# Uploading portal-ext.properties to Liferay Home on the server on WAS 7

After you create the portal-ext.properties file, you can manually upload it to WAS.

To manually upload the portal-ext.properties file:

Upload the portal-ext.properties file to the Liferay Home directory. For example: /home/endeca/liferay/portal-ext.properties. Liferay reads these properties when the Discovery Framework application is started.