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How to enable Hibernate query parameters logging
Issue Sometimes it can be useful to check which query is executed against the database as well as its parameters. Resolution To show the information in the logs the following has to be done: From Control Panel...
Deploying Liferay DXP 7.3 on JBoss EAP 7.3.0
Issue Detailed steps to Install Liferay DXP on JBoss EAP Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 JBoss EAP 7.3.0 JDK 1.8 Resolution 1. Liferay Home is the folder that consists JBoss server folder. After installing and deploying...
Adding custom preferences to Spring MVC Portlet
Issue We've create a new Spring MVC Portlet and we'd like to configure it with some custom portlet preference. How can we do it? Environment Liferay DXP Resolution Once you've created your Spring MVC Portlet you...
User is required to change their password when they first log in
Issue  User is required to change their password when they first log in Environment DXP 7.2+ Resolution Add the below properties in portal-ext. properties files: users.reminder.queries.custom.question.enabled=false...
Configure default database if the one defined in jndi is not available
Issue When the database is configured through the portal property: jdbc.default.jndi.name (and its properties defined in ROOT.xml) and it is, for some reason, not available when the portal starts, the...
How to disable simultaneous login from multiple sessions
Issue How to disable users to simultaneously login to Liferay DXP using multiple different sessions. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Liferay DXP 7.1 Liferay DXP 7.2 Liferay DXP 7.3  Resolution Please add the following...
How to generate multiple Java Thread Dumps in Linux and Windows
Issue In case of a throughput issue, the Liferay support service usually asks to take some java thread dumps from the Liferay server, in an interval of 1-2 seconds. Taking several thread dumps, allows you to detect if a...
How to execute verify.frequency in Liferay DXP 7.3
Issue The property verify.frequency was deprecated in Liferay DXP 7.3. Environment Liferay DXP 7.3. Resolution To check for available verify processes, go to Control Panel > System > Gogo shell and enter the...
Logs rotation based on size
Issue How to implement the log rotation for Liferay logs based on the size Environment Liferay Portal 6.2 Liferay DXP 7.0 Resolution The logs can be rotated based on the size and it can be achieved through...
In a thread dump there are many blocked threads inside InitFilter class
Issue When I analyze a thread dump there are multiple threads in BLOCKED status with stacktraces such as this: "http-nio-8080-exec-129" Id=325 BLOCKED on...
How to acquire Liferay PaaS logs in a file on a local machine without requiring browser interaction
Note: please note that Liferay has renamed its Liferay Experience Could offerings to Liferay SaaS (formerly LXC) and Liferay PaaS (formerly LXC-SM). Issue Our team would like to transfer Liferay PaaS logging into a...
How to enable web content and user logs in server console?
Issue In this article, we'll know how to display logs of web content and user creation in the server console. Environment Liferay DXP 7.1 Resolution For Web Content logs: Navigate to Control Panel→ Server...
Setting up Microsoft Server AD with Liferay
Issue This article provides you detailed steps to set up and configure Microsoft Server AD to Liferay. Environment Liferay DXP 7.1 Resolution Changing Computer Name: Control Panel → System and Security → System...
Approaching database support
Issue Approaching database support issues in the Liferay. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Resolution There are two ways to set up database connections in the portal-ext.properties file. If both JDBC properties and JNDI...
Stopping scheduled tasks in Liferay
Issue I would like to stop the out-of-the-box scheduled tasks in Liferay. Environment Liferay Portal Liferay DXP Resolution Most of the scheduled tasks included in Liferay can be found by searching for .check in the list...
How to check Java's TZData (Timezone Data) version
Issue In countries where Daylight Savings Time (Summer Time) is defined each year the timezone data (TZData) can be outdated. This procedure can help you fetch the version of the TZData currently in use...
Documents and Media: Disable permission for users to add new folder
Issue A user assigned a 'Site Role' is able to create a new folder in Documents and Media How can I prevent a user creating new folders? Environment DXP 7.1    DXP 7.2    DXP 7.3    Resolution By default, Site...
How to set up a clean bundle in your local environment
This article has been machine translated from its original language for your convenience. Please use discretion as this translation may include some inaccuracies. If you encounter issues with the translation, please...
Where can I get the database query logs for my Liferay PaaS project?
Note: please note that Liferay has renamed its Liferay Experience Could offerings to Liferay SaaS (formerly LXC) and Liferay PaaS (formerly LXC-SM). Issue Where can I get database query logs for my Liferay PaaS...
