LabVIEW Web Service Not Started in Deployed Application

Issue Details

I developed a Web Service in my LabVIEW project, which I want to deploy, per: Publishing a Web Service (Real-Time, Windows).
I configured the executable/installer according to the LabVIEW help: Including a Web Service in a Stand-Alone Application or Installer (Real-Time, Windows). 
When I run the LabVIEW executable or install my LabVIEW distribution (which should start the Web Service too), I notice that the Web Service is not started and instead, I see the following two errors:
 

The NI Application Web Server service on Local Computer started and then stopped. Some services stop automatically if they are not in use by other services or programs.

Error -67400 occurred at Installer.lvclass:install.vi
Possible Reasons:
LabVIEW: (Hex 0xFFFEF8B8) LabVIEW Web Services: Failed to start the Application Web Server.

Solution

This is a known bug present in LabVIEW versions 2020 through 2023 Q1 that happens when installing the web services installer with the LabVIEW Run-Time Engine, which does not install niauth correctly causing the problem.
There are several workarounds to the issue:
1. Install the LabVIEW Run-Time Engine before you install the web services installer.
2. Since the niauth folder is missing in the shared directory, copy the niauth DLLs from some other machine into C:\Program Files\National Instruments\Shared\niauth 
3. Instead of using an installer to deploy your application with LabVIEW web services, use a package.

If the computer is unable to start the application web server follow these steps:

      1. Ensure that your Web Server Application is configured correctly under Tools >> Options >> Web Server.

• If you find that your Configuration options are disabled, try setting your Listening Port to 3582.
• Make sure that the NI Application Web Server service is running after this change. If it is not running, revert the port change.

      2. If you are trying to build an Installer, include the NI System Web Server in your application Installer under the Additional Installers category of the build specifications. You may need to disable the Automatically select recommended installers to manually add it. When web service is built into an application instead of an installer, we don't require NI Application Server to be installed since that application itself will become an application web server.
 

 

      3. Make sure there is no firewall or anti-virus software blocking the executable or configure it to allow the port being used by the web services.
      4. Use an administrator account, and run the installer/executable with administrator privileges (right-click on the .exe file and select Run as Administrator).
      5. Try force reinstalling  the LabVIEW Runtime Engine (RTE) using a clean download from ni.com/downloads.