Capability

Cloud

Liferay Cloud Platform provides the infrastructure and tooling necessary to simplify, secure, and deliver applications on Liferay DXP when using the SaaS or PaaS deployment approaches. Using Liferay’s Cloud infrastructure provides a secure, reliable, and scalable platform for building Liferay solutions.

The Liferay Cloud Platform includes DevOps CI/CD tools, automated backups, real-time logs, and much more.

Feature
Deployment Approach
Capability
REST Builder
Official Documentation
REST Builder REST Builder is a code generation tool that makes it easy for you to take your local APIs and make them available on the web. It uses the OpenAPI Specification to generate REST and...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Issuing JWT Access Tokens
Official Documentation
Issuing JWT Access Tokens Liferay DXP 7.4 U45+/GA45+ You can configure Liferay to issue access tokens in the JWT format from System Settings. Enabling JWT Tokens Open the Global Menu...
Published Date: Feb 25, 2025 12:39 PM
Low Code
Official Documentation
Low Code
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
Using Camunda Business Processes
Official Documentation
Using Camunda Business Processes Liferay 7.4+, and all quarterly releases Liferay's native workflow features are designed for business processes requiring basic review and approval. If your...
Published Date: Jun 4, 2025 6:31 PM
Creating a Workflow Powered Application
Official Documentation
Creating a Workflow Powered Application Subscribers Workflow Powered Applications require data from multiple stakeholders. These process-driven applications can go through multiple stages before...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
Creating the Role Change Request Object
Official Documentation
Creating the Role Change Request Object Subscribers Consider a Human Resources application that collects employee requests to change Roles within the software engineering department: the Role...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
Triggering Events in Camunda with Liferay Webhooks
Official Documentation
Triggering Events in Camunda with Liferay Webhooks You can send payloads from Liferay's webhook object actions to your Camunda process instances. This enables inbound communication from Liferay to...
Published Date: Jun 26, 2025 6:24 PM
Creating an OAuth2 Application
Official Documentation
Creating an OAuth2 Application When you have an application that can use OAuth 2.0 for authorization, you must register that application so Liferay can recognize it. Open the Global Menu...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:48 PM
Using OAuth 2.0
Official Documentation
Using OAuth 2.0 OAuth 2.0 is an industry-standard authorization protocol. Users with accounts on a Liferay-based website can share select credentials with various clients seamlessly. OAuth 2.0...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Using Private Key JWT (JSON Web Token)
Official Documentation
Using Private Key JWT (JSON Web Token) Liferay supports private key JWT as an authentication method for OAuth 2 clients. In this flow, the client itself creates the assertion. Liferay authenticates...
Published Date: Mar 6, 2025 4:05 PM
App Builder
Official Documentation
App Builder Liferay CE/DXP 7.3 (deprecated and removed in 7.4) App Builder is a low-code application development solution for Liferay DXP. Build a data model, define the application's forms (for...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Creating a Standard Application
Official Documentation
Creating a Standard Application To create applications based on a custom object takes four steps: create the object, create at least one form view, create at least one table view, and deploy the...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
Creating the Role Change Request App
Official Documentation
Creating the Role Change Request App Subscribers The Role Change Request App starts with the employee submitting a request form. Processing then proceeds to the Current Manager, then to the...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
Calling Liferay APIs from Camunda
Official Documentation
Calling Liferay APIs from Camunda The Liferay Connector enables calling Liferay APIs from your Camunda tasks. It's a protocol connector built on top of the Camunda HTTP REST connector. Follow...
Published Date: Jun 26, 2025 6:24 PM
Data Sets
Official Documentation
Data Sets Liferay DXP 2024.Q1+/Portal GA112+ Currently, this feature is behind a release feature flag (LPS-164563). Data sets are like virtual containers that help organize and manage related...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Managing Data Sets
Official Documentation
Managing Data Sets Liferay DXP 2024.Q1+/Portal GA112+ Currently, this feature is behind a release feature flag (LPS-164563). Once you create a data set, you can customize how users see it....
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Creating Data Sets
Official Documentation
Creating Data Sets Liferay DXP 2024.Q1+/Portal GA112+ Currently, this feature is behind a release feature flag (LPS-164563). You can create data sets from different resources available through...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Data Set Actions
Official Documentation
Data Set Actions Liferay DXP 2024.Q1+/Portal GA112+ Currently, this feature is behind a release feature flag (LPS-164563). While managing data set, define actions to be used in the data set...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Using Page Comments
Official Documentation
Using Page Comments When building content pages, you and your team can collaborate using Liferay's page comments feature. Comments are enabled out-of-the-box in Liferay DXP 7.3+. Use page comments...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Using Widget Pages
Official Documentation
Using Widget Pages A widget page is a page with a set layout that allows widgets (applications) to be displayed. Widgets can display content or add interactive and dynamic functionality to the page.
