Capability

Integration

Liferay is designed to be standards-compliant and highly interoperable. Connect Liferay DXP with external systems using SOAP, REST, GraphQL, and more to unite third-party software, legacy systems, and data.

Headless APIs, Remote Apps (Client Extensions), API Builder, and integrations with SSO platforms are some of the examples of the features in this area.

Feature
Deployment Approach
Capability
Configuring Liferay Authentication With PingOne Using SAML
This recipe guides you through the basic steps needed to integrate PingOne, your Identity Provider (IdP), with your Liferay environment using Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML). PingOne...
Published Date: Aug 2, 2024 2:34 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
Integrate Azure AD with Liferay DXP Using SAML
As a general best practice, integrating Liferay DXP with other Identity Providers (IdPs) provides enhanced security and streamlines authentication management. This recipe guides you through the...
Published Date: Aug 5, 2024 5:12 PM
Building Multi-Step Forms With Liferay DXP Objects
This recipe guides you through the basic steps to build a multi-step form. Liferay DXP environment An object definition with fields A user who has access and control to create and manage objects,...
Published Date: Aug 6, 2024 6:21 PM
Integrate Okta with Liferay DXP using OpenID Connect
This recipe guides you through the steps to integrate Okta, your Identity Provider (IdP), with your Liferay environment using OpenID Connect. Okta Dev account Liferay DXP environment Administrative...
Published Date: Aug 6, 2024 8:09 PM
Designing and Displaying Reusable Navigation Menus
Navigation menus for a site are typically tied strictly to a site's page hierarchy and structure. The Navigation Menus feature in Liferay is powerful because it enables you to create navigation...
Published Date: Aug 15, 2024 6:33 PM
Building a Reusable and Dynamic Accordion With Fragments
Liferay Fragments are reusable, customizable web elements that serve as building blocks for a page. They consist of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to provide structure, style, and functionality to your...
Published Date: Aug 19, 2024 4:54 PM
Using Zapier to Sync Object Data with Google Sheets
This recipe guides you through the steps required to use webhooks to trigger sync tasks between Liferay Objects and Google Sheets using Zapier.
Published Date: Nov 14, 2024 4:15 PM
Tuning Security Settings
Official Documentation
Tuning Security Settings Here are a list of best practices for tightening and maintaining your Liferay PaaS project's security, including networking practices, data security, and general security...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Using SSO with Liferay Cloud
Official Documentation
Using SSO with Liferay Cloud Customers may use their SAML 2.0 compliant single sign-on Identity Providers to authenticate users with the Liferay Cloud platform. Here is the process to enable this...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Web Application Firewall
Official Documentation
Web Application Firewall Liferay Cloud 5.x.x Liferay Cloud includes a web application firewall called ModSecurity. It inspects requests sent to the web server against a predefined set of custom...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Updating Services in Liferay PaaS
Official Documentation
Updating Services in Liferay PaaS Liferay PaaS provides a robust framework for achieving a highly efficient Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) strategy. With Git and Jenkins...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Information Security and Liferay Cloud
Official Documentation
Information Security and Liferay Cloud Liferay takes security on the cloud very seriously and has published the following documents on our compliance with the SOC 2 and ISO 27001:2013 standards: ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Managing Secure Environment Variables with Secrets
Official Documentation
Managing Secure Environment Variables with Secrets Secrets allow you to securely store variables for any environment within Liferay Cloud. Whereas any user with permission to view your Liferay...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Configuring Persistent File Storage Volumes
Official Documentation
Configuring Persistent File Storage Volumes Administrators can configure the volumes for their services in Liferay PaaS depending on their deployment type (Deployment or StatefulSet). Volumes can...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Deploying Changes via the CLI Tool
Official Documentation
Deploying Changes via the CLI Tool With the CLI tool, you can directly deploy local project changes without triggering a Jenkins build or using the Liferay Cloud Console. This tutorial walks...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Ignoring Files and Folders
Official Documentation
Ignoring Files and Folders Liferay Cloud allows subscribers to determine which files and folders should be ignored before deploying a service. This is done by creating a .lcpignore file and placed...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Restarting Jenkins Stages
Official Documentation
Restarting Jenkins Stages The CI service can be configured to preserve Jenkins stashes. You can then use the stashes to restart specific stages in a Jenkins build. Preserving Jenkins Stashes Use...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Understanding Deployment Types
Official Documentation
Understanding Deployment Types The deployment type of a service determines many different facets of how it functions, including performance, memory usage, and access to files or volumes. Liferay...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Build Retention Policy
Build Retention Policy The Liferay Cloud console displays your builds on the Builds page, so you can deploy them to your services whenever needed. However, only the most recent 1,100 builds remain...
