How many steps does the Liferay 7.4 to Liferay DXP 2024.Q (Quarterly) upgrade involve?

This path spans 1 version hop with 5 planned steps across pre-flight, breaking changes, deprecated APIs, data upgrade, and tooling.

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Liferay 7.4 → Liferay DXP 2024.Q (Quarterly)

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Understand the Quarterly release modelPre-flight

DXP Quarterly (2024.Qx) replaces the old fix-pack cadence with cumulative quarterly releases. Plan to track a specific quarter and apply its updates rather than discrete patches.

Point the Workspace at the quarterly target platformBreaking Change

Update your Liferay Workspace to the DXP quarterly target platform version so dependencies resolve against that release’s BOM.

Back up and run quarterly upgrade processesData Upgrade

Back up the database and DL, deploy the quarterly release, and let its upgrade processes run on startup. Verify completion and reindex.

Run on a supported JDK (11 or 21)Tooling / Environment

Quarterly releases require a current LTS JDK (11, and 21 on later quarters). JDK 8 is unsupported. Confirm your runtime and rebuild modules accordingly.

Confirm remote search (Elasticsearch 7 / OpenSearch)Tooling / Environment

Quarterly releases expect a remote search engine. Verify your Elasticsearch 7 (or supported OpenSearch) cluster and connector configuration before upgrading.

Tip: This is a representative checklist of the major steps for each version hop, ordered pre-flight → breaking → deprecated → data upgrade → tooling. Always take a full database and Document Library backup before each hop, and confirm exact requirements against the official Liferay upgrade docs for your edition.

Upgrading Liferay 7.4 to Liferay DXP 2024.Q (Quarterly)

This plan covers the full path from Liferay 7.4 to Liferay DXP 2024.Q (Quarterly) — 1 version hop and 5 steps in total. Work through each numbered hop in order; every hop runs its own database and module upgrade processes, so they cannot be skipped. Take a full database and Document Library backup before starting each one.

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Liferay 7.4 → Liferay DXP 2024.Q (Quarterly) — 5 steps

Before you start

Back up the database and the Document Library, and test the upgrade on a copy of production first.
Patch your current version to its latest fix pack before beginning.
Confirm exact JDK, app server, and Elasticsearch requirements for Liferay DXP 2024.Q (Quarterly) in the official docs.