Basics of ArcGIS Enterprise

A Technical Overview
What is ArcGIS Enterprise?

• The new name for the ArcGIS for Server product line
• How you get Esri server technology
• How you deploy Web GIS in your infrastructure
Why do you need ArcGIS Enterprise?

• New server capabilities, such as GeoAnalytics and the raster analysis capability of
Image Server, will only work if you have deployed Web GIS via ArcGIS Enterprise.
• New apps such as Drone to Map and Insights require Web GIS via ArcGIS Enterprise
in order to run.
• Participation in distributed Web GIS collaborations at 10.5 requires ArcGIS
Enterprise.
Basics of ArcGIS Enterprise (1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5)

• 1 product
• 2 user levels
• 3 data store types
• 4 software components
• 5 sever roles
1 Product

ArcGIS Enterprise

software
ArcGIS Server Portal for ArcGIS ArcGIS Web Adaptor ArcGIS Data Store components

GIS Server Level 1 named Relational

Image Server Level 2 user levels
Tile Cache
GeoEvent Server Spatiotemporal
GeoAnalytics Server
data store types
Business Analyst Server

server roles
2 Named User Levels

Level 1 Level 2
Applicable built-in roles: Applicable built-in roles: Viewer, User,
Viewer Publisher, Administrator

Can view content, Can create, view, share,

including maps, apps, and and own content,
data. including maps, apps, and
data. Specific permissions
Cannot create or own
will vary depending on
content.
privileges granted.
3 Data Store Types

Relational Tile Cache Spatiotemporal

•Use for most • Use for 3D data Use with
•
spatial data types GeoEvent Server
and GeoAnalytics
Server
• Handles high
volume data
4 Software Components

• ArcGIS Server
• Portal for ArcGIS
• ArcGIS Data Store
• ArcGIS Web Adaptor

Configure the components together on one or more machines to create your base ArcGIS Enterprise Deployment
5 Server Roles

• GIS Server
• Image Server
• GeoEvent Server
• GeoAnalytics Server
• Business Analyst Server
A Deeper Dive into the 5 Server Roles

ArcGIS ArcGIS ArcGIS ArcGIS ArcGIS

GIS GeoEvent Image GeoAnalytics Business Analyst
Server Server Server Server Server
 A Deeper Dive into the 5 Server Roles

ArcGIS ArcGIS ArcGIS ArcGIS ArcGIS

GIS GeoEvent Image GeoAnalytics Business Analyst
Server Server Server Server Server

Available in Basic,
Standard, or Advanced;
this is the original
ArcGIS Server role. It
can function as the
Hosting Server in your
Web GIS, or can be
deployed as a separate
site dedicated to specific
GIS tasks.
A Deeper Dive into the 5 Server Roles

ArcGIS ArcGIS ArcGIS ArcGIS ArcGIS

GIS GeoEvent Image GeoAnalytics Business Analyst
Server Server Server Server Server

Designed to handle high

volume, high velocity
real-time data with
functionality to compute
and serve on the fly
analysis and
aggregations of incoming
data as stream services.
A Deeper Dive into the 5 Server Roles

ArcGIS ArcGIS ArcGIS ArcGIS ArcGIS

GIS GeoEvent Image GeoAnalytics Business Analyst
Server Server Server Server Server

Designed to support raster

and imagery workflows.
Includes Raster Analytics,
which provides specialized
capabilities for generating
full scale pervasive raster
and imagery outputs by
performing distributed and
parallelized raster analysis.
A Deeper Dive into the 5 Server Roles

ArcGIS ArcGIS ArcGIS ArcGIS ArcGIS

GIS GeoEvent Image GeoAnalytics Business Analyst
Server Server Server Server Server

Designed to execute
spatiotemporal analysis on
large volume datasets
through distributed and
parallelized computing and
storage. Only available in
versions 10.5 and higher.
A Deeper Dive into the 5 Server Roles

ArcGIS ArcGIS ArcGIS ArcGIS ArcGIS

GIS GeoEvent Image GeoAnalytics Business Analyst
Server Server Server Server Server

Designed to support
business intelligence based
decision making and
analytical workflows.
Business Analyst Server
includes a content bundle of
data, apps, and tools to
handle complex business
analysis within your
infrastructure.
Deploying Server Roles in ArcGIS Enterprise

• All server roles are part of ArcGIS Enterprise; they cannot be purchased stand-
alone and many require Web GIS integration in order to function successfully.

• However, you can apply more than one server role to a single machine.

• As a best practice server roles that carry out analysis of high volume or high
velocity data, such as GeoAnalytics or GeoEvent, should not be combined with
another server role and should always have their own dedicated site.
Understanding Roles in ArcGIS Enterprise

A role determines what capabilities are available. There are 2 places you will find the term “role” used in ArcGIS
Enterprise: Server Roles and User Roles. You set a server role through licensing. You set a user role through
granting privileges in Portal for ArcGIS.

Server Roles: User Roles:

• GIS Server • Viewer
• Image Server • User
• GeoEvent Server • Publisher
• GeoAnalytics Server • Administrator
• Business Analyst Server • Custom Role
Deploying ArcGIS Enterprise

• Start with the base ArcGIS Enterprise deployment; this is how you get Web GIS in
your infrastructure.

