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Developer Guide Contributing Custom Content to the Similar Results Widget Search Queries and Filters Aggregations Model Entity Indexing APIs Search Headless APIs
What's New in Search for 7.4?
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What's New in Search for 7.4? There are several highlights and new features added to Liferay's search infrastructure for the 7.4 release. New features include those added to the product for Liferay...
What's New in Search for 7.3?
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What's New in Search for 7.3? Elasticsearch Integration Elasticsearch 7 Support Liferay CE 7.3 GA4+, Liferay DXP 7.3 GA1+ Liferay DXP 7.3 comes with out-of-the-box support for Elasticsearch 7. The...
Elasticsearch
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Elasticsearch Elasticsearch is the highly scalable, full-text search engine Liferay uses by default. Elasticsearch is bundled with Liferay for non-production purposes. In production, Liferay...
Search Queries and Filters
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Search Queries and Filters To get sensible results from the search engine, you must provide a sensible query. Liferay's query APIs are in the portal-search-api module and are used to construct both...
Installing and Upgrading a Search Engine
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Installing and Upgrading a Search Engine A search engine is a critical component of your Liferay installation. Creating an Example Cluster can get you started with an Elasticsearch installation,...
Contributing Custom Content to the Similar Results Widget
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Contributing Custom Content to the Similar Results Widget Subscribers This functionality relies on a Service Provider Interface (SPI) that's bundled with Liferay DXP 7.3+. It's available in...
Elasticsearch Connector Configuration Reference
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Elasticsearch Connector Configuration Reference The configuration information here applies to the latest available (bundled or through Marketplace) version of the Elasticsearch 6 and Elasticsearch...
Connecting to Elasticsearch
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Connecting to Elasticsearch After setting up Elasticsearch, connect it to Liferay using the Liferay Connector to Elasticsearch. Connection steps depend on the connector you're configuring. See...
Advanced Configuration of the Liferay Elasticsearch Connector
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Advanced Configuration of the Liferay Elasticsearch Connector The Elasticsearch connection is configured using a configuration file or via System Settings. The Elasticsearch connector has a lot of...
Troubleshooting Elasticsearch Installation
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Troubleshooting Elasticsearch Installation Liferay and Elasticsearch are complex systems full of configurations. When connecting them, you can run into difficulty along the way. Included below are...
Upgrading Elasticsearch
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Upgrading Elasticsearch Liferay supports Elasticsearch 8. The compatibility matrix provides the latest support details. Solr is in maintenance mode in Liferay 7.4. Elasticsearch 6.x is not...
Upgrading to Elasticsearch 7
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Upgrading to Elasticsearch 7 7.1 and 7.2 Liferay's connection to Elasticsearch 7.17.x servers is deprecated due to the End of Life for Elasticsearch 7.17. Connecting to a deprecated Elasticsearch...
Installing Elasticsearch
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Installing Elasticsearch Here's how to install, configure, and start Elasticsearch on-premises. If you have Elasticsearch indexes used for primary data storage (storing data not backed by a...
Troubleshooting Elasticsearch: Common Issues
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Troubleshooting Elasticsearch: Common Issues Listed here are some common issues you may encounter while configuring Elasticsearch and Liferay. Additional connection-specific errors are discussed in...
Exercise: Run Liferay and Elasticsearch Using Docker
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Exercise: Run Liferay and Elasticsearch Using Docker 7.3+ Here you can walk through a minimal Liferay-Elasticsearch setup on your local machine to see how a secure REST Client connection between...
Getting Started with Elasticsearch
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Getting Started with Elasticsearch Compatibility: See the Search Engine Compatibility Matrix for details on the compatible Elasticsearch versions, available Liferay connectors, and required...
Upgrading Search Infrastructure
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Upgrading Search Infrastructure While upgrading Liferay, consider whether an Elasticsearch upgrade is required. The exact steps for upgrading depend on your existing search engine installation and...
Upgrading to Elasticsearch 8
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Upgrading to Elasticsearch 8 7.4 U81+, 7.3 U31+ Elasticsearch 8 is supported and recommended for the latest Liferay DXP Quarterly and Portal GA release out of the box. For specific version...
