Sharepoint Subscription Edition - Failed to access site at WFE server (IIS error)

Question

I try to create small MinRole based SharePoint farm, that consists from:

ApplicationAndSearch (the first server, from which Config Database was created and CA runs);
WebFrontEndAndDistributedCache (the second one, connected to the farm).

When I create new web application with WFE DNS-A address as host-header (and URL), I see such an error message from IIS:

[InvalidOperationException: The farm is unavailable.]
   Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.Claims.SPSecurityTokenServiceManager.get_Local() +300
   Microsoft.SharePoint.IdentityModel.SPChunkedCookieHandlerV2..ctor() +146

[TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.]
   System.RuntimeTypeHandle.CreateInstance(RuntimeType type, Boolean publicOnly, Boolean noCheck, Boolean& canBeCached, RuntimeMethodHandleInternal& ctor, Boolean& bNeedSecurityCheck) +0
   System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceSlow(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipCheckThis, Boolean fillCache, StackCrawlMark& stackMark) +142
   System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic) +107
   System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes, StackCrawlMark& stackMark) +1476
   System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes) +186
   System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture) +28
   System.IdentityModel.Configuration.TypeResolveHelper.Resolve(ConfigurationElementInterceptor customTypeElement, Type customType) +555

[ConfigurationErrorsException: ID0012: Failed to create an instance of 'Microsoft.SharePoint.IdentityModel.SPChunkedCookieHandlerV2, Microsoft.SharePoint.IdentityModel, Version=16.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c' from configuration.]
   System.IdentityModel.Configuration.TypeResolveHelper.Resolve(ConfigurationElementInterceptor customTypeElement, Type customType) +1723
   System.IdentityModel.Services.CookieHandlerElement.ApplyCustom(CookieHandler& handler) +159
   System.IdentityModel.Services.CookieHandlerElement.GetConfiguredCookieHandler() +379
   System.IdentityModel.Services.Configuration.FederationConfiguration.LoadConfiguration(FederationConfigurationElement element) +405
   System.IdentityModel.Services.FederatedAuthentication.CreateFederationConfiguration() +119
   System.IdentityModel.Services.FederatedAuthentication.get_FederationConfiguration() +123
   System.IdentityModel.Services.HttpModuleBase.Init(HttpApplication context) +99
   System.Web.HttpApplication.RegisterEventSubscriptionsWithIIS(IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context, MethodInfo[] handlers) +575
   System.Web.HttpApplication.InitSpecial(HttpApplicationState state, MethodInfo[] handlers, IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context) +168
   System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.GetSpecialApplicationInstance(IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context) +259
   System.Web.Hosting.PipelineRuntime.InitializeApplication(IntPtr appContext) +311

[HttpException (0x80004005): ID0012: Failed to create an instance of 'Microsoft.SharePoint.IdentityModel.SPChunkedCookieHandlerV2, Microsoft.SharePoint.IdentityModel, Version=16.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c' from configuration.]
   System.Web.HttpRuntime.FirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +518
   System.Web.HttpRuntime.EnsureFirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +111
   System.Web.HttpRuntime.ProcessRequestNotificationPrivate(IIS7WorkerRequest wr, HttpContext context) +729

When I change DNS A record to App'n'S server, web application works well.

Permissions for Farm and Pool accounts on both servers seems to be quite similar. I tried to disconnect WFE server from farm and connect again, change MinRole for it, reinstall sharepoint on WFE. So shortly - everything works well at server, on which was created Configuration Database, on the second one - doesn't.

May someone give a piece of good advice - where else to look?

Answer

Hi @Алексей Бабин ,

Did you set any AAM configuration for the WFE server?

Here are some similiar issues for you reference:

SharePoint 2013 application error
Failed to create an instance of 'Microsoft.SharePoint.IdentityModel.SPTokenCache, Microsoft.SharePoint.IdentityModel, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c' from configuration.

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