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Remote Applications with Headless APIs Available 7.4+ After creating and publishing objects, headless REST APIs are automatically generated. Here you'll see how to integrate these endpoints to...

Activating Liferay DXP

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Activating Liferay DXP Starting with the 2026.Q1 release, all Liferay DXP installations—including trial and free-tier environments—require an XML (.xml) activation key to enable core features and...

Installing OpenSearch

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Installing OpenSearch Subscription Required Liferay DXP 2025.Q1+ You can connect OpenSearch with Liferay. For detailed OpenSearch installation and configuration instructions, consult the...

Connecting Liferay DXP to Analytics Cloud

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Connecting Liferay DXP to Analytics Cloud Liferay DXP 2024.Q1+/Portal GA112+ Liferay DXP and Analytics Cloud connect via a secure, encrypted token. This token is generated by Analytics Cloud and...

Acquiring Object Definitions from Marketplace

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Acquiring Object Definitions from Marketplace Object definitions package custom object configurations into applications. These apps are published as Client Extensions. After publication to Liferay...

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...

Using Multiple Display Page Templates to Create Multi-Step Applications

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Using Multiple Display Page Templates to Create Multi-Step Applications Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA102+ Display page templates display content at a dedicated URL. To use this URL and view the...

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...

Product Configurations

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Product Configurations [Liferay DXP 2025.Q1+/Portal GA132+](#feature-availability) Product Configurations are templates for managing product configuration and ability in one place. They help you...

Contributing to Liferay Development

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Contributing to Liferay Development You can contribute to Liferay DXP by opening a pull request against the liferay-portal repository on GitHub. This section covers the two common contribution...

Search Configuration Reference

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Search Configuration Reference Search in Liferay DXP can be configured in lots of ways. Once you understand the concept of configuration scope, you'll understand where to find a certain...

Enabling Liferay's REST Connector to SharePoint

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Enabling Liferay's REST Connector to SharePoint Subscription Compatible with SharePoint 2016 and SharePoint Online Liferay 2026.Q1+ Liferay's REST Connector to SharePoint integrates Documents and...

Fragment Elements Reference

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Fragment Elements Reference In addition to General and Style settings, many fragments include elements with their own configuration options. To access these options, begin editing a page or...

Setting Up Liferay

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Setting Up Liferay After installing Liferay, configure it to meet your needs. Here are common setup tasks. Setup Tasks Preconfigure the System Activate Liferay (Subscription Required) ...

Search Blueprints

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Search Blueprints Subscription LES Subscription DXP 7.4 U5+; 7.3 U6+ With Search Blueprints you can Make minor tweaks to Liferay's default search page behavior Override the search page...

Migrating to Segmentation and Personalization

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Migrating to Segmentation and Personalization Starting in Liferay DXP 2026.Q1, Segments moves toward a unified experience with Analytics Cloud. The impact depends on your installation type: ...

CNE GCP Ready: Configuring Argo CD Domain and TLS

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CNE GCP Ready: Configuring Argo CD Domain and TLS Configure a custom domain and TLS certificate for Argo CD to access the GitOps interface through a secure endpoint. Prerequisites Before...

CNE GCP Ready: Accessing the Kubernetes Cluster

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CNE GCP Ready: Accessing the Kubernetes Cluster Cloud Native Experience (CNE) GCP Ready provisions Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters as private clusters by default. Because the Kubernetes...

CNE: AWS Ready - Configuring Liferay Domains and TLS

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CNE: AWS Ready - Configuring Liferay Domains and TLS By default, the Cloud Native Experience (CNE) environment exposes services using AWS load balancer host names. To provide a production-ready...

Using Fragments

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Using Fragments Page fragments are extensible and reusable drag-and-drop elements for building content pages and templates (i.e., masters, pages, and display pages). Built with HTML, CSS, and...

Setting Service Access Policies

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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...

JVM Configuration

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JVM Configuration As of Liferay DXP 2024.Q3+/Portal GA125+, Liferay DXP/Portal requires a Java JDK 17 or 21 (prior versions support JDKs 8 and 11) with specific JVM option settings. There are also...

Search Results Behavior

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Search Results Behavior Previously, you learned how to display search results. There are additional Search Results concepts and configurations that can enhance your search results: Filtering...

Managing Privacy Settings

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Managing Privacy Settings Ensure GDPR compliance for your cookies using Liferay's configuration interface. You can access the privacy settings at different scopes. Open the Global Menu (Global...

Iframe Sanitizer

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Iframe Sanitizer Liferay DXP 2025.Q4+ Liferay DXP includes an iframe sanitizer that controls how iframes are handled across each instance. Iframes can introduce security risks if they load...

Using Relationship REST APIs

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Using Relationship REST APIs Liferay 7.4 U70+/GA70+ When you add relationships to custom or system objects, Liferay generates REST endpoints for accessing those relationships. You can relate and...

Semantic Search

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Semantic Search Subscription LES Subscription Generally Available in Liferay DXP 2026.Q1+ Semantic search evaluates the intent behind a searched phrase. Meanwhile, a keyword search matches a...

General Settings Reference

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General Settings Reference All fragments have general settings. Some options are standard (e.g., visibility and frame), while others are unique to each fragment. Follow these steps to access a...

Managing Secure Environment Variables with Secrets

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Managing Secure Environment Variables with Secrets Secrets allow you to securely store variables for any environment within Liferay Cloud. Whereas any user with permission to view your Liferay...

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...

Knowledge Base Templates

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Knowledge Base Templates Liferay 7.4 U72+/GA72+ Templates give authors a starting point with default headers or other content for articles. Templates help foster consistent formatting and content...

