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Administering ArcGIS for Server
Administering ArcGIS for Server

Administering ArcGIS for Server: ArcGIS for Server may be relatively new technology, but it doesn't have to be daunting. This book will take you step by step through the whole process, from customizing the architecture to effective troubleshooting.

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Administering ArcGIS for Server

Chapter 2. Authoring Web Services

Web services are the medium by which ArcGIS for Server communicates. They are the cogs that drive Server and feed your end users. ArcGIS for Server supports many types of web services. Each of these types implement an international standard, which is supported by various clients. Before we go through these standards or protocols, we will first define what a web service is. Then, you will create your first web service using the classic Active Server Pages (ASP). This exercise will cement the idea of web services and will let you further understand how they work. It will also prepare you for the second part of this chapter where you will learn how to author web services specifically for Server. The services that you will be publishing on Server are a little different from the classical web services. They have a geographic flavor to it. This is why throughout this chapter, we will refer to web services published on Server as GIS services.

The classical web service


In a nutshell, a web service is a method that can be called by a client to perform a particular task and return some results. Such results can be in plain text, as links, or media that can be interpreted by browsers. What makes it different from any regular method is that this method is a cross platform, which means you can call it from practically anywhere and get the output in a convenient and native format. For example, you spend countless hours to develop an algorithm on C# that performs a certain task. Your boss is happy, and she/he asks you to deploy it on your Unix database server. However, there is a slight problem here. C# code uses the Microsoft .NET Framework that happens to run only on the Microsoft Windows operating system; therefore, it is a challenging task to port this algorithm to Unix. One solution will be to rewrite the algorithm to run on Unix, which will lead to two versions of the code scattered on multiple locations. However, this will introduce...

Web services' protocols


You may have noticed from the service you authored that it is up to you how you want to format the result. Imagine if each developer used his own format, it would be really difficult for other parties to consume your service without knowing its parameters. Therefore, a set of protocols were compiled and widely provided. We will talk about the importance of using a standard format and how much time it can save during integration.

The importance of a standard format

With the magnitude of flexibility in this age of information, we started to create so many diverse works. Isaac Newton started an excellent standard by which he could aggregate his work and present it properly to the world. He created Calculus, which is a unified language for the entire world; mathematicians adopted his approach of doing math because it was simple and effective. They came up with interesting theories based on that adaptation. Calculus was a standard, a protocol that has succeeded. Einstein...

The Web server


A web service is hosted on a Web server, which is a solution that serves clients over the Web. There is a lot of Web server software available in the market that is free, open source, and commercial. These range from lightweight home use that supports a few requests to those designed to support millions of requests.

GIS services


Now that we know how web services work, it is time to get back to the Server. A GIS service is a web service, which has a geographic element. Many standards for GIS service were developed and are widely implemented; in this chapter, we will discuss and author Esri map services and some of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) services.

Map services

In GIS, we usually deal with maps. Esri map services are GIS services that handle operations on a geographical map. You can publish a map as a map service and consume this service from any client that supports this type of service. Map services are widely used and are famous for their simplicity and portability. The map services authoring tool for Server is ArcGIS for Desktop; hereafter, it is called Desktop. You cannot create a map service without this product, Desktop doesn't have to be installed on the same machine as your Server—as long as they are on the same network, you are good.

Connecting to the Server site

To publish our map...

Summary


In this chapter, you learned the concept behind a Web service. You managed to author your own service from scratch. That was necessary to understand the Web services protocols. Once you got the idea of Web services, we dived into the GIS services, which were basically Web services with a geographic dimension. You learned how to author and publish GIS services while enabling the widely available standards so that they can be consumed by various GIS clients. In the next chapter, we will discuss how to consume the GIS services for visualization, analysis, and editing.

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If you are a GIS user, analyst, DBA, or programmer with a basic knowledge of ESRI GIS, then this book is for you.

