SharePoint crawl: Access is denied. Verify that either the Default Content Access Account has access to this repository

• Give Read permission to Search Access Account in your Web Application
• Select User Profile Service Application and Click on Administrators in the ribbon. Add Search Access Account and select  'Retrieve People Data for Search Crawlers'
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• Add DisableLoopbackCheck and BackConnectionHostNames entries to WFE's
• Add host file entries to WFE's
• Restart SharePoint Server Search Service
• Start a new Crawl