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Token-based Single Sign On Authentication

Token-based Single Sign On Authentication Token-based SSO authentication was introduced in Liferay Portal 7.0 to standardize support for Shibboleth, SiteMinder, Oracle OAM, and any SSO product that...

Blacklisting OSGi Components

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Blacklisting OSGi Components The Component Blacklist is a convenient way to manage multiple OSGi Declarative Service Components (components). The list is an OSGi configuration that DXP uses to...

Configuring Portlets, Themes, and Layout Templates

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Configuring Portlets, Themes, and Layout Templates The Components listing is the easiest way to configure portlets, themes, and layout templates. In the Components UI, you can enable/disable them...

Using the App Manager

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Using the App Manager The App Manager is a Control Panel screen where you can install, uninstall, activate, and deactivate apps in your DXP installation. You can also use it to inspect details for...

Renewing Apps

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Renewing Apps To continue using a purchased app whose license has expired, you must renew your app subscription. Here are the steps: Go to https://web.liferay.com/marketplace. Click your...

Using Marketplace

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Using Marketplace Liferay Marketplace is a hub for sharing, browsing, and downloading apps. Marketplace leverages the entire Liferay ecosystem to release and share apps in a user-friendly, one-stop...

Securing Liferay

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Securing Liferay Liferay is built with security in mind. This includes mitigation of common security vulnerabilities and exploits like those described by the OWASP Top 10 and the CWE/SANS Top 25. ...

Managing System Resources

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Managing System Resources The Server Administration panel's Resources tab contains several features, all related to low-level monitoring and management of the system's resources: FunctionPurpose...

Configuring Password Encryption Algorithms and Stored Password Formats

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Configuring Password Encryption Algorithms and Stored Password Formats Liferay encrypts passwords using an algorithm that aligns with the recommendations from the OWASP Password Storage Cheat...

Configuring Sign-In

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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...

Configuring Authentication Types

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Configuring Authentication Types Users can be configured to log in using one of three authentication types: Authentication TypeDescriptionUsed by Default? Screen NameDetermined by administrator or...

Securing Sign-In

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Securing Sign-In The Sign-In widget calls the various mechanisms (the portal database, an LDAP server, a SAML identity provider, or any of the ways users can authenticate) that authenticate users....

Importing User Groups' Memberships from an External IdP through SAML

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Importing User Groups' Memberships from an External IdP through SAML Subscription This feature was released behind a dev feature flag. It was made Generally Available (GA) in Liferay DXP...

Configuring SAML at the System Level

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Configuring SAML at the System Level Subscription Before allowing any portal instances to enable SAML authentication, you should configure it at the system level so those instances have a...

Using OpenID Connect

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Using OpenID Connect OpenID Connect is a lightweight authentication layer that enables users to authenticate using accounts they have on other systems. It's built on top of the OAuth 2.0...

Using OpenAM

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Using OpenAM Deprecated in Liferay DXP 2024.Q4/Portal GA129 OpenAM 13 is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 2024.Q4/Portal GA129. OpenAM 12 and below were deprecated as of Liferay DXP 7.2. Versions of...

Iframe Sanitizer

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Iframe Sanitizer Liferay DXP 2025.Q4+ Liferay DXP includes an iframe sanitizer that controls how iframes are handled across each instance. Iframes can introduce security risks if they load...

Multi-Factor Authentication

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Multi-Factor Authentication Subscription Liferay DXP 7.3+ Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) provides better security by requiring users to prove their identity in multiple ways, or factors. The...

Using Multi-Factor Authentication

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Using Multi-Factor Authentication Subscription To enhance your installation's security, you should disable less secure, one-factor forms of authentication, such as Basic Auth, Digest Auth, and...

Multi-Factor Authentication Checkers

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Multi-Factor Authentication Checkers Subscription Liferay DXP 7.4 ships with two additional factor checkers for Multi-Factor Authentication. Both of them are disabled by default, because they're...

Fast IDentity Online 2

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Fast IDentity Online 2 Subscription Available: Liferay DXP/Portal 7.4+ The Fast IDentity Online 2 or FIDO2 standard allows for the use of biometrics (i.e., fingerprint readers), mobile devices,...

AntiSamy

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AntiSamy Liferay DXP includes an AntiSamy module that protects against user-entered malicious code. If your site allows users to post content in message boards, blogs, or other applications, these...

Clustering for High Availability

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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...

Configuring Unicast over TCP

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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...

Example: Creating a Simple DXP Cluster

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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...

Configuring Cluster Link

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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....

Database Configuration for Cluster Nodes

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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...

Session Replication with Tomcat

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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...

Configuring Default Email Senders

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Configuring Default Email Senders By default, emails sent by Liferay DXP use the name and email address of the default admin user. This behavior can be configured for each of the different email...

Configuring Mail

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Configuring Mail Liferay can be configured to use a mail server to send email notifications for a variety of purposes: user registration, password management, site membership notifications, content...

Configuring Microsoft Office 365 with OAuth

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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...

Tuning Liferay

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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...

Using Notification Templates for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions

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Using Notification Templates for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions Email notifications are sent automatically to users based on events in the store. To send them, you must first create a...