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Table of Contents

8 Chapters
Best Practices for Installing ArcGIS for Server Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Authoring Web Services Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Consuming GIS Services Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Planning and Designing GIS Services Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Optimizing GIS Services Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Clustering and Load Balancing Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Securing ArcGIS for Server Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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Bart A. Pittari Apr 22, 2014
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The last GIS Server software I had the pleasure of installing and having to configure was ArcIMS. I've not had the opportunity to install and configure ArcGIS Server, but from what I've read through this book so far, I think I could use this as a walkthrough guide. This book gives you a very good template from hardware specs, to installation, tuning and beyond. I like how it details and walks through all the security parts of locking the server and services down.I look forward to trying to put it to use.
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Alper Dinçer Jun 12, 2014
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In general the book is about ArcGIS for Server 10.x series which the most up to date release and there are 8 chapters with 2 appendixes. Let’s explore the chapters in details :1- Chapter 1 : Best practices for Installing ArcGIS for Server :This is the beginning of the book and it is quite normal to start with installing the program. This part is quite adequate on ArcGIS for Server, but I wish there is a extra chapter or part for installing ArcSDE with multiple database types. The most problematic part about installing ArcGIS for Server is the integration of ArcSDE in my experience even though I can’t work much on ESRI stuff nowadays :)2- Chapter 2 : Authoring Web Services :As it is name implies, this part is about web services on ArcGIS for Server. This part covers both ESRI related and OGC standard services.3- Chapter 3 : Consuming GIS Services :You have installed the ArcGIS for Server and publish some services, so it is time to consume them. This part covers the consuming of services in various software or APIs, which are ArcMap, QGIS, Google Earth, ESRI ArcGIS JavaScript API. Also there is a section about editing.4- Chapter 4 : Planning and Designing GIS Services :Now you know the basics of ArcGIS for Server, it is time for the real life case studies to plan and design your services. The case study is about a locator services for restaurants with ArcGIS for Server.5- Chapter 5 : Optimizing GIS Services :Chapters are getting more advanced as the book evolves :) This is one of the most important part for advanced user. Even you have knowledge about previous chapters, you will find some info or trick in this chapter about optimizing your services.6- Chapter 6 : Clustering and Load Balancing :This is also like the Chapter 5. If you want a sustainable web services, then you should check this part of the book. It gives great information about the continuity of your GIS services.7- Chapter 7 : Securing ArcGIS for Server :You setup everything but your services are default open the public. In order to protect your data, you should secure it with the mechanisms integrated to ArcGIS for Server. This chapter is dedicated to security.8- Chapter 8 : Server Logs :This is also quite important part to find the bottlenecks of problems with the ArcGIS for Server, because logs keep the journal of the ArcGIS for Server and tell you the problem if there is any. This part is a serious way to learn on tracing the bugs or problems about your services.As it is written about, the book covers all the parts of ArcGIS for Server and it is a great book for people who work with ArcGIS for Server. I’m quite happy with the book except the need for ArcSDE installation and management with ArcGIS for Server. May be this is out of the book scope, but it is the most important complementary thing for the book.As a result, I suggest this book to people who works with ArcGIS for Server without any doubt. You can also find the PROs and CONs of the book below.PROs:+ Update to date release+ There are some scenarios to use in your projects.+ Advanced usages of ArcGIS for Server is also included.+ “Selecting the Right Hardware” and “Server Architecture” parts are good both for newbies and professionalsCONs:- PostgreSQL/PostGIS support is much better than MSSQL- ArcSDE installation could be a better.
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Susan Nash Apr 29, 2014
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If you are using GIS applications, you need a guide to help you install and manage a solid backbone architecture that will allow you to incorporate all the newest and most integrative GIS services. You can use cloud services, but you'll be limited. Somewhere along the way, you'll have to face the server question.This book is a clear, easy-to-follow guide which takes you all the way from installation to configuring and launching GIS services.It is broken into different parts:The first part of the book is dedicated to installing ArcGIS for Server. The text guides you through what you need in terms of a Web server as well as a GIS server. It also shows you how to test the installation track, and then how to set up a production server. You can also learn how to set up a virtualized environment, which can be very helpful if you need to run a virtual machine.Once you’ve installed ArcGIS for Server, Nasser shows you how to configure it in order to run as a classical web service. He recommends using a standard format and discusses SOAP and REST. Because a GIS service is a web service having a geographical element, it is important to look at the two dominant services: Esri and also Open Geospacial Consortium (OGC) services.Nasser recommends using ArcGIS for Desktop (referred to as Desktop) as the main map services authoring tool. While one could argue that this approach may make you overly dependent on ArcGIS, both on the server side and also on the authoring tool side, but at least you can assure yourself that they are compatible.The second part shows you that once you’ve installed ArcGIS for Server as the backbone architecture you can start consuming services from GIS software in your system, with an emphasis on today’s main needs, which usually revolve around visualization.In the first part of the book, you can see how to use ArcMap, QGIS, and even Google Earth from within your configuration. The book includes a few exercises and examples, which are very helpful.You may need to put together GIS services that run from your server. If that is the case, you will need to plan carefully in order to analyze the requirements, design the databases, optimize the database indices, and to deploy GIS services, which include enabling a geodatabase, a world basemap and authoring custom GIS services. You’ll also need to optimize the services (pool, isolate processes, and caching). Administering ArcGIS for Server will help you do so.You’re also guided through security so that you can protect your digital assets and intellectual property. Nasser guides you through token, key, and how to connect to a secured service.Finally, Administering ArcGIS for Server addresses backups, documentation, logs, and optimizing the flow (finding bottlenecks, etc.). The appendices are remarkably informative – one of my favorite sections in the appendices deals with the rise of ArcGIS Server and also the benefits of a 64-bit architecture.
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Andrew Aug 05, 2015
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For a topic that requires so much attention to detail, I find the lack of quality information frustrating. This book is sufficiently well written, however it only scratches the surface of the subject. As it stands, you need many books and several hours of google education to figure anything out. On the other side of the coin, GIS is a surging field and ESRI is shuffling their products around for a better user experience. There is no telling how long this transition will take.
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MichelleC Feb 02, 2015
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I used this text to create a testing installation of ArcGIS for Server. The book is very thorough but there were several points at which the author failed to fully describe a process or exercise, which led to a great deal of confusion and wasted time on my part. For instance, the author claims that with the testing installation he describes, the user should be able to complete most of the exercise in the book, but the very first exercise appears to be an exception (this is not stated in the text, however). Sometimes a screenshot from Windows Server is shown with no caption or explanation that it is from this separate operating system than what the user is using in a testing installation. Other times an exercise makes use of options or settings that the user was explicitly told to disable in the previous section. In some ways these kinds of setbacks are good because in trying to find out what’s gone wrong, you learn more than just what’s in the text, but if you really don’t know what you’re doing or are pressed for time, these kinds of oversights are extremely frustrating. Since the book starts out with three distinct installations of ArcGIS Server (testing, production, virtual), it would have made more sense to me if each of the exercises was similarly divided, instead of making brief (or no) comments about how the process would be different with different installations, especially since they differ significantly. Since this is the only text of its kind out there that I could find, I was very grateful for it, but it could do with some substantial editing.
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