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Stand-alone ArcGIS Server

Stand-alone ArcGIS Servers are servers that have not been federated with ArcGIS Enterprise. Stand-alone servers can provide foundational content and services but are not fully integrated into the security and content management model of ArcGIS Enterprise. When services are published to a stand-alone site, users can consume those services through external applications, such as ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, or custom web applications.

ArcGIS Servers can stand-alone or connect to ArcGIS Enterprise through federation. For more information on the different configurations for connecting ArcGIS Server to ArcGIS Enterprise, see ArcGIS Server integration with ArcGIS Enterprise.

Important:

The Stand-alone ArcGIS Server help site contains information that is unique to stand-alone server sites. For help that is relevant to both federated and stand-alone server sites, see the ArcGIS Enterprise documentation.

Prepare hardware, software, and data

ArcGIS Server requires a machine capable of running a 64-bit operating system. The ArcGIS Server architecture is scalable, so you can add multiple machines if additional processing power is needed.

Review the system requirements for ArcGIS Server.

Types of stand-alone server sites

ArcGIS Server can be configured as a stand-alone site for the following server types:

  • ArcGIS GIS Server: Provides fundamental mapping, analytics, and data management capabilities.

  • ArcGIS Image Server: Provides a distributed computing and storage system that powers the analytical processing and serving of large collections of imagery, elevation data, rasters, and other remotely sensed data. See What is ArcGIS Image Server for more information.

Publishing services in ArcGIS Pro

If you are working with an ArcGIS Server site that's not federated, you can register the server with ArcGIS Pro and directly publish services to sites running ArcGIS Server. Using this publisher or administrator connection, you can publish map services, geocode services, and image services directly to ArcGIS Server sites. Any service you publish to a stand-alone server site will be made available through a service URL or REST endpoint. Client applications can use that URL to access the service and other capabilities that you enable during the publishing process. You can also add services from the stand-alone server site into ArcGIS Pro using a server connection.

Learn how to connect to a server site from ArcGIS Pro.

Learn how to Publish to stand-alone server sites.

Maintain your server

As you work with your server over time, you must adjust settings, add and remove services, and set up security rules. ArcGIS Server Manager is a web application included with ArcGIS Server that provides an intuitive point-and-click interface for administering the server. You can use ArcGIS Server Manager to view the server logs, stop and start services, publish service definitions, define users and roles for security, and perform other similar tasks.

You may also want to perform server administration tasks automatically through scripting. ArcGIS Server has a REST administrator API that allows you to automate server management tasks using the scripting language of your choice. For example, you can write a Python script that checks the health of your services periodically and sends you an email if a service is detected to be down.