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Issue Upgrading from Liferay 6.2 to Liferay 7.0+ is a significant process. One of the changes implemented is the use of OSGi components. Several XML Descriptors have been converted to OSGi services. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 and higher Resolution Our Liferay DXP 7.1 Portlet Descriptor...

An upgrade to Liferay DXP 7.1 gives you access to the latest Liferay technology, complete with all of the newest features, and the assurance of continued support for your Liferay environment. Our Subscription Services Team recognizes that an upgrade often requires a significant...

Issue Our team would like to use the LiferayIntegrationTestRule and perform an integration test. How do we set up an integration test? Environment Liferay DXP 7.1 Resolution Liferay leaves the integration testing framework to your discretion.  One example would be to...

Issue Which HTTP Methods does Liferay DXP use? We would like to restrict HTTP traffic using a firewall and do not want to impact Liferay DXP functionalities. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0+ Resolution Liferay DXP can use the following HTTP methods: CONNECT, DELETE, GET, HEAD, OPTIONS,...

This article gives an overview of a backup & disaster recovery environment that is necessary when starting a Liferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP) project. This backup will often be referenced by Liferay Support Engineers as it is crucial to have a stable and working backup of the...

With the release of JDK11, Oracle's new Java SE Support Policy (also see here) brings changes to the Java Enterprise community. The following article outlines Liferay's approach concerning the certification of JDK releases for existing versions of Liferay Digital Experience Platform and...

This article documents four portal properties that are often used to configure redirection URLs for users. The four descriptions below include the properties, their descriptions, and examples for: Configuring the default home URL of the portal Redirecting a user after logging in...

This article is a legacy article. It applies to previous versions of the Liferay product. While the article is no longer maintained, the information may still be applicable.  JDK7 is supported in 6.1 EE GA2 edition of Liferay - however please note that patches are only shipped with JDK5...

Introduction When applying fix packs or hotfixes, rolling restarts are possible if there are no changes to a specific set of clustering classes or no module schema version changes. The following document is a list of the known fix packs which contain either of these exceptions. If a...

This article documents several changes with the clustering feature that will take effect in Liferay Portal CE 7.0 and Digital Experience Platform 7.0. In addition, this article details changes that may affect Community Edition users. Resolution General The default search indexing...

This article is a legacy article. It applies to previous versions of the Liferay product. While the article is no longer maintained, the information may still be applicable. The following article lists a number of various "best practices" to keep in mind when using the Portal. The list...

Prior to Liferay Portal 6.1, the upgrade process required that "upgrade.process" property to be set in the portal-ext.properties. For example, consider an upgrade from Liferay Portal 5.2 to Liferay Portal 6.0 SP2. Before Liferay Portal 6.1, the user would point the Portal 6.0 SP2  to the...

After upgrading from Liferay Portal version 5.2 EE SP4 to 6.2 EE, backslashes in the screen name are not allowed when using the liberal screen name validator. In Portal 5.2, backslashes were allowed in the screen name. Resolution The ability to add backslashes in the screen name was...

This article explains a few key facts surrounding the "verify" process in the Liferay Portal and steps that need to be taken to ensure the integrity of the database being used by the Liferay Portal. Please note that this property was deprecated from 7.2.x with no direct replacement....

Liferay Support does not recommend or endorse specific third-party products over others. Liferay is not responsible for any instructions herein or referenced regarding these products. Any implementation of these principles is the responsibility of the subscriber. One commonly asked...

QUESTION: How are Liferay DXP 7.0 and 7.1, and Liferay Portal, affected by the following vulnerabilities? CVE-2016-1181: Arbitrary code execution, denial of service CVE-2016-1182: XSS and denial of service CVE-2012-1007: Multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities CVE-2015-0899: Remote...

This article documents a false negative warning message that can occur when upgrading your Liferay platform, and which has caused some confusion amongst our users. During the Liferay DXP upgrade process, several WARN messages are issued with an SQL exception such as follows: 11:01:50,141...

The order of fix pack and hotfix updates are determined by engineering in several ways. This order is hardcoded in the update. Environment Versions previous to Portal 6.2 SP11 Resolution General Guidelines: The general order of installation is: Fix-Packs and Security Updates before...

This article gives an overview of a backup/disaster recovery environment that is necessary when starting a Liferay Portal project. This backup will often be referenced by Liferay Support Engineers as it is crucial to have a stable and working backup of the production environment to...

This article is a legacy article. It applies to previous versions of the Liferay product. While the article is no longer maintained, the information may still be applicable. Resolution   Tomcat JBoss Weblogic Websphere Glassfish WEB-INF Folder ${TOMCAT_HOME}/webapps/ROOT...