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About the ONLYOFFICE and Liferay integration

ONLYOFFICE offers an official connector to integrate ONLYOFFICE Docs with Liferay and edit office documents inside Liferay Document and Media Library. You can download the ONLYOFFICE connector from the Liferay Marketplace or from the GitHub page. The connector is distributed under the Apache license.

To learn more about how the ONLYOFFICE connector for Liferay works , please visit our API documentation page.

Main features

Creating files using the Create with ONLYOFFICE menu option.
Viewing and editing existing text documents, spreadsheets, or presentations using the ONLYOFFICE Edit/View menu option within the Documents and Media section.
Co-editing documents in real-time: two co-editing modes (Fast and Strict), Track Changes, comments, and the built-in chat.
JWT support to secure your traffic so that no one can have access to your documents with the exception of the users with proper rights

Supported formats

For creating, editing and viewing: DOCX, PPTX, XLSX
For editing via conversion to OOXML: ODT, DOC, RTF, TXT, ODP, PPT, ODS, XLS, CSV
For viewing only: PDF, ODT, ODS, ODP, DOC, XLS, PPT

What's new in version 2.0.0

Added

Ability to create documents
Go back from the editor
DE, ES, FR, IT, PT_BR, RU translations

Changed

Apache license

The full change log is available here.

Connecting ONLYOFFICE Docs to Liferay

Requirements

ONLYOFFICE Docs (Document Server) 5.9.4 or later
You need an instance of ONLYOFFICE Docs that is resolvable and connectable both from Liferay and any end clients. It must be able to POST to Liferay directly.

Please refer to the official documentation page to learn more about installing ONLYOFFICE Docs.

Installing the ONLYOFFICE Connector for Liferay from the Liferay App Store

You can install the ONLYOFFICE connector using the App Manager or from the official Liferay App Store.

To install it using the App Manager:

Navigate to Control Panel -> Apps -> App Manager.
Click the Options button.
Click the Upload button.
In the opened window, choose the ONLYOFFICE application file.

To install the connector from the App Store:

Navigate to Control Panel -> Apps -> Store.
Sign in with your Liferay account.
Search the ONLYOFFICE Connector for Liferay.
Purchase the application (it is free).

When the installation is completed, the application is ready for use.

Configuring the Liferay and ONLYOFFICE integration application

Go to Control Panel -> Configuration -> System Settings. In the Platform section, choose the Connectors category and select ONLYOFFICE.

Here you can configure the following settings:

Document Editing Service address - specify the URL address where Document Editing Service is installed.
Document Editing Service inner address - specify the address that is used to access Document Editing Service from Liferay.
Liferay address - specify the address that is used to access Liferay from Document Editing Service.
JWT Secret - specify the secret used to sign the data. The secret is used to validate the JSON web token upon the request to Document Server. The JWT configuration on the Document Server side can be found here.

After configuring the integration application, click the Save button to apply the changes.

Start using ONLYOFFICE Docs within Liferay

To create a file:

Go to the Documents and Media section.
Click the Add File button.
In the opened menu, click the Create with ONLYOFFICE button.
On the opened page, choose the file type, specify its title and description (optionally).
Click the Save button.