UPK: Server Installation Error (405) Method Not Allowed

Last updated on MARCH 08, 2018

Applies to:

Symptoms

UPK 12.1.0.2

Windows 2012 R2
SQL 2014 SP2

Installing UPK 12.1.0.2, the Library Loader log fails with the following error:

InnerException:
  System.ServiceModel.ProtocolException: The remote server returned an unexpected response: (405) Method Not Allowed.
  exception rethrown at [0]:
     Server stack trace:       at System.ServiceModel.Channels.HttpChannelUtilities.ValidateRequestReplyResponse(HttpWebRequest request, HttpWebResponse response, HttpChannelFactory`1 factory, WebException responseException, ChannelBinding channelBinding)      at System.ServiceModel.Channels.HttpChannelFactory`1.HttpRequestChannel.HttpChannelRequest.WaitForReply(TimeSpan timeout)      at System.ServiceModel.Channels.RequestChannel.Request(Message message, TimeSpan timeout)      at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.RequestChannelBinder.Request(Message message, TimeSpan timeout)      at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannel.Call(String action, Boolean oneway, ProxyOperationRuntime operation, Object[] ins, Object[] outs, TimeSpan timeout)      at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannelProxy.InvokeService(IMethodCallMessage methodCall, ProxyOperationRuntime operation)      at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannelProxy.Invoke(IMessage message)      Exception rethrown at [0]:       at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.HandleReturnMessage(IMessage reqMsg, IMessage retMsg)      at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.PrivateInvoke(MessageData& msgData, Int32 type)      at Gkn.OnDemand.Service.Content.RepositoryServiceReference.IRepositoryService.GetAuthenticationType()      at Gkn.OnDemand.Library.RemoteRepositoryStrategy.<GetAuthenticationType>b__2() in c:\BuildRoot\Engineering\Branches\HardRock\Core_DotNet\LibraryComponent\RemoteRepositoryStrategy.cs:line 100      at Gkn.OnDemand.Library.RemoteStrategyBase`2.<>c__DisplayClass3`1.<DoWCFCall>b__2(Object[] arr) in c:\BuildRoot\Engineering\Branches\HardRock\Core_DotNet\LibraryComponent\RemoteStrategyBase.cs:line 49      at Gkn.OnDemand.Library.RemoteStrategyBase`2.PerformWCFCall(Func`2 call, Object[] args) in c:\BuildRoot\Engineering\Branches\HardRock\Core_DotNet\LibraryComponent\RemoteStrategyBase.cs:line 111
     InnerException:
     System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (405) Method Not Allowed.
        at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse()         at System.ServiceModel.Channels.HttpChannelFactory`1.HttpRequestChannel.HttpChannelRequest.WaitForReply(TimeSpan timeout)

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