Administer ArcGIS Server

The stand-alone ArcGIS Server documentation provides information, walkthroughs, and best practices for site administrators. It does not cover site set up and configuration, upgrades, or integration with ArcGIS Enterprise.

To learn more about these topics, see these topics:

• Install ArcGIS Server

• Upgrade ArcGIS Server

Monitor your site

Read about monitoring the performance and health of your site using server logs and statistics, submitting error reports, and locating, querying, and intervening in current geoprocessing jobs.

See Work with server logs for more information.

Manage your site

Read about common site management tasks, including those involving services and service directories, information about the read-only site mode, and instructions to use, provision, and manage authorization tokens. A guide to ArcGIS Server site backups, as well as information about software patches and updates, is also available.

See Manage servers for more information.

Secure your site

Conducting your ArcGIS Server site's operations securely is essential, and while the default security settings for site creation are strict, there are options to improve the security of your site. Read about firewalls and ports, instructions for configuring server certificates and strict HTTPS communication, and best practices for security rules and regulations.

When deployed as a standalone system, ArcGIS Server controls its sharing and security models. Administrators can modify settings such as access control, publishing privileges, and web traffic protocols within ArcGIS Server Manager, the browser-based application installed with ArcGIS Server, as well as programmatically through the ArcGIS Server Administrator Directory. Either the built-in ArcGIS Server identity store or your organization's external identity provider can be used to authorize and authenticate users to the standalone site.

See Configure stand-alone ArcGIS Server security for more information.

Automate administrative tasks

Using scripts and tools to automate routine tasks can improve your workload as an ArcGIS Server administrator. The software includes several command line utilities for administrative tasks and monitoring. You can build custom administrative automation tools and script workflows using ArcGIS REST API and ArcPy.

See Script ArcGIS Server administration for more information.