liferay

Getting started with liferay

Remarks#

Liferay Portal CE is a portal software built in Java by Liferay Inc.

Liferay DXP (Digital Experience Platform) is a platform built on top of Liferay Portal for digital solutions, integrating customer and user satisfaction analysis tools and Enterprise-grade quality performances and tooling. It was known as formerly known as Liferay Portal EE.

Since version 7.0 it is built using OSGi through Apache Felix.

Versions#

VersionCode nameRelease typeRelease Date
7.0.1 GA2WilberforceCommunity Edition2016-06-10
7.0.10WilberforceDigital Experience Platform2016-05-04
7.0.0 GA1WilberforceCommunity Edition2016-03-31
6.2.3 GA4NewtonCommunity Edition2015-04-17
6.2.2 GA3NewtonCommunity Edition2015-01-15
6.2.1 GA2NewtonCommunity Edition2014-02-28
6.2.10 GA1NewtonEnterprise Edition2013-12-03
6.2.0 GA1NewtonCommunity Edition2013-11-01
6.1.2 GA3PatonCommunity Edition2013-08-23
6.1.30 GA3PatonEnterprise Edition2013-08-16
6.1.1 GA2PatonCommunity Edition2012-07-31
6.1.20 GA2PatonEnterprise Edition2012-07-31
6.1.10 GA1PatonEnterprise Edition2012-02-15
6.1.0 GA1PatonCommunity Edition2012-01-01
6.0.12 SP2BunyanEnterprise Edition2011-11-07
6.0.6BunyanCommunity Edition2011-03-04
6.0.11 SP1BunyanEnterprise Edition2011-01-13
5.2 SP5AugustineEnterprise Edition2010-10-20
6.0.10BunyanEnterprise Edition2010-09-10
6.0.5BunyanCommunity Edition2010-08-16
6.0.4BunyanCommunity Edition2010-07-23
6.0.3BunyanCommunity Edition2010-07-20
6.0.2BunyanCommunity Edition2010-06-08
5.2 SP4AugustineEnterprise Edition2010-05-19
6.0.1BunyanCommunity Edition2010-04-20
5.1 SP5CalvinEnterprise Edition2010-03-12
6.0.0BunyanCommunity Edition2010-03-04
5.2 SP3AugustineEnterprise Edition2010-01-07
5.2 SP2AugustineEnterprise Edition2009-11-17
5.1 SP4CalvinEnterprise Edition2009-10-23
5.2 SP1AugustineEnterprise Edition2009-08-07
5.1 SP3CalvinEnterprise Edition2009-07-20
5.2AugustineEnterprise Edition2009-06-01
5.2.3AugustineCommunity Edition2009-05-12
5.1 SP2CalvinEnterprise Edition2009-05-12
5.2.2AugustineCommunity Edition2009-02-26
5.1 SP1CalvinEnterprise Edition2009-02-18
5.2.1AugustineCommunity Edition2009-02-03
5.2.0AugustineCommunity Edition2009-01-26
5.1 SPCalvinEnterprise Edition2008-12-16
5.1.2CalvinCommunity Edition2008-10-03
5.1.1CalvinCommunity Edition2008-08-11
5.1.0CalvinCommunity Edition2008-07-17
5.0.1 RCLutherCommunity Edition2008-04-14
5.0.0 RCLutherCommunity Edition2008-04-09

A basic installation for development and tests

Running the latest Liferay CE is straightforward:

  1. Go to https://www.liferay.com/downloads.
  2. Choose a bundle among the ones listed. For beginners, the Tomcat bundle is a good choice. Click in “Download.”

Where to choose a bundle.

  1. Unzip the download package whenever you find fit. The unzipped directory will be the LIFERAY_HOME directory.
  2. To start Liferay, just run the script LIFERAY_HOME/tomcat-x.xx.xx/bin/startup.sh; only on Windows environments run the script LIFERAY_HOME\tomcat-x.xx.xx\bin\startup.bat.
  3. By default, once Liferay is up, a browser will open its local URL (https://localhost:8080/).
  4. To log in, use the email test@liferay.com, and the password test.
  5. To stop Liferay, just run the script LIFERAY_HOME/tomcat-x.xx.xx/bin/shutdown.sh; only on Windows environments run the script LIFERAY_HOME\tomcat-x.xx.xx\bin\shutdown.bat.

With these steps, you will have Liferay up and running in a “demo” mode. Liferay will use an Hypersonic DB by default, but it is unfit for production. Also, test@liferay.com is an administrator account with a default password, so it should be changed eventually. Yet, these steps are good to get some idea on how Liferay looks like and works.

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