• Once you have your base ArcGIS Enterprise deployment configured you can move
on to adding additional server sites to federate with your base deployment.
Single Machine Base Deployment

Machine 1 On one machine you will have:

Web Server with

• A web server with 2 instances
1 Web Adaptor for Portal and of ArcGIS web adaptor
x2 1 Web Adaptor for ArcGIS Server

• ArcGIS Server with a Relational

Portal for ArcGIS
ArcGIS Data Store set up the
managed database on the
ArcGIS Server as
ArcGIS Server site
hosting server

• Portal for ArcGIS with ArcGIS

Relational ArcGIS
Server designated as the
Data Store
hosting server
Steps for a Single Machine Base Deployment

• All of the software components of ArcGIS Enterprise are installed and configured
on a single physical or virtual machine.

Step 1:
• Verify install prerequisites are met.
• Configure security certificates.

Step 2:
• Install Portal for ArcGIS
- Through the installation process set up the
content store
Steps for a Single Machine Base Deployment (cont.)

• All of the software components of ArcGIS Enterprise are installed and configured
on a single physical or virtual machine.

Step 3:
• Configure your Web Adaptor for Portal
for ArcGIS

Step 4:
• Install ArcGIS Server
- Through the installation process set up the
server directories and config store
- Apply the correct server licensing role
during the software authorization portion
of install
Steps for a Single Machine Base Deployment (cont.)

• All of the software components of ArcGIS Enterprise are installed and configured
on a single physical or virtual machine.

Step 5:
• Configure your Web Adaptor for ArcGIS
Server

Step 6:
• Install ArcGIS Data Store
- Create a Relational Data Store
Steps for a Single Machine Base Deployment (cont.)

• All of the software components of ArcGIS Enterprise are installed and configured
on a single physical or virtual machine.

Step 7:
+ • In your ArcGIS Server site, set the Data
Store as your managed database

Step 8:
• Federate your ArcGIS Server site with
Portal for ArcGIS

Step 9:
• In your Portal for ArcGIS settings
designate your ArcGIS Server as the
hosting server
Multitier Base Deployment

• You can also isolate the components of the base ArcGIS Enterprise deployment by
installing them across multiple machines.

• You can use as few as 2 machines or as many as 5 for a multitier base deployment
before you start getting into High Availability Base Deployments.
High Availability Base Deployments

• High availability is an option for all deployment configurations of ArcGIS Enterprise.

Single Machine Base Deployment with High Availability

Network load balancer.

Machine 1 Machine 2

Web servers with security certificates and 2 instances of

ArcGIS Web Adaptor (one for server one for portal)
configured.
x2 x2

Portals joined through a Join Portal operation.

ArcGIS Server site, where site is designated as hosting

server on each Portal.

ArcGIS Data Store; the first one you set up will be the
primary, and the second will automatically become the
standby when you register it to your ArcGIS Server site.
Deploying ArcGIS Enterprise with a Dedicated Server Role Site

Base ArcGIS Enterprise

Deployment

Web server with GeoAnalytics Server

Site Web Adaptor
x2

ArcGIS
GeoAnalytics Server
site

Spatiotemporal
Big Data Store

Base ArcGIS Enterprise Deployment + GeoAnalytics Server Site

Deploying ArcGIS Enterprise with Two Dedicated Server Role Sites

Base ArcGIS Enterprise

Deployment

Web server with Web server with GeoAnalytics Server

GeoEvent Server site Web Adaptor
site Web Adaptor
x2

ArcGIS
GeoAnalytics Server
ArcGIS site
GeoEvent Server
site
Spatiotemporal
Big Data Store

Base ArcGIS Enterprise Deployment + GeoAnalytics Server Site + GeoEvent Server Site
Do’s and Don’ts of Deploying ArcGIS Enterprise
DO
• Do review the ArcGIS Enterprise 10.5
Functionality Matrix to find which
server capabilities will best fit your
business needs.
• Do remember to scale your hosting
server to match the demands of your
Web GIS.
• Do practice workload separation by
deploying dedicated server sites to
handle specific tasks/functions and
federate with Portal.
DON’T
• Don’t combine your
spatiotemporal data store with
any other data store type.
• Don’t deploy GeoAnalytics
Server on the same machine
as another server role.
• Don’t forget that you need a
Level 2 named user account to
do the initial set up of Portal
for ArcGIS.
ArcGIS Enterprise and Web GIS

• The Portal for ArcGIS component of ArcGIS Enterprise is code-free by default, but
this does not mean you cannot use code to script, automate, expand or customize
your Web GIS.
ArcGIS Enterprise and Distributed Web GIS Collaborations

• Distributed Web GIS is how you can share content across multiple Web GIS
deployments through what’s known as a Collaboration.

Current Collaboration Roadmap

Portal to Portal Collaboration
Portal to ArcGIS Online Collaboration
ArcGIS Online Org to Org Collaboration
Dev – Staging – Production Workflows
all roadmaps are subject to change
ArcGIS Enterprise and Distributed Web GIS Collaborations

• Distributed Web GIS is how you can share content across multiple Web GIS
deployments through what’s known as a Collaboration.

Current Collaboration Roadmap*

Portal to Portal Collaboration Released with ArcGIS 10.5

Portal to ArcGIS Online Collaboration

ArcGIS Online Org to Org Collaboration
Dev – Staging – Production Workflows
*all roadmaps are subject to change
Portal to Portal Collaboration in ArcGIS Enterprise

Portal to Portal Portal to Portal

Centralized Interdepartmental
Collaboration Hub Collaboration
Portal to Portal Collaboration in ArcGIS Enterprise

• The flow of shared content can be unilateral or bidirectional.

• When content shared through the collaboration is handled by the content’s Portal of
origin.

• Content sharing can be automatic (as soon as a shared item is updated) or

scheduled.

• Whichever Portal initiates the collaboration is considered the host.