Published Date: Jan 30, 2025 12:33 PM
Automatically Deploying CI Service Builds
Official Documentation
Automatically Deploying CI Service Builds With Liferay PaaS, you can use webhooks to automatically trigger Jenkins builds for changes pushed or merged to your project's Git repository (e.g.,...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Deploying Changes via the Liferay Cloud Console
Official Documentation
Deploying Changes via the Liferay Cloud Console This tutorial walks through the process of adding a portal property to the Liferay service, triggering a CI build with a pull request, and deploying...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Understanding Deployment Strategies
Official Documentation
Understanding Deployment Strategies The deployment strategy of a service determines how new versions will be initialized. Liferay PaaS provides two deployment strategies for its services:...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 7:01 PM
Collaboration and Social
Official Documentation
Collaboration and Social Liferay DXP empowers users to build robust communities with flexible, social, and extensible collaborative applications. Out-of-the-box features include Message Boards ...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:48 PM
Knowledge Base Display Widget
Official Documentation
Knowledge Base Display Widget Liferay 7.4 U72+/GA72+ You can use the Knowledge Base Display widget to display published articles in site pages with built-in navigation, comments, ratings, and...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:45 AM
Knowledge Base System Settings
Official Documentation
Knowledge Base System Settings Administrators can use the System Settings UI to set the Knowledge Base’s global configuration (across Sites). You can access this UI in Control Panel → Configuration...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:48 PM
Responding to Knowledge Base Feedback
Official Documentation
Responding to Knowledge Base Feedback Liferay 7.4 U72+/GA72+ You can view and manage article feedback in the Knowledge Base application. To do this, Open the Site Menu (Site Menu) and go to...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:48 PM
Message Boards
Official Documentation
Message Boards Message Boards is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 2024.Q4/Portal GA129. For data continuity, consider transitioning to the Questions widget. Liferay's Message Boards application is a...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:48 PM
Configuring a Message Boards Category Mailing List
Official Documentation
Configuring a Message Boards Category Mailing List You can configure a mailing list for a message board category in a site or page-scoped message board. Globally scoped messages boards don't...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:48 PM
Creating Message Boards Categories
Official Documentation
Creating Message Boards Categories Message Boards Categories organize threads into specific topics, making it easier for users to find and participate in discussions relevant to their interests. ...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:48 PM
Creating Message Boards Threads
Official Documentation
Creating Message Boards Threads A thread is a series of messages focused on a specific topic. It starts with an initial post, followed by replies that form a discussion. Only authenticated users...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:49 PM
Alerts and Announcements
Official Documentation
Alerts and Announcements Use the Alerts or the Announcements widgets to broadcast important information. Alerts are for high-priority information (e.g. planned downtime alerts, security alerts,...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:48 PM
Configuring the Calendar Widget
Official Documentation
Configuring the Calendar Widget Use the Calendar widget configuration options to tailor the display and functionality of your calendar. From choosing the time format and default view to setting the...
Published Date: May 13, 2024 7:54 PM
Using the Calendar Widget
Official Documentation
Using the Calendar Widget The calendar widget displays a small monthly calendar showing an overview of upcoming events. A larger area shows the Scheduler, a more detailed calendar with several...
Published Date: May 13, 2024 7:54 PM
Creating Knowledge Base Articles
Official Documentation
Creating Knowledge Base Articles Liferay 7.4 U72+/GA72+ Knowledge Base provides tools for creating and managing a repository of articles. You can create articles using the application's WYSIWYG...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:48 PM
Calendar
Official Documentation
Calendar The Calendar widget stores and shares scheduled events. It's a personal planner for individual users, a shared calendar for an entire site, or both at the same time. In addition to...
Published Date: May 13, 2024 7:54 PM
Exporting/Importing Calendar Data
Official Documentation
Exporting/Importing Calendar Data You can export and import calendar data as Liferay Archive (LAR) files. Data can only be ported between installations of the same version. Use the widget...
Published Date: May 13, 2024 7:54 PM
Mapping Calendar Event Fields to Display Page Templates
Official Documentation
Mapping Calendar Event Fields to Display Page Templates You can customize and display calendar event information by mapping calendar fields to display page templates. Highlight certain fields such...
Published Date: May 13, 2024 7:54 PM
Knowledge Base
Official Documentation
Knowledge Base Liferay 7.4 U72+/GA72+ Knowledge Base provides tools for creating and managing product documentation. You can write articles in the Liferay UI or import existing Markdown files....
