topic createNewSite: error String index out of range: -1 in ArcGIS REST APIs and Services Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-rest-apis-and-services-questions/createnewsite-error-string-index-out-of-range-1/m-p/355911#M1719 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>On ArcGIS10.1 trying to use the ArcGIS Rest admin api, when I want to create a new site with "createNewSite" (</SPAN><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/server-admin-api/createSite.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/server-admin-api/createSite.html</A><SPAN>). I get the following error when using an UNC path for a "CACHE" directory's physicalPath:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="lia-code-sample line-numbers language-none">Failed to create the site. String index out of range: -1</PRE><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I tried to write it as:</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="lia-code-sample line-numbers language-none">"\\\\UNC\\PATH" "\\UNC\PATH"</PRE><BR /><SPAN>but neither work.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Using a local directory works just fine.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>It's not a problem with the directory not being available because I can use "register" (</SPAN><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/server-admin-api/registerDirectory.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/server-admin-api/registerDirectory.html</A><SPAN>) to register the directory and then it works just fine.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sat, 11 Dec 2021 16:39:52 GMT ThomasCoopman 2021-12-11T16:39:52Z createNewSite: error String index out of range: -1 https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-rest-apis-and-services-questions/createnewsite-error-string-index-out-of-range-1/m-p/355911#M1719 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>On ArcGIS10.1 trying to use the ArcGIS Rest admin api, when I want to create a new site with "createNewSite" (</SPAN><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/server-admin-api/createSite.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/server-admin-api/createSite.html</A><SPAN>). I get the following error when using an UNC path for a "CACHE" directory's physicalPath:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="lia-code-sample line-numbers language-none">Failed to create the site. String index out of range: -1</PRE><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I tried to write it as:</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="lia-code-sample line-numbers language-none">"\\\\UNC\\PATH" "\\UNC\PATH"</PRE><BR /><SPAN>but neither work.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Using a local directory works just fine.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>It's not a problem with the directory not being available because I can use "register" (</SPAN><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/server-admin-api/registerDirectory.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/server-admin-api/registerDirectory.html</A><SPAN>) to register the directory and then it works just fine.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sat, 11 Dec 2021 16:39:52 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-rest-apis-and-services-questions/createnewsite-error-string-index-out-of-range-1/m-p/355911#M1719 ThomasCoopman 2021-12-11T16:39:52Z