Capability

Personalization

Liferay provides powerful out-of-the-box features for building and delivering personalized experiences to users. Personalization features empower you to deliver novel site experiences that differ based on defined user segments, design and execute A/B Tests, and more.

Feature
Deployment Approach
Capability
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, 2024 6:52 PM
Updating Customizations
Updating Customizations Plugins (e.g., themes, apps, and customizations) you've developed must be adapted to the new Liferay version. This can be as simple as updating dependencies or involve...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Updating the File Store
Updating the File Store File store options and configuration values changed in Liferay DXP 7.0. If you're on 7.0 or earlier and are affected by these changes, you must update your file store before...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Migrating Configurations and Properties
Migrating Configurations and Properties Your current DXP installation's OSGi configurations (7.0+) and properties (such as portal properties and system properties) set up your DXP instance to fit...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Upgrading the Database
Upgrading the Database Liferay's tools and instructions facilitate upgrading DXP and Portal environments safely and quickly. Non-clustered environments that have small data sets, for example can be...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 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, 2024 6:52 PM
Using Liferay Docker Images
Official Documentation
Using Liferay Docker Images Docker Hub hosts Liferay DXP and Liferay Portal Docker images, bundled with Tomcat on Linux. The Liferay Docker Hub pages provide image details and tags for the...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:49 PM
Building Liferay Docker Images
Official Documentation
Building Liferay Docker Images Liferay is open-source and fully customizable. You can create your own Liferay Docker images using Dockerfiles to suit the needs of your installation. For example,...
Published Date: May 22, 2025 4:39 PM
Database Upgrade Tool Reference
Database Upgrade Tool Reference Before Liferay 7.4 U82/GA82, the db_upgrade_client.sh file was called db_upgrade.sh. Here's an overview of Liferay's upgrade tool. Start the upgrade tool using...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Container Lifecycle and API
Official Documentation
Container Lifecycle and API At a high level, the container starts Tomcat with Liferay deployed on it. Additionally, however, the container entry point provides an API for executing these use cases:...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:49 PM
Configuring Containers
Official Documentation
Configuring Containers Everything that is configurable in a Liferay installation is configurable in a Liferay Docker container. Here are the most common things to configure: JVM Options Portal...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:49 PM
Docker Packages
Official Documentation
Docker Packages These are the packages Liferay installs in the Ubuntu OS to support a full Liferay DXP environment. This list includes neither the JDK nor the dependencies the packages require. ...
Published Date: May 22, 2025 4:42 PM
Licensing DXP in Docker
Official Documentation
Licensing DXP in Docker If you're using a DXP trial license that's expiring or you have a new license (activation key) you must install, you can replace your container's existing license. Here's...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:49 PM
Docker Image Versions
Official Documentation
Docker Image Versions Liferay Docker image tags begin with a Liferay software version and end with an image version. [Liferay software version] [image version] For example, Liferay DXP 7.4.13...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:49 PM
Installing Apps and Other Artifacts to Containers
Official Documentation
Installing Apps and Other Artifacts to Containers Applications and other artifacts (such as DXP activation keys) are installed to DXP Docker containers via the container's /mnt/liferay/deploy...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:49 PM
Upgrading to a New Docker Image
Official Documentation
Upgrading to a New Docker Image As new Liferay versions are released as Docker images, you can upgrade to them. Upgrading Liferay describes the process. Always back up your data and installation...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:49 PM
Sites
Official Documentation
Sites Sites are customizable spaces for building personalized digital experiences. They are a fundamental component of Liferay DXP. At its core, a site is a collection of pages that contains...
Published Date: Jul 3, 2025 8:41 PM
Providing Files to the Container
Official Documentation
Providing Files to the Container The Liferay container uses the files you provide to execute the following use cases: Configure Liferay with .properties Files and .config files Configure Tomcat...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:49 PM
Patching DXP in Docker
Official Documentation
Patching DXP in Docker Liferay patches fix DXP issues and the Patching Tool applies the patches. On Docker Hub, Liferay provides images pre-populated with each new Fix Pack, Security Fix Pack, and...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:49 PM
Maintenance and Troubleshooting in Docker
Official Documentation
Maintenance and Troubleshooting in Docker The Liferay Docker container has tools for maintenance and troubleshooting out-of-the-box. You can set various environment variables to modify settings...
Published Date: Aug 16, 2024 3:43 PM