heya thomas for what it's worth: i've configured the datasource descriptor and uploaded it, along with the jdbc driver for postgresql (having already create a user and jbossportal database). after restarting the jboss server, everything seems to work now. ie: the portal loads up as expected, i can log in, and navigate around the default portlets with no fuss. however i've been tailing jboss's logfile and while viewing the portal's homepage i kept seeing this (repeated over and over every 5 seconds or so): | 10:55:30,367 WARN [CacheLoaderInterceptor] The CacheLoader interface has changed since JBossCache 1.3.x | 10:55:30,367 WARN [CacheLoaderInterceptor] Please see http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBCACHE-118 | 10:55:30,367 WARN [CacheLoaderInterceptor] CacheLoader.get() should return an empty Map if the node does exist but doesn't have any attributes. | 10:55:30,368 WARN [CacheLoaderInterceptor] CacheLoader.get(Fqn) returned a null; assuming the node nodes not exist. | also, when i tried to log in (by clicking on the Login link on Portal's front page), i noticed this in the log file output: | 10:56:40,279 ERROR [IOTools] Error while closing outstream | ClientAbortException: java.net.SocketException: Broken pipe | ... | ... and this a bit below: | 10:56:40,280 ERROR [Controller] Cound not send http response | ClientAbortException: java.net.SocketException: Broken pipe | ... | but yeah, i still manage to log in and browse around, edit my user profile, etc. and all of this with the JEMS install. i hope this information may be of use to you and your team. thanks for the tip earlier. cheers, View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4085920#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...