Remote Update Server setup

Using the AUSST tool to set up a remote update server on Windows Server 2012R2 which is IIS 8.5.
Working through this document: http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/packager/update-server-setup-tool.html#Preparing a web server to use as the update server
Have reached the point where it says "Add the httpHandles for the zip, xml, crl, dmg, and sig extension in the web.config file as shown here:"
I have added the lines specified to the web.config file, here is the complete file:
configuration>
    <system.web>
        <compilation targetFramework="4.5" />
        <membership>
            <providers>
                <add name="WebAdminMembershipProvider" type="System.Web.Administration.WebAdminMembershipProvider" />
            </providers>
        </membership>
        <httpModules>
            <add name="WebAdminModule" type="System.Web.Administration.WebAdminModule"/>
        </httpModules>
        <authentication mode="Windows"/>
        <authorization>
            <deny users="?"/>
        </authorization>
        <identity impersonate="true"/>
       <trust level="Full"/>
       <pages validateRequest="true"/>
       <globalization uiCulture="auto:en-US" />
           <httphandlers>
             <add path="*.zip" verb="*" type="system.web.staticfilehandler" />
             <add path="*.xml" verb="*" type="system.web.staticfilehandler" />
             <add path="*.crl" verb="*" type="system.web.staticfilehandler" />
             <add path="*.dmg" verb="*" type="system.web.staticfilehandler" />
             <add path="*.sig" verb="*" type="system.web.staticfilehandler" />
           </httphandlers>
    </system.web>
    <system.webServer>
        <modules>
            <add name="WebAdminModule" type="System.Web.Administration.WebAdminModule" preCondition="managedHandler" />
        </modules>
        <validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false" />
    </system.webServer>
</configuration>
But when I try to access the web site I get this: " The configuration section 'httphandlers' cannot be read because it is missing a section declaration "
Clearly I am a newbie in IIS (and indeed on Web Development of any sort).
Could someone please point out the no-doubt-obvious mistake?
Thanks.

I'm on 2012 R2 too.
ISAPI Module is not available by default. Choose to add ISAPI features (and Server Side Includes) using the Server Manager, Add Roles and Features, Web Server, Web Server, Application Development. I chose both ISAPI options as well as Server Side Includes - not sure which is needed.
Added Server Side Includes (as well as the ISAPI .xml .crl .zip .dmg .sig ) entries in Add Module Mappings (as per https://forums.adobe.com/thread/951308?tstart=0)
My HTTP Handlers section is as follows:
        <httpHandlers>
            <add path="*.xml" verb="*" type="System.Web.StaticFileHandler"/>
            <add path="*.crl" verb="*" type="System.Web.StaticFileHandler"/>
            <add path="*.zip" verb="*" type="System.Web.StaticFileHandler"/>
            <add path="*.dmg" verb="*" type="System.Web.StaticFileHandler"/>
            <add path="*.sig" verb="*" type="System.Web.StaticFileHandler"/>
      <add verb="*" path="*.rules" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" validate="true"/>
      <add verb="*" path="*.xoml" type="System.ServiceModel.Activation.HttpHandler, System.ServiceModel, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" validate="false"/>
            <add path="*.svc" verb="*" type="System.ServiceModel.Activation.HttpHandler, System.ServiceModel, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" validate="false"/>
            <add path="trace.axd" verb="*" type="System.Web.Handlers.TraceHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="WebResource.axd" verb="GET" type="System.Web.Handlers.AssemblyResourceLoader" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.axd" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpNotFoundHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.aspx" verb="*" type="System.Web.UI.PageHandlerFactory" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.ashx" verb="*" type="System.Web.UI.SimpleHandlerFactory" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.asmx" verb="*" type="System.Web.Services.Protocols.WebServiceHandlerFactory, System.Web.Services, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" validate="False"/>
            <add path="*.rem" verb="*" type="System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Http.HttpRemotingHandlerFactory, System.Runtime.Remoting, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" validate="False"/>
            <add path="*.soap" verb="*" type="System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Http.HttpRemotingHandlerFactory, System.Runtime.Remoting, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" validate="False"/>
            <add path="*.asax" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.ascx" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.master" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.skin" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.browser" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.sitemap" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.dll.config" verb="GET,HEAD" type="System.Web.StaticFileHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.exe.config" verb="GET,HEAD" type="System.Web.StaticFileHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.config" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.cs" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.csproj" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.vb" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.vbproj" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.webinfo" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.licx" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.resx" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.resources" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.mdb" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.vjsproj" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.java" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.jsl" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.ldb" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.ad" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.dd" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.ldd" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.sd" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.cd" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.adprototype" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.lddprototype" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.sdm" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.sdmDocument" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.mdf" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.ldf" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.exclude" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*.refresh" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*" verb="GET,HEAD,POST" type="System.Web.DefaultHttpHandler" validate="True"/>
            <add path="*" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpMethodNotAllowedHandler" validate="True"/>
        </httpHandlers>
You should be able to get a web page with "0001" printed on it when you access your servers website from another PC.
