Publishing to stand-alone server sites

You can connect to stand-alone server sites (those that aren't federated with a portal) with ArcGIS Pro. 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.

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

If you create a service definition file, you can also upload that file to Server Manager and publish from there.

Map services

Map services allow others to view and interact with GIS content on the web. Map services support visualization and querying, and can be drawn either dynamically from the source data or by using tiles from a cache. Many capabilities can be configured for the service before publishing.

You can publish a map service from ArcGIS Pro to a stand-alone server site. You can also publish a map service using ArcPy.

If you need to update the map service you've published, you can overwrite the service from ArcGIS Pro.

Learn more about map services.

Geocode services

Geocode services provide geocoding capabilities on the web. They support various operations such as finding addresses or places, geocoding tables of addresses or places, finding information about a location with reverse geocoding, and providing interactive autocomplete suggestions. By publishing a locator to a stand-alone ArcGIS Server site, geocoding capabilities are available to anyone with access to the server site.

Prior to publishing, there are several capabilities and parameters you can configure for your geocode service.

Once you have created a publisher or administrator connection from ArcGIS Pro to a stand-alone server site, you can publish a geocode service to the server site. You can also use the CreateGeocodeSDDraft function in ArcPy to create a service definition file that can be published.

If you need to update the geocode service you've published, you can overwrite the service from ArcGIS Pro.

Learn more about geocode services.

Geoprocessing services

Geoprocessing services provide analytical capabilities on the web. Each geoprocessing service contains one or more geoprocessing tasks—tools that transform input data into meaningful outputs.

To publish a geoprocessing service from ArcGIS Pro to a stand-alone server site, you must have an administrator connection to the server site.

The Publish Geoprocessing Service wizard in ArcGIS Pro allows you to configure and modify the settings of a geoprocessing service before you publish.

Learn more about geoprocessing services.

Image services

Image services provide access to raster and image data through a web service. By default, image services are always published with image service capabilities, and you can optionally configure the WMS and WCS capabilities. Users can then connect to these services as they would any other published ArcGIS Server service.

Using a publisher or administrator connection to a stand-alone server site, you can publish an image service from ArcGIS Pro.

Learn more about image services.