Select Publish > Portals in the side navigation bar to display the list of portals.
Perform one of the following:
If no portals exist in the organization, click Get started.
Otherwise, click + Create above the list of existing portals.
In the Create a Portal dialog:
Enter My first portal in the Name field.
Notice as you enter the portal name, the default domain for the portal
is displayed. For example: orgname-portalname.apigee.io,
where orgname is the organization name and
portalname is defined using the portal name converted to all
lowercase and with spaces removed. For example:
myorg-myfirstporatal.apigee.io
Optionally enter a description in the Description field, such as
Stepping through the tutorial.
Click Create to create the new portal.
Your new portal is created and the Portals page is displayed.
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