ArcGIS WebAdaptor 11.1 always reconfigured

[Biboba]

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Module Version

• 4.1.0

Affected Resource(s)

• ArcGIS_WebAdaptor

Configuration Files

GisPortalAGSDeployment_anonymous.txt

Expected Behavior

If webAdaptor is already configured, it should not be configured again.

Actual Behavior

If webAdaptor is already configured, it is configured again.

Steps to Reproduce

Run the attached configuration several times: even if web adaptor is already configured, it is configured again.
Here is the log with a webadaptor already installed:

05.05.2023 08:30:02: [AGS01]: LCM:  [ Start  Resource ]  [[ArcGIS_WebAdaptor]ConfigureServerWebAdaptorAGS01]
05.05.2023 08:30:02: [AGS01]: LCM:  [ Start  Test     ]  [[ArcGIS_WebAdaptor]ConfigureServerWebAdaptorAGS01]
05.05.2023 08:30:02: [AGS01]: LCM:  [ End    Test     ]  [[ArcGIS_WebAdaptor]ConfigureServerWebAdaptorAGS01]  in 0.0680 seconds.
05.05.2023 08:30:02: [AGS01]: LCM:  [ Start  Set      ]  [[ArcGIS_WebAdaptor]ConfigureServerWebAdaptorAGS01]
05.05.2023 08:30:02: [AGS01]:                            [[ArcGIS_WebAdaptor]ConfigureServerWebAdaptorAGS01] https://AGS01.company.com/arcgis/webadaptor
05.05.2023 08:30:07: [AGS01]:                            [[ArcGIS_WebAdaptor]ConfigureServerWebAdaptorAGS01] Output of execution:- 
Configuring the ArcGIS Enterprise Web Adaptor with ArcGIS Server.

Configuring Web adaptor...

The ArcGIS Web Adaptor has been successfully configured.
05.05.2023 08:30:07: [AGS01]: LCM:  [ End    Set      ]  [[ArcGIS_WebAdaptor]ConfigureServerWebAdaptorAGS01]  in 2.6780 seconds.
05.05.2023 08:30:07: [AGS01]: LCM:  [ End    Resource ]  [[ArcGIS_WebAdaptor]ConfigureServerWebAdaptorAGS01]

Important Factoids

I debug a little bit and I think the culprit is here:

arcgis-powershell-dsc/Modules/ArcGIS/DSCResources/ArcGIS_WebAdaptor/ArcGIS_WebAdaptor.psm1

Line 241 in 8621f7a

$WAConfigSiteUrl = $WAConfig.url

$WAConfig object is properly retrieved but $WAConfig .url does not exist. It should be $WAConfig.gisserver.url or $WAConfig.portal.url depending on the component to register.

References

Thanks !

[Biboba]

Hi @cameronkroeker,
Any feedback on this issue ? Were you able to reproduce ?
Thanks

[cameronkroeker]

Hi @Biboba,

Great catch! I was able to reproduce it. Here is a workaround that worked for me:

Change:

arcgis-powershell-dsc/Modules/ArcGIS/DSCResources/ArcGIS_WebAdaptor/ArcGIS_WebAdaptor.psm1

Line 241 in 8621f7a

$WAConfigSiteUrl = $WAConfig.url

To:

$WAConfigSiteUrl = if($Component -ieq "Portal"){ $WAConfig.portal.url }else{ $WAConfig.gisserver.url }

Thanks,
Cameron K.

[widsuoids]

The workaround does not work for me:

[[ArcGIS_InstallPatch]PortalInstallPatch]
PowerShell DSC resource ArcGIS_InstallPatch  failed to execute Set-TargetResource
functionality with error message: Error downloading remote file. Error - Exception calling "DownloadFile" with "2"
argument(s): "The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found."
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\ArcGIS\4.1.0\ArcGIS.psm1:261 char:5
+     Trace-DSCJob -Job $Job -JobName $ConfigurationName -DebugMode $De ...
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,Trace-DSCJob

Any ideas? @Biboba @cameronkroeker

[cameronkroeker]

The workaround does not work for me:

[[ArcGIS_InstallPatch]PortalInstallPatch]
PowerShell DSC resource ArcGIS_InstallPatch  failed to execute Set-TargetResource
functionality with error message: Error downloading remote file. Error - Exception calling "DownloadFile" with "2"
argument(s): "The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found."
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\ArcGIS\4.1.0\ArcGIS.psm1:261 char:5
+     Trace-DSCJob -Job $Job -JobName $ConfigurationName -DebugMode $De ...
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,Trace-DSCJob

Any ideas? @Biboba @cameronkroeker

Hi @widsuoids,

Looks like a different issue. It's failing to download portal patches from the internet. The suggested workaround for this topic is to solve an issue where the Webadaptor always configures with portal/server even though it has been configured on previous attempts.

Thanks,
Cameron K.

[cameronkroeker]

This issue has been addressed in release v4.20.

https://github.com/Esri/arcgis-powershell-dsc/releases/tag/v4.2.0