Site Search - Liferay Learn

Using Search Widget Templates The default search widgets views are useful, but your site's widgets likely need a specific design. You can choose from one of the available widget templates or create...

Working with Search Pages

Official Documentation

Working with Search Pages Search Pages Creating a Search Page Using a Search Page Template

Search Pages

Official Documentation

Search Pages Access the default search page at localhost:8080/web/guest/search. If you have a running Liferay DXP with some content in it, you can navigate there and execute a search. By default,...

Search Results Widget Template Reference

Official Documentation

Search Results Widget Template Reference While creating a search results widget template, you can access pre-populated variables in the FreeMarker template editor. The variables listed in the...

Using a Search Page Template

Official Documentation

Using a Search Page Template The default search page is backed by a Global scope page template. Manually created search pages can use that same template as a baseline. Out-of-the-box, the Search...

Similar Results

Official Documentation

Similar Results Subscription [Bundled with DXP 7.3 and 7.4; Liferay Marketplace for DXP 7.2 SP2+/FP5+](https://web.liferay.com/marketplace/-/mp/application/172465398) This feature does not work...

Creating a Search Page

Official Documentation

Creating a Search Page You can create and configure a search page for your Site if you choose not to base it on an existing search page template. This approach is preferable if you do not want to...

Security and Administration

Official Documentation

Security and Administration After installation comes configuration. There are three areas you should examine carefully before opening your system to users: Security Administration Settings ...

Beta Features and Feature Flags

Official Documentation

Beta Features and Feature Flags Feature Flags DXP 7.4 U69+/GA69+ Some features in Liferay are hidden behind feature flags. Using feature flags, you have control over new functionality introduced...

Adding Custom Fields

Official Documentation

Adding Custom Fields Custom fields are in maintenance mode. Use Liferay Objects if possible. Many of Liferay's assets and resources can be extended with custom fields. Adding custom fields can...

Changing Translations with Language Override

Official Documentation

Changing Translations with Language Override Liferay DXP 7.4 U4/Portal 7.4 GA8. Import/Export and filtering functionality in Liferay DXP 7.4 U17/Liferay Portal 7.4 GA17 Liferay's Language...

Managing Countries

Official Documentation

Managing Countries Liferay DXP 7.4 U36/Liferay Portal 7.4 GA36 and above Liferay contains a list of available countries as defined by the ISO 3166 Standard, but you can use the Countries...

Understanding Configuration Scope

Official Documentation

Understanding Configuration Scope Liferay DXP settings are applied at four levels, or scopes: System, Virtual Instance, Site, and Widget. System Settings define the system-wide defaults. For all...

Configuring Users in Virtual Instances

Official Documentation

Configuring Users in Virtual Instances You can define the look and feel of the personal menu, the default user associations, and the fields that appear when a new user creates an account. To...

User Authentication

Official Documentation

User Authentication The User Authentication settings define how Users can authenticate, the various authentication methods that are required for them, and the screen names and email addresses that...

Securing Liferay

Official Documentation

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. ...

Configuring Password Encryption Algorithms and Stored Password Formats

Official Documentation

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

Official Documentation

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...

Securing Sign-In

Official Documentation

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....

Configuring Authentication Types

Official Documentation

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...

Authenticating with CAS (Central Authentication Service)

Official Documentation

Authenticating with CAS (Central Authentication Service) CAS was deprecated as of Liferay DXP 7.2 and removed as of Liferay DXP 7.4. Please use SAML instead. CAS is a widely used open source...

Configuring Single Sign-On

Official Documentation

Configuring Single Sign-On Liferay Portal/DXP supports many ways of authenticating, from token-based solutions to standards such as OpenID Connect and SAML. With all the available options, you...

SAML Admin

Official Documentation

SAML Admin The SAML Admin panel is the best place to configure your SAML instance. Use it instead of Instance Settings to streamline your SAML administration experience. Starting from Liferay...

Configuring Liferay Authentication With Okta Using OpenId Connect

Official Documentation

Configuring Liferay Authentication With Okta Using OpenId Connect This tutorial guides you through the basic steps needed to integrate Okta, your Identity Provider (IdP), with your environment...

Configuring SAML at the System Level

Official Documentation

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

Importing User Groups' Memberships from an External IdP through SAML

Official Documentation

Importing User Groups' Memberships from an External IdP through SAML This feature was released behind a dev feature flag. It was made Generally Available (GA) in Liferay DXP 2024.Q2/Portal GA120....

SAML Authentication Process Overview

Official Documentation

SAML Authentication Process Overview Both the IdP and the SP can initiate the Single Sign On process, and the SSO flow is different depending on each one. Regardless of how it's initiated, SSO is...

Authenticating with SAML

Official Documentation

Authenticating with SAML The SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) adapter provides Single Sign On (SSO) and Single Log Off (SLO) in your deployment. SAML works by using Identity Providers...

Configuring SAML at the Instance Level

Official Documentation

Configuring SAML at the Instance Level Each portal instance can be a SAML provider, either an Identity Provider (IdP) or a Service Provider (SP). Whichever role your DXP instance fills, you can...

Authenticating with Kerberos

Official Documentation

Authenticating with Kerberos You can use Kerberos to authenticate Microsoft Windows™ accounts with Liferay DXP. This is done by using a combination of Liferay DXP's LDAP support and a web server...

Configuring Liferay Authentication With Auth0 Using OpenId Connect

Official Documentation

Configuring Liferay Authentication With Auth0 Using OpenId Connect This tutorial guides you through integrating Auth0, your Identity Provider (IdP), with your Liferay environment using OpenID...

Configuring Liferay Authentication With PingOne Using SAML

Official Documentation

Configuring Liferay Authentication With PingOne Using SAML This tutorial guides you through the basic steps needed to integrate PingOne, your Identity Provider (IdP), with your Liferay environment...

Using OpenID Connect

Official Documentation

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

Official Documentation

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...

Token-based Single Sign On Authentication

Official Documentation

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...

Configuring Content Security Policy Headers

Official Documentation

Configuring Content Security Policy Headers Modern browsers use Content Security Policy HTTP response headers to enhance web pages' security to mitigate certain types of attacks (like Cross-Site...

Iframe Sanitizer

Official Documentation

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 Checkers

Official Documentation

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

Using Multi-Factor Authentication

Official Documentation

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

Fast IDentity Online 2

Official Documentation

Fast IDentity Online 2 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, or other...