The site http://<server>:<port>/ could not be found in the Web application SPWebApplication Name=SharePoint - 16579 Parent=SPWebService.

  • 24 August 2007
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It looks like there is a bug in the RTM of BlackPearl with regard to enabling the K2 Features from Central Administration.


After installing BlackPearl if I click any of the 'Feature' links from the K2 Administration tab in Central Admin, I get the following error;


The site http://<server>:<port>/ could not be found in the Web application SPWebApplication Name=SharePoint - 16579 Parent=SPWebService.


Now I noticed that the reported site was my SSP Administration web application. Because I had this on a different port to MOSS, the only Site Collection is ssp/admin and there is no 'root' site collection. I tried deleting the SSP and web application, and the feature links then started working. I created a new SSP on a different port and it stopped working again. Then I tried adding a blank site collection at the root of the SSP Admin web application and they started working again.


 I assume this means that there is an error when the BlackPearl link enumerates the site collections in all of the web applications and it expects there to be a site collection at the root of the web app.


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Hi there,


 You can also refer to the following Microsoft Support article:


Error message when you try to search for content in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site: "The site <URLOfSite> could not be found in the Web application"


http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936914


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