Troubleshooting the Elasticsearch Connection
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Troubleshooting the Elasticsearch Connection Listed here are some connection issues you can encounter when configuring the Liferay-Elasticsearch connection, along with the most common solutions to...
Securing Elasticsearch
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Securing Elasticsearch The very first thing you must do to secure Elasticsearch is enable X-Pack Security. After that you can begin configuring authentication and encrypted communication. ...
Backing Up Elasticsearch
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Backing Up Elasticsearch Elasticsearch replicas protect against a node going down, but they won't help you with a catastrophic failure. Only good backup practices can help you then. Backing Up...
Using the Sidecar or Embedded Elasticsearch
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Using the Sidecar or Embedded Elasticsearch Sidecar and embedded Elasticsearch are not suitable for production. When using an app server different other than Tomcat, set up a standalone...
Installing OpenSearch
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Installing OpenSearch Subscription Required [Beta Feature](../../../security-and-administration/administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md) You can connect OpenSearch with Liferay. For...
Installing a Search Engine
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Installing a Search Engine A search engine is a critical component of your Liferay installation. Creating an Example Cluster can get you started with the installation, but this guide demonstrates...
OpenSearch
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OpenSearch Subscription Required [Beta Feature](../../security-and-administration/administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md) Elasticsearch is Liferay's native search engine. Beginning...
OpenSearch Connector Configuration Reference
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OpenSearch Connector Configuration Reference Subscription Required [Beta Feature](../../../security-and-administration/administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md) Configure Liferay's...
Configuring an Example CCR Installation: Replicating Between Data Centers
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Configuring an Example CCR Installation: Replicating Between Data Centers Liferay Enterprise Search (LES) Subscribers This example configures Liferay DXP's Cross-Cluster Replication module and...
Cross Cluster Replication
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Cross Cluster Replication Cross Cluster Replication Configuring an Example Cross Cluster Replication Installation Configuring a Cross Cluster Replication in a Remote Leader Data Center ...
Cross-Cluster Replication
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Cross-Cluster Replication Liferay Enterprise Search (LES) Subscribers In a classic Liferay DXP/search engine installation, one Liferay DXP cluster talks to one Elasticsearch cluster, sending all...
Configuring CCR in a Local Follower Data Center
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Configuring CCR in a Local Follower Data Center First configure CCR in the remote/leader data center before following the steps below. The local/follower data center holds Liferay DXP cluster...
Configuring CCR In a Remote Leader Data Center
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Configuring CCR In a Remote Leader Data Center Ensure you have completed the necessary prerequisite steps before following the steps below. This data center holds Liferay DXP cluster nodes with a...
Liferay Enterprise Search
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Liferay Enterprise Search Liferay's Enterprise Search (LES) features significantly upgrade the default search capabilities. With a LES subscription you gain the following benefits: Search...
Solr
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Solr Solr is in maintenance mode in Liferay 7.4. Solr Limitations Installing Solr
Solr Limitations
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Solr Limitations Liferay's Solr implementation has limitations. Some Liferay features and APIs cannot be used when you choose Solr as the search engine. Install Elasticsearch for the best...
Configuring CCR: Settings Reference
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Configuring CCR: Settings Reference To help with the CCR configuration process, the example configurations from the step-by-step instructions in this guide are collected here. These configuration...
Installing Solr
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Installing Solr 7.2-7.3 (CE, DXP); 7.4 DXP U60+ Solr is a popular enterprise search platform built on Apache Lucene. It's reliable, scalable, and fault tolerant. Read more about it here. Solr is...
Troubleshooting Cross-Cluster Replication
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Troubleshooting Cross-Cluster Replication Known common pitfalls encountered during the CCR setup are covered here, as well as general troubleshooting techniques. For further troubleshooting, look...
Learning to Rank
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Learning to Rank Liferay Enterprise Search (LES) Subscribers Search engines like Elasticsearch have well-tuned relevance algorithms, good for general search purposes. LES Learning to Rank...
