Portal Creation Fails With Error "createSpaceError" (Doc ID 2580609.1)

Last updated on MARCH 10, 2022

Applies to:

Symptoms

Weblogic user is not able to create a portal and it fails with below exception:

Portal creation completed with errors.
createSpaceError.

The diagnostic log shows:

<Jul 24, 2019 1:45:33,647 PM AST> <Error> <oracle.webcenter.createportal.view.CreatePortalBean> <BEA-000000> <
oracle.webcenter.portal.transaction.TransactionException: An error occurred executing a transactional method.
       at oracle.webcenter.portal.persistence.transaction.TransactionManagerImpl.execute(TransactionManagerImpl.java:295)
       at oracle.webcenter.portal.persistence.transaction.TransactionManagerImpl$Proxy$_$$_WeldClientProxy.execute(Unknown Source)
       at oracle.webcenter.portal.api.impl.ManagedPortalObjectImpl.transact(ManagedPortalObjectImpl.java:967)
       at oracle.webcenter.portal.api.impl.PortalTemplateImpl.copyAsPortal(PortalTemplateImpl.java:105)
 ..
Caused By: oracle.webcenter.portal.api.MemberOperationException: There was a failure adding member '<USERNAME>' to portal '<PORTAL_NAME>'
       at oracle.webcenter.portal.api.impl.PortalImpl.addToMembers(PortalImpl.java:1064)
       at oracle.webcenter.portal.api.impl.PortalImpl.addCreator(PortalImpl.java:1223)
       at oracle.webcenter.portal.api.impl.PortalTemplateImpl.tmCopyAsPortal(PortalTemplateImpl.java:140)
       at oracle.webcenter.portal.api.impl.PortalTemplateImpl.lambda$copyAsPortal$77(PortalTemplateImpl.java:105)
..
Caused By: oracle.webcenter.portal.api.RoleAlreadyGrantedException: The Moderator role has already been granted for user <USERNAME> in portal <PORTAL_NAME>
       at oracle.webcenter.portal.spacesintegration.MemberEventHandler.grantRole(MemberEventHandler.java:247)
       at oracle.webcenter.portal.spacesintegration.MemberEventHandler.onAddMemberEvent(MemberEventHandler.java:129)
       at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
       at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
       at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) 

Changes

WebCenter Portal is configured with multiple ldap servers like AD, OUD and embedded ldap.

Cause

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