To get a basic, one page portal, you need to modify the *-object files that define the portal. See http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&t=121025 for some hints. To reduce the size of the portal, you could remove things you do not need. You need these directories: jboss-portal.sar/conf jboss-portal.sar/dtd jboss-portal.sar/lib jboss-portal.sar/portal-core.war I know you can remove: jboss-portal.sar/samples You might also be able to remove the rest of the *.sar and *.war direcotries. Make sure you start with a clean database each time you remove a directory (and each time you put a directory back in because there were errors on startup). View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4127590#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...