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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

Administering through the web interface


As an administrator in Portal, you have access to administrative functions under My Organization, where there are links to EDIT SETTINGS, ADD MEMBERS, and VIEW STATUS. Under My Organization, you can also search for users and view/manage users, as well as viewing information regarding your named user allotments:

Changing the look and feel of your Portal

When your Portal is first configured and launched, it has a generic appearance, as illustrated in the following screenshot:

Fortunately, this look can be upgraded easily in the Portal settings. To edit the home page of your Portal, log in as an administrative user and perform the following steps:

  1. Go to My Organization | General.
  2. If you want a description (the second gray box in the preceding figure), add one in the Description section and check the Show description toward bottom of Home Page checkbox. You can add text, images, and links. You also have full control over the HTML.
  3. In the right menu, go to Home...