GateIn 3.2 default homepage URL is http://{hostname}:{port}/portal/. There may be multiple independent portals deployed in parallel at any given time, each of which has its root context (i.e.: http://{hostname}:{port}/sample-portal/). Each portal is internally composed of one or more 'portals'. It is required to have at least one such portal - the default one is called 'classic'. When accessing the default homepage URL of GateIn 3.2, you are automatically redirected to the 'classic' portal. The default portal performs another important task. When starting up GateIn 3.2 for the first time, its JCR database will be empty (that's where portals keep their runtime-configurable settings). It is the default portal used to detect this, and to trigger automatic data initialization.