Using Notification Templates

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Using Notification Templates Email notifications are sent automatically to users based on events in the store. To send them, you must first create a Notification Template. Notification templates...

Sending Emails

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Sending Emails You can configure Liferay to send email notifications for different events that happen in your store. For example, you may want to send updates to the order manager or another person...

Notification Template Variables Reference Guide

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Notification Template Variables Reference Guide When creating notification templates, you can use variables to populate email fields dynamically with data from the triggering event. Notification...

Configuring the Commerce Notification Queue

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Configuring the Commerce Notification Queue When channel events trigger notifications, Commerce logs them in the channel's Notification Queue tab with the Unsent status. By default, Liferay checks...

Notifications and Requests

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Notifications and Requests Notifications and requests keep users informed about important activity, such as mentions, site invitations, or workflow tasks. You can manage how users are notified,...

Mentioning Users

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Mentioning Users Mentioning other users in a DXP asset draws their attention to a particular asset (for example, a message boards thread, blog post, or comment) by sending them a site and email...

Managing Notifications and Requests

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Managing Notifications and Requests Users receive notifications and requests if they have subscribed to a blog or message board or are mentioned in a post. They may also be notified if someone sent...

Publishing Apps in Marketplace

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Publishing Apps in Marketplace The process of publishing a DXP app differs slightly from that of Cloud apps. Log into your Liferay account at marketplace.liferay.com. Open the Dashboard menu...

Publishable App Types in Marketplace

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Publishable App Types in Marketplace You can publish different types of applications in Marketplace. App TypeRuntime ArchitectureDeployment TypeTypical Complexity Cloud AppExternalLiferay SaaS /...

Publishing Object Definitions in Marketplace

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Publishing Object Definitions in Marketplace You can publish object definitions packaged as Client Extensions to Liferay Marketplace. Prerequisites: A valid Liferay Marketplace Publisher...

Connecting Liferay DXP to Marketplace

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Connecting Liferay DXP to Marketplace Liferay DXP 2025.Q1+/GA132+ You can connect Liferay DXP to Marketplace in Instance Settings. With this integration, you can add supported apps from the...

Acquiring DXP Apps

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Acquiring DXP Apps There are two types of DXP apps in marketplace: free and paid. Free apps can be downloaded, deployed to Liferay DXP, and used immediately without deploying a license. Paid apps...

Become a Publisher

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Become a Publisher To publish apps or solutions on Marketplace, you need a Liferay account with publisher permissions. Becoming a publisher is free, but you must submit a request with relevant...

Provisioning Cloud Apps

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Provisioning Cloud Apps You can provision cloud apps to your Liferay instance and start using them immediately. Unlike DXP apps, cloud apps integrate with Liferay SaaS directly and don't require...

Acquiring Object Definitions from Marketplace

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Acquiring Object Definitions from Marketplace Object definitions package custom object configurations into applications. These apps are published as Client Extensions. After publication to Liferay...

Publishing Solutions in Marketplace

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Publishing Solutions in Marketplace The Liferay Marketplace contains business solutions to improve productivity and reduce time to market. Currently, only existing Liferay partners can publish a...

Publishing Tools

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Publishing Tools Liferay provides two publishing tools for content creation and site building: Publications and Staging. With each tool you can edit sites and content in a working environment...

Creating and Managing Publications

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Creating and Managing Publications Liferay DXP/Portal 7.3+ With Publications, users can create instance-scoped blocks of changes. Because each publication is instance-scoped, they can be accessed...

Making and Publishing Changes

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Making and Publishing Changes Liferay 7.3+ Publications provides a convenient way to manage changes to your Liferay instance. With it, you and your team can create and collaborate on blocks of...

Publications Permissions

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Publications Permissions 7.4+ Publications works with Liferay's permissions framework, so you can assign application and resource permissions to regular roles. You can also assign permissions...

Comparing Publishing Tools

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Comparing Publishing Tools Liferay provides two publishing tools for content creation and site building: Publications and Staging. Publications is recommended over Staging in nearly all use cases...

Resolving Conflicts

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Resolving Conflicts During the publishing process, Liferay checks for conflicts between your publication and the production environment. Resolving all conflicts is necessary to complete publishing....

Reverting Changes

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Reverting Changes Liferay Publications maintains a history of all published changes. You can use this publishing history to easily create publications that revert earlier changes to production....

Best Practices for Managing Publications

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Best Practices for Managing Publications Efficient publication workflows in Liferay help improve collaboration, reduce errors, and streamline content delivery. Follow these best practices to...

Moving Changes Between Publications

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Moving Changes Between Publications Liferay DXP 2023.Q3+/Portal GA92+ You can move changes from one publication to another while reviewing them. This helps organize content and manage updates more...

Collaborating on Publications

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Collaborating on Publications Liferay 7.4+ By default, a publication can only be accessed by its creator. However, publication creators can invite other users to view, edit, and publish their...

Publications

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Publications The Publication application is in maintenance mode as of Liferay DXP 2026.Q1. Liferay DXP/Portal 7.3+ You can use Publications to develop, track, and publish changes across your DXP...

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