I am attempting to deploy a exploded WAR with portlet.xml and portlet-instances.xml (in WEB-INF) so that my lead analysts can mockup what they want to see. The portlet.xml works fine and I can see all the portlets I made in the management portlet. However, I don't see any of my instances appearing. I have been browsing about and I have found and tried two different structures for my portlet-instances.xml.

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>

<!-- LaborCostPct -->

<if-exists>overwrite</if-exists>

<instance-name>LaborCostsPctInstance</instance-name>
<component-ref>LaborCostsPctPortlet</component-ref>




and
<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>

<!-- LaborCostPct -->


<instance-id>LaborCostsPctInstance</instance-id>
<portlet-ref>LaborCostsPctPortlet</portlet-ref>




I am getting a fair number warnings during the boot :
10:30:03,058 WARN [EhCacheProvider] Could not find configuration [org.jboss.portal.core.impl.role.RoleImpl]; using defaults.
10:30:03,579 WARN [EhCacheProvider] Could not find configuration [org.jboss.portal.core.impl.user.PreferenceImpl]; using defaults.

(and variations of this)

JBoss [Zion] 4.0.4.GA (build: CVSTag=JBoss_4_0_4_GA date=200605151000)

Thanks,

Matt