Hi,

I'm trying to install dnn 4.3.1 for the first time at a remote host. I'm following all the instructions, and the installation process is starting, progressing just fine until the last task when it installs the default portal.

I then get a error:

00:00:22.347 - Executing Additional Scripts:
00:00:22.363 -   Creating Portal: My Website
00:00:22.785 -   Error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
00:00:22.785 -   Portal failed to install:
00:00:22.785 - Installing Optional Resources:

Installation Complete

I have seen postings in the forum regarding portal installation problems, but not in this way.

Anyone having the same problem, and anyone have an idea of what the problem is and how I can resove it?

 

 

Hi,

I experienced the same problem where the portals 0 install failed during execution of scripts, what then happens is when refreshed other errors are produced, i.e. getportals error.

I tried everything to get this working, nothing at all worked! not folder/file permissions, not even movement of database from our remote server to the same server as the web server.

The installation was on a dedicated server, server had been hardened, which included the setting of ASP.Net trust levels to medium as advised/recommended by Microsoft - in particular this should always be the case for shared hosting server setup/config:

ASP.Net 1.1 - http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...l/thcmch09.asp
ASP.Net 2.0 - http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...AGHT000020.asp

Once the medium trust had been reset to full trust DotNetnuke installed correctly first time.

This in particular concerns me, because any host in shared environment would want to set ASP.Net to medium trust, this could be the reason for many issues/posts I have read related to installation problems.

If anyone else has experienced this it would be good to know about it!

 

Make sure the NetWorkServices Account (Win2003) or the ASP.Net account (Win2000) have List, Read, Execute, Write, and Modfy on the directory DNN is installed and all the files / sub-direcotries under the DNN directory.