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Error while installing ArcGIS Enterprise 11.1 with config-store/directories on Azure Files

AbhishekSingh — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 01:07:25 GMT

I am trying to Install ArcGIS Enterprise using JSON script such that the Server Config-Store/Directories and Portal Content is configured on shared files hosted on Azure Files.
The code used is as follows -

"ContentDirectoryLocation": "\\\\xxxxxxxx.file.core.windows.net\\xxxxxx\\portal\\content"
.
.
.

"PortalContentCloudStorageAccount":{

"UserName": "xxxxxxxx.file.core.windows.net",

"Password": "xxxxxx",

"CloudStorageType": "AzureFiles",

"AzureFileShareName": "xxxxxx",

"CloudNamespace": "portal"

}

wtih similar entries for

ServerDirectoriesRootLocation

ConfigStoreCloudStorageAccount

while trying to configure this gives an error - Failed to create site. Configuration Store Error. Cannot get persistence. The specified location is not accessible.

I have checked that the location can be accessed through mapping a network location and service account has 'full control' on the location.

Re: Error while installing ArcGIS Enterprise 11.1 with config-store/directories on Azure Files

MiguelParedes — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 07:08:51 GMT

Greetings @AbhishekSingh

Have you seen the Community article Configure ArcGIS Server to use Azure file share?

In the article, @ChristopherPawlyszyn describes how to do this using cmdkey before using the UNC path.

Maybe something you could set up before running your script?

I hope the above may be of some help.

Re: Error while installing ArcGIS Enterprise 11.1 with config-store/directories on Azure Files

AbhishekSingh — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 02:41:22 GMT

Thanks for the response @MiguelParedes
I explored the cmdkey option, looking at the syntax it should be something like this -
cmdkey /add:xxxx.file.core.windows.net /user:AZURE\xxxxxx/pass:xxxxxx
and this would can be executed with the ArcGIS service account user, am I understanding this correctly?

In my case, the installation (or ArcGIS account user) is a gMSA account, therefore, I am not sure on how to use this cmdkey effectively. would you have any ideas on that?