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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...

Users

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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...

Updating User Profile Pictures

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Updating User Profile Pictures Users have profile pictures. Administrative Users can upload images in the Edit User form, and Users can update their own account information, including profile...

Developer Guide

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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

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...

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...

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...

Liferay High-Level Style

Liferay High-Level Style There are five types of documentation: Introduction: Placed hierarchically at the top of a section, the introduction is a high level explainer that summarizes how the...

Liferay Phraseology

Liferay Phraseology Liferay's style phrases prose a certain way. Note that these are also conventions and neither correct nor incorrect; they are the way we have chosen to communicate based on our...

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. ...

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...

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...

Creating Forms Using Form Fragments

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Creating Forms Using Form Fragments Use form fragments to create and manage forms on content pages or page templates. With form fragments, you can map fields to objects, organize layouts, and...

Using Form Fragments

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Using Form Fragments Liferay DXP 2023.Q3+/Portal GA92+ Liferay includes form fragments for building forms in content pages. To build a form, add a form container to a content page or page template...

Translating Fields in Form Containers

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Translating Fields in Form Containers Liferay DXP 2025.Q1+/Portal GA132+ Localize text inputs in form containers directly in the Page Editor to provide multilingual support for fields listed in...

Document Types and Metadata Sets API Basics

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Document Types and Metadata Sets API Basics Liferay DXP 2025.Q1+/Portal GA132+ Liferay's headless delivery application provides REST services for Documents and Media that add document types and...

Build Retention Policy

Build Retention Policy The Liferay Cloud console displays your builds on the Builds page, so you can deploy them to your services whenever needed. However, only the most recent 1,100 builds remain...

Product Configurations

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Product Configurations Liferay DXP 2025.Q1+/Portal GA132+ Product Configurations are templates for managing product configuration and ability in one place. They help you make bulk changes to...

Provisioning Cloud Apps

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Provisioning Cloud Apps You can provision cloud apps to your Liferay instance and start using them immediately. Unlike DXP apps, cloud apps integrate with Liferay SaaS directly and don't require...

Multishipping

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Multishipping Liferay DXP 2025.Q1+/Portal GA132+ [Beta Feature](../../security-and-administration/administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md#beta-feature-flags) With multishipping, your...

Language Client Extensions

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Language Client Extensions Liferay DXP 2025.Q1+/Portal GA132+ A language client extension adds new language keys or overrides existing keys and their translations. For example, you can translate...

Accounts API Basics

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Accounts API Basics Liferay DXP/Portal 7.4+ You can manage accounts from the Applications menu or use Liferay's REST APIs. Call these services to create and manage accounts. Adding an Account ...

Integrating Service Builder Applications with Objects

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Integrating Service Builder Applications with Objects You can integrate existing Service Builder applications with the Objects framework. Once integrated, your custom entities become unmodifiable...

Account Groups API Basics

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Account Groups API Basics Liferay DXP/Portal 7.4+ You can manage account groups from the Applications menu or use Liferay's REST APIs. Call these services to create and manage account groups. ...

Configuring Liferay PaaS for Client Extensions

Configuring Liferay PaaS for Client Extensions Beta Feature Client extensions are the ideal way to deploy various customizations and changes to Liferay DXP in cloud environments. Here are some...

Workflow Definition Link API Basics

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Workflow Definition Link API Basics Liferay DXP 2025.Q1+/Portal GA132+ You can manage workflow definition links from the Liferay UI or using Liferay's REST APIs. In Liferay, the Control Panel →...

Configuring the JWT Bearer Flow

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Configuring the JWT Bearer Flow To use JWT Bearer as a grant type in Liferay, you must create an OAuth 2 client with the Client Authentication Method set to Client Secret Basic or Post. The client...

JSON Web Tokens (JWTs)

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JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) represent encoded data. They are compact, self-contained, and secure. There are two primary types of JSON Web Tokens: Encrypted JWT: ensures the...

Issuing JWT Access Tokens

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Issuing JWT Access Tokens Liferay DXP 7.4 U45+/GA45+ You can configure Liferay to issue access tokens in the JWT format from System Settings. Enabling JWT Tokens Open the Global Menu...

JSON Web Token Assertions

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JSON Web Token Assertions An assertion helps in sharing identity and security information across different domains. There are two uses for assertions: Authorization grants Client authentication...

Liferay DXP 2025.Q1 Breaking Changes

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Liferay DXP 2025.Q1 Breaking Changes Breaking changes break or significantly alter existing functionality or code structure. Here are all of the breaking changes for Liferay DXP 2025.Q1. As the...

Tracking Events in Third Party Websites

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Tracking Events in Third Party Websites You can use Analytics Cloud to track events for analysis on websites not built on Liferay DXP by adding JavaScript code to the and of your HTML pages: ...

2023.Q4 Default Setting and Feature Flag Changes

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2023.Q4 Default Setting and Feature Flag Changes Most new versions of Liferay DXP include changes to the default settings. If you rely on the defaults from your old version, you should review the...

2024.Q1 Default Setting and Feature Flag Changes

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2024.Q1 Default Setting and Feature Flag Changes Most new versions of Liferay DXP include changes to the default settings. If you rely on the defaults from your old version, you should review the...

2024.Q3 Default Setting and Feature Flag Changes

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2024.Q3 Default Setting and Feature Flag Changes Most new versions of Liferay DXP include changes to the default settings. If you rely on the defaults from your old version, you should review the...

Using Private Key JWT (JSON Web Token)

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Using Private Key JWT (JSON Web Token) Liferay supports private key JWT as an authentication method for OAuth 2 clients. In this flow, the client itself creates the assertion. Liferay authenticates...

2024.Q2 Default Setting and Feature Flag Changes

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2024.Q2 Default Setting and Feature Flag Changes Most new versions of Liferay DXP include changes to the default settings. If you rely on the defaults from your old version, you should review the...

2024.Q4 Default Setting and Feature Flag Changes

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2024.Q4 Default Setting and Feature Flag Changes Most new versions of Liferay DXP include changes to the default settings. If you rely on the defaults from your old version, you should review the...

2025.Q1 Default Setting and Feature Flag Changes

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2025.Q1 Default Setting and Feature Flag Changes Most new versions of Liferay DXP include changes to the default settings. If you rely on the defaults from your old version, you should review the...

Best Practices for Managing Publications

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Best Practices for Managing Publications Efficient publication workflows in Liferay help improve collaboration, reduce errors, and streamline content delivery. Follow these best practices to...

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