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:48 PM
Importing Knowledge Base Articles
Official Documentation
Importing Knowledge Base Articles Liferay 7.4 U72+/GA72+ You can draft Knowledge Base articles as Markdown files and import them to Liferay. To do this, you must ensure each Markdown file is...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:48 PM
Knowledge Base Templates
Official Documentation
Knowledge Base Templates Liferay 7.4 U72+/GA72+ Templates give authors a starting point with default headers or other content for articles. Templates help foster consistent formatting and content...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:48 PM
Managing the Knowledge Base
Official Documentation
Managing the Knowledge Base Liferay 7.4 U72+/GA72+ With Knowledge Base, you can draft product documentation quickly and organize it into hierarchies that end users can navigate. Add folders and...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:48 PM
Other Knowledge Base Widgets
Official Documentation
Other Knowledge Base Widgets There are other Knowledge Base widgets you can add to pages besides the Knowledge Base Display widget: Knowledge Base Article: Display a single article’s content. ...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:48 PM
Message Boards Configuration Reference
Official Documentation
Message Boards Configuration Reference Configuration settings for the Message Boards app are divided in Settings and Notifications. To access the Message Boards app's configuration screen, Open...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:49 PM
Message Boards Permissions Reference
Official Documentation
Message Boards Permissions Reference Permissions settings for the Message Boards app include Home Category, Widget, General Category, and Thread permissions. Manage these settings to control user...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:49 PM
Message Boards Widget UI Reference
Official Documentation
Message Boards Widget UI Reference Explore the user interface elements of the Message Boards widget, including the various tabs and their functionalities. Each tab provides access to different...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:49 PM
Moderating Message Boards
Official Documentation
Moderating Message Boards Message boards include features that enable effective forum moderation. This includes thread locking, thread moving and merging, user bans, and thread flagging. Users with...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:49 PM
Scoping Your Message Boards
Official Documentation
Scoping Your Message Boards The Scope configuration is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 2024.Q4/Portal GA129 and is scheduled for removal in a future release. Multiple message boards can be created...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:46 AM
Subscribing to a Message Board
Official Documentation
Subscribing to a Message Board Users can receive email updates and in-product notifications by subscribing to a message board. By default, users are subscribed automatically to any threads they...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:46 AM
Notifications and Requests
Official Documentation
Notifications and Requests Notifications and requests keep users informed about important activity, such as mentions, site invitations, or workflow tasks. You can manage how users are notified,...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:46 AM
Managing Notifications and Requests
Official Documentation
Managing Notifications and Requests Users receive notifications and requests if they have subscribed to a blog or message board or are mentioned in a post. They may also be notified if someone sent...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:49 PM
Mentioning Users
Official Documentation
Mentioning Users Mentioning other users in a DXP asset draws their attention to a particular asset (for example, a message boards thread, blog post, or comment) by sending them a site and email...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:46 AM
Configuring the Questions Widget
Official Documentation
Configuring the Questions Widget Liferay DXP/Portal 7.3+ There are two primary methods for configuring the Questions widget: directly through the widget configuration and through the System...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:46 AM
Social Tools
Official Documentation
Social Tools Social tools play a vital role in fostering engagement, collaboration, and interaction within digital environments. They can enhance user experiences and facilitate connections....
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:49 PM
Configuring Mentions
Official Documentation
Configuring Mentions Mentions are enabled by the Mentions app. By default, the Mentions app is enabled globally. However, this can be enabled or disabled either globally or per site. Configuring...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:49 PM
Questions Widget
Official Documentation
Questions Widget Available: Liferay DXP/Portal 7.3+ The Questions widget is a new UI skin for the Message Boards widget, focused on presenting a question-and-answer format. With the Questions...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:46 AM
Using the Questions Widget
Official Documentation
Using the Questions Widget With the Questions widget, users can ask questions, provide answers, and engage in discussions within a site. By organizing topics and enabling collaborative answers, it...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:46 AM
Using the Activities Widget
Official Documentation
Using the Activities Widget The Activities widget is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 2024.Q4/Portal GA129 and is scheduled for removal in a future release. The Activities widget is used to track...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:49 PM
Using the Contacts Center Widget
Official Documentation
Using the Contacts Center Widget With the Contacts Center widget, users can form two connection types: Connect and Follow. Connected users can see each other's activities in their private...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:49 PM
Wiki
Official Documentation
Wiki Wiki is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 2024.Q4/Portal GA129. For data continuity, consider transitioning to alternative content management solutions like Liferay Objects or Web Content. The...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:49 PM