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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.

Feature
Deployment Approach
Capability
Enabling Workflows for Translations
Enabling Workflows for Translations You can enable a custom workflow for translation processes to guide the review and publishing process. Once you've defined your custom workflow, follow these...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:50 PM
Managing Translation Permissions
Managing Translation Permissions The required permissions for translating content pages and web content depend on the translation method: Manual translation requires either Update permissions...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:51 PM
Translating Content Pages
Translating Content Pages Liferay 7.4 U15+ and GA15+ Liferay provides integrated tools for translating content pages, so you can create engaging, localized experiences for your global users. With...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:51 PM
Translating Web Content
Translating Web Content Liferay DXP/Portal 7.3+ Liferay provides integrated tools for translating web content articles, so you can create engaging, localized content for your global users. With...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:51 PM
Using Third Parties for Translation
Using Third Parties for Translation Available Liferay 7.4 U15+ and GA15+ Liferay can integrate with the following service APIs to generate automatic translations of content pages and web content. ...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:51 PM
Developer Guide
Developer Guide This Developer Guide serves as a comprehensive resource for understanding and leveraging Liferay’s Web Content API. It supports the integration and management of web content within...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:51 PM
Web Content
Web Content You can create, manage, and publish various content types seamlessly through Liferay's robust content management system. Discover how to craft compelling web content articles tailored...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:51 PM
Web Content API Basics
Web Content API Basics Using Liferay DXP REST services, you can create and manage structured content on your site. Structured content refers to web content articles that use a web content structure...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:51 PM
Advanced Web Content API
Advanced Web Content API Using the Liferay DXP REST services, you can create and manage your site's structured content. Structured content is web content that uses a web content structure (or...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:51 PM
Managing Web Content Structures and Templates by Using the REST API
Managing Web Content Structures and Templates by Using the REST API Web content structures define the information included in a web content article. Structures facilitate creating and managing web...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:51 PM
Web Content Articles
Web Content Articles Web content articles are dynamic content entries that can be created, edited, and managed through Liferay’s built-in content management system (CMS). You can use web content...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:51 PM
Web Content API Basics Using GraphQL
Web Content API Basics Using GraphQL Use Liferay DXP GraphQL services to manage web content by creating, retrieving, updating, and deleting structured content on your site. Structured content...
Published Date: Nov 19, 24, 3:27 PM
Assigning Permissions to Web Content Articles
Assigning Permissions to Web Content Articles With Liferay's permissions framework, you can control which users can create, view, and manage web content articles. You can set permissions for...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:51 PM
Creating Web Content Articles
Creating Web Content Articles When you have a lot of content to publish on your site, Liferay's content management system helps you with practical and essential ways to manage it. Web content...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:51 PM
Post-Upgrade Considerations
Post-Upgrade Considerations After upgrading the database, you should configure Liferay for production again and check up on feature changes that might affect your Liferay instance. Re-enable...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
Upgrading via Auto Upgrade
Upgrading via Auto Upgrade You can upgrade your database automatically by enabling auto upgrade via the portal property before starting up your instance. **Always** [back...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
Upgrading Via Docker
Upgrading Via Docker Running a Liferay Docker image with auto-upgrade enabled uses the Database Upgrade Tool to upgrade your database transparently on Liferay startup. After the upgrade completes,...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
Using the Database Upgrade Tool
Using the Database Upgrade Tool The Liferay Database Upgrade Tool is a client program for upgrading Liferay DXP and Liferay Portal databases offline. Always back up your data and installation...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
Upgrade Stability and Performance
Upgrade Stability and Performance When you upgrade a DXP instance for a production release, the data upgrades must be done correctly and swiftly. Here are some ways to help assure success: ...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
Portal Properties
Portal Properties Configuration options are specified using Portal Properties, sets of name/value pairs read from properties files and Docker environment variables on server startup. Default values...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
System Properties
System Properties Liferay DXP/Portal runs in the application server's JVM. System properties can be passed directly to the JVM as arguments to java in the format -D[name1]=[value1] or can be loaded...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
Authentication Basics
Authentication Basics By default, Liferay DXP uses the Sign In widget to authenticate users. The Sign In widget appears on the default home page at http[s]://[server-name:port]/web/guest/home. If...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
Liferay Home
Liferay Home Liferay Home is the folder from which Liferay DXP/Portal launches applications, reads and applies configurations, loads JAR files, generates logs, and more. Liferay Home's location...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:51 PM
Liferay Software Versions
Liferay Software Versions Starting with Liferay 7.4, Liferay adopted a rolling release model for delivering updates and fixes. This means Liferay 7.4 is a long living release with many releases for...
