Capability

Search

Liferay Search is a fundamental component of Liferay DXP. Search obviously powers search results for your sites, but can also be tailored and configured to do much more! Use Search to build dynamic navigation menus based on categories, boost search results for important content, or use it to present a dynamic content experience for users.

Search features include Full-text Search, Indexing of all content types, Search Pages and Widgets, Search Results, and more.

Feature
Deployment Approach
Capability
Creating a Database Dump
Creating a Database Dump Uploading a backup to Liferay Cloud's backup service requires a snapshot comprised of two compressed files, containing the document library and database dump, respectively....
Published Date: May 29, 2024 4:03 PM
Restoring Data from a Backup
Official Documentation
Restoring Data from a Backup During project development, there may be times when you must restore data or roll back the project to an earlier state. Restoring a backup to an environment restores...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:00 PM
Using the Database Client
Official Documentation
Using the Database Client Viewing data in the database is sometimes necessary to troubleshoot an issue with your application or for custom development. In order to access the database, you must use...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:00 PM
Database Service
Official Documentation
Database Service The database service is a proxy in Liferay Cloud to the Cloud SQL service in the Google Cloud Platform where the database itself resides. The database service provides tools for...
Published Date: May 26, 2024 3:57 PM
Search Service (Elasticsearch)
Official Documentation
Search Service (Elasticsearch) The Elasticsearch service is the text search engine for your Liferay DXP application. It's a private service that only communicates with the other services in your...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Default Provisioning for PaaS Environments
Official Documentation
Default Provisioning for PaaS Environments Liferay PaaS provides preconfigured infrastructure templates to meet the varying needs of development, testing, and production environments. Liferay Cloud...
Published Date: Jun 4, 2025 6:47 PM
Reference
Official Documentation
Reference
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Breaking Changes
Official Documentation
Breaking Changes Breaking changes in the Cloud platform are changes that break or alter existing functionality of the platform's console, services, or infrastructure. These changes can impact the...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Command-Line Tool
Official Documentation
Command-Line Tool The CLI tool can be used to view and manage your Liferay Cloud services. Once installed, you can run lcp --help in your terminal to view available actions. You can run the -v or...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Defining Environment Variables
Official Documentation
Defining Environment Variables Environment variables are a set of dynamic placeholders that can affect the way a service behaves within an environment. You can define environment variables via the...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Using a Custom Service
Official Documentation
Using a Custom Service In Liferay Cloud, you are not limited to the standard set of services provided out-of-the-box. You can also create and deploy a custom service to run any new processes within...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Web Server Service (Nginx)
Official Documentation
Web Server Service (Nginx) The Nginx web server functions as a gateway from the open internet to your Liferay Cloud services. It handles all traffic from your users and acts as a high-performance...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Adding a New Environment
Official Documentation
Adding a New Environment Liferay Cloud projects are provisioned with multiple environments to fit the needs of most users. If your application requires an additional environment, you can request...
Published Date: Jun 18, 2025 6:25 PM
Configuration via LCP.json
Official Documentation
Configuration via LCP.json Each service in your Liferay Cloud environments has an LCP.json file that you can use to configure the service. You can configure properties like the service ID, memory,...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Example Configuration Files
Official Documentation
Example Configuration Files Different services in Liferay Cloud (such as the search and web server services) use configuration files to perform what you might be used to handling differently in an...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Liferay Cloud Version 5 Changes
Official Documentation
Liferay Cloud Version 5 Changes Liferay Cloud version 5 comes with several changes and new features: ModSecurity Capabilities with Nginx Improved Regional Persistence Prepare and Swap Backup...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Understanding Service Stack Versions
Official Documentation
Understanding Service Stack Versions The Liferay Cloud service stack represents the major version of all of the services in your Liferay Cloud environment. Each individual service may have a...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Liferay Cloud Project Changes in Version 4
Official Documentation
Liferay Cloud Project Changes in Version 4 Several changes are made between version 3.x and 4.x of the Liferay Cloud stack, including where Docker image versions are defined for your services, the...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Liferay Cloud Infrastructure
Official Documentation
Liferay Cloud Infrastructure Liferay Cloud is a flexible platform that combines a collection of key components to provide a robust, reliable, and manageable Liferay DXP implementation. This diagram...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Liferay Cloud Data Center Locations
Official Documentation
Liferay Cloud Data Center Locations Liferay Cloud has a variety of available, regional data centers around the world to host customer environments. Liferay SaaS Data Centers These data centers are...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM