Liferay 7.x Installation Guide (Tomcat + MySQL)

Liferay is one of the most widely used enterprise portal platforms for building: enterprise intranet portals customer self-service portals digital experience platforms enterprise collaboration systems In this guide, we will walk through a simple Liferay 7.x installation using Tomcat and MySQL, which is a common setup for development environments. Prerequisites Before installing Liferay, ensure the following components are installed: Java (JDK 8 or higher) Apache Tomcat MySQL database Minimum 4 GB RAM recommended Also configure the JAVA_HOME environment variable. Example: JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-11 Step 1 – Create the MySQL Database Create a database for Liferay: CREATE DATABASE lportal CHARACTER SET utf8; Create a database user: CREATE USER 'liferay'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password'; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON lportal.* TO 'liferay'@'localhost'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; Step 2 – Download the Liferay Bundle Download the Liferay 7.x bundle, which includes: Liferay Portal Apache Tomcat defa