I used the default paths so this was my URL:
http://server.ucd.ie/Adobe/CS/webfeed/oobe/aam20/win/updaterfeed.xml

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Well, I thought I'd contribute something after wasting time sifting through info on how to get this done. It's not a hard process at all, once the steps get organized correctly.
If you are reading this post, you most likely have already seen:
http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/packager/update-server-setup-tool.html
Maybe you’ve seen the dry (read: hard to stay awake and boring) video Adobe has posted as well and yet here we are… I found the materials Adobe provided informative yet riddled with inconsistencies and scatter brained writing. This guide will get you to a working install with minimal pain and effort. I’m sure plenty of you have Mac’s that you’d like to get running as an update server. Good luck, we’re a pc shop and that’s what this guide is going to be on. You can still update Mac’s with a windows based server. Mac users that want to setup an update server on a Mac will have to try and endure that video.
I like complaining about things, so if you want the relevant info, I bolded it. If you need to change the command to fit your system, I highlighted the relevant section in red. You’re welcome.
Requirements:
Windows Operating System 64-bit (just so the file structure makes sense, if you are running 32-bit, that’s fine, but you’ll need to make the necessary changes to my write-up.)
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For whatever reason, the AdobeUpdateServerSetupTool can’t create a config folder. So you’ll have to make it yourself if you want this to work.
Go to G:/CreativeCloudUpdate and create a folder called config
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ALLOW PORT 80 THROUGH WINDOWS FIREWALL OR ANY OTHER FIREWALL SOFTWARE YOU ARE RUNNING ON THE SERVER!
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http://mirror.metrocast.net/apache//httpd/binaries/win32/httpd-2.2.25-win32-x86-no_ssl.msi
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In Windows XP:
\Documents and Settings\All Users\ApplicationData\Adobe\AAMUpdater\1.0\AdobeUpdater.Overrides
In Windows 7/Vista:
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In Mac OS X:
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What am I running?
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1 X fresh install of Windows 2012 R2 which is domain joined
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Exchange logs which have been written:
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'{ mydomain.com}'
[01/20/2015 17:13:20.0084] [2] User specified parameters:
-DomainController:mydomain.com' -ErrorVariable:'setSharedCDCErrors' -ErrorAction:'SilentlyContinue'
[01/20/2015 17:13:20.0084] [2] Beginning processing Set-SharedConfigDC
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Found in Forest mydomain.com Site Default-First-Site and connected Sites..
[01/20/2015 17:13:20.0178] [2] No Minimal Required Number of Suitable Directory Servers Found in Forest mydomain.com Site Default-First-Site and connected Sites.
[01/20/2015 17:13:20.0178] [2] The call to Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology service on server 'TopologyClientTcpEndpoint (localhost)' returned an error. Error details No Minimal Required Number of Suitable Directory Servers
Found in Forest mydomain.com Site Default-First-Site and connected Sites..
[01/20/2015 17:13:20.0178] [2] No Minimal Required Number of Suitable Directory Servers Found in Forest mydomain.com Site Default-First-Site and connected Sites.
[01/20/2015 17:13:20.0178] [2] Ending processing Set-SharedConfigDC
[01/20/2015 17:13:20.0193] [2] Beginning processing Write-ExchangeSetupLog
[01/20/2015 17:13:20.0193] [2] An error ocurred while setting shared config DC. Error: The call to Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology service on server 'TopologyClientTcpEndpoint (localhost)' returned an error. Error details
No Minimal Required Number of Suitable Directory Servers Found in Forest mydomain.com Site Default-First-Site and connected Sites..
[01/20/2015 17:13:20.0193] [2] Ending processing Write-ExchangeSetupLog
[01/20/2015 17:13:20.0193] [2] Beginning processing Write-ExchangeSetupLog
[01/20/2015 17:13:20.0193] [2] Waiting 30 seconds before attempting again.
[01/20/2015 17:13:20.0193] [2] Ending processing Write-ExchangeSetupLog
[01/20/2015 17:13:50.0195] [2] Beginning processing Write-ExchangeSetupLog
[01/20/2015 17:13:50.0273] [2] [ERROR] Unable to set shared config DC.
[01/20/2015 17:13:50.0273] [2] [ERROR] Unable to set shared config DC.
