You provided a link to the instructions. But in that link the part about adding the IIS AppPool is under the SQL User Security in section 14. So I am confused as to whether I am adding the IIS AppPool to the SQL Security or File Permissions? It also speaks to adding the Network Service account to the SQL Security. I did this part but cannot get SQL to recognize the AppPool. I did add the AppPool in the security for the File permissions. I did set the AppPool to run under AppPoolIdentity. I did briefly get an IIS error, but that was before I added the AppPool to the file permissions. Once I did that I am back to the same errors I was getting when everything was configured for NETWORK SERVICE.

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace:


[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]
DotNetNuke.Common.Globals.get_Status() +112
DotNetNuke.Services.Log.EventLog.LogController.AddLog(LogInfo logInfo) +38
DotNetNuke.Services.Log.EventLog.ExceptionLogController.AddLog(Exception objException, ExceptionLogType LogType) +3205
DotNetNuke.ComponentModel.ProviderInstaller.InstallProvider(IContainer container, Provider provider) +182
DotNetNuke.ComponentModel.ProviderInstaller.InstallComponents(IContainer container) +130
DotNetNuke.ComponentModel.ComponentFactory.InstallComponents(IComponentInstaller[] installers) +109
DotNetNuke.Web.Common.Internal.DotNetNukeHttpApplication.Application_Start(Object Sender, EventArgs E) +335

[HttpException (0x80004005): Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]
System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.EnsureAppStartCalledForIntegratedMode(HttpContext context, HttpApplication app) +4057733
System.Web.HttpApplication.RegisterEventSubscriptionsWithIIS(IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context, MethodInfo[] handlers) +191
System.Web.HttpApplication.InitSpecial(HttpApplicationState state, MethodInfo[] handlers, IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context) +352
System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.GetSpecialApplicationInstance(IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context) +407
System.Web.Hosting.PipelineRuntime.InitializeApplication(IntPtr appContext) +375

[HttpException (0x80004005): Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]
System.Web.HttpRuntime.FirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +11702064
System.Web.HttpRuntime.EnsureFirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +141
System.Web.HttpRuntime.ProcessRequestNotificationPrivate(IIS7WorkerRequest wr, HttpContext context) +4870277

Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:4.0.30319; ASP.NET Version:4.0.30319.272

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