I have three servers for SharePoint FARM setup:
- mySPDb-SRV -> Database Server
- mySPAP-SRV -> Application server as well as WFE1
- mySPWFE-SRV -> WFE2
I need to configure the search on the above FARM topology. My central admin is on my Application server.
So I have decided to configure Search on Application server and attach the instance WFE2.
For this we have only PowerShell cmdlet available.
So I have done it as follows (Please make sure search service must be started on both WFEs):
1- Created Search Service Application 1st on Application server (Where central admin available)
$SearchAppPoolName = "SearchServiceAppPool"
$SearchAppPoolAccountName = "Domain\DomainUser"
$SearchServiceName = "SharePoint Search Service"
$SearchServiceProxyName = "SharePoint Search Service Proxy"
$DatabaseServer = "(IP/MachineName)\DatabaseInstance Name"
$DatabaseName = "SP_Search_AdminDB"
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "Checking if Search Application Pool exists"
$spAppPool = Get-SPServiceApplicationPool -Identity $SearchAppPoolName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if (!$spAppPool)
{
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Cyan "Creating Search Application Pool"
$spAppPool = New-SPServiceApplicationPool -Name $SearchAppPoolName -Account $SearchAppPoolAccountName -Verbose
}
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Checking if Search Service Application exists"
$ServiceApplication = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication -Identity $SearchServiceName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if (!$ServiceApplication)
{
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow "Creating Search Service Application"
$ServiceApplication = New-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication -Name $SearchServiceName -ApplicationPool $spAppPool.Name -DatabaseServer $DatabaseServer
-DatabaseName $DatabaseName
}
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Cyan "Checking if Search Service Application Proxy exists"
$Proxy = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplicationProxy -Identity $SearchServiceProxyName
-ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if (!$Proxy)
{
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow "Creating Search Service Application Proxy"
New-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplicationProxy -Name $SearchServiceProxyName
-SearchApplication $SearchServiceName
}
Now We have Search Service application and proxy is created. We can find it from Central Admin
2-Configure Search service instances:
#Prepare the topology variables $hostApp1 = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceInstance -Identity "mySPAP-SRV" $hostWF1 = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceInstance -Identity "mySPWFE-SRV" Start-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceInstance -Identity $hostApp1 Start-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceInstance -Identity $hostWF1 #Get services status Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceInstance -Identity $hostApp1 Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceInstance -Identity $hostWF1 (#Wait till SPEnterpriseSearchServiceInstance be online and then execute the below code) #Setting up the topology $ssa = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication $newTopology = New-SPEnterpriseSearchTopology -SearchApplication $ssa #mySPAP-SRV #Enterprise Search Admin Component New-SPEnterpriseSearchAdminComponent -SearchTopology $newTopology -SearchServiceInstance $hostApp1 #Enterprise Search Crawl Component New-SPEnterpriseSearchCrawlComponent -SearchTopology $newTopology -SearchServiceInstance $hostApp1 #Enterprise Search Content Prosessing Conmponent New-SPEnterpriseSearchContentProcessingComponent -SearchTopology $newTopology -SearchServiceInstance $hostApp1 #Enterprise Search AnalyticsProcessing Component New-SPEnterpriseSearchAnalyticsProcessingComponent -SearchTopology $newTopology -SearchServiceInstance $hostApp1 #Enterprise Search Query Processing Component (As I declared that it will also work as WFE so this needs to be configured. It is not essential to configure on Application server) New-SPEnterpriseSearchQueryProcessingComponent -SearchTopology $newTopology -SearchServiceInstance $hostApp1 #Enterprise Search Index Component New-SPEnterpriseSearchIndexComponent -SearchTopology $newTopology -SearchServiceInstance $hostApp1 -IndexPartition 0 #mySPWFE-SRV #Enterprise Search Query Processing Component New-SPEnterpriseSearchQueryProcessingComponent -SearchTopology $newTopology -SearchServiceInstance $hostWF1 #Set Topology Set-SPEnterpriseSearchTopology -Identity $newTopology # Verify the Topology Get-SPEnterpriseSearchTopology -SearchApplication $ssa
Now here is a catch. topology will throw following error:
Could not connect to the Host Controller service on server. Topology Activation could not be started……..
I have Googled almost 5-6 Hrs and tried each and every solutions. The ended up being with the firewall settings on the SharePoint servers. First, I tried with firewall “off mode” on both SharePoint servers.
I found that it is working fine now. Then I have created Inbound rule in both SharePoint servers firewall for the above servers port so that they can by pass the servers firewall. And Its done. Working like a charm.
Now this post may save you 4-5 hrs 🙂