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 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
Using the Sidecar or Embedded Elasticsearch
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:51 AM
OpenSearch
Official Documentation
OpenSearch Subscription Required [Beta Feature](../../security-and-administration/administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md) Elasticsearch is Liferay's native search engine. Beginning...
Published Date: Nov 28, 2024 3:14 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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
Learning to Rank
Official Documentation
Learning to Rank Liferay Enterprise Search (LES) Subscribers Search engines like Elasticsearch have well-tuned relevance algorithms, good for general search purposes. LES Learning to Rank...
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
Search Blueprints
Official Documentation
Search Blueprints [LES Subscription](./activating-liferay-enterprise-search.md) DXP 7.4 U5+; 7.3 U6+ With Search Blueprints you can Make minor tweaks to Liferay's default search page behavior ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:00 PM
Collapsing Search Results
Official Documentation
Collapsing Search Results Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA102+ You can collapse search results that have identical keyword field values. For example, an internal blog titled Employee of the Month...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:00 PM
Collections with Search Blueprints
Official Documentation
Collections with Search Blueprints 7.4 U88+ [Beta Feature](../../../security-and-administration/administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md) When you create a search blueprint, a...
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
Custom Element Examples
Official Documentation
Custom Element Examples Here are example elements that use custom fields and nested fields in their contributed query clauses. Using Custom Fields (Expando) in Elements You can add custom fields...
Published Date: Jan 11, 2025 4:54 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
Creating and Managing Search Blueprints
Official Documentation
Creating and Managing Search Blueprints You can create Search Blueprints from the Global menu's Applications section → Search Experiences. If you already have a Blueprint and want to apply it's...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:00 PM
Predefined Element Variables Reference
Official Documentation
Predefined Element Variables Reference In the Element Source editor, place the cursor in the desired location and click the variable in the left hand sidebar to insert it. In the Custom JSON...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:00 PM
Personalizing the Search Experience
Official Documentation
Personalizing the Search Experience One of the premier use cases for Search Blueprints is to personalize Liferay's search results. With a personalized search experience, each user sees results...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:00 PM
Search Blueprints Elements Reference
Official Documentation
Search Blueprints Elements Reference Elements are one of the fundamental building blocks of a Search Blueprint. To explore all the available Elements, navigate to the Global Menu (Global) →...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:00 PM
Optimizing Search Response Size
Official Documentation
Optimizing Search Response Size In rare cases, an overly large search response can result in ERROR messages from the search engine: ERROR [http-nio-8080-exec-335][ElasticsearchIndexSearcher:165]...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:00 PM
Search Blueprints Configuration Reference
Official Documentation
Search Blueprints Configuration Reference The Search Blueprints user interface has a Query Builder for creating Blueprints. Beyond adding Elements and configuring the query settings, there are...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:00 PM
Sorting Results in a Search Blueprint
Official Documentation
Sorting Results in a Search Blueprint Add a sort configuration to search blueprints to control the order of search results: Open the Global Menu (Global Menu), click the Applications tab, and...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:00 PM
Understanding Search Blueprints
Official Documentation
Understanding Search Blueprints Use Search Blueprints to tailor the search page experience to your users' needs, without deploying any custom code. With Blueprints you can Create context-aware...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:00 PM
Installing Search Experiences on Liferay 7.3
Official Documentation
Installing Search Experiences on Liferay 7.3 [LES Subscription](./activating-liferay-enterprise-search.md) DXP 7.4 U5+; 7.3 U6+ The Liferay Enterprise Search Experiences app includes a suite of...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:00 PM
Using a Search Blueprint on a Search Page
Official Documentation
Using a Search Blueprint on a Search Page By default, a search page does not have a search blueprint associated with it. A blueprint must be applied to a search page to affect the Liferay search...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:00 PM
Setting Up a Text Embedding Provider
Official Documentation
Setting Up a Text Embedding Provider 7.4 U70+ [Beta Feature](../../../security-and-administration/administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md) A text embedding provider has two jobs: At...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:00 PM
Reindexing Modes
Official Documentation
Reindexing Modes Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA102+ Reindexing is refreshing all or part of the search index that's used for searching, and in some cases displaying, Liferay's content. Execute a...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:00 PM
Result Rankings
Official Documentation
Result Rankings Subscribers This feature does not work with Solr. Result Rankings are for changing the list of returned results for specific keywords. With Results Rankings you can Designate...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:00 PM
Creating a Search Blueprint for Semantic Search
Official Documentation
Creating a Search Blueprint for Semantic Search 7.4 U70+ [Beta Feature](../../../security-and-administration/administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md) Once a model is selected and the...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:00 PM
Semantic Search
Official Documentation
Semantic Search 7.4 U70+ [Beta Feature](../../security-and-administration/administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md) Semantic search evaluates the intent behind a searched phrase....
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:00 PM