The option for the SharePoint 2013 Workflow platform is not available

Error Message:

"The option for the SharePoint 2013 Workflow platform is not available because the workflow service is not configured on the server. Please contact your server administrator"

Solution:

Here are the steps to fix this issue:

1. Make sure Workflow Manager 1.0 for SharePoint 2013 server is installed and configured properly.

2. Verify that all the following services are running: (To check service status, Press Windows key+R and type services.msc)

• Workflow Manager Backend

• Windows Fabric Host Service

• Service Bus Gateway

3. Open “Sharepoint 2013 Management Shell” and run following command:

Enable-SPFeature -Identity WorkflowServiceStore –Url $siteUrl

replace $siteUrl with your site collection URL.

In Some cases, I was getting message the feature was already activated at that site.

4. Open IIS, Verify “Workflow Management Site” is working fine.

For testing, You can open following in your browser.

http://servername:12345

5. In “Sharepoint 2013 Management Shell”, run following

Register-SPWorkflowService –SPSite "http://myserver/mysitecollection" –WorkflowHostUri "http://workflow.example.com:12291" –AllowOAuthHttp