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Authenticating with CAS (Central Authentication Service)
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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...
Importing User Groups' Memberships from an External IdP through SAML
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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....
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...
Authenticating with Kerberos
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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 SAML at the Instance Level
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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...
SAML Authentication Process Overview
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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...
Fast IDentity Online 2
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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...
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...
System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM)
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System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) Liferay DXP 2024.Q1+ System for Cross-domain Identity Management or SCIM, is an open standard that automates user provisioning. In other words,...
Installing a Liferay-Tomcat Bundle
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Installing a Liferay-Tomcat Bundle The Tomcat Bundle includes the Apache Tomcat application server with Liferay DXP/Portal pre-deployed. It's the easiest, fastest way to install Liferay on...
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...
Self-Hosted Installation and Upgrades
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Self-Hosted Installation and Upgrades Liferay's flexibility makes it possible to host it in any way you choose: on any Kubernetes-based cloud platform via Helm charts and Terraform scripts, on...
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...
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...
JVM Configuration
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JVM Configuration As of Liferay DXP 2024.Q3+/Portal GA125+, Liferay DXP/Portal requires a Java JDK 17 or 21 (prior versions support JDKs 8 and 11) with specific JVM option settings. There are also...
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....
Setting Up Liferay
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Setting Up Liferay After installing Liferay, configure it to meet your needs. Here are common setup tasks. Setup Tasks Preconfigure the System Activate Liferay (Subscription Required) ...
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...
Example: Creating a Simple DXP Cluster
Official Documentation
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...
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...
Initial Instance Localization
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Initial Instance Localization Liferay DXP supports localization by language, time zone, and more. The English (US) language translation and GMT time zone are the defaults, but DXP has over 40...
Using a CDN
Official Documentation
Using a CDN A Content Delivery Network (CDN) is a distributed infrastructure for caching static, file-based content. When visitors hit your site, your static content is loaded from the server...
Session Replication with Tomcat
Official Documentation
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...
Tuning Liferay
Official Documentation
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...
Post-Upgrade Considerations
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Post-Upgrade Considerations After upgrading the database, you should configure Liferay for production again and check up on feature changes that might affect your Liferay instance. Re-enable...
Troubleshooting Upgrades
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Troubleshooting Upgrades Liferay has many out-of-the-box tools and features to identify and solve issues that may arise when performing an upgrade. To troubleshoot, you can upgrade modules...