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Issue I want to automatically categorize knowledge base articles. I have built the functionality to download articles, assign categories, and save them back. What I am missing is the ability to get the existing categories for an article. I do not see anything related in the list of...

Issue How can I change/edit permissions for a Site Member Role? Environment Liferay 7.0 Liferay 7.1 Resolution Permissions for the Site Member Role can be found at: Control Panel > Users > Roles > Site Roles Tab > Site Roles > Site Member > Ellipses > Define Permissions Additional...

Issue Users having no email address should be able to log in and access the portal. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Liferay Quarterly Releases  Resolution Creating a user with no email address. By setting the below property to false in portal-ext.properties, the users can be created without...

Issue Instead of importing and authenticating all users from Microsoft Active Directory (AD), I would like to only import and authenticate users from a particular group in AD. Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 Resolution In the Authentication Search Filter, specify the filter like this:...

Issue If you want to rotate logs for every 12 hours in a day(2 log files to be created each day) Environment Liferay 6.2 Resolution The logs can be rotated for every 12 hours and it can be achieved through a very slight change in portal-log4j.xml. This file can be found in...

Issue If you want the users to accept the Terms and Conditions one more time. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Resolution In Liferay OOTB (Out Of the Box) there is no feature available to enable the "terms and condition" page second time. For enabling the "Terms and condition" page second...

This paper is to help organizations assess their own resources at-hand and come up with a plan for their migration project. It contains a questionnaire to guide customers in developing their migration plans, such as migrating environments, content, and themes. The paper is available for...

Issue If any of the users in the portal knows the WebDAV URL, they can configure the same at their end and they can manage the Document Libraries from their local machine itself. Hence, how can the WebDAV URL be restricted? Environment Liferay 6.2 EE Resolution Liferay has provided the...

This paper is a high-level overview of the effort involved in moving from Liferay DXP 7.0 to 7.1. It contains an upgrade checklist, the upgrade steps, and what to do after a successful upgrade. The paper is available for download here., content:...

Issue Customers might want to remove the product information found in the HTTP Headers and in the console logs for security reasons. The information displays: Liferay-Portal: Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0.10 GA1 (Wilberforce / Build 7010 / June 15, 2016) Environment Liferay DXP...

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. Issue This article...

Issue Deploying a .war portlet through the /liferay_home/deploy folder leads to the deployed portlet not having a version number in its file name. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 de-33+ Liferay DXP 7.1 Resolution A fix implemented in de-33 addressed a potential issue were multiple copies of...

An upgrade to Liferay DXP 7.0 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 When migrating from 7.2 GA1 or Fix Pack 1 to Liferay DXP 7.2 Fix Pack 2 (ie: SP1) or above, you will be required to run the upgrade tool after installing the patch. The reason for this is, SP1 and FP2 have modifications to data within the database that must be completed before...

Introduction By default, Liferay's JVM uses the UTC (GMT) timezone for scheluding jobs and displaying the correct dates in the presentation layer. However, you can change the time zone for the log files without modifying this default configuration. In this article, you'll customize the...

Issue What is the correct sequence to start up all servers during a restart? Environment DXP 7.0, 7.1 Resolution Sometimes it is necessary to restart some if not all of the servers that Liferay DXP runs on or is dependent on. Reasons include rolling restarts for patching or maintenance....

Issue In Liferay Portal 6.1, calendar notifications could be disabled using portal-ext.properties In Liferay DXP 7.0+, these properties no longer exist Environment Liferay DXP 7.0+ Resolution NOTE: This resolution requires customization and should only be implemented at the discretion of...

Issue Are there any specific configurations needed when setting up a Sybase database to connect to a Liferay bundle? Environment Sybase 15.7, 16 Liferay Portal 6.1, 6.2 DXP 7.0, 7.1 Resolution Unlike other database vendors, there are a couple of commands that must be executed on Sybase...

An upgrade to Liferay DXP 7.3 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...

