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IIS ARR (Application Request Routing) failed to install


I have a Windows Server 2008 machine and I am trying to install ARR and URL Rewrite IIS modules. When I run the ARR installer from the official website, I get an error saying "The product did not install successfully.". URL Rewrite installs just fine. See below:

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The log files don't have anything useful. Just a line regarding customAction IISExecuteCA returned actual error code 1603. This installs fine on my Windows 10 machine.

I have tried the following with no luck:

  • Installing ARR1
  • Installing ARR2
  • Stopping IIS and WAS and WMSVC services and running the installer
  • Restarting the machine

Error in the installation log:

MSI (s) (E4:F4) [11:48:42:071]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL: C:\Windows\Installer\MSIBB42.tmp, Entrypoint: IISExecuteCA
1: IISCA IISExecuteCA : Begin CA Setup 
1: IISCA IISExecuteCA : CA 'ExecuteInstallModuleCA' completed with return code hr=0x8007000d 
1: IISCA IISExecuteCA : CA 'IISExecuteCA' completed with return code hr=0x8007000d 
1: IISCA IISExecuteCA : End CA Setup 
CustomAction IISExecuteCA returned actual error code 1603 (note this may not be 100% accurate if translation happened inside sandbox)
MSI (s) (E4:08) [11:48:42:274]: User policy value 'DisableRollback' is 0
MSI (s) (E4:08) [11:48:42:274]: Machine policy value 'DisableRollback' is 0
Action ended 11:48:42: InstallFinalize. Return value 3.

Anyone experiencing a similar issue?


Solution

  • I was able to install ARR 2.5 and it resolved the issue! This issue appears to be due to the old Win 2008 server and its incompatibility with ARR 3.0. I found the ARR 2.5 link from here