Who this book is for
Developers and architects who already work on Liferay Portal will find this book
very useful. Also, system administrators who administer Liferay-Portal-based
solutions will find this book very useful.
What this book covers
Chapter 1, Architectural Best Practices, talks about the Liferay Portal reference
architecture. It talks about various architectural options for implementing
high-performing, Liferay-based solutions.
Chapter 2, Load Balancing and Clustering Best Practices, teaches you how to implement
load balancing and clustering for a Liferay-based solution. It teaches you about
various configuration options for implementing clustering.
Preface
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Chapter 3, Configuration Best Practices, teaches you various configurations for
improving performance of Liferay-based solutions. It talks about performance-related
configuration options for the Apache web server, the Tomcat server, Liferay Portal,
and so on.
Chapter 4, Caching Best Practices, talks about various options related to caching for
improving the performance of Liferay-based solutions. It also teaches you how to
configure Liferay Portal with the Terracotta cache server.
Chapter 5, Development Best Practices, talks about some of the key Liferay-specific
development practices for developing a high-performing, Liferay-based solution.
Chapter 6, Load Testing and Performance Tuning, teaches you how to perform load
testing and performance tuning exercises for a Liferay-based solution. It talks about
best practices and guidelines related to load testing and performance tuning. It talks
about how to monitor various resources during a load testing exercise in order to
fine-tune the solution.