You need JBoss AS to run JBoss Portal (Portal is just one of many applications that could be deployed to JBoss AS). View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4066254#4066254 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4066254