When I attempt to add the GIS server to the Portal as a federated server it returns an error stating "ArcGIS Server is already a federated server".
There are currently no servers listed.
Portal & server 10.5
Hi Kyle,
As the Portal is a new portal, it should not have references to the server. However, if you did not unfederate Server, it will still believe it is a federated server. You need to update server so it no longer thinks it is federated. To do this:
1. Go to https://<server machine name>:6443/arcgis/admin2. Navigate through Security > Config
- Here you will see that it still reads 'ARCGIS_PORTAL'
3. Update this page so the 'Authentication Tier' is 'GIS_SERVER'
This should resolve the issue you are seeing and allow you to federate your server with the portal.
Is it an upgrade from previous version? And was the server site un-federated from Portal before the upgrade?
We attempted to upgrade from 10.4.1 but it didn't work. We uninstalled and removed Portal directory before installing. The server wasn't un-federated, I've looked for a remnant but can't find anything.
Did you check in the ArcGIS Portal administrator directory (https://webadaptor.domain.com/arcgis/portaladmin)
Check the steps here Removing an ArcGIS Server site from your portal
Yes, I checked the admin directory, no federated servers show up. There's nothing to remove.
This is done on the ArcGIS server machine.
Very helpful! Just had to reinstall Portal and federate AGS again after some server name changes. It was weird to see now servers listed under 'Federated Servers', yet not be able to Add them.
Now, however, I'm getting an error about 'Failed to validate the server managed database' when setting one of my federated machines as Hosting Server. I had left that AGS alone while only re-installing Portal.
Any pointers? (realize this is an old thread)
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