Published Date: Jan 18, 25, 2:47 AM
Liferay's Cookies
Liferay's Cookies Strictly Necessary Cookies Cookie NamePurposeDuration COOKIE_SUPPORTStores the user's preference (true/false) to store cookies in the browser.365 Days...
Published Date: Sep 25, 24, 3:44 PM
Configuring Single Sign-On
Configuring Single Sign-On Liferay Portal/DXP supports many ways of authenticating, from token-based solutions to standards such as OpenID Connect and SAML. With all the available options, you...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
Authenticating with SAML
Authenticating with SAML The SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) adapter provides Single Sign On (SSO) and Single Log Off (SLO) in your deployment. SAML works by using Identity Providers...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
Configuring SAML at the Instance Level
Configuring SAML at the Instance Level Each portal instance can be a SAML provider, either an Identity Provider (IdP) or a Service Provider (SP). Whichever role your DXP instance fills, you can...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
Configuring SAML at the System Level
Configuring SAML at the System Level Before allowing any portal instances to enable SAML authentication, you should configure it at the system level so those instances have a foundation from which...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
Importing User Groups' Memberships from an External IdP through SAML
Importing User Groups' Memberships from an External IdP through SAML This feature was released behind a dev feature flag. It was made Generally Available (GA) in Liferay DXP 2024.Q2/GA120. You...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
Authenticating with CAS (Central Authentication Service)
Authenticating with CAS (Central Authentication Service) CAS was deprecated as of Liferay DXP 7.2 and removed as of Liferay DXP 7.4. Please use [SAML](./authenticating-with-saml.md) instead. CAS...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
Authenticating with Kerberos
Authenticating with Kerberos You can use Kerberos to authenticate Microsoft Windows™ accounts with Liferay DXP. This is done by using a combination of Liferay DXP's LDAP support and a web server...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
JVM Configuration
JVM Configuration As of Liferay DXP 2024.Q3+/Portal 7.4 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...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:51 PM
Securing Liferay
Securing Liferay Liferay is built with security in mind. This includes mitigation of common security vulnerabilities and exploits like those described by the OWASP Top 10 and the CWE/SANS Top 25. ...
