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System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM)
System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) Liferay DXP 2024.Q1+ System for Cross-domain Identity Management or SCIM, is an open standard that automates user provisioning. In other words,...
Account Addresses
Account Addresses Available 7.4+ Account addresses are the billing or shipping addresses associated with Business or Person accounts. Adding an Account Address Open the Global Menu (Global...
Configuring User Import and Export
Configuring User Import and Export The import/export settings configure mappings between LDAP and Liferay to match users between the two systems. Finding Users in Your LDAP Directory...
Using Authentication Verifiers
Using Authentication Verifiers Authentication Verifiers authenticate remote invocations of Liferay Portal's API in a centralized and extensible way. They have two main responsibilities: Verify...
Setting Service Access Policies
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...
Channel Defaults Permissions Reference
Channel Defaults Permissions Reference Liferay DXP 7.4 U75+/GA75+ Setting channel defaults for an account ensures that addresses, shipping options, terms and conditions, and payment methods are...
Setting Up CORS
Setting Up CORS CORS stands for Cross-Origin Resource Sharing. An Origin is a web server at a different domain, and a Resource is some asset stored on the server, like an image, PDF, or HTML file....
AntiSamy
AntiSamy Liferay DXP includes an AntiSamy module that protects against user-entered malicious code. If your site allows users to post content in message boards, blogs, or other applications, these...
Using Workflow with Accounts
Using Workflow with Accounts Liferay 7.4 U49+/GA49+ Accounts are fully integrated with Liferay's workflow engine, so you can enable an approval process for account creation. To enable a workflow...
Securing Web Services
Securing Web Services Liferay DXP provides four security layers for web services: IP permission layer: The IP address from which a web service invocation request originates must be white-listed in...
Account Management Widget
Account Management Widget Available 7.4+ Use Account Management widget to manage and access account information from any page. This provides access for those without permission to view the Control...
Configuring the Anonymous User
Configuring the Anonymous User Internet users are increasingly and justifiably concerned about how their personal data is processed by the systems they use. Liferay is aware of the need for...
Managing User Data (GDPR)
Managing User Data (GDPR) Liferay's User Associated Data (UAD) framework assists you in meeting two of the General Data Protection Regulation's (GDPR) technically challenging requirements: The...
Managing Third-Party Cookies
Managing Third-Party Cookies Liferay DXP 2024.Q1+/Portal GA112+ Third-party cookies are generated by domains different from the one a user is currently visiting. These cookies are often used by...
Exporting User Data
Exporting User Data One of the General Data Protection Regulation's (GDPR) tenets is that Users have a right to data portability. Data portability means that users have the right to receive their...
Organization Roles
Organization Roles Liferay Organizations provide a convenient way to implement distributed User management. With them, you can use Organization-scoped Roles to assign standard permissions to all...
Organizations
Organizations Organizations in Liferay can enable distributed user and site management that reflects real world organizational hierarchies. Organizations can nest to an unlimited number of...
Adding Users to Organizations
Adding Users to Organizations With Liferay organizations, you can manage users and permissions to model your real-life organizational hierarchy, which can then be quickly implemented in...
Assigning Roles to User Segments
Assigning Roles to User Segments Liferay DXP 7.2 SP2+, Liferay CE 7.3.1 GA2+ User segments are dynamically assigned user collections. If a segment can be well-defined with the available criteria,...
Creating and Managing Organizations
Creating and Managing Organizations If you're not sure what Organizations are or whether you need them, start here. Adding Organizations Click Users and Organizations from Control Panel → Users....
Creating and Managing Roles
Creating and Managing Roles Once you understand roles and permissions, you can create the roles and empower your users to work within your Liferay DXP solution. Create and manage roles in Control...
Assigning Users to Roles
Assigning Users to Roles The location of a role's assignment UI corresponds with the Role's scope. Regular Roles Globally scoped regular roles are available for configuration in the DXP Control...
Sanitizing User Data
Sanitizing User Data One of the technically challenging requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the right to be forgotten. The purpose here is not to go into the details of...
Adding a New Organization Type
Adding a New Organization Type By default, Liferay DXP only includes the Organization type. You can configure the existing type or add additional types in System Settings → Users → Organization...
Organization Sites
Organization Sites Liferay Organizations enable distributed User management, providing a convenient way to organize and manage instance users and roles to reflect your organizational hierarchy....
Default Roles Reference
Default Roles Reference All roles available in a Liferay DXP installation can be viewed in the Roles administrative application, organized by scope. Navigate there using Control Panel → Users →...
Defining Role Permissions
Defining Role Permissions Roles collect permissions, so when users are given a role, they inherit all its permissions. If you create a role with permission to access something in the Control...
Creating and Managing User Groups
Creating and Managing User Groups A user group is a list of users created for a specific purpose. User groups can be created across the hierarchical boundaries of organizations. For example, an...
Understanding Roles and Permissions
Understanding Roles and Permissions To give users the necessary permissions to perform their intended function within Liferay DXP, you must first associate the set of permissions with a role. ...
Managing Site Membership and Permissions with User Groups
Managing Site Membership and Permissions with User Groups You can use user groups to manage site membership, roles, and permissions. Managing Site Membership with User Groups One of the primary...
Service Accounts
Service Accounts A service account is a common abstraction in systems used to make authenticated API requests on behalf of the system. Every virtual instance in Liferay comes with one service...
Running Liferay for the First Time
Running Liferay for the First Time Once you've installed Liferay DXP/Portal and configured a database for it, it is ready to run. Start the Server Run the startup script bundled with your...
Installing Liferay On A Local Server
Installing Liferay On A Local Server Liferay runs on an application server. There are three ways to host Liferay on a local machine: Using a Docker container Using a Liferay Tomcat bundle On a...
Migrating Liferay Instances
Migrating Liferay Instances Liferay DXP 2025.Q2+/Portal GA148+ [Beta Feature](../../security-and-administration/administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md#beta-feature-flags) You can...
Backing Up
Backing Up Once you have your DXP installation running, you should implement a comprehensive backup plan that accounts for unforeseen events. Backup copies are also valuable for testing updates...
Blue-Green Deployments
Blue-Green Deployments Blue-green is a deployment technique in which you duplicate your production environment (the blue environment) and modify the duplicate (the green environment) with software...
Self-Hosted Installation and Upgrades
Self-Hosted Installation and Upgrades Liferay's flexibility makes it possible to host it in any way you choose: on any Kubernetes-based cloud platform via Helm charts and Terraform scripts, on...
Users
Users Every person who accesses a Liferay site is considered a user. Unauthenticated users are considered Guest users. Liferay ships out-of-the-box with a default admin user who has complete...
Patching Liferay
Patching Liferay Liferay DXP uses Bundle Releases for its latest releases. Please see Updating Liferay if you are applying an Update. All Hotfixes are patches. If you're applying a Hotfix,...
Updating User Profile Pictures for Liferay 7.3 and Earlier Versions
Updating User Profile Pictures for Liferay 7.3 and Earlier Versions Users have profile pictures. Administrative Users can upload images in the Edit User form, and Users can update their own account...