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
Configuring service.properties
Configuring service.properties Service Builder generates a service.properties file in your *-service module's src/main/resources folder. Liferay uses this file's properties to alter your service's...
Connecting Service Builder to an External Database
Connecting Service Builder to an External Database Service builder creates the necessary tables for the service in the lportal database with all other data used by Liferay. If you want to store the...
Liferay Workspace Configuration Reference
Liferay Workspace Configuration Reference Liferay Workspace has many options you can set. Here's a handy command and properties reference. Running Liferay DXP locally my-project $ blade gw...
Client Secret JWT
Client Secret JWT Liferay supports client secret JWT as an authentication method for OAuth 2 clients. In this flow, the client itself creates the assertion and signs it using the client secret....
Configuring Liferay in AWS
Configuring Liferay in AWS Since Liferay installations hosted in AWS use Helm, you must configure and customize Liferay using the Helm CLI. You can write as many .yaml files as you need. To update...
Viewing Metrics from Kubernetes
Viewing Metrics from Kubernetes It is important to track resource usage in the Kubernetes cluster. To view your resource usage, you must use a collector and an exporter. Before you can view...
Running Liferay DXP in Amazon Web Services
Running Liferay DXP in Amazon Web Services There are two ways to host Liferay DXP in AWS: Installing Liferay DXP from AWS Marketplace. Installing Liferay DXP using the plain Helm chart. For...
AWS Managed Resources Reference
AWS Managed Resources Reference By default, Liferay uses several managed services to run background operations when hosting in AWS. These resources facilitate the provisioning and continued use of...
Viewing Metrics with Prometheus
Viewing Metrics with Prometheus The Liferay Helm chart is prepared to set up the Prometheus JMX Exporter project agent out-of-the-box. Set the JMX_AGENT_YAML environment variable to the following...
Viewing Metrics with Glowroot
Viewing Metrics with Glowroot This article describes how to use Glowroot in Liferay installations hosted in AWS. For information on how to set up Glowroot in other circumstances, see Using...
Standard Permissions
Standard Permissions Liferay defines several standard permissions across various applications and resources, such as view, edit, update, and more. Managing permissions Permissions are best managed...
Configuring Externally Managed Services
Configuring Externally Managed Services Externally managed services are created, configured, and managed outside the Liferay Helm chart. Database Configuring an external database for Liferay in...
Configuring Internally Managed Services
Configuring Internally Managed Services Internally managed services are configured and managed within the chart. These services are defined using the dependencies property: dependencies: : ...
Single-Page Application (SPA)
Single-Page Application (SPA) Rendering a page from scratch takes a lot of effort from the browser. It must load the HTML markup, the CSS, and any JavaScript, render and style the markup, and...
Self-Diagnose the Structural Issues in Custom JAR
This article documents how to self-diagnose the structural issues in custom jars. There are different types of structural issues in custom jars, and this is a general guideline for developers to troubleshoot the structural...
Liferay Upgrades: Updating Custom Plugins
The following article describes how to update plugins to be compatible with a new version of the Liferay platform. Resolution The Liferay API may change from release to release, causing issues when trying to port...
Liferay Portal Database Portal Properties
This article is intended to provide a list of all of the Liferay Portal Database properties that can be used to connect your portal to various databases. To use any of them, un-comment the block of...
IP Geocoder Temporarily Loss of Connectivity
Due to a recent CDN outage, the IP Geocoder module inside Liferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP) 7.0 temporarily lost Internet connectivity; the module requires an active connection to function. There is a console...
Exporting Liferay's Database Schema on Oracle
In the course of investigating a Liferay platform issue, you may be instructed by Liferay Support to export your database schema in Oracle. The following article contains guidelines...
Modifying Liferay Page Messages Through Language.Properties
In order to change out of the box page messages within Liferay, one must configure the properties of the language.properties located in the portal-impl.jar/content/language.properties...
Liferay's "Verify" Process
This article explains a few key facts surrounding the "verify" process in the Liferay Portal and steps that need to be taken to ensure the integrity of the database being used by the...
Installing Portlets Within the Control Panel in 6.1 GA2
In Liferay Portal 6.1 EE GA2, administrators do not have the ability to deploy plugins from the control panel. In order to achieve the installation of portlets not within Liferay...
