Unable to Access Director with Error "403 access is denied"

Unable to Access Director with Error "403 access is denied"

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Article ID: CTX550300

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Description

Unable to access Director after upgrade. An error 403 access is denied is thrown.
 

Resolution

Uncheck the "Require SSL" option in IIS manager for default website.
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Problem Cause

"403 access is denied" even exists when we attempt to access http://localhost on each problematic DDC(director) servers.

By further check, we noticed "Require SSL" has been checked under "SSL setting" of IIS for the default website.