Could not connect to the remote computer make sure that the remote computer name is correct?

I am trying to configure Web Deploy 3.5 on Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard with SP1 installed on it. When I try to validate connection using Visual Studio 2013 to publish a website it throws the following error.

1. Made sure Web Management Service is started and set to Automatic
2. Made sure that Web Deployment Agent Service is started and set to Automatic
   
3. Web Deploy 3.5 is installed
4. I have tried installing different version of Web Deploy 3.5 too like the hosting versions.
5. I checked if the firewall port for Web Management Service is listening on 8172 port (see image below).
   
6. The .Net Framework version I think that is not an issue.
7. I have also made sure that during installation of Web Deploy 3.5 all the components are installed.
8. When I click on the server node inside IIS and inside Web Management Service it also says Enable Remote connection
9. I have also checked if users are delegated to publish on that website.
10. I don't find any logs inside C:\inetpub\logs\wmsvc either.

I cannot ping the 8172/webdeploy.axd url. Is there any other service that could be listening on some port that I am missing. Something is odd here. I cannot see any traffic going through even Fiddler from my local machine. I have tried to paste the .axd url on the server's internet explorer and it still cannot reach it and doesn't say anything.

More Finding:

I tried to connect using Telnet client and it says: Could not open connection to the host, on port 8172: Connect failed. Somewhere it is blocked and I have no idea where to look for.

asked Jul 18, 2014 at 13:27

MitulMitul

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A comment on this answer at stackoverflow got me on the right track with this same error message if anyone else comes across this and the other answers don't help: https://stackoverflow.com/a/13871041/1128742.

Not only does web deploy need to be installed, but the IIS Deployment Handler subitem needs enabled. Open up Add/remove programs > Microsoft Web Deploy > Change > make sure IIS Deployment Handler is Enabled.

Web deploy was working for us then we applied some windows updates and it stopped working suddenly, this was the culprit.

answered Jun 21, 2017 at 13:56

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I had the same problem (404). Fixed it by:

1. Uninstalled Web Deploy 3.6 from Programs & Features
2. Downloaded x64 package from https://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/web-deploy#additionalDownloads
3. Installed downloaded MSI package, which turned out to be Web Deploy 3.5.

Immediately (without a restart) this resolved the issue.

answered Nov 3, 2016 at 4:53

AidanAidan

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I've just had similar problem. It was due to messing with SSL certificates.

During the installation of WebDeploy you normally install Management Service which creates self-signed certificate named: WMSvc-HOSTNAME.

This certificate should be available in Certificate Store:

and should be visible in IIS under Server Certificates:

Since I was messing with it somehow WMSvc-HOSTNAME was available in Certificate Store and disappeared from Server Certificates in IIS.

The problem was that Management Service was configured to use WMSvc certificate:

Solution:

Create new Self-signed SSL certifcate and used it with Management Service instead of WMSVC one.

answered Nov 2, 2016 at 11:01

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So the issue turned out to be there was another firewall preventing any connection to 8172 port and it had to be opened up.

answered Jul 18, 2014 at 16:12

MitulMitul

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I had the same issue, posting my solution for completeness: I was trying to Web Deploy to a Hyper-V VM, resolved by re-creating the Virtual Switch used by the VM. Probably got misconfigured a while back trying to troubleshoot some other connections. Should've checked earlier if I could actually reach the destination...

answered Mar 9, 2020 at 11:47

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