Autodeploying Plugins in WebSphere With Liferay 6.1 EE GA2
Starting with Liferay Portal 6.1 EE GA2, plugins can be autodeployed to WebSphere. As a part of the Liferay autodeploy process, the Liferay platform will call the Websphere's wsadmin script interface to deploy the...
Internal Server Error after Upgrade
A common error is that sometimes when certain pages display an internal server error and there is no stacktrace. If there was a custom theme before the upgrade the page layouts will still reference them and if one has not...
Applying Fix Pack 37 Causes Duplicate Entry of 'com.liferay.rss.web.internal.util.RSSFeed' for Key 'IX_B27A301F'
This article documents a known issue when updating to Liferay DXP 7.0 Fix Pack 37 or higher. During the update process, the following error exists in the console: java.lang.RuntimeException:...
Errors When Applying Support Driven Hotfixes Based on FP-41 or FP-42
This article documents a known issue when applying a Liferay Support Driven Hotfix built off either DXP 7.0 Fix Pack 41 or Fix Pack 42. Due to an error generating the release notes, the documentation.xml file in Fix...
Setting Up Liferay Portal Using Oracle Databases
Liferay Support does not recommend or endorse specific third-party products over others. Liferay is not responsible for any instructions herein or referenced regarding these products. Any implementation of these...
Setting Up and Configuring MySQL Database With Liferay Portal
This article will help users by providing instructions for setting up MySQL on your machine, creating a new database, and then connecting Liferay Portal to that database. Resolution...
UDP Multicast Protocols and Firewalls
This article is designed to help system administrators troubleshoot a Liferay DXP instance deployed in a clustered environment. Some issues may arise because of too restrictive firewall settings (most, if not all, systems...
Migrating Tag Sets During the Upgrade Process From Liferay Portal 5.2 to 6.0
This article outlines the changes to Tags and Tag Sets between Liferay Portal 5.2 to Liferay Portal 6.0, and later versions. Specifically: The changes to the Tags Navigation Portlet (Where Did Tag Sets Go?) How to...
JBoss EAP vs. JBoss AS
Liferay Support does not recommend or endorse specific third-party products over others. Liferay is not responsible for any instructions herein or referenced regarding these products....
Liferay DXP 7.1 Database Portal Properties
This article is intended to provide a list of all the Liferay DXP 7.1 database properties that can be used to connect your DXP 7.1 installation to various databases. To use any of them, uncomment the block of code you...
Changes in Enabling serviceLocator Calls in Liferay DXP 7.0
This article documents a change in where to define serviceLocator properties in Liferay platforms; both in Portal and Digital Experience Platform (DXP). Developers familiar with this functionality in Portal 6.2 can...
DLFileRank Causes Deadlock or SQL Update Batch Errors
With DLFileRank enabled, Deadlock or SQL Update Batch Errors may happen due to DLFileRank updates. When using DLFileRank, unique constraints can be found due to the amount of writes...
Disabling Specific Built-In Portlets
Liferay comes equipped out-of-the-box with a variety of portlets that users may add to their page. For various reasons, however, an administrator may wish to remove some of these...
Before Opening a Portal Deployment Ticket
This article is a legacy article. It applies to previous versions of the Liferay product. While the article is no longer maintained, the information may still be applicable. The following article outlines a short...
Deploying Xuggler on Windows 64 bit
Xuggler is a tool for users to encode and decode media files. Used in conjunction with Liferay Portal or Digital Enterprise 7.0, users can view media files on the Documents and Media...
Declining One Event of a Repeating Event Declines Every Repeating Event
This article documents how declining one event of a Repeating Event declines every repeating event. For example, if there is a weekly repeating event and a user declines that event in...
Upgrading to Liferay Portal 6.0 EE SP2
This article is a legacy article. It applies to previous versions of the Liferay product. While the article is no longer maintained, the information may still be applicable. When upgrading to the latest Liferay...
Structures With Duplicate Element Names Fail DDM Verification When Upgrading
This article documents a known issue in which structures with duplicate element names fail Dynamic Data Mapping (DDM) verification when upgrading from Liferay Portal 6.1 to Liferay Portal 6.2 or Liferay Digital...