[01/20/2015 17:13:50.0288] [2] Ending processing Write-ExchangeSetupLog
[01/20/2015 17:13:50.0288] [1] The following 1 error(s) occurred during task execution:
[01/20/2015 17:13:50.0288] [1] 0. ErrorRecord: Unable to set shared config DC.
[01/20/2015 17:13:50.0288] [1] 0. ErrorRecord: System.Exception: Unable to set shared config DC.
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.WriteError(Exception exception, ErrorCategory category, Object target, Boolean reThrow, String helpUrl)
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.WriteError(Exception exception, ErrorCategory category, Object target)
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   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.<ProcessRecord>b__b()
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.InvokeRetryableFunc(String funcName, Action func, Boolean terminatePipelineIfFailed)
[01/20/2015 17:13:50.0288] [1] [ERROR] The following error was generated when "$error.Clear();
$maxWait = New-TimeSpan -Minutes 8
$timeout = Get-Date;
$timeout = $timeout.Add($maxWait);
$currTime = Get-Date;
$successfullySetConfigDC = $false;
while($currTime -le $timeout)
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try
Set-SharedConfigDC -DomainController $RoleDomainController -ErrorVariable setSharedCDCErrors -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue;
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if($successfullySetConfigDC)
break;
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catch
Write-ExchangeSetupLog -Info ("An exception ocurred while setting shared config DC. Exception: " + $_.Exception.Message);
Write-ExchangeSetupLog -Info ("Waiting 30 seconds before attempting again.");
Start-Sleep -Seconds 30;
$currTime = Get-Date;
if( -not $successfullySetConfigDC)
Write-ExchangeSetupLog -Error "Unable to set shared config DC.";
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   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.WriteError(Exception exception, ErrorCategory category, Object target, Boolean reThrow, String helpUrl)
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.WriteError(Exception exception, ErrorCategory category, Object target)
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Management.Deployment.WriteExchangeSetupLog.InternalProcessRecord()
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.<ProcessRecord>b__b()
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.InvokeRetryableFunc(String funcName, Action func, Boolean terminatePipelineIfFailed)".
[01/20/2015 17:13:50.0288] [1] [ERROR] Unable to set shared config DC.
[01/20/2015 17:13:50.0288] [1] [ERROR-REFERENCE] Id=AllADRolesCommonServiceControl___ee47ab1c06fb47919398e2e95ed99c6c Component=EXCHANGE14:\Current\Release\Shared\Datacenter\Setup
[01/20/2015 17:13:50.0288] [1] Setup is stopping now because of one or more critical errors.
[01/20/2015 17:13:50.0288] [1] Finished executing component tasks.
[01/20/2015 17:13:50.0304] [1] Ending processing Install-BridgeheadRole
Windows Event Viewer:
Process Microsoft.Exchange.Directory.TopologyService.exe (PID=5276) Forest mydomain.com. Exchange Active Directory Provider couldn't find minimal required number of suitable Global Catalog servers
in either the local site 'Default-First-Site' or the following sites:

Hi apl228,
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[02:16:27 PM] ---- Deployment started. ----
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[02:16:27 PM] Building...
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[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
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[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: <title>ERROR: The requested URL could not be retrieved</title>
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: <style type="text/css"></style>
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: </head><body>
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: <div id="titles">
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: <h1>ERROR</h1>
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: <h2>The requested URL could not be retrieved</h2>
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: </div>
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: <hr>
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: <div id="content">
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[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: </blockquote>
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[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: <br>
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: </div>
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: <hr>
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: <div id="footer">
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: <p>Generated Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:18:27 GMT by proxy.hipt.com.vn (squid/3.1.4)</p>
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: 
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: </div>
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: </body></html>
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[02:16:33 PM] HTTP error code returned [503]
[02:16:33 PM] No error message is returned from the server.
[02:16:33 PM] Error deploying archive sca_Project1_rev1.0.jar to partition "default" on server AdminServer [http://HP:7001]
[02:16:33 PM] #### Deployment incomplete. ####
[02:16:33 PM] Error deploying archive file:/C:/JDeveloper/mywork/TestDeploy/Project1/deploy/sca_Project1_rev1.0.jar
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Hi, thanks for your reply,
I just check but soa-infra is up
Result:
Welcome to the Oracle SOA Platform on WebLogic
SOA Version: v11.1.1.5.0 - 11.1.1.5.0_110418.1550.0174 built on Mon Apr 18 18:05:14 PDT 2011
WebLogic Server 10.3.5.0 Fri Apr 1 20:20:06 PDT 2011 1398638 (10.3.5.0)
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