Deactivating Liferay Enterprise Search
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Deactivating Liferay Enterprise Search Starting with Liferay DXP 7.4 and in all quarterly releases, the Liferay Enterprise Search (LES) features are included out-of-the-box. You can begin using LES...
Collections with Search Blueprints
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Collections with Search Blueprints When you create a search blueprint, you can enable it as a collection provider to display its results. Assets matching the blueprint's query and configuration are...
Managing Elements
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Managing Elements To create new Elements, click Add (Add). See Creating Elements for more details. As of Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA102+, the title and description fields are localizable. To...
Creating Elements
Official Documentation
Creating Elements There are a lot of system Elements that ship with Search Blueprints. If none of the system Elements meets your needs, there are many ways to create your own Search Blueprints...
Creating and Managing Elements
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Creating and Managing Elements Elements are one of the fundamental building blocks of Search Blueprints and are managed within the Blueprints application. Open the Global Menu's Applications...
Collapsing Search Results
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Collapsing Search Results Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA102+ You can collapse search results that have identical keyword field values. For example, an internal blog titled Employee of the Month...
Search Blueprints
Official Documentation
Search Blueprints [LES Subscription](./deactivating-liferay-enterprise-search.md) DXP 7.4 U5+; 7.3 U6+ With Search Blueprints you can Make minor tweaks to Liferay's default search page behavior...
Monitoring Elasticsearch
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Monitoring Elasticsearch [LES Subscription](./deactivating-liferay-enterprise-search.md) If you have a Liferay Enterprise Search (LES) subscription, you can integrate Elastic's Kibana monitoring...
Optimizing Search Response Size
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Optimizing Search Response Size In rare cases, an overly large search response can result in ERROR messages from the search engine: ERROR [http-nio-8080-exec-335][ElasticsearchIndexSearcher:165]...
Custom Element Examples
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Custom Element Examples Here are example elements that use custom fields and nested fields in their contributed query clauses. Using Custom Fields (Expando) in Elements You can add custom fields...
Predefined Element Variables Reference
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Predefined Element Variables Reference In the Element Source editor, place the cursor in the desired location and click the variable in the left hand sidebar to insert it. In the Custom JSON...
Creating and Managing Search Blueprints
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Creating and Managing Search Blueprints Create search blueprints to tailor the search experience to your users. You can find the search blueprints application in Global Menu (Global Menu) →...
Search Blueprints Elements Reference
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Search Blueprints Elements Reference Elements are one of the fundamental building blocks of a Search Blueprint. To explore all the available Elements, navigate to the Global Menu (Global) →...
Search Blueprints Configuration Reference
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Search Blueprints Configuration Reference The search blueprints user interface has a query builder for creating blueprints. Beyond adding elements and configuring the query settings, there are...
Personalizing the Search Experience
Official Documentation
Personalizing the Search Experience One of the premier use cases for Search Blueprints is to personalize Liferay's search results. With a personalized search experience, each user sees results...
Semantic Search
Official Documentation
Semantic Search 7.4 U70+ [Beta Feature](../../security-and-administration/administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md) Semantic search evaluates the intent behind a searched phrase....
Result Rankings
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Result Rankings Subscribers This feature does not work with Solr. Result Rankings are for changing the list of returned results for specific keywords. With Results Rankings you can Designate...
Understanding Search Blueprints
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Understanding Search Blueprints Use Search Blueprints to tailor the search page experience to your users' needs, without deploying any custom code. With Blueprints you can Create context-aware...
Elasticsearch Indexes Reference
Official Documentation
Elasticsearch Indexes Reference Liferay 7.3 and 7.4 each have a set of indexes created in Elasticsearch. Understanding these indexes and what they do can help you better configure and administer...
Setting Up a Text Embedding Provider
Official Documentation
Setting Up a Text Embedding Provider 7.4 U70+ [Beta Feature](../../../security-and-administration/administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md) A text embedding provider has two jobs: At...
Search Administration and Tuning
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Search Administration and Tuning Search Administration Panel Overview Reindexing Modes Search Tuning Synonym Sets Result Rankings Troubleshooting Search Search Insights Troubleshooting...