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Platform Services
Platform Services In Liferay Cloud, the processes necessary to host and maintain a site are run by platform services. Each service corresponds to a part of what is necessary to keep your...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:00 PM
Backup Service
Backup Service Maintaining regular backups is vital to protecting your project's data. The Liferay Cloud backup service stores iterations of environment data that can be used to restore your...
Published Date: May 30, 2024 7:33 PM
Downloading and Uploading Backups
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:00 PM
Creating a Database Dump
Creating a Database Dump Uploading a backup to Liferay Cloud's backup service requires a snapshot comprised of two compressed files, containing the document library and database dump, respectively....
Published Date: May 29, 2024 4:03 PM
Restoring Data from a Backup
Restoring Data from a Backup During project development, there may be times when you must restore data or roll back the project to an earlier state. Restoring a backup to an environment restores...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:00 PM
Database Service
Database Service The database service is a proxy in Liferay Cloud to the Cloud SQL service in the Google Cloud Platform where the database itself resides. The database service provides tools for...
Published Date: May 26, 2024 3:57 PM
Continuous Integration
Continuous Integration Liferay Cloud uses Jenkins to power its continuous integration infrastructure service. When you send a pull request or push a commit to one of your pre-configured GitHub...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:00 PM
Changing Your Database Username
Changing Your Database Username The database username is defined by the lcp-secret-database-user secret and can be changed at any time. When this value is changed, a user with the new credentials...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:00 PM
Changing Your Database Password
Changing Your Database Password Changing the database password for your database service also affects the other services that must connect to the database. Updating your database password...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:00 PM
Using the Database Client
Using the Database Client Viewing data in the database is sometimes necessary to troubleshoot an issue with your application or for custom development. In order to access the database, you must use...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:00 PM
Using a Custom Service
Using a Custom Service In Liferay Cloud, you are not limited to the standard set of services provided out-of-the-box. You can also create and deploy a custom service to run any new processes within...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Search Service (Elasticsearch)
Search Service (Elasticsearch) The Elasticsearch service is the text search engine for your Liferay DXP application. It's a private service that only communicates with the other services in your...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Web Server Service (Nginx)
Web Server Service (Nginx) The Nginx web server functions as a gateway from the open internet to your Liferay Cloud services. It handles all traffic from your users and acts as a high-performance...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
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Breaking Changes
Breaking Changes Breaking changes in the Cloud platform are changes that break or alter existing functionality of the platform's console, services, or infrastructure. These changes can impact the...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Command-Line Tool
Command-Line Tool The CLI tool can be used to view and manage your Liferay Cloud services. Once installed, you can run lcp --help in your terminal to view available actions. You can run the -v or...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Defining Environment Variables
Defining Environment Variables Environment variables are a set of dynamic placeholders that can affect the way a service behaves within an environment. You can define environment variables via the...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Configuration via LCP.json
Configuration via LCP.json Each service in your Liferay Cloud environments has an LCP.json file that you can use to configure the service. You can configure properties like the service ID, memory,...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Liferay Cloud Infrastructure
Liferay Cloud Infrastructure Liferay Cloud is a flexible platform that combines a collection of key components to provide a robust, reliable, and manageable Liferay DXP implementation. This diagram...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Example Configuration Files
Example Configuration Files Different services in Liferay Cloud (such as the search and web server services) use configuration files to perform what you might be used to handling differently in an...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Liferay Cloud Data Center Locations
Liferay Cloud Data Center Locations Liferay Cloud has a variety of available, regional data centers around the world to host customer environments. Liferay SaaS Data Centers These data centers are...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Liferay Cloud Project Changes in Version 4
Liferay Cloud Project Changes in Version 4 Several changes are made between version 3.x and 4.x of the Liferay Cloud stack, including where Docker image versions are defined for your services, the...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Platform Limitations
Platform Limitations Liferay Cloud and its services have some notable limitations, depending on your subscription level. Limitations with Liferay Cloud's infrastructure may change over time. ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Liferay SaaS Compatibility Matrix
Liferay SaaS Compatibility Matrix Liferay DXP is the heart of Liferay SaaS, but not every DXP feature applies to Liferay SaaS. Some DXP features are not compatible, and some must be achieved via...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Liferay Cloud Version 5 Changes
Liferay Cloud Version 5 Changes Liferay Cloud version 5 comes with several changes and new features: ModSecurity Capabilities with Nginx Improved Regional Persistence Prepare and Swap Backup...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Understanding Service Stack Versions
Understanding Service Stack Versions The Liferay Cloud service stack represents the major version of all of the services in your Liferay Cloud environment. Each individual service may have a...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Upgrading to a High Availability Subscription
Upgrading to a High Availability Subscription In many cases, the standard subscription plan for Liferay Cloud is sufficient to ensure quality performance for a live project. As your needs change,...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Support and Troubleshooting
Support and Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Tools and Resources Reading Liferay Cloud Service Logs Shell Access Troubleshooting Services Disaster Recovery Overview ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Liferay Cloud Support
Liferay Cloud Support Liferay is committed to providing excellent service and customer experience. Liferay Cloud customers have several means to contact support, including opening a Support ticket...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Liferay Cloud Maintenance and Release Schedule
Liferay Cloud Maintenance and Release Schedule Liferay SaaS and PaaS both have a weekly maintenance and release schedule. Liferay Cloud uses a transparent and predictable release cadence to ensure...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Liferay Cloud Support FAQs
Liferay Cloud Support FAQs Here are the answers to common questions pertaining to Liferay Cloud Support. Why isn't Liferay Cloud open source? Liferay is an open-source company, with open-source...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Troubleshooting Tools and Resources
Troubleshooting Tools and Resources When you have an issue with your site, you need tools to diagnose and resolve technical issues quickly. Liferay Cloud provides you with tools and resources for...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Support Access
Support Access Support Access is an optional setting that expedites troubleshooting by giving Liferay engineers direct access to a Liferay Cloud project environment. Liferay Cloud administrators...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Configuring Cross-Region Disaster Recovery
Configuring Cross-Region Disaster Recovery Liferay Cloud provides two ways for customers to take advantage of the Disaster Recovery (DR) procedure in the case of major incidents: Automatic Disaster...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Creating Thread and Heap Dumps
Creating Thread and Heap Dumps When you are experiencing issues with your Liferay service's performance, you may need to take thread or heap dumps to help you or Liferay Cloud Support optimize your...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Disaster Recovery Overview
Disaster Recovery Overview Liferay Cloud offers two strategies for disaster recovery: Automatic and Cross-Region. Automatic Disaster Recovery Strategy Liferay Cloud performs automatic disaster...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Enabling Glowroot on PaaS
Enabling Glowroot on PaaS Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA100+ Glowroot is included with Liferay in the /opt/liferay/glowroot folder. If you're running Liferay in a clustered environment, enable...
Published Date: Aug 10, 2024 3:47 PM
Liferay Cloud Platform Status
Liferay Cloud Platform Status The Liferay Cloud Platform is comprised of multiple systems. Users can view the status of Liferay Cloud Platform systems, incident history, and planned maintenance...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Maintenance and Downtime
Maintenance and Downtime Sometimes, big changes in the underlying infrastructure of a project may cause downtime. When planning for these changes, you can enable maintenance mode to redirect...
Published Date: Apr 29, 2025 6:15 PM
Reading Liferay Cloud Service Logs
Reading Liferay Cloud Service Logs Environment logs are crucial for diagnosing and resolving technical issues in a project. Liferay Cloud provides a variety of environment logs that users can...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Self-Healing
Self-Healing The self-healing functionality of Liferay Cloud detects if a service or application has become unresponsive and automatically initiates procedures to recover the unresponsive service....
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Shell Access
Shell Access The command-line tools in Liferay Cloud contribute to the developer's workflow by delivering speed, control, traceability, scripting, and automation capabilities. Shell access makes it...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Troubleshooting Services
Troubleshooting Services Services are the core of a Liferay Cloud environment. This article covers troubleshooting techniques that can be used to investigate and address issues that may arise with...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Tuning Security Settings
Tuning Security Settings Here are a list of best practices for tightening and maintaining your Liferay PaaS project's security, including networking practices, data security, and general security...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Information Security and Liferay Cloud
Information Security and Liferay Cloud Liferay takes security on the cloud very seriously and has published the following documents on our compliance with the SOC 2 and ISO 27001:2013 standards: ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Managing Secure Environment Variables with Secrets
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Using SSO with Liferay Cloud
Using SSO with Liferay Cloud Customers may use their SAML 2.0 compliant single sign-on Identity Providers to authenticate users with the Liferay Cloud platform. Here is the process to enable this...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Web Application Firewall
Web Application Firewall Liferay Cloud 5.x.x Liferay Cloud includes a web application firewall called ModSecurity. It inspects requests sent to the web server against a predefined set of custom...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Updating Services in Liferay PaaS
Updating Services in Liferay PaaS Liferay PaaS provides a robust framework for achieving a highly efficient Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) strategy. With Git and Jenkins...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Automatically Deploying CI Service Builds
Automatically Deploying CI Service Builds With Liferay PaaS, you can use webhooks to automatically trigger Jenkins builds for changes pushed or merged to your project's Git repository (e.g.,...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Day 1 Exercises for Building Enterprise Websites with Liferay
Introduction page for day 1 Day 1 Exercises for Building Enterprise Websites with Liferay Exercise 1: Exploring Clarity's Public Enterprise Website Exercise 2: Verifying and Launching Liferay...
Published Date: Sep 23, 2024 4:10 PM
Day 2 Exercises for Building Enterprise Websites with Liferay
Introduction page for day 2 Day 2 Exercises for Building Enterprise Websites with Liferay Exercise 11a: Generating Content with ChatGPT Exercise 11b: Auto-Tagging Content (Bonus) Exercise 12a:...
Published Date: Sep 23, 2024 4:11 PM
Liferay Documentation Format
Liferay Documentation Format The format, or how a style of documentation is organized, is important to maintaining consistency of experience. As readers make more use of the documentation, the...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
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...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:52 AM
Liferay Style Conventions
Liferay Style Conventions Conventions are neither correct or incorrect; they are decisions that vary greatly in the industry. After much comparison and use, Liferay's documentation uses the...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
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...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:52 AM
Training Material
Training Material These materials supplement some recorded and in-person trainings by providing you with opportunities to practice key skills, test your understanding, and gain confidence in...
Published Date: Sep 23, 2024 4:10 PM
Building Enterprise Websites with Liferay Exercises
Building Enterprise Websites with Liferay Exercises These exercises supplement the Building Enterprise Websites with Liferay video training and provide an opportunity to solidify your learning....
Published Date: Sep 23, 2024 4:10 PM
Ignoring Files and Folders
Ignoring Files and Folders Liferay Cloud allows subscribers to determine which files and folders should be ignored before deploying a service. This is done by creating a .lcpignore file and placed...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Restarting Jenkins Stages
Restarting Jenkins Stages The CI service can be configured to preserve Jenkins stashes. You can then use the stashes to restart specific stages in a Jenkins build. Preserving Jenkins Stashes Use...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM

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