AD FS Windows Service Failed To Start Because Of Missing Certificate

Microsoft.ActiveDirectoryFederationServices2012R2.FederationServerBadConfigurationCertificateNotFoundStartupMonitor (UnitMonitor)

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

The AD FS Windows Service failed to start because the certificate that is identified in the AD FS configuration database could not be found.

If the AD FS Windows Service is successfully started, the monitor will transition to a Green state and the original critical alert will be auto resolved.

Causes

This condition occurs when the findValue that is specified does not match any certificate in the specified store. Common causes for this condition include the following:

The certificate that has the specified findValue is from a store that is different from the configured store.
The certificate was deleted from the store after configuration

Resolutions

Possible resolutions for this condition include the following:

If the certificate is located in a different store, find the location by using the Certificates snap-in, and correct the configuration appropriately.
If the certificate was deleted, restore the certificate temporarily, and then reconfigure AD FS to bind to and use a different certificate before you delete the original certificate.

Element properties:

Target

Microsoft.ActiveDirectoryFederationServices2012R2.FederationServer

Parent Monitor

System.Health.ConfigurationState

Category

ConfigurationHealth

Enabled

True

Alert Generate

True

Alert Severity

Error

Alert Priority

Normal

Alert Auto Resolve

True

Monitor Type

Microsoft.Windows.2SingleEventLog2StateMonitorType

Remotable

True

Accessibility

Public

Alert Message

AD FS Windows Service Failed To Start Because Of Missing Certificate

The certificate that is identified by the findValue '{0}' in the Federation Service configuration could not be found. The AD FS Windows Service failed to start. Check the Alert Context tab for event details.

RunAs

Default

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.ActiveDirectoryFederationServices2012R2.FederationServerBadConfigurationCertificateNotFoundStartupMonitor" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="Microsoft.ActiveDirectoryFederationServices2012R2.FederationServer" ParentMonitorID="Health!System.Health.ConfigurationState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.2SingleEventLog2StateMonitorType" ConfirmDelivery="true">

  <Category>ConfigurationHealth</Category>

  <AlertSettings AlertMessage="Microsoft.ActiveDirectoryFederationServices2012R2.FederationServerBadConfigurationCertificateNotFoundStartupMonitor_AlertMessageResourceID">

    <AlertOnState>Error</AlertOnState>

    <AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>

    <AlertPriority>Normal</AlertPriority>

    <AlertSeverity>Error</AlertSeverity>

    <AlertParameters>

      <AlertParameter1>$Data/Context/Params/Param[2]$</AlertParameter1>

    </AlertParameters>

  </AlertSettings>

  <OperationalStates>

    <OperationalState ID="FirstEventRaised" MonitorTypeStateID="FirstEventRaised" HealthState="Error"/>

    <OperationalState ID="SecondEventRaised" MonitorTypeStateID="SecondEventRaised" HealthState="Success"/>

  </OperationalStates>

  <Configuration>

    <FirstComputerName>$Target/Host/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</FirstComputerName>

    <FirstLogName>$Target/Property[Type="Microsoft.ActiveDirectoryFederationServices2012R2.FederationServer"]/ADFSEventLog$</FirstLogName>

    <FirstExpression>

      <And>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="UnsignedInteger">EventDisplayNumber</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="UnsignedInteger">134</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <RegExExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="String">PublisherName</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>MatchesMOM2005RegularExpression</Operator>

            <Pattern>(^AD FS$)</Pattern>

          </RegExExpression>

        </Expression>

      </And>

    </FirstExpression>

    <SecondComputerName>$Target/Host/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</SecondComputerName>

    <SecondLogName>$Target/Property[Type="Microsoft.ActiveDirectoryFederationServices2012R2.FederationServer"]/ADFSEventLog$</SecondLogName>

    <SecondExpression>

      <And>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="UnsignedInteger">EventDisplayNumber</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="UnsignedInteger">100</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <RegExExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="String">PublisherName</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>MatchesMOM2005RegularExpression</Operator>

            <Pattern>(^AD FS$)</Pattern>

          </RegExExpression>

        </Expression>

      </And>

    </SecondExpression>

  </Configuration>

</UnitMonitor>