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 the Sign In widget is unavailable on any page, it can be accessed directly via its URL: http[s]://[server-name:port]/c/portal/login.
You can configure other methods of authenticating users and/or applications:
Authentication Verifiers can manage authentication for remote applications, and Authentication Pipelines define the ways users are validated by one or several systems.
Sign In Widget Configuration
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Open the page that contains the sign in widget in edit mode and click Options (
) in the widget header → Configuration.NoteBefore Liferay DXP 2025.Q1/Portal GA132, the Configuration option appeared in the widget’s top-right corner.
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You can configure several options here.
- Authentication Type: See Authentication Types for more information.
- Email From: Set the name and email address for the sender of system-generated emails (includes the password reset notification email).
- Password Reset Notification: Set the subject and contents of the password reset notification email.
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Click Save to apply a new configuration.
Starting from Liferay DXP 2024.Q3/Portal GA125, the Email From and Password Reset Notification settings were removed from the sign in widget through a beta feature flag (LPD-6378), which became a release feature flag in Liferay DXP 2025.Q3.
They are now available at the instance level. To access these settings, open the Global Menu (
) and go to Control Panel → Instance Settings → Email. You can find the Email Sender and Password Reset Notification settings here.