Discovery

Discovery means understanding a Liferay system before you change it.

With ldev, discovery does not depend on the UI.

Portal discovery

ldev portal inventory sites --json
ldev portal inventory pages --site /global --json
ldev portal inventory page --url /home --json

These commands tell you:

• what sites exist
• how pages are arranged
• what route maps to a specific page

Runtime discovery

ldev context --json
ldev status --json
ldev doctor --json

These commands tell you:

• which repo and runtime ldev resolved
• whether services are healthy
• whether the environment is ready for portal operations

Why discovery comes first

Most maintenance mistakes happen because someone changed the system before they understood it.

Use discovery first so you know:

1. what environment you are targeting
2. what portal object you are looking at
3. whether the problem is portal, runtime, data, or OSGi related