At the end of the course, you will know all the possibilities that Liferay offers you, among others:
- Install Liferay from a bundle
- Install Liferay from an existing server
- Configure Liferay through the available properties files
- Connect Liferay to an external database and mail server
- Configure Liferay in a clustered development environment
- Integrate document repositories
- Offer document previews, conversion and audio/video
- Integrate Liferay with SSO systems
- Integrate Liferay with LDAP
- Tune an installation to achieve better performance
- Back up a Liferay installation
- How to update Liferay
- Maintain Liferay using the patching tool
Course topics
Facility
- Installing a Liferay Bundle
- Connection to external databases and mail servers
- Installing Liferay manually on an existing application server
Liferay Settings
- Server Administration via Control Panel
- Plugin Management
- Liferay Marketplace
- Configuring Liferay Service Oriented Architecture
Clustering
- Introduction to Cluster Design
- Creating a Liferay Cluster
- Liferay Clustering Principles
- Setting up Quartz for task scheduling
- Database Cache Synchronization across your Cluster
- Clustering of documents and media
- Search Index Synchronization
- Configuring a Solr Server
- Session replication
- Load balancing using Apache
- Deploying Plugins in a Cluster
External services
- Using external services for document previews
- ImageMagick Settings for High Quality Image Preview
- Configuring LibreOffice for document conversion
- Xuggler Settings for Audio/Video Preview
- Configuring Liferay as a WSRP producer and consumer
LDAP and SSO integration
- Using LDAP and SSO servers in Liferay
- Configuring an LDAP server
- Configuring Liferay with an LDAP server
- Importing user information from LDAP
- Integration of an SSO solution with Liferay
- OpenSSO/OpenAM configuration
- Authentication in Liferay on an SSO server
Performance Tuning
- Load tests
- Profiling
- Memory management
- Garbage collector
- Cache optimization
- Lucene Optimization
- Configuring a Content Delivery Network
- Database Sharing
Liferay Maintenance
- Liferay Monitoring
- Backing up a Liferay installation
- Log Levels
- Liferay Update
- Installing Fix Packs Using the Patch Tool
Requirements: Experience installing and configuring application server or servlet container.