“This item could not be crawled because the crawler could not connect to the repository.”

Question

In the Error Breakdown in the Crawl Log - URL > Search Service Application, I am receiving an error for all SP sites I am attempting to Crawl

"This item could not be crawled because the crawler could not connect to the repository."

I have already verified that the crawl account has access to the web applications and I am running SP 2013.

Thanks!

Waqas Sarwar MVP · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-12 20:11:39Z

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there are couple of things to check:

try to browse the web application from the Crawl server, if you can access the site. Make sure their is no access bloackage.
Make Sure Antivirus is not blocking that url
make sure that loopback check is disable on the crawl server
crawl account has access to the Web application
try to increase the timeout value and also check the proxy settings.

answered Nov 12 '18 at 20:11

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Thanks, Waqas! I cannot browse the web application from the Crawl server. Any idea how to fix? – SHP_MJA Nov 12 '18 at 20:33
It is either loop back check issue, disable it on crawl server or also check if firewall blocking it – Waqas Sarwar MVP♦ Nov 12 '18 at 20:40
loop back check on the crawl server was set to "1" so I have changed this to "0" – SHP_MJA Nov 12 '18 at 20:46

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