by Mike Freeman | Aug 9, 2016 | Applications, Blog, Digital Experience, Enterprise Java, Liferay DXP, Perspectives, Portals
One of the exciting new features in Liferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP) 7 is its built-in support for creating and deploying JAX-RS based REST services. Among other things this can enable the rapid development of modern web applications in Liferay DXP using...
by XTIVIA | Aug 9, 2016 | Applications, Blog, Enterprise Java, Portals
This blog post describes the overall process recommended by Xtivia for deploying custom Liferay plugin applications to Liferay. Note that while this document is primarily targeted at the deployment of custom Liferay plugins, many of the concepts do apply to...
by XTIVIA | Aug 9, 2016 | Applications, Blog, Cloud, Enterprise Infrastructure, Enterprise Java, Portals
Chef is a powerful automation platform that transforms complex infrastructure into code, bringing your servers and services to life. Whether you’re operating in the cloud, on-premises, or a hybrid, Chef automates how applications are configured, deployed, and...
by Keith O'Connell | Aug 9, 2016 | Blog, Enterprise Java, Portals
Over the nearly 10 years that we have worked with the Liferay platform, we have had ample opportunity to hone our understanding of how Liferay interacts with the Java virtual machine (JVM), and how to optimally tune the JVM performance for Liferay as a Java...
by XTIVIA | Oct 5, 2015 | Applications, Blog, Cloud, Enterprise Infrastructure, Enterprise Java, Portals
A key step for setting up a reliable Liferay environment is to configure Liferay clustering. Liferay clustering can be achieved in multiple ways. Some of the supported clustering methods are UDP Multicast, UDP Unicast and TCP Unicast. While Multicast is...
by XTIVIA | Oct 2, 2015 | Blog, Cloud, Databases, Enterprise Infrastructure, Enterprise Java, Portals
Microsoft recently updated the Azure SQL database to only allow encrypted communication. Now communication between Azure SQL Database and your application requires encryption (SSL) at all times. If your client application does not validate certificates upon...
by Cameron McBride | Sep 29, 2015 | Applications, Blog, Enterprise Java, Mobility, Portals
Today we will demonstrate part two of the XTIVIA Mobile Demo application for Android. If you haven’t watched part one you should check it out by clicking here. Since the last video we have added several new features that will be covered: Revamped article...
by XTIVIA | Sep 28, 2015 | Blog, Enterprise Java, Portals
This post describes the process of Migrating Liferay EXT plugin projects from SDK to Maven. Maven EXT plugins are set up as multi-module Maven projects. Migrating from the SDK to Maven is pretty easy, but there are some things that you need to be aware of. Creating...
by XTIVIA | Sep 25, 2015 | Blog, Enterprise Java, Portals
This posting helps you with the process of migrating Liferay ServiceBuilder projects from SDK to Maven. Migrating Liferay plugin projects from the Liferay SDK to Maven is normally a straight-forward process. ServiceBuilder plugins, however, are structured differently...
by XTIVIA | Sep 23, 2015 | Blog, Enterprise Java, Portals
Ant-based development used in the Liferay SDK fell out of favor with developers a long time ago; modern build tools such as Maven are now all the rage. Although it took Liferay a while to update the tool chain, Maven is now a supported Liferay build tool....