Capability

Sites

Liferay sites are customizable spaces for building personalized digital experiences. Each site includes applications for creating content, designing pages, and more. With these features, you can bring your custom solutions to life, whether intranets, public sites, customer portals, or e-commerce storefronts. In fact, you can leverage Liferay's multi-site capabilities to create multiple such sites in the same Liferay instance.

Feature
Deployment Approach
Capability
Using the Server Administration Panel
Using the Server Administration Panel Server Administration is a system-scoped administration panel holding a variety of low-level Liferay DXP configurations. In Server Administration you can...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
Configuring External Services
Configuring External Services Liferay provides integration with external services for converting files and generating file previews. Three of these services can be enabled in the Server...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
Configuring a Shutdown Event
Configuring a Shutdown Event In the Shutdown tab you can initiate a graceful shutdown event, warning Users of the impending shutdown and instructing them to save any work in progress. When you...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
Using the Script Engine
Using the Script Engine Liferay provides a robust script engine for executing Groovy scripts. You can execute scripts to perform maintenance tasks involving data cleanup, user maintenance...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
Running Scripts From the Script Console
Running Scripts From the Script Console The Script Console provides a single view for executing Groovy scripts and printing their output. It has predefined variables that facilitate working with...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
Script Examples
Script Examples Here are some examples to help you use scripts in DXP. Most of the examples originated from the Liferay blog post 5 Tips to Improve Usage of the Liferay Script Console. Example 1:...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
Configuring Logging
Configuring Logging In the Server Administration panel's Log Levels tab, you can set logging levels for classes and packages in Liferay DXP's class hierarchy and add custom objects to be similarly...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
Managing System Resources
Managing System Resources The Server Administration panel's Resources tab contains several features, all related to low-level monitoring and management of the system's resources: FunctionPurpose...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
Securing Liferay
Securing Liferay Liferay is built with security in mind. This includes mitigation of common security vulnerabilities and exploits like those described by the OWASP Top 10 and the CWE/SANS Top 25. ...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:47 AM
Configuring Sign-In
Configuring Sign-In By default, Liferay DXP uses the Sign In widget to authenticate users. The Sign In widget appears on the default home page at http[s]://[server-name:port]/web/guest/home. If...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Securing Sign-In
Securing Sign-In The Sign-In widget calls the various mechanisms (the portal database, an LDAP server, a SAML identity provider, or any of the ways users can authenticate) that authenticate users....
Published Date: Apr 2, 2025 4:05 PM
Authenticating with SAML
Authenticating with SAML The SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) adapter provides Single Sign On (SSO) and Single Log Off (SLO) in your deployment. SAML works by using Identity Providers...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Configuring Authentication Types
Configuring Authentication Types Users can be configured to log in using one of three authentication types: Authentication TypeDescriptionUsed by Default? Screen NameDetermined by administrator or...
Published Date: Apr 2, 2025 4:05 PM
Authenticating with CAS (Central Authentication Service)
Authenticating with CAS (Central Authentication Service) CAS was deprecated as of Liferay DXP 7.2 and removed as of Liferay DXP 7.4. Please use SAML instead. CAS is a widely used open source...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Configuring Single Sign-On
Configuring Single Sign-On Liferay Portal/DXP supports many ways of authenticating, from token-based solutions to standards such as OpenID Connect and SAML. With all the available options, you...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Authenticating with Kerberos
Authenticating with Kerberos You can use Kerberos to authenticate Microsoft Windows™ accounts with Liferay DXP. This is done by using a combination of Liferay DXP's LDAP support and a web server...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Configuring SAML at the Instance Level
Configuring SAML at the Instance Level Each portal instance can be a SAML provider, either an Identity Provider (IdP) or a Service Provider (SP). Whichever role your DXP instance fills, you can...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Configuring Liferay Authentication With Okta Using OpenId Connect
Configuring Liferay Authentication With Okta Using OpenId Connect This tutorial guides you through the basic steps needed to integrate Okta, your Identity Provider (IdP), with your environment...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
SAML Admin
SAML Admin The SAML Admin panel is the best place to configure your SAML instance. Use it instead of Instance Settings to streamline your SAML administration experience. Starting from Liferay...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Configuring Liferay Authentication With Auth0 Using OpenId Connect
Configuring Liferay Authentication With Auth0 Using OpenId Connect This tutorial guides you through integrating Auth0, your Identity Provider (IdP), with your Liferay environment using OpenID...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM