Capability

Development and Tooling

Liferay offers a comprehensive toolkit to extend or customize your digital experience. Build applications quickly with low-code/no-code features like Objects, or leverage developer tools like Liferay Workspace and Blade CLI for further customizations.

For users on PaaS or running Self-Hosted, Liferay also offers tools deploying customizations.

Check these articles for an introduction:

Feature
Deployment Approach
Capability
Upgrading Search Infrastructure
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
Upgrading to Elasticsearch 7
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:51 AM
Upgrading to Elasticsearch 8
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
OpenSearch Connector Configuration Reference
Official Documentation
OpenSearch Connector Configuration Reference Subscription Required [Beta Feature](../../../security-and-administration/administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md) Configure Liferay's...
Published Date: Nov 28, 2024 3:14 PM
Solr
Official Documentation
Solr Solr is in maintenance mode in Liferay 7.4. Solr Limitations Installing Solr
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
Installing Solr
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
Solr Limitations
Official Documentation
Solr Limitations Liferay's Solr implementation has limitations. Some Liferay features and APIs cannot be used when you choose Solr as the search engine. Install Elasticsearch for the best...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
Liferay Enterprise Search
Official Documentation
Liferay Enterprise Search A Liferay Enterprise Search (LES) subscription provides access and support for additional search features. Detailed installation and usage instructions are available in...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
Activating Liferay Enterprise Search
Official Documentation
Activating Liferay Enterprise Search Starting with Liferay DXP 7.4, the Liferay Enterprise Search (LES) applications are included out-of-the-box. You can begin using LES right away, then purchase...
Published Date: Jul 29, 2025 8:56 PM
Cross Cluster Replication
Official Documentation
Cross Cluster Replication Cross Cluster Replication Configuring an Example Cross Cluster Replication Installation Configuring a Cross Cluster Replication in a Remote Leader Data Center ...
Published Date: Jul 29, 2025 8:56 PM
Configuring an Example CCR Installation: Replicating Between Data Centers
Official Documentation
Configuring an Example CCR Installation: Replicating Between Data Centers Liferay Enterprise Search (LES) Subscribers This example configures Liferay DXP's Cross-Cluster Replication module and...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
Configuring CCR In a Remote Leader Data Center
Official Documentation
Configuring CCR In a Remote Leader Data Center Ensure you have completed the necessary prerequisite steps before following the steps below. This data center holds Liferay DXP cluster nodes with a...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
Configuring CCR in a Local Follower Data Center
Official Documentation
Configuring CCR in a Local Follower Data Center First configure CCR in the remote/leader data center before following the steps below. The local/follower data center holds Liferay DXP cluster...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
Configuring CCR: Settings Reference
Official Documentation
Configuring CCR: Settings Reference To help with the CCR configuration process, the example configurations from the step-by-step instructions in this guide are collected here. These configuration...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
Cross-Cluster Replication
Official Documentation
Cross-Cluster Replication Liferay Enterprise Search (LES) Subscribers In a classic Liferay DXP/search engine installation, one Liferay DXP cluster talks to one Elasticsearch cluster, sending all...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
Troubleshooting Cross-Cluster Replication
Official Documentation
Troubleshooting Cross-Cluster Replication Known common pitfalls encountered during the CCR setup are covered here, as well as general troubleshooting techniques. For further troubleshooting, look...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:00 PM
Creating and Managing Elements
Official Documentation
Creating and Managing Elements Elements are one of the fundamental building blocks of Search Blueprints and are managed within the Blueprints application. Open the Global Menu's Applications...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:00 PM
Creating Elements
Official Documentation
Creating Elements There are a lot of system Elements that ship with Search Blueprints. If none of the system Elements meets your needs, there are many ways to create your own Search Blueprints...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:00 PM
Managing Elements
Official Documentation
Managing Elements To create new Elements, click Add (Add). See Creating Elements for more details. As of Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA102+, the title and description fields are localizable. To...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:00 PM
Monitoring Elasticsearch
Official Documentation
Monitoring Elasticsearch [LES Subscription](./activating-liferay-enterprise-search.md) If you have a Liferay Enterprise Search (LES) subscription, you can integrate Elastic's Kibana monitoring UI...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:00 PM