Certificate Enrollment Web Service (CES) request fails with error code "WS_E_ENDPOINT_FAULT_RECEIVED"

Assume the following scenario:

  • A Certificate Enrollment Web Service (CES) is implemented in the network.
  • A certificate request is sent to the CES.
  • The certificate request fails with the following error message:
A message containing a fault was received from the remote endpoint. 0x803d0013 (-2143485933 WS_E_ENDPOINT_FAULT_RECEIVED)

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Requesting a certificate via Certification Authority Web Enrollment (CAWE) fails with error code "RPC_S_SERVER_UNAVAILABLE"

Assume the following scenario:

  • A Certification Authority Web Enrollment (CAWE) server is installed on the network.
  • The role is installed on a separate server, not on the certification authority directly.
  • A user attempts to request a certificate via Certification Authority Web Enrollment or to submit an existing certificate request to the certification authority.
  • The request fails with the following error message:
Your request failed. An error occurred while the server was processing your request. Contact your administrator for further assistance.

In the details of the error message you will find the following note:

CCertRequest::Submit: The RPC server is unavailable. 0x800706ba (WIN32: 1722 RPC_S_SERVER_UNAVAILABLE)

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