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Backing Up Once you have your DXP installation running, you should implement a comprehensive backup plan that accounts for unforeseen events. Backup copies are also valuable for testing updates...

Blue-Green Deployments

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Blue-Green Deployments Blue-green is a deployment technique in which you duplicate your production environment (the blue environment) and modify the duplicate (the green environment) with software...

Performing Rolling Restarts

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Performing Rolling Restarts The rolling restart cluster maintenance process involves shutting down and updating nodes one at a time (while the other nodes are running) until they're all updated....

Advanced Patching for DXP 7.2

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Advanced Patching for DXP 7.2 Here are the DXP 7.2 advanced patching topics: Using Slim Bundles demonstrates conserving disk space by using DXP fix pack bundles that don't include Patch Files. ...

Installing Patches in Earlier Versions

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Installing Patches in Earlier Versions Subscribers The Patching Tool applies Fix Packs (including Security Fix Packs and Service Packs) for versions prior to Liferay DXP 7.3 SP3. It also applies...

Configuring the Patching Tool

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Configuring the Patching Tool Subscribers The Patching Tool can be adapted to any DXP installation. The tool's auto-discovery option is the easiest way to configure the Patching Tool. If you...

Uninstalling Patches

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Uninstalling Patches Subscribers After you install a patch, you may decide to restore your installation to a previous patch level. Here you'll learn how to Uninstall Patches Revert (uninstall)...

Updating Previous Versions of Liferay

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Updating Previous Versions of Liferay Staying current with updates gives you the best security and quality. Security Updates are releases that address the latest security issues immediately. ...

Activating Liferay DXP

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Activating Liferay DXP Starting with the 2026.Q1 release, all Liferay DXP installations—including trial and free-tier environments—require an XML (.xml) activation key to enable core features and...

Upgrading the Database

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Upgrading the Database Liferay's tools and instructions facilitate upgrading DXP and Portal environments safely and quickly. Non-clustered environments that have small data sets, can be upgraded...

Updating Customizations

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Updating Customizations Plugins (e.g., themes, apps, and customizations) you've developed must be adapted to the new Liferay version. This can be as simple as updating dependencies or updating code...

Maintenance and Troubleshooting in Docker

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Maintenance and Troubleshooting in Docker The Liferay Docker container has tools for maintenance and troubleshooting out-of-the-box. You can set various environment variables to modify settings...

Installing Liferay On A Local Server

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Installing Liferay On A Local Server Liferay runs on an application server. There are three ways to host Liferay on a local machine: Using a Docker container Using a Liferay Tomcat bundle On a...

Running Liferay for the First Time

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Running Liferay for the First Time Once you've installed Liferay DXP/Portal and configured a database for it, it is ready to run. Start the Server Run the startup script bundled with your...

Container Lifecycle and API

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Container Lifecycle and API At a high level, the container starts Tomcat with Liferay deployed on it. Additionally, however, the container entry point provides an API for executing these use cases:...

Docker Image Versions

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Docker Image Versions Liferay Docker image tags begin with a Liferay software version and end with an image version. [Liferay software version] [image version] For example, Liferay DXP 7.4.13...

Setting Up JNDI on Tomcat

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Setting Up JNDI on Tomcat Liferay 7.4+ To set up JNDI resources, you must put the necessary JDBC drivers in the Tomcat lib folder (i.e. tomcat-9.0.56/lib). For example, if you use an Oracle...

Using Liferay Docker Images

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Using Liferay Docker Images Docker Hub hosts Liferay DXP and Liferay Portal Docker images, bundled with Tomcat on Linux. The Liferay Docker Hub pages provide image details and tags for the...

Configuring Containers

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Configuring Containers Everything that is configurable in a Liferay installation is configurable in a Liferay Docker container. Here are the most common things to configure: JVM Options Portal...

Licensing DXP in Docker

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Licensing DXP in Docker If you're using a DXP trial license that's expiring or you have a new license (activation key) you must install, you can replace your container's existing license. Here's...

Running Scripts in Containers

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Running Scripts in Containers If there's more that you want to do in the Liferay container beyond setting up Tomcat and Liferay files, deploying arifacts, and applying patches, you can use scripts....

