"An error occurred during the Create Store Wizard. Please check the log in Event Viewer and try again" While Creating Store

"An error occurred during the Create Store Wizard. Please check the log in Event Viewer and try again" While Creating Store

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Article ID: CTX230663

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Description

The objective of this article is to solve the issue with StoreFront no able to create Stores.

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Error Message:
Here is the error message from event log which is received when trying to create new Store:
System.UriFormatException: Invalid URI: The hostname could not be parsed.
at System.Uri.CreateThis(String uri, Boolean dontEscape, UriKind uriKind)
at Citrix.DeliveryServices.Admin.Utils.PowerShell.Commands.IIS.GetWebsitesCommand.ExtractBinding(Collection`1 list)
at Citrix.DeliveryServices.Admin.Utils.PowerShell.Commands.IIS.GetWebsitesCommand.CreateSite(IISSites sites)
at Citrix.DeliveryServices.Admin.Utils.PowerShell.Commands.IIS.GetWebsitesCommand.ExtractResults(Collection`1 results)
at Citrix.DeliveryServices.PowerShell.Command.Runner.PowerShellCommandRunner.InvokeCommand(IPowerShellCommand command, Command powerShellCommand)
at Citrix.DeliveryServices.PowerShell.Command.Runner.PowerShellCommandRunner.RunCommand(IPowerShellCommand command)
at Citrix.DeliveryServices.Admin.Utils.PowerShell.IISBL.GetWebSites()
at Citrix.DeliveryServices.Admin.Presentation.Model.ServiceLocationViewModel..ctor(IUtilitiesBL utilitiesBL, IiisBL iisBL, Boolean generateDefaultValues)
at Citrix.DeliveryServices.Admin.Stores.CreateStore.CreateStoreWizardController.GetViewModel()
at Citrix.DeliveryServices.Admin.Stores.CreateStore.CreateStoreWizardController.InitializePluggableWizard()
at Citrix.DeliveryServices.Admin.Presentation.WizardDialog.WizardControllerBase.ShowWizard(String serviceName, ScopeNodeBase scopeNode, String caption)

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Instructions

Solution

1- Open IIS Manager of the server on which the error was thrown.

2- Browse to " Sites > Default Web Site "

3- Right-click on Default Web Site and select "Edit Bindings..."

4- If the SMP is communicating over http then select "http". If it is using https then select "https". Then select the "Edit" button.

5- If there is anything in the "Host name" box, such as an asterisk or anything that cannot be resolved to a valid host name then remove it.

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 **** Removing the "asterisk(*)" from the clients IIS Manager / Edit Bindings solved issue *******

Issue/Introduction

Storefront server. Current version 3.12.0.17. Working previously without any issues and currently everything seems to be working. After Storefront upgrades tried to create new Store, Could not create Store.
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