Web Adaptor fails to install with exit code 1642

[BrendanEsri]

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Module Version

• 4.2.0

Affected Resource(s)

• ArcGIS Web Adaptor

Configuration Files

• N/A

Expected Behavior

• Installs Web Adaptor

Actual Behavior

• Web Adaptor fails to install with exit code 1642

Steps to Reproduce

• Issue: When spinning a new box up sometimes it comes with older versions of .NET, if it does then run the Invoke command and Web Adaptor will fail to install as it is unable to install the .NET 6.0.9 (or whatever version you specify in the json) but the logs in the DSC output do not specify this.

• Workaround: Uninstall all the mentions of the old version of .NET (in our case it was 6.0.25) and run PowerShell DSC Invoke again and it will install the 6.0.9 (or whatever version you specify in the json successfully then successfully install Web Adaptor

Important Factoids

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References

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[BrendanEsri]

Just opened this for reference if others run into the same thing. Potentially put some messaging in PowerShell DSC ArcGIS Module logs to tell us to check if other versions of .NET are installed. Issue is resolved though through the provided workaround

[lachlanwainwright]

Hi @BrendanEsri

I encountered this exact same issue, thanks for the workaround.

I grabbed the .net bundle installer from https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/6.0 that matched the version already on my Win 2022 server and used that to do the uninstall, then referenced it in my dsc config file. Ran perfectly.

PS, the AZURE Win 2022 servers we have are rolling 6.0.26

I also found that running the DSC, let it fail then repairing .NET and running again worked, BUT, I don't like the act of crashing out, who else know what else could be half cooked.