Published Date: Jan 18, 25, 2:47 AM
SAML Admin
SAML Admin The SAML Admin panel is the best place to configure your SAML instance. Use it instead of Instance Settings to streamline your SAML administration experience. You can configure an...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
Developer Guide
Developer Guide
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
SAML Settings
SAML Settings Many of the same fields appear in both the Service Provider and the Identity Provider configurations. Here's a reference. Name: Name the SP or IdP. This is just a descriptive name;...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
SAML Authentication Process Overview
SAML Authentication Process Overview Both the IdP and the SP can initiate the Single Sign On process, and the SSO flow is different depending on each one. Regardless of how it's initiated, SSO is...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
Configuring Liferay Authentication With Okta Using OpenId Connect
Configuring Liferay Authentication With Okta Using OpenId Connect This tutorial guides you through the basic steps needed to integrate Okta, your Identity Provider (IdP), with your environment...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
Configuring Liferay Authentication With Auth0 Using OpenId Connect
Configuring Liferay Authentication With Auth0 Using OpenId Connect This tutorial guides you through integrating Auth0, your Identity Provider (IdP), with your Liferay environment using OpenID...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
Configuring Liferay Authentication With PingOne Using SAML
Configuring Liferay Authentication With PingOne Using SAML This tutorial guides you through the basic steps needed to integrate PingOne, your Identity Provider (IdP), with your Liferay environment...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
Token-based Single Sign On Authentication
Token-based Single Sign On Authentication Token-based SSO authentication was introduced in Liferay Portal 7.0 to standardize support for Shibboleth, SiteMinder, Oracle OAM, and any SSO product that...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
Using OpenAM
Using OpenAM Deprecated in Liferay DXP 2024.Q4/GA129 OpenAM 13 is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 2024.Q4/GA129. OpenAM 12 and below were deprecated as of Liferay DXP 7.2. Versions of...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
Using OpenID Connect
Using OpenID Connect OpenID Connect is a lightweight authentication layer that enables users to authenticate using accounts they have on other systems. It's built on top of the OAuth 2.0...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
Captcha API Basics
Captcha API Basics Liferay provides a headless API to retrieve and submit captchas using the SimpleCAPTCHA engine. Using the /captcha endpoint from the API Explorer, you can add captchas in your...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
SCIM Group API Basics
SCIM Group API Basics Liferay DXP 2024.Q1+ [Release Feature](../../../system-administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md#release-feature-flags) Liferay provides a headless API to perform...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
SCIM User API Basics
SCIM User API Basics Liferay DXP 2024.Q1+ [Release Feature](../../../system-administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md#release-feature-flags) Liferay provides a headless API to perform...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
Multi-Factor Authentication
Multi-Factor Authentication Liferay DXP 7.3+ Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) provides better security by requiring users to prove their identity in multiple ways, or factors. The basic user...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
Multi-Factor Authentication Checkers
Multi-Factor Authentication Checkers Liferay DXP 7.4 ships with two additional factor checkers for Multi-Factor Authentication. Both of them are disabled by default, because they're only useful in...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
Fast IDentity Online 2
Fast IDentity Online 2 Available: Liferay DXP/Portal 7.4+ The Fast IDentity Online 2 or FIDO2 standard allows for the use of biometrics (i.e., fingerprint readers), mobile devices, or other...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
Using Multi-Factor Authentication
Using Multi-Factor Authentication To enhance your installation's security, you should disable less secure, one-factor forms of authentication, such as Basic Auth, Digest Auth, and WebDAV. You can...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
Setting Up CORS
Setting Up CORS CORS stands for Cross-Origin Resource Sharing. An Origin is a web server at a different domain, and a Resource is some asset stored on the server, like an image, PDF, or HTML file....
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
Setting Service Access Policies
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...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
Securing Web Services
Securing Web Services Liferay DXP provides four security layers for web services: IP permission layer: The IP address from which a web service invocation request originates must be white-listed in...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
Configuring Content Security Policy Headers
Configuring Content Security Policy Headers [Beta Feature](../../../system-administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md#beta-feature-flags) Modern browsers use Content Security Policy HTTP...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
Using Authentication Verifiers
Using Authentication Verifiers Authentication Verifiers authenticate remote invocations of Liferay Portal's API in a centralized and extensible way. They have two main responsibilities: Verify...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM)
System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) Liferay DXP 2024.Q1+ [Release Feature](../../system-administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md#release-feature-flags) System for...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
AntiSamy
AntiSamy Liferay DXP includes an AntiSamy module that protects against user-entered malicious code. If your site allows users to post content in message boards, blogs, or other applications, these...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
Setting Up Liferay
Setting Up Liferay After installing Liferay, configure it to meet your needs. Here are common setup tasks. Setup Tasks Activate Liferay (Subscription Required) Configure Your Instance ...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM
Activating Liferay DXP
Activating Liferay DXP Subscription Required Liferay DXP is activated using an XML (.xml) activation key. It specifies your DXP subscription terms or trial agreement. When you run Liferay DXP for...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:52 PM

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