Maintaining a Liferay Installation

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Maintaining a Liferay Installation Starting with Liferay DXP 7.3 SP3+ and 7.4 GA1+, Liferay adopted a new release model for delivering updates and fixes. This new approach is referred to as Bundle...

Patching Liferay

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Patching Liferay Liferay DXP uses Bundle Releases for its latest releases. Please see Updating Liferay if you are applying an Update. All Hotfixes are patches. If you're applying a Hotfix,...

Installing Apps and Other Artifacts to Containers

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Installing Apps and Other Artifacts to Containers Applications and other artifacts (such as DXP activation keys) are installed to DXP Docker containers via the container's /mnt/liferay/deploy...

Patching DXP in Docker

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Patching DXP in Docker Liferay patches fix DXP issues and the Patching Tool applies the patches. On Docker Hub, Liferay provides images pre-populated with each new Fix Pack, Security Fix Pack, and...

Providing Files to the Container

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Providing Files to the Container The Liferay container uses the files you provide to execute the following use cases: Configure Liferay with .properties Files and .config files Configure Tomcat...

Upgrading to a New Docker Image

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Upgrading to a New Docker Image As new Liferay versions are released as Docker images, you can upgrade to them. Upgrading Liferay describes the process. Always back up your data and installation...

Accessing DXP Patch Code

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Accessing DXP Patch Code Subscribers Liferay DXP Fix Pack and Hotfix source code is available in a private GitHub repository called liferay-dxp. The source code facilitates identifying and...

Getting Patch Information

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Getting Patch Information Subscribers You can see patch information at a glance, which helps maintain your installation and get help from Liferay Support. The Patching Tool's info command lists...

Installing the Patching Tool

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Installing the Patching Tool Subscribers The Patching Tool is easy to install and update. Installation Download the Patching Tool from the Customer Portal. For DXP 7.3+, download the latest...

Updating Liferay

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Updating Liferay Liferay DXP 7.3 SP3+/Portal 7.4 GA1+ Update your Liferay installation with Bundle Releases. The latest features, security releases, as well as library updates are all delivered...

CNE GCP Ready: Configuring Argo CD Domain and TLS

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CNE GCP Ready: Configuring Argo CD Domain and TLS Configure a custom domain and TLS certificate for Argo CD to access the GitOps interface through a secure endpoint. Prerequisites Before...

CNE GCP Ready: Configuring Liferay Domains and TLS

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CNE GCP Ready: Configuring Liferay Domains and TLS By default, the Cloud Native Experience (CNE) environment exposes services using generated gateway endpoints. To provide a production-ready...

CNE GCP Ready: Accessing the Kubernetes Cluster

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CNE GCP Ready: Accessing the Kubernetes Cluster Cloud Native Experience (CNE) GCP Ready provisions Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters as private clusters by default. Because the Kubernetes...

CNE GCP Ready: Migration Paths

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CNE GCP Ready: Migration Paths This reference helps you choose migration approaches for moving document libraries and databases into Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environments running Cloud Native...

CNE GCP Ready: Configuring the Cloud Native Experience

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CNE GCP Ready: Configuring the Cloud Native Experience After bootstrapping the Cloud Native Experience (CNE) environment, configure the platform components required for your deployment. CNE...

CNE GCP Ready: Incremental Backup and Restore

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CNE GCP Ready: Incremental Backup and Restore Cloud Native Experience (CNE) GCP Ready supports automated backups and restores using Argo Workflows, Cloud SQL backups, and Cloud Storage. Backups are...

CNE GCP Ready: Bootstrapping Your Initial Environment

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CNE GCP Ready: Bootstrapping Your Initial Environment After completing the prerequisites, run the Cloud Native Experience (CNE) bootstrap process to provision a complete GKE environment from a...

CNE GCP Ready: Getting Started

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CNE GCP Ready: Getting Started The Cloud Native Experience (CNE) GCP Ready toolkit provides an opinionated framework for deploying Liferay DXP on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) with Terraform, Argo...

CNE GCP Ready: Helm Values Reference

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CNE GCP Ready: Helm Values Reference Helm uses YAML for configuration. This reference describes the default values for the Liferay Helm chart when deploying on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The...

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