During real-time service configuration on Windows 2016, which is not supported for AX 2012 R3, we need to do some workaround to install real-time service for retail. First, we need to understand, that real-time service for retail will not get installed by AX Setup if we choose to configure also in one go. So first we need to install, and later, we need to modify according to our settings e.g. self-signed certificate thumbprint, applications names, ports, etc in rts-settings.xml located at the path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Dynamics AX\60\CDX\Real-time Services\Tools
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Settings>
<Setting key="WebAppPoolName" value="CDXRealtimeServiceAppPool" />
<Setting key="WebSiteName" value="CDXRealtimeServiceWebsite" />
<Setting key="WebSiteHttpsPort" value="444" />
<Setting key="WebSiteTcpPort" value="445" />
<Setting key="WebApplicationName" value="CDXRealtimeService" />
<Setting key="WebAppPoolUser" value="[domain]\administrator" />
<Setting key="WebSiteSSLCertificateThumbprint" value="fbc9fd717ae56cd151252e815d8174d0f5a32ff7" />
<Setting key="WebSiteSSLCertificateRootStore" value="LocalMachine" />
<Setting key="WebSiteSSLCertificateStore" value="My" />
<Setting key="WebApplicationServiceBinarySourceFolder" value="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Dynamics AX\60\CDX\Real-time Services\6.3" />
<Setting key="WebApplicationAOSServer" value="DAX-Contoso@AOS60$01:2712" />
<Setting key="WebSiteWorkingFolder" value="%SystemDrive%\inetpub\wwwroot\CDXRealtimeService" />
<Setting key="EnableMetadataExchange" value="false" />
<Setting key="WebApplicationWorkingFolder" value="[WebSiteWorkingFolder]\[WebApplicationName]" />
</Settings>
After amending above settings, we need to issue few commands on windows powershell by Run As Administrator in the same path:
To move to the path in power shell:
CD "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Dynamics AX\60\CDX\Real-time Services\Tools"
Then issue following two commands:
$Cred = @((New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential('domain\user',(ConvertTo-SecureString 'password' -AsPlainText -Force))))
.\DeployRealtimeService.ps1 -SettingsXmlFilePath .\rts-settings.xml -TopologyXmlFilePath .\rts-topology.xml -Credentials $Cred –Verbose $true
It will throw the following error:
9/30/2018 4:55:38 PM: ############### Error occured: ###############
9/30/2018 4:55:38 PM: Failed to install Windows Feature [Application-Server].
9/30/2018 4:55:38 PM: ############### Error occured: ###############
9/30/2018 4:55:38 PM:
PSMessageDetails :
Exception : System.Management.Automation.RuntimeException: Failed to install Windows Feature [Application-Server].
TargetObject : Failed to install Windows Feature [Application-Server].
CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (Failed to insta...cation-Server].:String) [], RuntimeException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : Failed to install Windows Feature [Application-Server].
ErrorDetails :
InvocationInfo : System.Management.Automation.InvocationInfo
ScriptStackTrace : at Throw-Error, C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Dynamics AX\60\CDX\Real-time Services\Tools\Common-Configuration.ps1: line 1057
at Try-AddWindowsFeature, C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Dynamics AX\60\CDX\Real-time Services\Tools\Common-Web.ps1: line 415
at Validate-IfWindowsFeatureInstalled, C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Dynamics AX\60\CDX\Real-time Services\Tools\Common-Web.ps1: line 433
at Validate-IfApplicationServerInstalledInServerOs, C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Dynamics AX\60\CDX\Real-time Services\Tools\Common-Web.ps1: line 465
at Validate-WebApplicationInstallPrerequisites, C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Dynamics AX\60\CDX\Real-time Services\Tools\Common-Web.ps1: line 638
at Install-WebApplication, C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Dynamics AX\60\CDX\Real-time Services\Tools\Common-Web.ps1: line 1515
at <ScriptBlock>, C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Dynamics AX\60\CDX\Real-time Services\Tools\DeployRealtimeService.ps1: line 200
at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 1
PipelineIterationInfo : {}
9/30/2018 4:55:38 PM: ############### Error occured: ###############
9/30/2018 4:55:38 PM: Web application management prerequisite validation failed.
9/30/2018 4:55:38 PM: ############### Error occured: ###############
9/30/2018 4:55:38 PM:
PSMessageDetails :
Exception : System.Management.Automation.RuntimeException: Web application management prerequisite validation failed.
TargetObject : Web application management prerequisite validation failed.
CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (Web application...idation failed.:String) [], RuntimeException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : Web application management prerequisite validation failed.
ErrorDetails :
InvocationInfo : System.Management.Automation.InvocationInfo
ScriptStackTrace : at Throw-Error, C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Dynamics AX\60\CDX\Real-time Services\Tools\Common-Configuration.ps1: line 1057
at Validate-WebApplicationInstallPrerequisites, C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Dynamics AX\60\CDX\Real-time Services\Tools\Common-Web.ps1: line 657
at Install-WebApplication, C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Dynamics AX\60\CDX\Real-time Services\Tools\Common-Web.ps1: line 1515
at <ScriptBlock>, C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Dynamics AX\60\CDX\Real-time Services\Tools\DeployRealtimeService.ps1: line 200
at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 1
PipelineIterationInfo : {}
9/30/2018 4:55:38 PM: ############### Error occured: ###############
9/30/2018 4:55:38 PM: Failed to install web application [CDXRealtimeService]
9/30/2018 4:55:38 PM: ############### Error occured: ###############
9/30/2018 4:55:38 PM:
PSMessageDetails :
Exception : System.Management.Automation.RuntimeException: Failed to install web application
[CDXRealtimeService]
TargetObject : Failed to install web application [CDXRealtimeService]
CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (Failed to insta...ealtimeService]:String) [], RuntimeException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : Failed to install web application [CDXRealtimeService]
ErrorDetails :
InvocationInfo : System.Management.Automation.InvocationInfo
ScriptStackTrace : at Throw-Error, C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Dynamics AX\60\CDX\Real-time
Services\Tools\Common-Configuration.ps1: line 1057
at Install-WebApplication, C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Dynamics AX\60\CDX\Real-time
Services\Tools\Common-Web.ps1: line 1526
at <ScriptBlock>, C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Dynamics AX\60\CDX\Real-time
Services\Tools\DeployRealtimeService.ps1: line 200
at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 1
PipelineIterationInfo : {}
The Windows Feature [Application-Server] is deprecated in Win 2016, so we need to copy and rename ServerManager.exe as ServerManagerCMD.exe located at the path: C:\Windows\System32. Then re-issue the previous command and it will go on further and will not report the same error again.