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Password Policies is inaccessible after upgrading from 6.2 to DXP 7.2 - workaround without rolling back to 6.2

Issue After upgrading from 6.2 to 7.2, navigating to Control Panel > Users > Password Policies shows a UI error "Password Policies is temporarily unavailable", and an error is thrown in the logs: ERROR [https-jsse-nio-8441-exec-4][PortletRequestDispatcherImpl:304] Unable to dispatch...

Permissions with Web Content

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Issue Whenever the Guest and Site Member view permissions of the Web Content are removed, user is still able to see the web content added in the Web content Display Portlet. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Resolution This happens because Web Content's permissions are always overridden by the...

Using Virtual Instances on Liferay Cloud

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Issue Despite creating additional Virtual Instances for DXP and adding custom domain(s) to the webserver service, users are still redirected to the default Virtual Instance. Environment Liferay Cloud Resolution To use Virtual Instances with your custom domains, add the following...

LayoutFriendlyURLsException Thrown on Upgrade to 7.3

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Issue Upon upgrading to 7.3, a LayoutFriendlyURLsException was thrown on startup, even though no failures were present in the upgrade logs: WARN [Portal Dependency Manager Component Executor--1][PortalInstanceLifecycleListenerManagerImpl:146] Unable to register portal instance...

After upgrading to stack v4, the portal shows the message "This server has not been activated with Liferay Connected Services"

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Note: please note that Liferay has renamed its Liferay Experience Could offerings to Liferay SaaS (formerly LXC) and Liferay PaaS (formerly LXC-SM). Issue After upgrading to stack v4, the portal shows the message "This server has not been activated with Liferay Connected Services" on the...

JavaScript Loader OSGI config settings don't appear to be applied following an upgrade to 7.2+

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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 values look to be in use. Environment Pre-upgrade environment: DXP 7.0 or DXP...

Changes to Tomcat classloading order as of Tomcat 8+

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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. Environment Liferay Portal 6.2 Tomcat 8+ Resolution If the order that EXT...

'Nested Applications temporarily unavailable' error

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Issue After upgrading to DXP 7.2+, I see that some Nested Applications widgets are not displayed on my pages and instead show a Nested Applications temporarily unavailable error. Environment Upgrading from DXP 7.0 to DXP 7.2+ Resolution This error specifically occurs if the Nested...

Jackson libraries are missing in Liferay 7.2

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Issue I would like to use the Jackson libraries with the RestTemplate in Liferay 7.2 to convert messages to and from JSON, but receiving errors upon trying to use the MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter. Environment DXP 7.2+ Resolution According to this article the...

Search Results Pagination uses IP Address instead of DNS Name when NGINX is configured

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Issue NGINX load balancer is set up in my environment. All URLs in the portal redirect using friendly DNS name. This does not work for the Search Results widget. When navigating the Search Results widget, it uses the IP address and not the friendly DNS name. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0+...

Unable to install .cfg file after updating or upgrading to DXP 7.3 Fix Pack 1

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Issue When placing a *.cfg file in the LIFERAY_HOME/osgi/configs folder an error is generated in the log: Unable to install .cfg file "{cfg-file-name}", please use .config file instead. Files with the *.cfg extension placed in the LIFERAY_HOME/osgi/configs folder are not read....

How do I implement a JNDI database connection on Liferay PaaS

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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 database through a Java Naming and Directory Interface (following: JNDI)...

Auto Upgrade in DXP 7.3 and Above

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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: Recover the old behavior with the property upgrade.database.auto.run set to...

ClassCastException in Xerces with JBoss EAP 7.3 and IBMJava

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Issue When Liferay 7.3 is deployed on JBoss EAP 7.3 using IBMJava, the following exception is thrown at startup and the server fails to start: ERROR [ServerService Thread Pool -- 80][ServletContextHelperFactoryImpl:93] bundle com.liferay.portal.osgi.web.servlet.context.helper.impl:3.0.8...

Groovy Script to truncate the data of UserTrackPath Table

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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 java.sql.Connection; import java.sql.SQLException; import java.sql.Statement; import...

Upgrade to DXP 7.3 fails due to error about an already existing column

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Issue When running the DB Upgrade Tool, the upgrade fails due to an error regarding a duplicate or already existing defaultvirtualHost column. (See examples of the error below) Upgrading Oracle DB Caused by: com.liferay.portal.kernel.upgrade.UpgradeException: java.sql.SQLException:...

What Is The Property Layout.url?

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Issue What is this property and how it is invoked by Liferay? layout.url=${liferay:mainPath}/portal/layout?p_l_id=${liferay:plid}&p_v_l_s_g_id=${liferay:pvlsgid} Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution layout.url defines the format of the actual URL of the page layout. When a user...

Intermittent LDAP login failures due to LDAP response read time out

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Issue With large LDAP directories, user login can sometimes fail if the LDAP query takes longer than the configured read timeout (default value is 500ms) WARN [http-bio-exec][LDAPAuth:176] Failed to bind to the LDAP server with ... javax.naming.NamingException: LDAP response read timed...

