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Amazon Simple Storage Service
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Amazon Simple Storage Service Self-Hosted Only Amazon's simple storage service (S3) is a cloud-based storage solution that DXP's S3 Store uses to store files seamlessly to the cloud. Once you have...
File Storage
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File Storage All files uploaded to Liferay DXP are stored in the instance's designated file store. This includes files uploaded using Documents and Media, as well as those uploaded using...
File Store Migration
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File Store Migration Files can be migrated from one file store type to another. Here are some migration scenarios: Migrating from Simple File System Store to Advanced File System Store for...
Enabling Antivirus Scanning for Uploaded Files
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Enabling Antivirus Scanning for Uploaded Files DXP 7.3 SP 1+, Portal 7.3 GA7+, and DXP 7.2 FP 9+ This feature is not currently available on Portal 7.2 and earlier versions. You can...
Other File Store Types
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Other File Store Types Simple Fie System Store Amazon S3 Store DBStore IBM Cloud Object Storage Google Cloud Storage Microsoft Azure Blob Storage Service
DBStore
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DBStore DBStore stores files to the DXP database as blobs. DBStore doesn't have the transaction rollback vulnerabilities that the file-based store types (Simple, Advanced, S3) have. DBStore's file...
Google Cloud Storage
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Google Cloud Storage Self-Hosted Only Liferay DXP 7.3 SP3+ and 7.4+ Liferay DXP provides integration with Google's Cloud Storage (GCS) service. With GCS integration, you can seamlessly store and...
Simple File System Store
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Simple File System Store Simple File System Store is the default file store type. It uses a file system (local or a mounted share) to store files. If Simple File System Store is used in a clustered...
Installing Apps
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Installing Apps After downloading an app as an LPKG file from the Marketplace website, the next step is to install it to a local DXP instance. You can use either of the following methods to...
Downloading Apps
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Downloading Apps When you purchase an app via the Liferay Marketplace website, you can download the app via its receipt or your Liferay.com account. Each Marketplace app is distributed as an LPKG...
Microsoft Azure Blob Storage Service
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Microsoft Azure Blob Storage Service Self-Hosted Only 7.4+ and 7.3 FP2+ Microsoft Azure Blob Storage is a cloud-based storage solution that DXP’s Azure Blob Storage Store uses to seamlessly store...
Accessing EE Plugins During a Trial Period
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Accessing EE Plugins During a Trial Period If you are evaluating DXP during a trial period, you can access certain EE plugins. Here are the steps: In the Control Panel, navigate to Apps →...
IBM Cloud Object Storage
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IBM Cloud Object Storage Self-Hosted Only Liferay DXP implements IBM’s Cloud Object Storage store with the S3 compatibility layer so that it uses the same configuration as the AWS S3 store. Once...
Managing Apps
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Managing Apps
Installing and Managing Apps
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Installing and Managing Apps You can add all kinds of functionality to your DXP installation by purchasing and installing apps. Apps are available in the Liferay Marketplace, and tools such as the...
Blacklisting Apps
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Blacklisting Apps The bundle blacklist is a convenient way to uninstall or reinstall multiple apps, OSGi bundles (modules), and WAR plugins at once. It saves you the trouble of managing app,...
Using Glowroot with Liferay
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Using Glowroot with Liferay Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA100+ Liferay bundles Glowroot, the open source Java application monitoring tool. The tool displays helpful statistics about your system...
Blacklisting OSGi Components
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Blacklisting OSGi Components The Component Blacklist is a convenient way to manage multiple OSGi Declarative Service Components (components). The list is an OSGi configuration that DXP uses to...
Using Marketplace
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Using Marketplace Liferay Marketplace is a hub for sharing, browsing, and downloading apps. Marketplace leverages the entire Liferay ecosystem to release and share apps in a user-friendly, one-stop...
Renewing Apps
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Renewing Apps To continue using a purchased app whose license has expired, you must renew your app subscription. Here are the steps: Go to https://web.liferay.com/marketplace. Click your...
