Capability

Security

Liferay DXP is built with security in mind. A variety of standards based authentication methods and integrations can be used to ensure secure access to a site and its resources. Robust role-based access control with permissions gives you fine grained control over what authenticated and unauthenticated users can access, share, or edit. Liferay DXP’s web services also have a multi-layered and configurable approach to security and authorization.

Feature
Deployment Approach
Capability
Installing Liferay on an Application Server
Installing Liferay on an Application Server You can install Liferay DXP or Liferay Portal on any supported application server. This is typically the most practical installation type to use in...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:46 AM
Installing on JBoss EAP
Installing on JBoss EAP Installing on JBoss EAP requires installing the DXP WAR, installing dependencies, configuring JBoss, and deploying DXP on JBoss. You must also configure your database and...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:49 PM
Setting Up JNDI on Tomcat
Setting Up JNDI on Tomcat Liferay 7.4+ To set up JNDI resources, you must put the necessary JDBC drivers in the Tomcat lib folder (i.e. tomcat-9.0.56/lib). For example, if you use an Oracle...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:49 PM
Installing on WebSphere
Installing on WebSphere Liferay DXP 2024.Q1/Portal GA112 or below Compatibility with IBM WebSphere application server has been removed in 2024.Q2 and later releases. Installing Liferay DXP on...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:49 PM
Maintaining a Liferay Installation
Maintaining a Liferay Installation Starting with Liferay DXP 7.3 SP3+ and 7.4 GA1+, Liferay adopted a new release model for delivering updates and fixes. This new approach is referred to as Bundle...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:49 PM
Installing on WildFly
Installing on WildFly Installing on WildFly requires installing the DXP WAR, installing dependencies, configuring WildFly, and deploying DXP on WildFly. You must also configure your database and...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:49 PM
Running Liferay for the First Time
Running Liferay for the First Time Once you've installed Liferay DXP/Portal and configured a database for it, it is ready to run. Start the Server Run the startup script bundled with your...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:49 PM
Backing Up
Backing Up Once you have your DXP installation running, you should implement a comprehensive backup plan that accounts for unforeseen events. Backup copies are also valuable for testing updates...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Installing on WebLogic
Installing on WebLogic If you are using WebLogic as your application server, it is highly recommended to install DXP to a WebLogic Managed server. A managed server can start and stop DXP quickly...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:49 PM
Maintaining Clustered Installations
Maintaining Clustered Installations Setting up your Liferay DXP installation to function in a cluster provides performance and scalability improvements, but also requires additional consideration...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Blue-Green Deployments
Blue-Green Deployments Blue-green is a deployment technique in which you duplicate your production environment (the blue environment) and modify the duplicate (the green environment) with software...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Migrating Liferay Instances
Migrating Liferay Instances Liferay DXP 2025.Q2+/Portal GA148+ [Beta Feature](../../security-and-administration/administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md#beta-feature-flags) You can...
Published Date: Apr 25, 2025 4:46 PM
Performing Rolling Restarts
Performing Rolling Restarts The rolling restart cluster maintenance process involves shutting down and updating nodes one at a time (while the other nodes are running) until they're all updated....