How to resolve an IllegalArgumentException when attempting to update a Destination Worker's Core Size and Maximum Size

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Issue When attempting to update the Worker Core Size and Worker Maximum Size (for example, changing the liferay/background_task destination name to a core size of 5 and a max size of 10), though the update appears successful in the UI, the logs show a "CM Configuration Updater" error and...

Delay when fetching data from headless-admin-user/v1.0/user-accounts for the first time after server restart

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Issue When running a REST API call as below:...

Caching js_resolve_modules calls

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Issue The load time and the amount of data that is requested from the server by caching resolved_modules should be reduced. Environment Liferay 7.2 with DXP-8 Resolution A hotfix has been provided and below is the explanation of how it works The hotfix is not depending on any browser....

Local development Liferay bundle will stop working with IllegalStateException: Send redirect after commit

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Issue Portal developers running a local Liferay bundle with a developer Activation Key may suddenly be unable to use the server. The interface will redirect to /c/portal/license URL showing the License Server details and the below error will appear in the server logs: ERROR...

Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint on startup after DB upgrade

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Issue After successfully upgrading your DB with the db-upgrade tool you might face a similar error to the following one on fresh startup:...

Is it possible to schedule LDAP imports for a specific time of day in Liferay DXP?

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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 imports were typically utilized to accomplish import processes during...

Freemarker showing verbose exception

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Issue Freemarker is showing verbose exception on site, even though RETHROW is set. Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution The Journal Article error template can be configured with the following steps: Navigate to Control Panel > System Settings > Web Content > Web Content (VIRTUAL...

After upgrading a staged environment from 6.2 to DXP, the tag function does not work properly

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Please be aware that the page you are viewing has been machine translated from Japanese into English and may contain some translation errors. If you observe any issues with the translation, please contact us. Issue There is a staging configured Portal 6.2 environment There is a tag...

Is It Possible To Change Deployed War Location?

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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 directory. # # Set the directory where the module framework WAR...

I Can Not Access Exploded War With DXP 7.0+

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Issue With Liferay DXP, all the deployable wars move from {LIFERAY_HOME}/deploy into {LIFERAY_HOME}/osgi/war/ directory as a war file. But in Liferay 6.2 it used to be deployed as an exploded content into JBOSS_HOME/deployments directory. With this change in Liferay DXP, now it is not...

Warnings get thrown while attempting to upgrade Lock_ table

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Issue Several warnings get thrown, while the migration tool is trying to upgrade Lock_ table. WARN [main][UpgradeProcess:446] Attempting to upgrade table Lock_ by recreating the table due to: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server...

dl.file.rank.enabled property in Liferay

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Issue Details on disabling the "dl.file.rank.enabled" property with the below queries. 1) The usage of this property? 2) What would be the impact on the system if disable it? 3) Will there be any impact on the portal if disable it? Environment Liferay 7.0 Resolution The usage of this...

Upgrade from Liferay DXP 7.2 FP5 to Liferay DXP 7.3 GA1 fails

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Issue When running the DB upgrade process from Liferay DXP 7.2 FP5 to Liferay DXP 7.3 GA1, it fails due to Duplicate column name 'defaultVirtualHost':...

Customising soy files in ext plugins

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Issue 1) Create Ext-plugin by adding ext-files (SelectCategory.es.js and SelectCategory.soy). 2) Deploy through Gradle "deploy" Or place the jar to osgi/marketplace/override folder. 3) Deployed path should be: {Liferay-Home}osgi/marketplace/override. 4) Delete temp folders and osgi/state...

Unexpected URLs in Page Analytics

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Issue The URL pattern of different pages in the page analytics is changed i.e., starting with 'https:///' such as 'https:///login'. Environment Liferay 7.2 Resolution This is certainly an invalid URL because, even if the complete URL would have been coming, it should be at-least having...

Change to portal-ext.properties files not being reflected in node

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Issue After making changes to different properties in the portal-ext.properties file, these changes are not being reflected in the environment when Liferay is being started up. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Resolution When Liferay starts, sometimes it can load multiple...

Disable Pragma: no-cache header

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Issue Liferay adding a "Pragma: no-cache" to the response header, and this is preventing the app server, or the client from caching the data. Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution Set the browser.cache.disabled property to false in your portal-ext.properties file Additional Information...

Why is .bc.googleusercontent shown when doing nslookup on Liferay Load Balancer IP?

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Issue When running a nslookup command against the Load Balancer IP that can be seen at Network > Endpoints > Ingress endpoints, .bc.googleusercontent.com will be appended to the Load Balancer's IP: $ nslookup <LB_IP_ADDRESS> Server: server.example.com Address: xxx.xx.xxx.xxx Name:...

Persisting a Secret Environment Variable upon deleting and redeploying a service

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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 occasionally need to delete and recreate with a new deployment. However, when...

Cache Override

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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 accomplished via portal-ext.properties Environment Liferay DXP 7.0...

Enable BundleStartStopLogger debug log traces

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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 inside $LIFERAY_HOME/osgi Inside the recently created folder: Deploy the...

Portlet Management in a clustered Liferay DXP using WebLogic

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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 OSGI container from the Weblogic console. The traditional way of...