title: AX 2012 http inbound port activate error – deployment web site was not found for port
body: <p>I am new to AX and a beginner to IIS (and first post on stackoverflow). I need some assistance with AX 2012 AIF Web Services and configuring an http AX Inbound Port.</p>
  
  <p>My issue is in trying to activate an Inbound Port within AX using HTTP. I receive the following two errors:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>The deployment web site was not found for port: TestOrdImport</li>
  <li>The port ‘TestOrdImport’ could not be deployed.\nError: The deployment web site was not found for port: TestOrdImport</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>This is in a test environment using the Microsoft issued AX 2012 FP1 hyper-v image. Someone else installed the web services using the instructions found here: <a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/EN-US/library/gg731848.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://msdn.microsoft.com/EN-US/library/gg731848.aspx</a></p>
  
  <p>Based on the person who did the install for the web services I created a new entry in the web sites screen using a virtual directory share path of “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics AX\60\AifWebServices\” and URL "<a href="http://AX2012-A:85/MicrosoftDynamicsAXAif60" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://AX2012-A:85/MicrosoftDynamicsAXAif60</a>"</p>
  
  <p>I am not sure if these are correct the but the web site validates without error. The web services appeared to be installed into site “AIF” rather than the “Default Web Site”</p>
  
  <p>Does anyone see any issues with the IIS configuration of sites? Should the web services been installed into the default web site rather than AIF site? </p>
  
  <p>When creating the Inbound port it needs to be http as I am setting this up per someone’s request but again I cannot get the inbound port to activate and could use some guidance.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.imgur.com/cl8jGVJ.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://i.imgur.com/cl8jGVJ.png</a></p>