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Applying a Hotfix
Applying a Hotfix Subscribers A Hotfix is a fix or collection of fixes delivered between Updates (or between Fix Packs for versions before DXP 7.3 SP3) to address a customer's confirmed critical...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Slimming Down Patched Installations
Slimming Down Patched Installations Subscribers In Liferay DXP 7.2, patch information is retained in Patch Files in the installation by default. This facilitates restoring DXP to a previous patch...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Patching Liferay
Patching Liferay Liferay DXP uses Bundle Releases for its latest releases. Please see Updating Liferay if you are applying an Update. All Hotfixes are patches. If you're applying a Hotfix,...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:49 PM
Advanced Patching for DXP 7.2
Advanced Patching for DXP 7.2 Here are the DXP 7.2 advanced patching topics: Using Slim Bundles demonstrates conserving disk space by using DXP fix pack bundles that don't include Patch Files. ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Accessing DXP Patch Code
Accessing DXP Patch Code Subscribers Liferay DXP Fix Pack and Hotfix source code is available in a private GitHub repository called liferay-dxp. The source code facilitates identifying and...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:47 AM
Custom Code and Patch Compatibility
Custom Code and Patch Compatibility Subscribers If you deploy code that customizes or patches your DXP 7.2 installation, you must maintain its compatibility with all patches you're using. The...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Using Slim Bundles
Using Slim Bundles Subscribers Liferay DXP 7.2 Fix Packs and Service Packs are also released bundled with the Tomcat application server. They are available as traditional bundles and Slim Bundles....
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Configuring the Patching Tool
Configuring the Patching Tool Subscribers The Patching Tool can be adapted to any DXP installation. The tool's auto-discovery option is the easiest way to configure the Patching Tool. If you...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Getting Patch Information
Getting Patch Information Subscribers You can see patch information at a glance, which helps maintain your installation and get help from Liferay Support. The Patching Tool's info command lists...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:47 AM
Provisioning Liferay in Kubernetes
Provisioning Liferay in Kubernetes Cloud environments require a layer of orchestration to manage containers, and that is usually Kubernetes. If you're already heavily invested in the cloud, you can...
Published Date: May 16, 2025 4:35 PM
Installing Liferay DXP in Amazon Web Services
Installing Liferay DXP in Amazon Web Services You can run Liferay DXP on AWS using a new or an existing EKS cluster; a plain installation or Liferay's offering on AWS Marketplace. Either...
Published Date: May 16, 2025 4:35 PM
Database Templates
Database Templates Below are templates (example portal properties and Docker environment variables) for configuring various databases as a built-in data source for Liferay DXP. MariaDB Portal...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:47 AM
Installing the Patching Tool
Installing the Patching Tool Subscribers The Patching Tool is easy to install and update. Installation Download the Patching Tool from the Customer Portal. For DXP 7.3+, download the latest...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:47 AM
Uninstalling Patches
Uninstalling Patches Subscribers After you install a patch, you may decide to restore your installation to a previous patch level. Here you'll learn how to Uninstall Patches Revert (uninstall)...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Updating Previous Versions of Liferay
Updating Previous Versions of Liferay Staying current with updates gives you the best security and quality. Security Updates are releases that address the latest security issues immediately. ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Installing Liferay DXP in Microsoft Azure
Installing Liferay DXP in Microsoft Azure
Published Date: May 16, 2025 4:35 PM
Reference
Reference When installing Liferay, you must take into consideration the specifics of your environment. These topics help you integrate Liferay into your existing environment and aid in...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Updating Liferay
Updating Liferay Liferay DXP 7.3 SP3+/Portal 7.4 GA1+ Update your Liferay installation with Bundle Releases. The latest features, security releases, as well as library updates are all delivered...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:47 AM
Database Configuration
Database Configuration By default for demonstration purposes, Liferay DXP/Portal is configured to use an embedded HSQL database. Beyond demonstration purposes, we recommend using a full-featured,...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:47 AM
Installing Patches in Earlier Versions
Installing Patches in Earlier Versions Subscribers The Patching Tool applies Fix Packs (including Security Fix Packs and Service Packs) for versions prior to Liferay DXP 7.3 SP3. It also applies...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
JVM Configuration
JVM Configuration As of Liferay DXP 2024.Q3+/Portal GA125+, Liferay DXP/Portal requires a Java JDK 17 or 21 (prior versions support JDKs 8 and 11) with specific JVM option settings. There are also...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Liferay Home