Using the App Manager
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Using the App Manager The App Manager is a Control Panel screen where you can install, uninstall, activate, and deactivate apps in your DXP installation. You can also use it to inspect details for...
Configuring Portlets, Themes, and Layout Templates
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Configuring Portlets, Themes, and Layout Templates The Components listing is the easiest way to configure portlets, themes, and layout templates. In the Components UI, you can enable/disable them...
Developing Glowroot Plugins
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Developing Glowroot Plugins Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA100+ Glowroot provides various out-of-the-box plugins. You can also build your own with the use of their plugin API. Here are some tips...
Liferay Performance Use Cases with Glowroot
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Liferay Performance Use Cases with Glowroot Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA100+ Use Glowroot to diagnose and inform you on making performance improvements to your Liferay installation. Here are a...
Troubleshooting JVM Issues with Glowroot
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Troubleshooting JVM Issues with Glowroot Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA100+ Glowroot displays a dashboard for identifying system issues quickly. Click the Errors tab to see a list of tracked...
Invoking Liferay Services From Scripts
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Invoking Liferay Services From Scripts Many scripting scenarios require invoking Liferay services. Liferay *ServiceUtil classes are the fastest and most convenient way to invoke Liferay services in...
Using the Script Engine
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Using the Script Engine Liferay provides a robust script engine for executing Groovy scripts. You can execute scripts to perform maintenance tasks involving data cleanup, user maintenance...
Running Scripts From the Script Console
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Running Scripts From the Script Console The Script Console provides a single view for executing Groovy scripts and printing their output. It has predefined variables that facilitate working with...
Script Examples
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Script Examples Here are some examples to help you use scripts in DXP. Most of the examples originated from the Liferay blog post 5 Tips to Improve Usage of the Liferay Script Console. Example 1:...
Troubleshooting Templates with Glowroot Freemarker Plugin
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Troubleshooting Templates with Glowroot Freemarker Plugin Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA100+ Glowroot can troubleshoot FreeMarker templates to pinpoint slow transactions. Configuring the...
Troubleshooting Liferay Performance Issues with Glowroot
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Troubleshooting Liferay Performance Issues with Glowroot Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA100+ Use Glowroot to identify and diagnose performance issues in your Liferay installation. The following...
Using the Server Administration Panel
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Using the Server Administration Panel Server Administration is a system-scoped administration panel holding a variety of low-level Liferay DXP configurations. In Server Administration you can...
Securing Sign-In
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Securing Sign-In The Sign-In widget calls the various mechanisms (the portal database, an LDAP server, a SAML identity provider, or any of the ways users can authenticate) that authenticate users....
Configuring Authentication Types
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Configuring Authentication Types Users can be configured to log in using one of three authentication types: Authentication TypeDescriptionUsed by Default? Screen NameDetermined by administrator or...
Configuring Sign-In
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Configuring Sign-In By default, Liferay DXP uses the Sign In widget to authenticate users. The Sign In widget appears on the default home page at http[s]://[server-name:port]/web/guest/home. If...
Configuring Single Sign-On
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Configuring Single Sign-On Liferay Portal/DXP supports many ways of authenticating, from token-based solutions to standards such as OpenID Connect and SAML. With all the available options, you...
Configuring a Shutdown Event
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Configuring a Shutdown Event In the Shutdown tab you can initiate a graceful shutdown event, warning Users of the impending shutdown and instructing them to save any work in progress. When you...
Managing System Resources
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Managing System Resources The Server Administration panel's Resources tab contains several features, all related to low-level monitoring and management of the system's resources: FunctionPurpose...
Securing Liferay
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Securing Liferay Liferay is built with security in mind. This includes mitigation of common security vulnerabilities and exploits like those described by the OWASP Top 10 and the CWE/SANS Top 25. ...
Configuring External Services
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Configuring External Services Liferay provides integration with external services for converting files and generating file previews. Three of these services can be enabled in the Server...
Configuring Logging
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Configuring Logging In the Server Administration panel's Log Levels tab, you can set logging levels for classes and packages in Liferay DXP's class hierarchy and add custom objects to be similarly...