JavaScript Loader OSGI config settings don't appear to be applied following an upgrade to 7.2+
Issue When upgrading to DXP 7.3, we moved our previously modified OSGi .config files to the new bundle, but the settings from the JavaScript Loader .config file do not appear to be taking effect, as the default...
Changes to Tomcat classloading order as of Tomcat 8+
Issue In Tomcat 7 and earlier versions, class loading for EXT JAR files were done in alphabetical order. However, with Tomcat 8 and later, class loading has been changed to be decided by the underlying file system....
How do I implement a JNDI database connection on Liferay PaaS
Note: please note that Liferay has renamed its Liferay Experience Could offerings to Liferay SaaS (formerly LXC) and Liferay PaaS (formerly LXC-SM). Issue Portal Administrators may require a connection to the...
Auto Upgrade in DXP 7.3 and Above
Issue Starting from Liferay 7.3, new upgrades for modules won't run automatically on startup by default. Resolution The following options are available to run the upgrades we may include in fix/service packs:...
Groovy Script to truncate the data of UserTrackPath Table
Issue If you want to truncate the data from UserTrackPath Table Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution Below is the Groovy Script which might help to truncate the data from UserTrackPath table. import...
Delay when fetching data from headless-admin-user/v1.0/user-accounts for the first time after server restart
Issue When running a REST API call as below:...
Is it possible to schedule LDAP imports for a specific time of day in Liferay DXP?
Issue In Liferay Portal 6.2, it was possible to create a cron trigger in the liferay-portlet.xml file to accomplish LDAP imports for a specific time of day without creating a customization. These types of scheduled...
Is It Possible To Change Deployed War Location?
Issue The default location of the deployed war is ${liferay.home}/osgi/war folder. Is it possible to change the location?   Environment Liferay DXP 7.0+   Resolution You can use the following property to change the...
How to persist a Secret Environment Variable when deleting and redeploying a service
Note: please note that Liferay has renamed its Liferay Experience Could offerings to Liferay SaaS (formerly LXC) and Liferay PaaS (formerly LXC-SM). Issue For business reasons, we have a custom service that we...
Cache Override
Issue This article describes how to override the cache in 7.0 taking into account two different aspects: EhCache settings and Replication settings. The first one implies creating a new module, while the second is...
Enable BundleStartStopLogger debug log traces
Issue How to enable BundleStartStopLogger debug log traces to see module lifecycle events during startup. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0+ Resolution Stop the server. If it doesn't exist create a folder named log4j...
Portlet Management in a clustered Liferay DXP using WebLogic
Issue How can I manage portlets in a clustered Liferay DXP environment using WebLogic?    Environment Liferay DXP 7.x WebLogic   Resolution Since Liferay DXP 7.x, you will have no access to any modules deployed within the...
How to manually remove / delete a portlet
Issue How can I completely delete a portlet so that I can redeploy an older version? When I uninstall a portlet from the App Manager, it's only Blacklisted and not uninstalled. How do I remove a custom module in...
The default Liferay DXP site's name cannot be localized/translated
Issue I am using the default Liferay DXP site, renamed it, but I do not see the language button or an option to add the site name in different languages. Environment Portal 6.2 DXP 7.0+ Resolution The default site's...
How to update our Tomcat server?
Issue We've found a security issue in our current Tomcat server version The issue has been fixed in the latest version of Tomcat Does Liferay provide a fix for the issue? If not, how can we upgrade our...
Disable Footer Section
Issue How to hide the footer section("Powered by Liferay" section)? Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution The below steps can be followed to disable the footer section: 1) Go to Site Builder > Pages. 2) Click on the...
Adjusting Log Levels to persist after portal restart
Issue Log levels that have been adjusted through the Server Administration are reset after a server restart. I'd like the log levels adjustments to persist after restarts. Environment DXP 7.0+ Resolution Adjust log...
[CKEditor] Paragraph tag is appended to content in blogs by default
Issue We are using CKEditor instead of the regular editor. When putting some content into the HTML field while creating blogs <p> and </p> tags are appended by default. We would like to remove these tags or change them...
Groovy Script for deleting users from the database
Directly modifying the database is not advised because we are unable to provide assistance regarding the damage it might do. The suggested approach in these cases is a groovy script that uses Liferay's API....
Remove portlets programmatically with the removePortletId method
Issue I would like to remove portlets from pages programmatically (e.g. with a script or a background job) with the use of the removePortletId method, but without permission checking.  Environment Liferay DXP...
Is it possible to change how much memory Gradle uses during a Liferay PaaS build in Jenkins?
Issue Since our Jenkins builds are using Gradle Daemons, we would like to increase the memory available to control how much memory Gradle uses, so that it is increased from this default: org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx512m...