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Using Widgets on a Content Page
Official Documentation
Using Widgets on a Content Page The widgets section functions like the add menu on a widget page. You can access the full list of available widgets and add them to the page. The main difference is...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Adding Widgets to a Page
Official Documentation
Adding Widgets to a Page Widgets are applications. They can be simple and only used to display content, or they can be full-featured collaboration applications, like the Message Boards widget. ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Converting Widget Pages to Content Pages
Official Documentation
Converting Widget Pages to Content Pages In older versions, widget pages provided exclusive features, such as custom layouts and customizable columns. Many of these exclusive features are available...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Default Site Applications
Official Documentation
Default Site Applications All sites include the below core applications for building personalized digital experiences. You can access them via the Product Menu (Product Menu). The Product Menu can...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Additional Content Display Options
Official Documentation
Additional Content Display Options In Liferay, displaying content on your site requires flexible tools to enhance how information is presented. From using the Web Content Display widget to managing...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Displaying Content
Official Documentation
Displaying Content You can display content in various ways. The option you choose depends on the type of asset you want to display, how many assets you want to display at once, and how you want...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Enabling User Personalization of Widget Pages
Official Documentation
Enabling User Personalization of Widget Pages Administrators can designate some or all sections (rows and columns of the page layout) of a widget page as customizable for site members. Page...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Integrate Azure AD with Liferay DXP Using OpenID Connect
This recipe guides you through the basic steps needed to integrate Azure AD (now known as Microsoft Entra ID), your Identity Provider (IdP), with your Liferay environment using OpenID Connect....
Published Date: Aug 2, 2024 4:36 PM
Day 3 Exercises for Building Enterprise Websites with Liferay
Introduction page for day 3 Day 3 Exercises for Building Enterprise Websites with Liferay Exercise 19a: Creating an Object Definition Exercise 19b: Building the Form Exercise 19c: Creating a...
Published Date: Sep 23, 2024 4:11 PM
Defining Content Relationships
Official Documentation
Defining Content Relationships When creating new content, you can define relationships between assets even if they don't share any tags and aren't in the same category. The Related Assets option...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Using Display Page Templates
Official Documentation
Using Display Page Templates Liferay DXP/Portal 7.3+ Display page templates define structures for displaying content at a dedicated URL. When you create or upload content items, Liferay generates...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:52 PM
Configuring SEO and Open Graph Settings for Display Page Templates
Official Documentation
Configuring SEO and Open Graph Settings for Display Page Templates Available: Liferay DXP/Portal 7.3+ Display page templates are custom layouts that display individual content items at a dedicated...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:52 PM
Creating and Managing Display Page Templates
Official Documentation
Creating and Managing Display Page Templates Liferay DXP/Portal 7.3+ Display page templates define structures for displaying content at a dedicated friendly URL. These templates currently support...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:52 PM
Publishing Content With Display Pages
Official Documentation
Publishing Content With Display Pages You can use display page templates to create reusable dynamic designs for displaying content items at their friendly URLs. After designing the template, you...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:52 PM
Configuring the Asset Publisher Display Settings
Official Documentation
Configuring the Asset Publisher Display Settings When using an Asset Publisher widget, you can configure several display settings to specify how users view your content. Create a new page or...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:52 PM
Building a Responsive Site
Official Documentation
Building a Responsive Site More than half of all page views in the world come from mobile devices like phones and tablets. Any site should look as good when viewed by a mobile device as it does on...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:52 PM
Publishing Tools
Official Documentation
Publishing Tools Liferay provides two publishing tools for content creation and site building: Publications and Staging. With each tool you can edit sites and content in a working environment...
