Inviting Non-Registered Users in WebCenter Portal Sends Email Notification With Malformed/Truncated Link to the Registration Page, and Clicking the Link Returns "Server not found" (Doc ID 2437475.1)

Last updated on MARCH 12, 2019

Applies to:

Symptoms

Inviting non-registered users in WebCenter Portal sends email notification with malformed/truncated link to the registration page. 

STEPS

Issue can be reproduced with the following steps: 

1. Enable Shared Email in WebCenter Portal.
    
   See:
   

   Fusion Middleware Administering Oracle WebCenter Portal
   12 Managing Mail
   12.10 Configuring Send Mail Notifications for WebCenter Portal
   12.10.1 Enabling Shared Mail Connections for Send Mail Notifications

    

2. Configure Self-Registration By Invitation in WebCenter Portal.
   
   See:
   

   Fusion Middleware Administering Oracle WebCenter Portal
   26 Configuring the Policy and Credential Store
   26.6 Configuring Self-Registration By Invitation in WebCenter Portal

    

3. Enable Self-Registration By Invitation-Only in WebCenter Portal.
   
   See:

   Fusion Middleware Administering Oracle WebCenter Portal
   38 Configuring Global Defaults Across Portals
   38.10 Enabling Self-Registration
   38.10.3 Enabling Self-Registration By Invitation-Only
   
   

4. Create a Portal.
   e.g.: TestPortal1
   
   
   
5. Configure the shared connection for the portal.
   
   See:

   Fusion Middleware Building Portals with Oracle WebCenter Portal
   50 Adding Mail to a Portal
   50.2.1 Configuring a Shared Mail Connection for a Portal

   
   
   • Go to: Manage -> All Settings in the Portal.
     
     
   • Click Settings.
     
     
   • On the Settings page, scroll down to the Attributes section, 

     then click Add Attribute..
     
     

   • Add the following attributes:
     
   • On the "Server not found page" inspect the URL.

     Note the URL looks like this:
             http://<HOST>/oracle/webcenter/page/<PAGE>/s8bba98ff_4cbb_40b8_beee_296c916a23ed/businessRolePages/AppSelfRegistration.jspx?...

     When it should be like this:
             http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webcenter/portal/oracle/webcenter/page/<PAGE>/s8bba98ff_4cbb_40b8_beee_296c916a23ed/businessRolePages/AppSelfRegistration.jspx?...
     
     
     

Cause

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