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Mastering ArcGIS Enterprise Administration
Mastering ArcGIS Enterprise Administration

Mastering ArcGIS Enterprise Administration: Install, configure, and manage ArcGIS Enterprise to publish, optimize, and secure GIS services

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Mastering ArcGIS Enterprise Administration

Enterprise Geodatabase Administration

At the heart of any good enterprise GIS system lives a clean, tidy, and performant enterprise geodatabase. The geodatabase is the core of a strong GIS system; without data, you have nothing. Likewise, a poorly installed, configured, or maintained geodatabase leads to disappointing applications for end users. Proper installation, configuration, tuning, maintenance, and administration of the geodatabase is crucial to the health and usability of a GIS.

Before we can cover enterprise geodatabase administration, we first need to discuss what makes an enterprise geodatabase; how we install, create, or enable one; how we connect to it; and how we load data into it. Also, keep in mind that, in no way can we cover all aspects of Enterprise geodatabase administration in one chapter; an entire book could be dedicated just to this topic. Instead, this...

What constitutes an enterprise geodatabase?

A geodatabase is a spatially-enabled database. Within the ArcGIS Enterprise framework, there are three types of geodatabases:

  • Personal geodatabase: This uses Microsoft Access for data storage, and it has a size limit of 2GB.
  • File geodatabase: This uses the file system folder for storage of GIS datasets; each dataset can be 1TB in size. If not using an enterprise geodatabase, this is the recommended file-based storage type.
  • Enterprise geodatabase: This uses a relational database management system (RDBMS) for data storage, supports multiple simultaneous user connections, and is limited in size by the RDBMS.

Personal and file geodatabases are intended for single users and small workgroups with one writer and multiple readers, where concurrent user connections eventually degrade performance with more and more readers. File geodatabases...

Relational database management system installation and configuration

The first step in setting up an enterprise geodatabase is to install your RDBMS. In many organizations, this is handled by someone in the IT department, such as a database administrator or systems administrator. If so, try to work with them as much as possible for the setup of your RDBMS; not only will you build a stronger working relationship with them, you will further understand how your RDBMS was installed and configured.

For this book, we will be using SQL Server 2014 Standard Edition SP2 as our RDBMS. As always, consult the documentation of your RDBMS for detailed installation and configuration instructions.

RDBMS installation

RDBMS installations can...

Creating or enabling an enterprise geodatabase

To create a geodatabase, you must use ArcGIS Desktop licensed at either Standard or Advanced level, ArcGIS Pro Standard or Advanced, or a Python script on a machine with the proper level of Desktop or Pro installed. There are two ways to create an enterprise geodatabase in SQL Server, depending upon your level of access to the database:

  • You create the enterprise geodatabase using the Create Enterprise Geodatabase geoprocessing tool. Here, you are both the SQL Server database and geodatabase administrator. This option applies if you installed SQL Server and/or you have sysadmin access to the SQL Server instance.
In SQL Server, the database administrator owns everything in the entire SQL Server instance. The geodatabase administrator, on the other hand, owns only the objects within a geodatabase.
  • Your SQL Server administrator creates...

Connecting to the geodatabase

Now that we have a shiny new enterprise geodatabase, we need to connect to it. A connection allows us to use, manage, and administer the geodatabase. Before we can connect, there are a few items to configure.

To allow connections from machines other than the SQL Server machine itself, we must ensure that remote connections to the database server are allowed. To do this, first open SQL Server Management Studio on your database server and log in with the sysadmin credentials. In the Object Explorer pane, right-click on the database server and go to Properties. In the Properties window, select the Connections page. Under remote server connections, ensure that Allow remote connections to this server are checked. Click on OK.

Next, open SQL Server Configuration Manager and under SQL Server Network Connection, select Protocols for <your server>. Ensure...

Users, roles, and privileges

Within the geodatabase, there is a hierarchy of users, with each level being based on what actions the user can perform. We have talked at length about the most powerful two of these users, the database administrator and geodatabase administrator. These users are vital to the creation, management, and maintenance of the enterprise geodatabase. As the following diagram shows, with great power, there must also come great responsibility. Database administrators and geodatabase administrators are both powerful accounts with far-reaching privileges. The following diagram shows that with increased privileges in the database, come increased responsibilities:

Remember that the geodatabase administrator account should never own data in the geodatabase.

The data...

What constitutes an enterprise geodatabase?


A geodatabase is a spatially-enabled database. Within the ArcGIS Enterprise framework, there are three types of geodatabases:

  • Personal geodatabase: This uses Microsoft Access for data storage, and it has a size limit of 2GB.
  • File geodatabase: This uses the file system folder for storage of GIS datasets; each dataset can be 1TB in size. If not using an enterprise geodatabase, this is the recommended file-based storage type.
  • Enterprise geodatabase: This uses a relational database management system (RDBMS) for data storage, supports multiple simultaneous user connections, and is limited in size by the RDBMS.

Personal and file geodatabases are intended for single users and small workgroups with one writer and multiple readers, where concurrent user connections eventually degrade performance with more and more readers. File geodatabases can have only one editor per feature dataset, stand-alone feature class, or table. For medium to large organizations needing...

Relational database management system installation and configuration


The first step in setting up an enterprise geodatabase is to install your RDBMS. In many organizations, this is handled by someone in the IT department, such as a database administrator or systems administrator. If so, try to work with them as much as possible for the setup of your RDBMS; not only will you build a stronger working relationship with them, you will further understand how your RDBMS was installed and configured.

For this book, we will be using SQL Server 2014 Standard Edition SP2 as our RDBMS. As always, consult the documentation of your RDBMS for detailed installation and configuration instructions.

RDBMS installation

RDBMS installations can be quite lengthy with dozens of steps. For this reason, we will not cover every step in the SQL Server 2014 installation, but instead touch on those points that might be tricky or otherwise important regarding our GIS system. Remember to check your RDBMS documentation regarding...

Creating or enabling an enterprise geodatabase


To create a geodatabase, you must use ArcGIS Desktop licensed at either Standard or Advanced level, ArcGIS Pro Standard or Advanced, or a Python script on a machine with the proper level of Desktop or Pro installed. There are two ways to create an enterprise geodatabase in SQL Server, depending upon your level of access to the database:

  • You create the enterprise geodatabase using the Create Enterprise Geodatabase geoprocessing tool. Here, you are both the SQL Server database and geodatabase administrator. This option applies if you installed SQL Server and/or you have sysadmin access to the SQL Server instance.

Note

In SQL Server, the database administrator owns everything in the entire SQL Server instance. The geodatabase administrator, on the other hand, owns only the objects within a geodatabase.

  • Your SQL Server administrator creates the database and the geodatabase administrator (you) creates the geodatabase.

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Key benefits

  • - Install and configure the components of ArcGIS Enterprise to meet your organization's requirements
  • - Administer all aspects of ArcGIS Enterprise through user interfaces and APIs
  • - Optimize and Secure ArcGIS Enterprise to make it run efficiently and effectively

Description

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.

Who is this book for?

This book will be geared toward senior GIS analysts, GIS managers, GIS administrators, DBAs, GIS architects, and GIS engineers that need to install, configure, and administer ArcGIS Enterprise 10.5.1.

What you will learn

  • - Effectively install and configure ArcGIS Enterprise, including the Enterprise geodatabase, ArcGIS Server, and Portal for ArcGIS
  • - Incorporate different methodologies to manage and publish services
  • - Utilize the security methods available in ArcGIS Enterprise
  • - Use Python and Python libraries from Esri to automate administrative tasks
  • - Identify the common pitfalls and errors to get your system back up and running quickly from an outage

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ArcGIS Enterprise Introduction and Installation Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Enterprise Geodatabase Administration Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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I have always wanted to purchase this book but backed off because it was too expensive. Finally when i found a used book i was worried it might be too worn out or might not be legible but i was surprised when i open the package. It was as good as a new book. Also i liked the note from whoever it was from textbooknook. Keep up the good work and all the best.
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Esri's online documentation is excellent but often frustratingly fragmented. Particularly with the server technologies that involve many third-party systems it is difficult for someone to quickly get an overview of the product as a whole. I would consider this book required reading for anybody who wants to begin working with ArcGIS Enterprise because it summarizes everything nicely in a coherent narrative.The book is almost divided into two parts for two different audiences - the first nearly half is an introduction to the technologies and most of what you need to know to get started and the second half is a more in-depth guide to scripting and more advanced administrative toolkits. I've worked with ArcGIS Enterprise for a bit so was able to skim through the first half but found the second half extremely valuable. I would say that if you are more GIS and less "techy" then you'll get a lot out of the first half but may find the second half a challenge. If you're technically-inclined with some experience already with ArcGIS Enterprise then you'll get more out of the second half. If you're in that sweet spot of being reasonably techy with little to no existing ArcGIS Enterprise experience then you will find this entire book to have tremendous value.As other reviewers have mentioned, since this is a single book there are many tangents that are not completely explored. Cloud deployments and upgrades are examples, but there are other topics that could have entire books devoted to them such as the arcgis Python API and even the Esri-provided utilities for Data Store and Portal. I have a lot of homework to do after reading this book, but I think so much of the value in the technical section is the introduction and example use cases of the available tools (including third-party and open-source ones).I wouldn't consider this to be a reference book so much as a self-guided training manual. I will be going back to the book to look up links to tools that I want to follow up on again but it's not something to be pulled off the shelf on a regular basis. It should be read, digested, and passed along to your co-workers. Kudos for bringing together a wide array of different technologies in a single guide, something that is very difficult to do on your own when trying to navigate the different online documentation sources.
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It has all we need to start an environment implementation and administration. Also has some scripts orientations and best practices.
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R. Brian Culpepper Dec 06, 2017
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A super useful book for the existing ArcGIS Server user or those planning to migrate into the ArcGIS Enterprise GIS platform. It also contains excellent supplemental information that you WILL APPRECIATE later!!This is a well-organized 345-page guide to ArcGIS Enterprise 10.5.x and how it is different from earlier versions of ArcGIS Server. The author clearly describes what/why of the four major components of ArcGIS Enterprise, and continues with a recommended installation, set-up and management of an Enterprise GIS system within the windows operating system. Chad Cooper provides helpful tips or best practices throughout each chapter, plus a handful of handy, open-source management resources and useful, sample python scripts are described within the text. I’ve got to try some of these too! This book was written by a long-time GitHub contributor with extensive experience within small and large organizations leveraging these ArcGIS products so the tips and tricks alone are worthwhile.
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A guide that is complete and up to date while keeping it simple. Finally, an arcgis enterprise textbook that can be picked up for immediate implementation with the "caveats and gotchas"as well as easy to read reference. This guide has everything in one book with the a most recent version of ArcSDE. This resource is as useful for newbies as it is for experts, covering portal, arcgis server without portal, ArcSDE admin, publishing, scripting, python API, best practices, and standards.
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