Cloud Native Experience: Getting Started

Welcome to the Cloud Native Experience (CNE) Toolkit. Whether you are deploying on a specific hyperscaler using a Cloud Provider Ready (CPR) version or managing your own Kubernetes (K8s) distribution, the core life cycle of your Liferay DXP deployment follows a standardized path.

The getting started with CNE process can be automated and repeatable. By leveraging a GitOps-centric workflow, you ensure that your infrastructure and application state are always synchronized, version-controlled, and easy to recover.

The sections below guide you through the fundamental first steps required to prepare your environment:

• Learn how to use the GitOps boilerplate repository and the bootstrapping script to automate the initial resource creation in Establishing Your Core Foundation.

• Understand the process for obtaining, deploying, and rotating your Liferay DXP activation keys within a containerized cluster in Managing your License.

• Set up “External Secrets” to securely fetch sensitive data—like database passwords or API keys—from providers such as AWS Secrets Manager or HashiCorp Vault in Managing Secrets.