Learn how to install and set up a local Liferay DXP instance for the first time. Windows Mac Additional Information Official Documentation: Installing Liferay Liferay Learning Youtube Channel, content:...

This document has been updated and ported to Liferay Learn and is no longer maintained here. To install Fix Packs and hotfixes on Liferay DXP, customers must first download the latest Patching Tool. For more information on how to configure the Patching Tool, see: Using the Patching Tool....

Issue How can I confirm that my Liferay cluster is working correctly and all nodes displays the same information accurately? Environment DXP 7.x Portal 6.x Resolution There are two ways that to accomplish this: 1. Manually Test the Cache Replication Functionality To manually test this,...

This article is a how-to guide for locating, downloading and installing modules from Liferay’s public repository. Installing modules directly from Liferay’s public repository should be done if the module or application has been deprecated, archived or otherwise not distributed with the...

This article documents the basic instructions for how to deploy your Activation Key using an .xml file. The steps will vary slightly depending on the version of the Liferay platform you are using. If you encounter any issues along the way, see this separate Troubleshooting Activation Key...

This article is intended to provide a list of all the Liferay DXP 7.0 Database properties that can be used to connect your DXP 7.0 installation to various databases. To use any of them, uncomment the block of code you need, and paste it into your portal-ext.properties file. For example,...

The purpose of this article is to provide an example of how to set up a basic Tomcat cluster that has session replication, using built-in Tomcat features. Please note: This example is provided as a courtesy. This configuration is not supported by Liferay Support as it deals with Tomcat,...

The Web Proxy Portlet allows web applications to be embedded within a portlet while keeping the user interaction within the portal context. The portlet is deprecated and was removed from Digital Experience Platform (DXP) 7.1 due to low adoption. The portlet will not be released as an app...

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. When a system runs into...

This document has been updated and ported to Liferay Learn and is no longer maintained here. This article documents how to configure LDAP settings using .config files instead of the Control Panel. There are a great number of changes in Liferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP), and one...

This document has been updated and ported to Liferay Learn and is no longer maintained here. This article documents the configuration options for managing distributed cache within Liferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP). Table of Contents  Distributed Cache Basics How Liferay Does...

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. Depending on the needs...

Many enterprise environments utilize clustering for both scalability and availability. This article provides specific instructions for installing a basic configuration of Liferay Portal in a pre-existing clustered environment. A common misconception is that by configuring Liferay Portal,...

One of the most important pieces of information when resolving a customer issue is the portal-ext.properties file for your environment. It is now possible to upload the portal-ext.properties file before opening a ticket. This article describes what you need to know to locate your...

This article documents the new implementation of JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) web services in Liferay Portal 6.1.x to test API methods. The only limitation is that to test any methods they must go through JSON. A database other than Hypersonic will be required for API testing as...

This article describes how to set up Liferay Portal 6.1 EE or Liferay Portal 6.2 EE using Windows and MySQL 5.x on Apache Tomcat 7.x. Resolution 1. Gather the Necessary Files Download and unzip the most recent supported version of Tomcat 7: http://archive.apache.org/dist/tomcat/tomcat-7/...

  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.  If you are working with a Liferay Portal version prior to 6.1 GA3, you can read the article here. SAML...

Clustering with the Liferay platform can be achieved by using UDP Multicast, UDP Unicast and TCP Unicast. While Multicast is being used by default, there are cases where UDP Multicast is not available or disabled at the infrastructure level. In such cases, TCP Unicast can be used for...

This article will outline how to set up JBoss 6 EAP and deploy Liferay 6.1 EE and 6.2 EE to this application server. Resolution Before You Begin, download JBoss EAP 6.0.1 or 6.1, and install it to your preferred location, henceforth referred to as $JBOSS_HOME. Please Note: Liferay Home...

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. This article outlines...

This article is to help those who wish to change the X-Frame-Options in Liferay Digital Experience Platforms. Usually, this is required if you are trying embedding widgets in a portlet or an iFrame so that HTTP headers are protected against clickjacking. These values are found in the...