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Limiting the Number of Search Results and Mitigating "Result window is too large." Errors when Using Elasticsearch via index.search.limit and index.max_result_window

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Every functionality that relies on search engine queries in Liferay can return a maximum of 10,000 results by default. This applies to Search Bar widget searches, search toolbar searches, search REST API usages, and...

How do you edit robots.txt for virtual host public pages?

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Issue We are trying to edit the robots.txt file through public pages, but we are getting the following message: 'Please set the virtual host before you set the robots.txt'. We are using one instance with two sites and...

"module java.base does not 'opens java.lang.invoke'" Error Prevents Elasticsearch Sidecar Startup

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Issue I'm unable to get the Elasticsearch Sidecar to start after upgrading to a quarterly release of Liferay DXP. When checking the server logs, I see the following error message:...

Last Login Date is not updated in the User's and Organizations Menu

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Issue The Last Login Date displayed in the Users and Organizations UI is not updating accurately. Even after a user logs in, the date remains unchanged. Environment Liferay DXP 2024.Q4+ Resolution Enable Feature...

In the Documents and Media portlet, the search is not performed on the selected folder in its configuration

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Issue I have an issue with the documents and media portlet document search. I have two document folders and two document and media portlets on a page. One folder is set at a document folder, the other is set at another...

Empty searches return no results using a Text Match Over Multiple Fields blueprint element

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Issue When a Blueprint is configured with the Text Match Over Multiple Fields element, performing an empty search yields no results. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 U5+ Liferay DXP Quarterly Releases Resolution Text...

How Blueprints Work in Liferay while using Fuzziness?

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Issue How Blueprints Work in Liferay while using Fuzziness? Environment Liferay Quarterly Release Resolution Example case: 1.) Create new environment. 2.) Create new blueprint 3.) Open preview 4.) Add Text...

Search navigation not showing the correct pagination or displaying the last couple of Web Content documents

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Issue When using the search navigation, we've discovered that not all of the web contents are displayed. The pagination is also not reflecting the correct amount of web content documents. Steps to reproduce: 1. Start...

Incorrect Pagination Behavior in the SearchResultsPortlet

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Issue I have an issue with the search results portlet pagination. When searching for an item by selecting a page after page 20, the first page results are shown instead of the selected page. Steps to reproduce: Set up...

Pages Appear in Search Results But Lead to 404 Errors

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Issue Some search results lead to 404 pages, even after reindexing. Pages exist but cannot be navigated to with the search bar. Search bar is unresponsive when clicking on certain results. Environment...

Running script to import Result Rankings data fails

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Issue When attempting to run the script from step 2 on Importing the Search Tuning Indexes in 7.4 to import the Result Rankings data, execution fails with the following errors: startup failed: Script1.groovy: 3: unable to...

Sites/Groups Not Searchable in Out-of-the-Box Liferay

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Issue We do not see sites as an option while selecting different asset types in the Type Facet portlet as well as in Blueprint configuration. However, we can see in the Liferay source code that SiteAssetRendererFactory...

Hindi Month Names Are Truncated in Search Results

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Issue After adding the JVM argument -Djava.locale.providers=CLDR, long month names in Hindi get truncated in search results. Example: "सितंबर 07, 2001" to "सितं 07, 2001" Environment Liferay DXP 2023.Q4 Resolution...

Blueprints Display External Reference Codes (ERC)

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Issue After updating Liferay, Blueprints configuration now displays External Reference Codes (ERC) next to the categories, sites and other elements. Environment 2024.Q4+ Resolution This change was implemented in...

Upgrading to a Quarterly Release fails due to Elasticsearch exceptions in the logs

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Issue When upgrading to a Quarterly Release, coming from an old DXP version, the upgrade fails because of some Elasticsearch errors that can be seen in the logs: ERROR [main][ROOT:47] bundle...

"Elasticsearch node search-1 does not meet the minimum version requirement of 7.16" when updating to u30

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Issue During our recent update to Update 30, the portal experienced an issue and did not start correctly. The logs show the following error: Elasticsearch node search-1 does not meet the minimum version requirement...

Search Blueprints feature is not shown in Liferay

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Issue According to this documentation, Search Blueprints, the Search Blueprints functionality is available in DXP 7.3 starting with Update 6. However, after installing DXP 7.3 Update 6, the Search Blueprints...

AssetTagException when using special characters in tag names

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Issue AssetTagException is thrown when the article gets published, in case special characters are used in tag names. 2020-06-23 07:16:18.168 ERROR [http-nio-10.155.2.197-443-exec-4][PortletServlet:112]...

Users Not Appearing in Control Panel After Upgrading Liferay Version

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Issue Users are not appearing in the Control Panel > Users > Users and Organizations section after upgrading to a newer Liferay version. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0, 7.1 Resolution 1. Remove...

Indexed documents are removed after full reindex with LPS-152937

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Updating Elasticsearch certificates for x-pack security

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Commerce product specification values (and translations of the values) are searched by taking into account the instance/site default language, not the user display language

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Where to find Liferay Connector for Elasticsearch 7 for Liferay DXP 7.2

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Flood stage disk watermark [95%] exceeded

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Team Members are missing from Projects in Customer Portal

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Restringir una búsqueda mediante una query de Elasticsearch y el widget de Filtro personalizado

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Elasticsearch exception no mapping found para los campos spellCheckWord_es_ES o spellCheckWord_en_US

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Search

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Search You can use the search page to find content available on a Liferay site. This can be web content, knowledge base articles, documents, images, products, etc. The search page contains a search...

Search

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Search

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

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

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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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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. ...

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...

Search Overview

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Search Overview Search is a fundamental component of Liferay. Elasticsearch is bundled with Liferay for testing and development purposes. Production environments require Elasticsearch running on a...

Getting Started

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Getting Started

Searching for Content

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Searching for Content All indexed content (a.k.a. assets in Liferay DXP) can be returned as search results. Custom content can also be indexed, so your installation might have additional asset...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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 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...