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.

Feature
Deployment Approach
Migrating Your Database to PostgreSQL
Introduction Liferay adopted PostgreSQL as the default database for PaaS and SaaS projects in October 2024. Since then, all new Liferay PaaS and SaaS deployments use PostgreSQL. To maintain compatibility and ensure...
Liferay DXP Agent Fails to Start on Jakarta (Tomcat 10) Images with javax.annotation Error
Issue When using a Liferay DXP instance deployed on a Jakarta-based image (e.g., Tomcat 10), the liferay-dxp-agent bundle may fail to start. The logs will show an org.osgi.framework.BundleException error related to an unresolved package import. A key part of the error message will look...
How to modify the web.server.display.node and company.security.strangers.verify properties in a Liferay PaaS environment
Issue After updating our Liferay PaaS service version to v4.1.0+, our team noticed that the -uat environment now has the instance's node information displayed in the footer of Liferay pages. We tried to set...
Displaying Missing Navigation Widget Templates - 7.2 SP1
Issue Prior to SP1, it was possible to edit the Navigation ADTs using the following steps: Navigate to Control Panel > Sites > Sites For the "Global" site use the 3 dot menu to go to "Site Settings" Navigate to Site...
Configuring Liferay to display CAPTCHA's with numbers only - 7.2
Issue Configuring Liferay to display CAPTCHA's with numbers only instead of alphanumeric characters. Environment This issue affects Liferay 7.2 Resolution While the default CAPTCHAs in Liferay generated by...
Unable to Publish Content if there are Missing Page Links - DXP 7.0+
Issue When I disable "Validate Layout References" I receive an error. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 + Resolution If you would like to maintain relative links or allow the validator to ignore the missing file entries,...
Publication of a scheduled web content is delayed by 15 minutes - DXP 7.1+
Issue When I schedule web content to be published a few minutes in the future, the publication does not occur and is delayed for up to 15 minutes. Environment Liferay DXP 7.1+ Resolution The web content scheduled for a...
Site Administrator cannot add a Basic Web Content - DXP 7.0
Issue As a Site Administrator when I go to Content and click on the "+" button to add a basic web content, the basic web content option does not appear. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Resolution As an Administrator, if...