ArcGIS Pro 2.3 using Arcpy UploadServiceDefinition_server, service publishes in root but not a folder

EricaPfister

I'm publishing a map service from ArcGIS Pro 2.3 using a Python script. It gets through create a service draft and staging the service with no errors. When uploading the service definition, it succeeds when publishing to the root folder:

arcpy.UploadServiceDefinition_server(sd, arcgis_server)

It fails if I try to publish to a different folder, either creating a new one or using an existing one (made in Server Manager):

arcpy.UploadServiceDefinition_server(sd, arcgis_server, in_folder_type="NEW", in_folder="test_pro")

or

arcpy.UploadServiceDefinition_server(sd, arcgis_server, in_folder_type="EXISTING", in_folder="test_pro")

Each of these fail with an error along the lines of:

Traceback (most recent call last):   File "", line 1, in    File "c:\program files\arcgis\pro\Resources\arcpy\arcpy\server.py", line 991, in UploadServiceDefinition     raise e   File "c:\program files\arcgis\pro\Resources\arcpy\arcpy\server.py", line 988, in UploadServiceDefinition     retval = convertArcObjectToPythonObject(gp.UploadServiceDefinition_server(*gp_fixargs((in_sd_file, in_server, in_service_name, in_cluster, in_folder_type, in_folder, in_startupType, in_override, in_my_contents, in_public, in_organization, in_groups), True)))   File "c:\program files\arcgis\pro\Resources\arcpy\arcpy\geoprocessing\_base.py", line 498, in      return lambda *args: val(*gp_fixargs(args, True)) arcgisscripting.ExecuteError: ERROR 001369: Failed to create the service. Failed to execute (Publish Service Definition). Failed. Failed to execute (UploadServiceDefinition).

While I can work with publishing to root for testing purposes, it's not going to be acceptable for production level automation -- our services get organized into a number of directories and never stay in the root. What is causing UploadServiceDefinition_server to fail when I try to specify a target folder as a parameter?

JamesSaunders

Just to clarify for anyone who is having this problem, it is a real bug (see link here), but there is a good way to get around it.  When creating the FeatureSharingDraft object before the upload (as outlined here), simply add one more line (see bold below)

# Create FeatureSharingDraft and set service properties sharing_draft = m.getWebLayerSharingDraft("HOSTING_SERVER", "FEATURE", service)

sharing_draft.summary = "My Summary"

sharing_draft.tags = "My Tags"

sharing_draft.description = "My Description"

sharing_draft.credits = "My Credits"

sharing_draft.useLimitations = "My Use Limitations"

sharing_draft.portalFolder = "Test Folder"

Where "Test Folder" is the name of the folder on your server where you want to do the upload.  Then when you call the arcpy.UploadServiceDefinition_server function, and set the in_folder_type="EXISTING", it will look to the portal folder you specified in your FeatureSharingDraft object. Hope that helps!