Liferay Home Liferay Home is the folder from which Liferay DXP/Portal launches applications, reads and applies configurations, loads JAR files, generates logs, and more. Liferay Home's location...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Liferay Software Versions
Liferay Software Versions Starting with Liferay 7.4, Liferay adopted a rolling release model for delivering updates and fixes. This means Liferay 7.4 is a long living release with many releases for...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:47 AM
Activating Liferay DXP
Activating Liferay DXP Subscription Required Liferay DXP is activated using an XML (.xml) activation key. It specifies your DXP subscription terms or trial agreement. When you run Liferay DXP for...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Setting Up Liferay
Setting Up Liferay After installing Liferay, configure it to meet your needs. Here are common setup tasks. Setup Tasks Preconfigure the System Activate Liferay (Subscription Required) ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Clustering for High Availability
Clustering for High Availability Liferay DXP can scale to serve everything from the smallest to the largest web sites. Out-of-the-box, it's configured optimally for a single server environment. If...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
System Properties
System Properties Liferay DXP/Portal runs in the application server's JVM. System properties can be passed directly to the JVM as arguments to java in the format -D[name1]=[value1] or can be loaded...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Configuring Cluster Link
Configuring Cluster Link Enabling Cluster Link activates distributed caching. The cache is distributed across multiple Liferay DXP nodes running concurrently. Cluster Link uses Ehcache replication....
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Configuring Unicast over TCP
Configuring Unicast over TCP If your network configuration or the geographical distance between cluster nodes prevents you from using UDP Multicast clustering, you can configure TCP Unicast. You...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Portal Properties
Portal Properties Configuration options are specified using Portal Properties, sets of name/value pairs read from properties files and Docker environment variables on server startup. Default values...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Portal Developer Properties
Portal Developer Properties There are Portal Properties that facilitate development. Liferay's portal-developer.properties file includes all of them. The portal-developer.properties file is enabled...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM
Example: Creating a Simple DXP Cluster
Example: Creating a Simple DXP Cluster A fast, easy way to learn DXP clustering is to set up a two node DXP cluster environment on one machine using Docker containers. This example creates two DXP...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Database Configuration for Cluster Nodes
Database Configuration for Cluster Nodes At minimum, nodes in a DXP cluster must be configured to share the same database (or database cluster) in order to function. Optimizations discussed here...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Initial Instance Localization
Initial Instance Localization Liferay DXP supports localization by language, time zone, and more. The English (US) language translation and GMT time zone are the defaults, but DXP has over 40...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Configuring Default Email Senders
Configuring Default Email Senders By default, emails sent by Liferay DXP use the name and email address as the default admin user. This behavior can be configured for each of the different email...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Configuring Microsoft Office 365 with OAuth
Configuring Microsoft Office 365 with OAuth Liferay DXP 7.4 U79+/Liferay Portal 7.4 GA79+ Connect your Microsoft email service to Liferay with the use of OAuth 2.0 authorization. Note, Microsoft...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Configuring Mail
Configuring Mail Liferay DXP/Portal can be configured to use a mail server to send email notifications for a variety of purposes: User registration and password management, Site membership...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Tuning Liferay
Tuning Liferay There are several ways to tune Liferay's performance. This involves configuring the Java Virtual Machine and frameworks that support the Liferay application, monitoring performance...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Tuning Your JVM
Tuning Your JVM Java Virtual Machine (JVM) tuning primarily focuses on adjusting Java heap and non-heap settings and configuring garbage collection. Finding settings that perform well for you...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Session Replication with Tomcat
Session Replication with Tomcat Liferay DXP 2024.Q3+/Portal GA92+ To ensure user session data is synchronized across all instances in the cluster, Liferay supports session replication. If one...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:47 AM
Alternative Email Configuration Methods
Alternative Email Configuration Methods There are several methods of configuring Liferay DXP to connect to a mail server. The simplest way to get started is to configure mail using through the...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Using a CDN
Using a CDN A Content Delivery Network (CDN) is a distributed infrastructure for caching static, file-based content. When visitors hit your site, your static content is loaded from the server...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM