Connecting to an ArcGIS Server site

Before any administrative tasks can be completed, we need to first know where and how to connect to our administrative interfaces.

Accessing ArcGIS Server Manager

Since the earliest days of ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS Server Manager has been the central, web-based management tool for ArcGIS Server. When we installed ArcGIS Server in Chapter 1, ArcGIS Enterprise Introduction and Installation, we were presented with ArcGIS Server Manager after the initial site setup. Depending on your Web Adaptor configuration, there are several ways to access ArcGIS Server Manager in a web browser, such as the following:

• From the ArcGIS Server machine, ArcGIS Server Manager can be accessed at https://localhost:6443/arcgis/manager. A shortcut to ArcGIS Server Manager at this URL is also installed with ArcGIS Server and can be found under the Windows Start menu as ArcGIS Server Manager.
• From another machine on the internal network, ArcGIS Server Manager can be accessed using the server...