To begin, unzip the patching-tool parallel to the domain server in use. For example, if using base_domain found...
Patching Tool v21
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Since the release of the last Patching Tool v20, we have been busy implementing new improvements that will enhance the user experience as well as the Support engineers’ ability to assist users. Starting with version 21,...
Addressing the 'WARNING: Some of the currently installed fixes are not available' Patching-Tool Error
legacy Troubleshooting
When attempting to install patches with the Patching-Tool Install command, an error message is generated, which states:  Running install would revert some of the previous fixes. Installation process is stopped....
Liferay Sync Frequently Asked Questions
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Information about products not created by Liferay is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute Liferay Support recommendation nor endorsement. Liferay also does not assume any responsibility...
Introduction to AlloyUI
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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. This article provides you with three...
Special Characters Do Not Work in Friendly URL
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Liferay platform "friendly URLs" allow you to create smaller, user-friendly URLs instead of the large, standard ones that the portlet creates. If you try using special characters in...
DXP Features Summary
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Liferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP) has been redesigned to include new functionality. The following list is a summary of what is new to Liferay DXP. Digital Experience Platform (DXP) Foundation OSGi Open...
Setting Up OpenAM With Liferay Portal 6 on Tomcat
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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...
Deployment Fails to Restart With Liferay Sync Connector 4.0.1
legacy Troubleshooting
This article documents a known issue that may arise while deploying Liferay Sync Connector 4.0.1 (the latest version at the time of this writing). If users deploy Sync Connector 4.0.1 .lpkg file on Liferay Digital...
Setting Up NTLM With Liferay
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NTLM (NT Lan Manager) is a suite of Microsoft security protocols that provides authentication, integrity, and confidentiality to users. When Liferay Portal is successfully integrated with NTLM, Active Directory users...
Setting Up Liferay Portal with Active Directory Server
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The details of this article may also be covered in Configuring Liferay's LDAP Settings to Import Users. This article provides a comprehensive walkthrough for integrating an Active Directory Server with Liferay...
Using Liferay Connector to OAuth 2.0 in Liferay DXP 7.1
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What is OAuth? It is a utility that authorizes third party applications to interact with the Liferay platform. The OAuth example from our official documentation is worth repeating here; users can make Twitter or...
Known Issues: Liferay DXP 7.0 Fix Packs and Service Packs
legacy Troubleshooting
Note: This article is no longer maintained and is only made available for your reference. All the information in this article can now be found in the Liferay DXP Release Notes. This...
Publishing Individual Pages in a Staging Environment May Publish All Pages
legacy Troubleshooting
When publishing individual pages from a Staging environment to a Live environment, it is possible that upon publication, all pages in the Live environment may reflect changes. If this...
Using Application Display Templates on DXP 7.1
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Application Display Templates Table of Contents Introduction to Application Display Templates (ADT) Working with an ADT: Media Gallery Using the API: Creating an ADT for Wiki Exporting / Importing ADTs Known Issues and...
Patching Liferay Portal When There Are Custom Apps Installed
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Liferay Portal fix packs and hotfixes will often update, not only JSPs, but also classes. In order to ensure that your custom projects continue to use the most up-to-date code, please...
Notifications for Updated Versions of Plugins
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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. When there...
Overriding Liferay's Default CSS for Individual Portlets
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In custom environments, it may be necessary to apply custom styles to specific portlets. The example below gives guidance on how to override the Liferay Theme CSS in order to customize...
Roles and Permissions FAQ
legacy How To
This article documents some of the more complex use cases when granting permissions to a site. Who can be site members? I am having trouble adding user groups to a site; the user groups are not displaying. I don't want...
LSV-391: Security Advisory for Vulnerability With Pingback in Blogs
legacy How To
This advisory comes in response to the recent public announcement of a potential Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Liferay Portal 7.0.4. The report talks about a perceived vulnerability for the...
Managing Expired and Future Scheduled Web Content
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This article documents how the Web Content Display portlet is designed to display different versions of the same Web Content article. In particular, this article discusses the intended...
Making Liferay CAPTCHA Easier to Read in Liferay Portal 6.1
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This article is intended for legacy versions of Liferay Portal CAPTCHA is an industry standard security measure that requires users to enter what they see a small window as part of the validation process when creating an...
ThreadLocal Leaking Caused by Usages of Netty in Elasticsearch
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This article documents a possible known issue where there is ThreadLocal leak shown in the console logs when shutting down the application server:...
Hiding Portlets From Guests Who Do Not Have Permission to View It
legacy How To
When view permissions for guests are unchecked for a portlet, a guest will see the following message in the portlet: You do not have the roles required to access this portlet. While...
Group mapping required for LDAP export
legacy Troubleshooting
This article addresses one issue for Active Directory users attempting to log in to the Liferay platform. Liferay is configured for use with an LDAP server (without mapping the "Group"...
Known Issue: Error With URLs Leading With Period (.) in Tomcat 8.5
legacy Troubleshooting
Customers using Tomcat 8.5 and configuring the Liferay platform with URLs that have a leading period (.) may encounter the following error: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: An invalid domain [.example.com] was specified...
Extension Environment Migration Tips
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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....
Embedding Videos in Web Content Articles on DXP 7.1+
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This reference article describes several different ways to embed videos in Web Content Articles in Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1+. It is designed to supplement Liferay's Official Documentation on Publishing...
Vocabulary and Category Management for Staging
legacy Troubleshooting
This article outlines a practical suggestion for managing the use of categories and vocabularies in a way that prevents publication errors due to dependencies.  Resolution When working within a site, a user may...
Page Reordering for Staging
legacy How To
This article outlines a practical suggestion for performing a page reordering in a staged environment. Following the suggestion below will ensure that pages are reordered without the publish taking an inordinate...
Spring Framework Security Vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-1270, CVE-2018-1271, CVE-2018-1272
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QUESTION: How are Liferay Digital Enterprise 7.0 and Liferay Portal affected by the Spring Framework Vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-1270, CVE-2018-1271, and CVE-2018-1272? Resolution Impact to Liferay CVE-2018-1270: Liferay...
Disabling the Authentication System and Delegating It to an LDAP Server
legacy How To
By default, the Liferay platform always uses its own authentication system that checks and validates the user password in its own database. Even if you enable LDAP settings and set it...
Defining Wiki Permissions
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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. Wiki...
Using Multiple Languages for Staging
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This article outlines a practical suggestion for avoiding issues when using multiple languages in a site along with the Liferay platform’s staging feature. Following this suggestion will help prevent future staging...
Defining Encryption Algorithms for Passwords Stored in the Database
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By default, Liferay encrypts the passwords that go into the database. The default algorithm is SHA-1 in 6.0 and 6.1 versions, which changed to PBKDF2WithHmacSHA1/160/128000 in version...
Communicate Standard for Using 'Live-Editable' Portlets for Staging
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This article outlines a practical suggestion for keeping data in sync between the staging and live site for portlets that allow changes in both places. Following the workaround will help prevent staging publication...
Creating Numeric Screen Names
legacy How To
This article describes how numeric screennames can be used in Liferay Portal. Resolution Set the following property to true in the portal-ext.properties file that will override the...