Infopath 2013 Publishing error - The following URL is not valid

In TechNet forums, I have seen too many questions on issues related to publishing InfoPath to SharePoint server 2013.

Here are some of steps to resolve the issue-

• see whether there is a root site created
• Use fiddler to debug for any HTTP error on requesting the site
• If not, then add put,get, head et.al verbs to IIS Server (here is a link on how to - http://www.iis.net/configreference/system.webserver/security/requestfiltering/verbs )

If you have publishing issue like "InfoPath cannot save the following form" then to troubleshoot use the above steps + the following

• Check whether Form Services are running
• Use this PowerShell cmdlet Get-SPInfoPathFormsService (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff607749.aspx)
• Check whether the user has enough permission to publish the form
• Install Desktop Experience Feature if OS is Windows Server 2008 R2  "InfoPath cannot save the following form" error message when you try to publish an InfoPath form on a SharePoint Server 2013 server (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2752612/en-us)

 

Also see these forum threads - http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/99ef7c36-e3c0-4c81-8eb4-a955f3a8f751/unable-to-publish-infopath-forms-on-production-server?forum=sharepointcustomization

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/080336bf-ef19-49b6-8946-4965f9080603/cannot-publish-an-infopath-2013-form-to-sp-2013?forum=sharepointcustomization