Register your data with ArcGIS Server using ArcGIS Pro

You can register data directories, databases, cloud storage locations, and NoSQL data sources with an ArcGIS Server site from ArcGIS Pro. Data registration provides the site with a list of locations for your web services' source data. Data registration also helps you validate that your services will reference data locations known and approved by the server administrator.

Registering data directories does not grant the ArcGIS Server account permissions to access your data. You must grant the ArcGIS Server account at least read permissions to any folder that you register.

If you register a database (including an enterprise geodatabase), the type of permissions you need to grant depends on the type of database, the authentication method you use to connect, and what the connecting user needs to do with the data. See Make your data accessible to ArcGIS Server to learn more about the scenarios in which you need to apply permissions.

If you register a NoSQL database, the account used to connect must have privileges to create content in the database.

Follow the steps in the sections below based on what you want to register with the ArcGIS Server site.

Register a database

You can register databases that contain enterprise geodatabases and databases that do not. You can also register supported cloud data warehouses. See Data sources for ArcGIS Server for information about the registration scenarios you can use for each.

Use the links below to access information about the requirements for registering each type of supported database or cloud data warehouse:

• Amazon Redshift

• Dameng

• Google BigQuery

• IBM Db2

• Microsoft SQL Server

• Oracle

• PostgreSQL

• SAP HANA

• Snowflake

• Teradata

Use the Manage registered data stores pane to register databases, enterprise geodatabases, and NoSQL databases from ArcGIS Pro.

See Manage registered data stores in the ArcGIS Pro help for instructions and more information.

Register a folder

You can register a local file directory or shared directory that contains GIS resources and data, such as shapefiles and file geodatabases. When you register a directory, all subdirectories under the folder you specify are also registered with the ArcGIS Server site.

Use the Manage registered data stores pane to register a folder from ArcGIS Pro. See Manage registered data stores in the ArcGIS Pro help for instructions.

Register a cloud storage location

You can use the Manage registered data stores pane to register a cloud storage location with a federated server. When you do, a cloud storage data store item is created automatically in the active portal. See Manage registered data stores in the ArcGIS Pro help for instructions.