Authenticating with CAS (Central Authentication Service)
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Authenticating with CAS (Central Authentication Service) CAS was deprecated as of Liferay DXP 7.2 and removed as of Liferay DXP 7.4. Please use SAML instead. CAS is a widely used open source...
Authenticating with Kerberos
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Authenticating with Kerberos You can use Kerberos to authenticate Microsoft Windows™ accounts with Liferay DXP. This is done by using a combination of Liferay DXP's LDAP support and a web server...
SAML Authentication Process Overview
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SAML Authentication Process Overview Both the IdP and the SP can initiate the Single Sign On process, and the SSO flow is different depending on each one. Regardless of how it's initiated, SSO is...
SAML Admin
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SAML Admin The SAML Admin panel is the best place to configure your SAML instance. Use it instead of Instance Settings to streamline your SAML administration experience. Starting from Liferay...
Configuring SAML at the Instance Level
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Configuring SAML at the Instance Level Each portal instance can be a SAML provider, either an Identity Provider (IdP) or a Service Provider (SP). Whichever role your DXP instance fills, you can...
Configuring SAML at the System Level
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Configuring SAML at the System Level Before allowing any portal instances to enable SAML authentication, you should configure it at the system level so those instances have a foundation from which...
Importing User Groups' Memberships from an External IdP through SAML
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Importing User Groups' Memberships from an External IdP through SAML This feature was released behind a dev feature flag. It was made Generally Available (GA) in Liferay DXP 2024.Q2/Portal GA120....
Authenticating with SAML
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Authenticating with SAML The SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) adapter provides Single Sign On (SSO) and Single Log Off (SLO) in your deployment. SAML works by using Identity Providers...
Configuring Liferay Authentication With Auth0 Using OpenId Connect
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Configuring Liferay Authentication With Auth0 Using OpenId Connect This tutorial guides you through integrating Auth0, your Identity Provider (IdP), with your Liferay environment using OpenID...
Using OpenID Connect
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Using OpenID Connect OpenID Connect is a lightweight authentication layer that enables users to authenticate using accounts they have on other systems. It's built on top of the OAuth 2.0...
Multi-Factor Authentication Checkers
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Multi-Factor Authentication Checkers Liferay DXP 7.4 ships with two additional factor checkers for Multi-Factor Authentication. Both of them are disabled by default, because they're only useful in...
Using OpenAM
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Using OpenAM Deprecated in Liferay DXP 2024.Q4/Portal GA129 OpenAM 13 is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 2024.Q4/Portal GA129. OpenAM 12 and below were deprecated as of Liferay DXP 7.2. Versions of...
Multi-Factor Authentication
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Multi-Factor Authentication Liferay DXP 7.3+ Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) provides better security by requiring users to prove their identity in multiple ways, or factors. The basic user...
Fast IDentity Online 2
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Fast IDentity Online 2 Available: Liferay DXP/Portal 7.4+ The Fast IDentity Online 2 or FIDO2 standard allows for the use of biometrics (i.e., fingerprint readers), mobile devices, or other...
Configuring Liferay Authentication With Okta Using OpenId Connect
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Configuring Liferay Authentication With Okta Using OpenId Connect This tutorial guides you through the basic steps needed to integrate Okta, your Identity Provider (IdP), with your environment...
Configuring Liferay Authentication With PingOne Using SAML
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Configuring Liferay Authentication With PingOne Using SAML This tutorial guides you through the basic steps needed to integrate PingOne, your Identity Provider (IdP), with your Liferay environment...
Token-based Single Sign On Authentication
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Token-based Single Sign On Authentication Token-based SSO authentication was introduced in Liferay Portal 7.0 to standardize support for Shibboleth, SiteMinder, Oracle OAM, and any SSO product that...
Using Multi-Factor Authentication
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Using Multi-Factor Authentication To enhance your installation's security, you should disable less secure, one-factor forms of authentication, such as Basic Auth, Digest Auth, and WebDAV. You can...
Setting Service Access Policies
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Setting Service Access Policies Service Access Policies define what services or service methods can be invoked remotely. You can apply many of them at once to produce a combined effect. They are...