I need to get back to this issue because I didn't get any answer yet.
We have installed successfully Team Foundation Server on a Win2K3 Server box that’s part of a Win2K Active Domain. The account used to install TFS has local administration privileges (not that it matters) and is also an existing domain account. We have a Single Server installation (both Data Tier and Application Tier) being hosted on the same machine.
We weren’t able to connect VS2005 to the Team Foundation Server, so digging into this issue we got to the point where trying to browse to the VSTFWeb page on the TFS machine (while logged with the same account that was used to install TFS) raises HTTP Error 403 – Forbidden Access. In Computer Manager, we can see that this Web Server is active on port 8080. What else do I have to set to get the right access permission I even switched off the FireWall in a desperate attempt to solve this issue.
There are quite a few postings on these discussion groups, but none of them gave me a hint on what to try next.
Any suggestion would be appreciated.
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Best regards,
Eddie
Error HTTP 403 - Forbidden access when browsing to VSTFWeb
Animator
Hi Bruce,
I tried this before (and now again) because I saw this suggestion somewhere else. I get back a "Service Unavailable" on both the TFS machine and from another machine. I have disabled the firewall.
Quick questions:
1. Do I need a Windows 2003 Active Directory in place, or a Win 2000 is good enough (the TFS machine runs Win2K3 Server)
2. The user account used to install TFS is administrator locally, but is just a regular user on the domain. Do we need to raise its privileges
3. Although the TFS installation was successful, it wasn't like this from the beginning. Before I worked on this task, somebody else has tried to install TFS w/o following the instructions, letter-by-letter. I had to uninstall everything manually (ADAM, Sql Server 2005, Share Point Services, etc.) and then start from scratch. During the re-installation I was told that some directories must be deleted before the installation can continue. I am concerned that maybe some other things were left behind who are causing this erratic behaviour. Do you think we should wipe out the machine and start again with a clean installation
Cheers,
Eddie
Keith Koh
I have additional information available. Looking at the event log on the Win2K3 server that hosts the TFS, I saw the following error being generated almost every 10 seconds:
Microsoft.VisualStudio.ELead.Common.Exceptions.ELeadException: Unable to connect to BIS service. ---> Microsoft.VisualStudio.ELead.Common.Exceptions.ELeadException: Team foundation server is not available; please contact your system administrator (URL =http://ts2005:8080/bisserver/registration.asmx is unaccessible). ---> System.Net.WebException: The request failed with HTTP status 503: Service Unavailable.< xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.ReadResponse(SoapClientMessage message, WebResponse response, Stream responseStream, Boolean asyncCall)
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.Invoke(String methodName, Object[] parameters)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Bis.Proxy.BisRegistrationServiceProxyWsdl.GetRegistrationEntries(String toolId)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Bis.Proxy.BisRegistrationProxy.GetRegistrationEntries(String toolId)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Bis.Proxy.BisRegistrationProxy.GetRegistrationEntries(String toolId)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Bis.Proxy.BisRegistrationService.RefreshCacheIfNeeded(Boolean direct)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Bis.Proxy.BisRegistrationService.RefreshCacheIfNeeded(Boolean direct)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Bis.Proxy.BisRegistrationService.GetRegistrationEntries(String toolId)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Bis.Server.Scheduler.TaskScheduler.LazyInit()
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Any suggestion
Thanks,
Eddie
chaospixel
Unfortunately, your best bet may be to wipe the machine and start over. The installation is really error prone if things aren't done as specified in the installation guide. It's possible you may be able to fix the current installation, but it might take less time just to start over.
Buck
ericdvr
It should be located in the Bisserver IIS Virtual Dir folder
AB_Germany
http://localhost:8080/bisserver/registration.asmx
Click "GetRegistration" (I think that is the name)
Click Invoke.
Do you get back some Xml
Is the port (8080) open via the firewall
Are you able to hit the above page from another computer
OxanaP
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MarketFare
Because you said you were running single server, I have to assume you are running with Beta 2 bits.
Let's do a little checking
* Make sure the firewall is off on the client, and TFS server machine
* Make sure that your client is part of the same domain as the TFS server (we know of a few issues if not)
* Is IIS running
Please try, as Bruce suggested, to do a http:// request from your client machine to the TFS machine. Try the WSS site (port 80) and the TFS Server (8080)
Take a look at the IIS log on the AT machine ... see if you are getting any security failures.
Take a look at the event log as well (on the AT)