Workflow Manager instalation Errors

Question

Hi, I'm facing a major issue related with workflow manager instalation. Using a fresh Windows Server 2019 instalation Taking in consideration the documentation for installing the Workflow manager on a server, I've installed the Web Platform installer and tried to install Workflow Manager 1.0 Refresh (CU2) ![70303-1.png][1] After running the wirzard errors are showed: ![70285-2.png][2] What we get from this error is that all the products failed to install because of the first dependency "Microsoft Windows Fabric V1 RTM" failed to download. I've intensively tried to find some solution or workarround this but there isn't. The Download simply doesn't exist and is not available in any thrusted channel of my knowledge at least. So any dependency for Workflow manager just doesn't work without reaching and installing "Microsoft Windows Fabric V1 RTM". Dead end with Web Platform Installer ! After this, I've tried to offline approach: Running the following commands: 1. Webpicmd /offline /Products:ServiceBus /Path:c:temp\ServiceBus 2. Webpicmd /offline /Products:WorkflowClient /Path:c:\temp\WorkflowClient 3. Webpicmd /offline /Products:WorkflowManagerRefresh /Path:c:\temp\WorkflowManagerRefresh and the result when I tried to run the (1.) command for "ServiceBus" was no better, another dependency broken "WindowsServer2003-KB89715-x64-enu.exe" not found. [KO] ![70277-3.png][3] So again, a lot of dependencies can't be made available because this on (at least) is broken. Second command (2.) was capable of making the needed downloads. [OK] Third command (3.) algo sends an exception trying to get the same "WindowsServer2003-KB89715-x64-enu.exe" or "WindowsInstaller31" [KO] ![70311-4.png][4] An intensive investigation was carried out to try to overcome the problem in all possible ways but without success. Since there is not even the possibility of installing these dependencies through executables (exe, msi) I ended up giving up because if in all the ways tried it was not possible to carry out this installation successfully, it is because there is effectively a serious problem with the installation platform . This process was carried out on 3 isolated machines, two Windows server 2019 fresh clean installations "DEV" and "PRE PRD" and also on a Windows Server 2012 R2 and for all the 3 the result has always been the same. I ask for your best attention, collaboration and help in order to mitigate this problem, I found some tikets referring to the same problem but there is no clear answer on how to solve or overcome all these constraints. At this time it is not possible to make the Workflow tool available on a sharepoint farm for the customer's need Thank you, Kind Regards, Vasco Ranito [1]: /api/attachments/70303-1.png?platform=QnA [2]: /api/attachments/70285-2.png?platform=QnA [3]: /api/attachments/70277-3.png?platform=QnA [4]: /api/attachments/70311-4.png?platform=QnA

Answer 1

Hi,
I run in the same problem and solve it via PowerShell (without Web Platform Installer UI). You can download all files with offline Web Platform Installer and then execute Workflow Manager with parameter WebPI=1.

Answer 2

Hi, Make sure you have the following files on the cache folder of the WPI: %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Web Platform Installer\installers WindowsFabric.msi, Service_Bus.msi, WorkflowManagerClient_x64.msi, Workflow_Manager.msi, copy them to a temp folder, the run the following script (powerhell admin mode) inside that folder: #START SCRIPT Set-Location (Split-Path -Parent -Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition) Clear-Host #Filelocations: $WF = "WindowsFabric.msi" $SB = "Service_Bus.msi" $WMC = "WorkflowManagerClient_x64.msi" $WM = "Workflow_Manager.msi" $Sleep = 90 # Sleep duration is set to 90 seconds because that what all the cool kids online are doing. $ArgumentList = 'IACCEPTEULA=yes WEBPI=1 /QUIET /NORESTART' $fileNotFound = $null Write-Host "VERIFYING THAT FILES EXIST:" $files = $WF,$SB,$WMC,$WM foreach ($file in $files) { if (Test-Path -Path $file){ Write-Host "? $file" -ForegroundColor Green }else{Write-Host "X $file" -ForegroundColor Red;$fileNotFound = $true} }if ($fileNotFound -eq $true){Exit} '' foreach ($file in $files) { Write-Host "Installing $file... " -NoNewline Start-Process $file -ArgumentList $ArgumentList -Wait Write-Host "Done" } #END SCRIPT after the script, you will have the workflow manager installed on server and you can start the wizard: ![71529-wm.png][1] Cheers [1]: /api/attachments/71529-wm.png?platform=QnA [2]: /api/attachments/71654-script1.png?platform=QnA

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Hello

Can you please explain how you've downloaded the different files.
For me WebPICMD.exe /offline /Products:ServiceBus_1_1 /Path:c:\temp\ gives the error of missing "WindowsServer2003-KB898715-x64-enu.exe"

And the link of Peter does not indicate a different way of your first attempts.

Thks for your help
François