SharePoint: Configure App Domain on Host Header Environments

by | Aug 16, 2016 | Sharepoint Development, Uncategorized

So I have configured a host header web application and the application domain (apps.domain.com). I was able to download and install apps from the apps store, but when I click on the app the I get an error 404 Not Found.

While doing some digging around on the Internet I discovered there is a PowerShell cmdlet that I can run to configure app domain and web application. If have already created a app domain in your DNS, you will need to create a new host header web application using the app domain name (http://apps.domain.com).

To configure your app domain use the following cmdlet:

New-SPWebApplicationAppDomain -AppDomain <AppDomain> -WebApplication <WebApplicationID> -Zone <Zone> -Port <Port> -SecureSocketsLayer

Where:

  • <AppDomain> is the URI of the app domain. This parameter is required.
  • <WebApplicationID> is the GUID, URI, or name of the web application for which the app domain is being configured. This parameter is required.
  • <Zone> is the security zone to which the app domain will be assigned. Possible values are “Default”, “Intranet”, “Internet”, “Custom”, or “Extranet”. If no value is specified “Default” will be applied. This parameter is optional.
  • <Port> is the IIS port number to which the app domain will be assigned. If no value is specified, the same port that is used by the web application for the zone will be applied. This parameter is optional.
  • -SecureSocketsLayer is a parameter to specify that the app domain will use Secured Sockets Layer (SSL) security. If no value is specified, no SSL security will be used.This parameter is optional.

To remove the app domain use the following cmdlet:

Remove-SPWebApplicationAppDomain -WebApplication <WebApplicationID> -Zone <Zone>

Where:

  • <WebApplicationID> is the GUID, URI, or name of the web application for which the app domains will be removed. This parameter is required.
  • <Zone> is the security zone from which the app domain will be removed. Possible values are “Default”, “Intranet”, “Internet”, “Custom”, or “Extranet”. If no value is specified, all of the app domains for the web application will be removed. This parameter is optional.

 

SharePoint: Web Application Creation Fails

by | Aug 16, 2016 | Sharepoint Development

If you have noticed after you have created a few web applications in SharePoint Central Administration, your new web application doesn’t complete it’s process normally and at the end you see an error message in a dialog saying it can’t find the following URL address.

But if you think that your site has been created successfully, well don’t keep your hopes up because it didn’t. The reason for this is because the more web application is created the time in which it takes to create a web application increases.  As part of the creation process, IIS is reset and by default, the application pool allows 90 seconds for the connections to close off before shutting down. When the number of web application grows above 90 seconds its not enough time for the provisioning to complete. You should have an idea or know how to use Microsoft SharePoint for collaboration to help your organization be more efficient and collaborative.

Don’t worry, I have done some searching around and found a resolution, by increasing the time longer before it shutdowns:

  1. On the same server that is hosting Central Administration, open IIS Manager.
  2. Expand the Application Pools section.
  3. Find the SharePoint Central Administration  application pool. Right click and choose Advance Settings.
  4. In the Process Model section set the Shutdown Time Limit to a higher value. Eg. 300
  5. Restart IIS.
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