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SOLVED How to install WindowsAdminCenter2410 on Windows server 2022

Anonymous
2025-02-10T18:47:21+00:00

Hi

so the errors i'm getting are not very talkative but checking event log's applications and services logs \ windows admin center, i figured that the application doesn't like the built in certificate. so picking generate new (expires in 60 days) will install well and works without error.

i will now try to generate a certificate using cert-manager.com so we have it for a year.

I install Windows Server 2022, nothing else, update it to the latest version including drivers and everything. Install latest vmware tools too. (it is a VM) Set hostname to wac.ourdomain.local

then install WindowsAdminCenter2410.exe go through the setup as folows:

Accept terms

Custom setup

Remote access

HTML form login

port 443

use preinstalled certificate (and paste the thumbprint from certificate store. (wac.ourdomain.local expires in 2028)

set fdqn to wac.ourdomain.local

allow access to any computer (for testing purposes)

WinRM over HTTPS

Install updates automatically

Required diagnostic data

and when it gets installed the service appears but won't start.

Event log shows "The Windows Admin Center service terminated unexpectedly.  It has done this 1 time(s)." in System log,

and in Application log (and this is going to be long):

Application: WindowsAdminCenter.exe

CoreCLR Version: 8.0.1124.51707

.NET Version: 8.0.11

Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.

Exception Info: System.InvalidOperationException: Unable to configure HTTPS endpoint. No server certificate was specified, and the default developer certificate could not be found or is out of date.

To generate a developer certificate run 'dotnet dev-certs https'. To trust the certificate (Windows and macOS only) run 'dotnet dev-certs https --trust'.

For more information on configuring HTTPS see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=848054.

   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.TlsConfigurationLoader.UseHttpsWithSni(ListenOptions listenOptions, HttpsConnectionAdapterOptions httpsOptions, EndpointConfig endpoint)

   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.KestrelConfigurationLoader.Reload()

   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.KestrelConfigurationLoader.LoadInternal()

   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.KestrelServerImpl.BindAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)

   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.KestrelServerImpl.StartAsyncTContext

   at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.GenericWebHostService.StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)

   at Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Internal.Host.<StartAsync>b__15_1(IHostedService service, CancellationToken token)

   at Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Internal.Host.ForeachServiceT

   at Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Internal.Host.StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)

   at Microsoft.WindowsAdminCenter.Core.HostingRuntime.StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)

   at Microsoft.WindowsAdminCenter.Executable.WindowsService.OnStart(String[] args)

   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.<>c.<ThrowAsync>b__128_1(Object state)

   at System.Threading.ThreadPoolWorkQueue.Dispatch()

   at System.Threading.PortableThreadPool.WorkerThread.WorkerThreadStart()

AND:

Faulting application name: WindowsAdminCenter.exe, version: 2.4.0.0, time stamp: 0x67110000

Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 10.0.20348.3089, time stamp: 0x2841fd35

Exception code: 0xe0434352

Fault offset: 0x000000000003f47c

Faulting process id: 0xde8

Faulting application start time: 0x01db79bf284fe82e

Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\WindowsAdminCenter\Service\WindowsAdminCenter.exe

Faulting module path: C:\Windows\System32\KERNELBASE.dll

Report Id: 06d7cb79-03b7-44a8-ac42-5c110a735959

Faulting package full name: 

Faulting package-relative application ID:

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-02-11T11:31:40+00:00

    Hello,

    Thank you for posting on the Microsoft Community Forums.

    Based on the description, I understand that your issue is related to Windows Admin Center.

    Since there are no engineers dedicated to Windows Admin Center in this forum. In order to be able to deal with your questions quickly and efficiently, I recommend that you repost your questions in the Q&A forum, where there will be a dedicated engineer to provide you with a professional and effective response.

    Here is a link to the Q&A forum: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/

    Have a nice day.

    Best regards,

    Hania

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