Installing workflow service for SharePoint 2013 Preview

The workflow service in SharePoint 2013 Preview is no longer a part of the standard SharePoint server installation, and is provided by the Windows Workflow Manager (Azure). The service it self is a huge improvement to the product, but requires additional step as it has to be installed and configured post-installation of SharePoint Server 2013.

Getting the workflow service in SharePoint 2013 Preview up and running on my development environment gave me some challenges that wasn't well documented at the time, so I decided to list some of the error messages and steps that helped me getting it up and running properly.

Installation and configuration

I started my installation by following this documentation on TechNet:

Installation guide for Workflow Manager 1.0 Beta: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj193478

Configuration guide for connecting SharePoint 2013 to Workflow Manager: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj658588(v=office.15)

Error messages

Tips for troubleshooting

Summary

This article gives some tips for resolving different errors occurring either when installing the workflow service, or when connecting it with SharePoint.

DISCLAIMER: SharePoint 2013 is in preview at the time this article was written. When the product reaches RTM the content of the article may not be relevant or wrong.