Error creating SPSite using powershell

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I am trying to create a web application "http://Intranet" and a site collection "http://Intranet" on SharePoint 2013 foundation farm. Here is my code

$sp = New-SPAuthenticationProvider
$web = New-SPWebApplication -Name "Intranet Home" `
                 -Port 80 `
                 -Url "http://Intranet" `
                 -ApplicationPool "Intranet App Pool" `
                 -ApplicationPoolAccount (Get-SPManagedAccount "mars\svc_intranetapppool") `
                 -AuthenticationProvider $sp

$web = Get-SPWebApplication "http://Intranet"
# Create a New Site at the Base of the Web App
New-SPSite "http://Intranet"  -OwnerAlias "mars\aaronp" `
                        -Name "Intranet Sites" `
                        -HostHeaderWebApplication $web `
                        -Template "STS#0"

The error I get is

New-SPSite : The URL "http://Intranet" is in use as an alternate access URL or as the URL of a host header site.  
Please choose a different URL and try again.
At line:3 char:1
   + New-SPSite http://Intranet  -OwnerAlias "mars\aaronp" `
   + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (Microsoft.Share...SPCmdletNewSite:SPCmdletNewSite) [New-SPSite], ArgumentException
   + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell.SPCmdletNewSite

How does one create a site collection at the root of the web-app.

Jean-Christophe · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-27 09:46:32Z

3

If you want to create a Root Site Collection a the top level of your Web application you should not use the parameter: -HostHeaderWebApplication in the New-SPSite command.

This site collection must have the same URL as the Web application. Currently, SharePoint prevents the creation of a host-named site collection with the same URL as a Web application.

Therefore, the root site collection is created as a path-based site collection: "/"

#The last line from the code written by Joesoc above should be:
New-SPSite "http://Intranet" -OwnerAlias "mars\aaronp" -Name "Intranet Sites" -Template "STS#0"

#Without "-HostHeaderWebApplication $web `"

edited Nov 27, 2014 at 9:46

answered Nov 26, 2014 at 17:41

Jean-Christophe

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This worked for me. Thumbs up!

Charles Chen
– Charles Chen

2017-06-21 13:46:19 +00:00
Commented Jun 21, 2017 at 13:46

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Anders Rask · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-27 08:31:17Z

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Sounds like you already have a site named that, or an Alternate Access Mapping that points to that URL.

Try and type

Get-SPSite -Limit All

in a PowerShell session and look for a site called http://Intranet

If the URL does not show up, try checking for AAA's:

Get-SPAlternateURL

to see if you have defined the URL there

answered Mar 27, 2014 at 8:31

Anders Rask

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Nikhil J · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-29 03:27:12Z

# SharePoint cmdlets
Add-PsSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell
# Set variables
$WebAppName = "Contoso Sharepoint1"
$WebAppHostHeader = "sharepoint1.contoso.com"
$WebAppPort = 80
$WebAppAppPool = "SharePoint1AppPool"
# This User has to be a Sharepoint Manager Account
$WebAppAppPoolAccount = "contoso\sp_serviceuser"
$WebAppDatabaseName = "Sharepoint1"
$WebAppDatabaseServer = "SQLServer\InstanceName"
$SiteCollectionName = "Homepage"
$SiteCollectionURL = ("http://" + $WebAppHostHeader)
$SiteCollectionTemplate = "STS#0"
$SiteCollectionLanguage = 1033
$SiteCollectionOwner = "contoso\UserName"

# Create a new Sharepoint WebApplication
New-SPWebApplication -Name $WebAppName -Port $WebAppPort -HostHeader $WebAppHostHeader -URL ("http://" + $WebAppHostHeader) -ApplicationPool $WebAppAppPool -ApplicationPoolAccount (Get-SPManagedAccount $WebAppAppPoolAccount) -DatabaseName $WebAppDatabaseName -DatabaseServer $WebAppDatabaseServer

# Create a new Sharepoint Site Collection
New-SPSite -URL $SiteCollectionURL -OwnerAlias $SiteCollectionOwner -Language $SiteCollectionLanguage -Template $SiteCollectionTemplate -Name $SiteCollectionName`enter code here`

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