Published Date: Aug 3, 2025 11:42 PM
Personal Sites
Official Documentation
Personal Sites By default, Liferay generates a personal site for every user. Each site includes two page sets: My Profile (public) and My Dashboard (private). Each user is the sole member of their...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Comparing Publishing Tools
Official Documentation
Comparing Publishing Tools Liferay provides two publishing tools for content creation and site building: Publications and Staging. Publications is recommended over Staging in nearly all use cases...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Publications
Official Documentation
Publications Liferay DXP/Portal 7.3+ You can use Publications to develop, track, and publish changes across your DXP instance. It works by creating a database column to determine which version of...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
A/B Testing
Official Documentation
A/B Testing Liferay DXP 7.2 SP1+ With A/B Testing, you can determine the most effective version of your content by testing variations on different users. The majority of visitors see the current...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:52 PM
Creating A/B Tests
Official Documentation
Creating A/B Tests Before creating A/B tests, remember these things: You can create a test for a default Experience or a personalized Experience mapped to a Segment. You can only create an A/B...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:52 PM
Reviewing A/B Test Results and Publishing Test Variants
Official Documentation
Reviewing A/B Test Results and Publishing Test Variants When the A/B Test finishes, you can find the test results in Analytics Cloud and Liferay DXP. Analytics Cloud declares a winner when the...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:52 PM
Verifying A/B Test Requirements
Official Documentation
Verifying A/B Test Requirements Before running A/B Testing on your Content pages, you must verify these requirements are met: Liferay DXP is connected to Analytics Cloud. Fore information on how...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:52 PM
Creating Mobile Device Rules
Official Documentation
Creating Mobile Device Rules Available in Liferay 7.2 and prior as it is deprecated in 7.3 As a prerequisite, you must install the Liferay Mobile Device Detection Lite (LMDD) app from Liferay...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:52 PM
Using the Simulation Panel
Official Documentation
Using the Simulation Panel Available Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA102+ You can verify your page's responsiveness by simulating different scenarios. With Liferay, use the Simulation panel to...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Exporting/Importing Site Pages and Content
Official Documentation
Exporting/Importing Site Pages and Content Liferay sites include the export/import applications for extracting and transferring site data as Liferay Archive (LAR) files. You can access these tools...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Getting Started with Site Building
Official Documentation
Getting Started with Site Building Sites are a fundamental component of Liferay DXP. A site is a collection of pages with content and applications that provide functionality. When you start your...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:52 PM
Optimizing Sites
Official Documentation
Optimizing Sites From having top-tier SEO, to understanding and acting on your site's content, to building a site that is accessible to all types of users, Liferay provides tools for identifying...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:52 PM
Running and Monitoring A/B Tests
Official Documentation
Running and Monitoring A/B Tests You can configure these parameters when you run the A/B Test: Traffic Split: The percentage of visitors randomly split between the original and the variant when...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:52 PM
Building Responsive Layouts with the Grid Fragment
Official Documentation
Building Responsive Layouts with the Grid Fragment Availability: Liferay DXP 7.3+. Liferay DXP uses responsive design by default, but there are situations where you want additional and more...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:52 PM
SEO and Metadata Configuration Reference
Official Documentation
SEO and Metadata Configuration Reference Optimizing SEO and metadata is essential for improving site visibility in search engines and ensuring content is properly indexed and displayed across...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:52 PM
Publications Permissions
Official Documentation
Publications Permissions 7.4+ Publications works with Liferay's permissions framework, so you can assign application and resource permissions to regular roles. You can also assign permissions...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Resolving Conflicts
Official Documentation
Resolving Conflicts During the publishing process, Liferay checks for conflicts between your publication and the production environment. Resolving all conflicts is necessary to complete publishing....
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Using the Web Content Display Widget
Official Documentation
Using the Web Content Display Widget After you create a web content article, the quickest way to display it is the web content display widget. Once displayed in a widget, content updates appear...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Collections and Collection Pages for Liferay 7.2 and Earlier Versions
Official Documentation
Collections and Collection Pages for Liferay 7.2 and Earlier Versions In versions before Liferay DXP 7.3+, collections were called content sets. A content set is exactly what it sounds like: a...
Published Date: Oct 17, 2024 4:38 PM
Creating Collections for Liferay 7.2 and Earlier Versions
Official Documentation
Creating Collections for Liferay 7.2 and Earlier Versions In versions before Liferay DXP 7.3+, collections were called content sets. You can create Content Sets through the Content Sets interface...
Published Date: Oct 17, 2024 4:38 PM
Collection Providers
Official Documentation
Collection Providers Collection providers group items into collections for display on your pages. Several are available out of the box, or you can create them using the Information Framework to...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Using the Iframe Widget
Official Documentation
Using the Iframe Widget The Iframe widget creates an iframe that can embed and display a web page. Setting Up the Iframe Widget Create a new page or start editing a content page. Click Add...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Creating Collections
Official Documentation
Creating Collections This information applies to Liferay DXP 7.3+. For previous Liferay DXP versions, see Creating Collections for Liferay 7.2 and Earlier Versions. You can create Manual or...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM