A connection could not be made to the report server http://localhost/reportServer..

hi,

I got this error when I was trying to deploy the reporting into IIS..

A connection could not be made to the report server http://localhost/reportServer.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

The attempt to connect to the report server failed. Check your connection information and that the report server is a compatible version. (Microsoft.ReportingServices.Designer)

The request failed with HTTP status 404: Not Found. (Microsoft.ReportingServices.Designer)

I am not able to solve it please help.

Thanks.

Are you able to browse to http://localhost/reportServer using IE?|||

No,

I am not able to browse to http://localhost/reportServer using IE The page cannot be found is shown I have mentioned the error above that I got when I am trying to deploy the reporting into IIS..

Thanks

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Then that means that either your virtual directories have been created with a different name (not the default) or have not been created at all.

Have you run the reporting services confirguration tool?

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Raina - I was having the exact same problem and eventually resolved it this way:

I discovered that the Reporting Services Configuration Manager was incorrectly showing green check-marks indicating my Report Server and Report Manager Virtual Directories were set up, when in fact they were not (what tipped me off to this is when I went to Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Internet Information Services, there were no Report Server or Reports folder branches under my Default Web Site tree). So in the Reporting Services Configuration Manager, I clicked the New button to create the default Report Server and Report Manager Virtual Directories ((this was the 2nd time I did this, which may have been necessary because I uninstalled and reinstalled IIS after instaling SSRS). This time the IIS manager showed Report Server and Reports folder branches under my Default Web Site tree, and I was able to successfully browse to http://localhost/reportserver, AND deploy my SSRS project to the web server. Note that I am running a named instance of SQL Server 2005 (the default instance is SQL Server 2000), and even though I have seen posts suggesting the correct URL for a named instance would be http://localhost/reportserver$<named_instance>, this did NOT work for me ... http://localhost/reportserver DOES work.

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jbrauer wrote:

Note that I am running a named instance of SQL Server 2005 (the default instance is SQL Server 2000), and even though I have seen posts suggesting the correct URL for a named instance would be http://localhost/reportserver$<named_instance>, this did NOT work for me ... http://localhost/reportserver DOES work.

Well I have to disagree. I am also running a named instance, so the URL that works for me is
http://localhost/reportserver$<named_instance

When you create a new report model project its deploy URL by default is http://localhost/reportserver So i had to change that , through project properties, to the named instance one.

Good Luck !!|||Yes jbrauer, this was exactly the solution for me too, thankyou.