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Mastering ArcGIS Enterprise Administration

By : Chad Cooper
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Mastering ArcGIS Enterprise Administration

By: Chad Cooper

Overview of this book

ArcGIS Enterprise, the next evolution of the ArcGIS Server product line, is a full-featured mapping and analytics platform. It includes a powerful GIS web services server and a dedicated Web GIS infrastructure for organizing and sharing your work. You will learn how to first install ArcGIS Enterprise to then plan, design, and finally publish and consume GIS services. You will install and configure an Enterprise geodatabase and learn how to administer ArcGIS Server, Portal, and Data Store through user interfaces, the REST API, and Python scripts. This book starts off by explaining how ArcGIS Enterprise 10.5.1 is different from earlier versions of ArcGIS Server and covers the installation of all the components required for ArcGIS Enterprise. We then move on to geodatabase administration and content publication, where you will learn how to use ArcGIS Server Manager to view the server logs, stop and start services, publish services, define users and roles for security, and perform other administrative tasks. You will also learn how to apply security mechanisms on ArcGIS Enterprise and safely expose services to the public in a secure manner. Finally, you’ll use the RESTful administrator API to automate server management tasks using the Python scripting language. You’ll learn all the best practices and troubleshooting methods to streamline the management of all the interconnected parts of ArcGIS Enterprise.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Chapter 4. ArcGIS Server Administration

ArcGIS Server is literally and figuratively a core component of ArcGIS Enterprise; literally, in the sense that it is one of the four components of Enterprise; figuratively, in the sense that the functionalities it provides are central to the principles behind web GIS. Knowing this, it is easy to see the importance and grasp the gravity of ArcGIS Server administration.

Just as with every other component of ArcGIS Enterprise, a well-maintained and clean ArcGIS Server environment lends to an efficient and smooth-running site. There are many interfaces in ArcGIS Server administration, and we will discuss them all here. From ArcCatalog to ArcGIS Server Manager to the REST Administrator, these all provide different windows in ArcGIS Server from which you can perform varying levels of tasks. Sometimes, for quick tasks, these can be accomplished through ArcCatalog (many tasks that can be completed in ArcGIS Server Manager can also be completed through an administrative...