Assume the following scenario:
- One installs a Network Device Enrollment Service (NDES) server.
- The role configuration fails with the following error message:
CMSCEPSetup::Install: The system cannot find the path specified. 0x80070003 (WIN32: 3 ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND)
The Network Device Enrollment Service (NDES) provides a way for devices that do not have an identifier in Active Directory (for example, network devices such as routers, switches, printers, thin clients, or smartphones and tablets) to request certificates from a certification authority. For a more detailed description, see the article "Network Device Enrollment Service (NDES) Basics„.
Cause
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The solution was found in the installation log file under C:\Windows\certocm.log.
0.1848.965: {2017/3/7, 11:10:3}: Message Box: Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services: Failed to add the web virtual directory. The system cannot find the path specified. 0x80070003 (WIN32: 3 ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND): The system cannot find the path specified. 0x80070003 (WIN32: 3 ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND)
The server was not freshly installed and had previously served as a web server. Apparently, someone had deleted the IIS Default Web Site. Since NDES is included in the Default Web Site, this process failed.
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