Unable to add my first app to my app catalog “Sorry, apps are turned off. If you know who runs the server, tell them to enable apps.”

Question

I have created a new web application inside my SharePoint 2013 on-premises. Then I created a new app catalog for my new web application. now I went to the app catalog and I add a new .app file as following:

Then I went to a site collection inside my new web application >> Add App >> from your organization >> I select the new app. But I got this error:

Sorry, apps are turned off. If you know who runs the server, tell them to enable apps.

As followingly:

So can anyone advice on this please? Thanks.

Answer 1

To work with APPs in SharePoint on-premises server you have to follow below steps.

Below are steps to work with apps on your farm

1. Configure the domain
2. Configure SSL certificate settings (if your site is running on https protocol)
3. Configure APP services.

MSDN article on setup APP environment

How do I turn on SharePoint App store in SharePoint 2013