Setting Default Field Values

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Setting Default Field Values Liferay DXP 2026.Q1+ You can use default field values to reduce manual entry errors and ensure that your object data remains consistent across all creation methods....

Understanding and Extending Generated Classes

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Understanding and Extending Generated Classes Service Builder generates both tables for your entity and model, persistence, and service classes for it. Here you'll examine generated classes for an...

Customizing Liferay DXP in the Cloud

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Customizing Liferay DXP in the Cloud Client extensions are the primary means of extending Liferay. Build your client extensions independently in your own workspace, then deploy them to any Liferay...

Cloud Native Experience: Cloud Provider Ready

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Cloud Native Experience: Cloud Provider Ready These provider-optimized toolkit offerings include opinionated Terraform blueprints that automate Day 0 tasks, such as networking, cluster...

Organizations API Basics

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Organizations API Basics You can Create and Manage Organizations from the Application menu, but you can also use Liferay's REST APIs. Call these services to manage organizations. Adding an...

Database Partitioning for Virtual Instances

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Database Partitioning for Virtual Instances Database partitioning gives each Liferay DXP virtual instance its own database schema, replacing the default single-schema layout where every instance...

Using a CSS Client Extension

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Using a CSS Client Extension Liferay 7.4+ CSS client extensions introduce new CSS styling to pages. A deployed CSS client extension on a page adds to the page's existing styling, including theme...

CNE GCP Ready: Prerequisites

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CNE GCP Ready: Prerequisites Before running the bootstrap scripts for Cloud Native Experience (CNE) on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), prepare your local machine, cloud accounts, and Git repositories....

Adding a Virtual Instance

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Adding a Virtual Instance Before you do anything in Liferay DXP to add a virtual instance, you must configure its domain name in your network to point to your installed Liferay DXP system. There's...

2026.Q2 Default Setting and Feature Flag Changes

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2026.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, review the changes and...

SCIM Resource Type, Service Provider, and Schema Basics

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SCIM Resource Type, Service Provider, and Schema Basics Liferay DXP 2025.Q2+ Liferay provides a headless API to query the SCIM resource types, service providers, and schemas available. Use the...

Liferay Catalogs

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Liferay Catalogs Liferay Catalogs categorize applications in Marketplace. There are three catalogs developed and maintained by Liferay. Liferay Inc. Liferay Labs Liferay Community You can...

Understanding Roles and Permissions

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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. ...

Using the Navigation Menus Application

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Using the Navigation Menus Application Use the Navigation Menus application to create custom menus for site pages and content. With it, you can determine which elements are included in a menu, and...

Managing Workspaces

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Managing Workspaces You can view and change your workspace settings from the settings page. Navigate to Settings → Workspace Settings → Workspace. Workspace Name: The name of your analytics...

Updating Liferay Developer Studio

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Updating Liferay Developer Studio Apply Liferay Developer Studio (LDS) updates without reinstalling. Each Liferay IDE GitHub release ships an Eclipse updatesite archive...

Propagating Fragment Changes

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Propagating Fragment Changes By default, changes made to a custom fragment's code are not propagated to deployed instances of the fragment. Using fragment propagation, you can propagate changes to...

Downloading and Uploading Backups

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Downloading and Uploading Backups The Liferay Cloud backup service creates backups of an environment's database and the full contents of the Liferay instance's LIFERAY_HOME/data folder. This...

Configuring a Database

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Configuring a Database By default for demonstration purposes, Liferay DXP/Portal is configured to use an embedded HSQL database. Beyond demonstration purposes, we recommend using a full-featured,...

Exploring Assets

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Exploring Assets [Release Feature](../../../security-and-administration/administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md) (LPD-17564) Liferay DXP 2026.Q1+ You can view assets in Gallery, Table,...

Cloud Native Experience Reference

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Cloud Native Experience Reference Access technical specifications and detailed configuration information for the toolkit. These resources include platform-specific Helm Values References for AWS...

Migrating to Liferay Cloud

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Migrating to Liferay Cloud Liferay Cloud is a secure and reliable enterprise platform built for high availability, scalability, and performance. Running a Liferay DXP instance on Liferay Cloud...

Default Site Applications

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Default Site Applications All sites include the below core applications for building personalized digital experiences. You can access them via the Product Menu (Product Menu). The Product Menu can...

Configuring the Blogs App

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Configuring the Blogs App You can control how the app behaves for all blogs in your site. Open the Site Menu (Site Menu) and navigate to Content & Data → Blogs Click Options (Options icon) at...

Authenticating with Kerberos

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Authenticating with Kerberos You can use Kerberos to authenticate Microsoft Windows™ accounts with Liferay DXP, using Liferay DXP's LDAP support and a web server that supports the Kerberos...

Creating Web Content Structures

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Creating Web Content Structures Create web content structures to serve as building blocks for web content articles and determine the information you can include when writing them. To create a web...

Auto-Tagging Images

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Auto-Tagging Images Once asset auto-tagging has been enabled, you can also enable image auto-tagging. Image auto-tagging tags images uploaded to the Documents and Media Library. Currently, tags...

Account Users and Roles APIs

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Account Users and Roles APIs You can manage Account Users and Account Roles from the Applications menu, but you can also use Liferay's REST APIs. Call these services to create and manage account...

Creating and Managing Display Page Templates

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Creating and Managing Display Page Templates Liferay DXP/Portal 7.3+ Display page templates define structures for displaying content at a dedicated friendly URL. See Using Display Page Templates...