Trying to start/stop specific services. Using the article at How To: Stop GIS services using ArcGIS API for Python, I tried using the code but keep receiving an error message below posted code. I am running this script in IDLE (ArcGIS Pro). Using just IDLE for ArcGIS Desktop did not have the necessary modules. from arcgis . gis import GIS import arcgis . gis . admin gis = GIS ( "https://url.to.com/portal" , "Username" , "Password" , verify_cert = False ) services = gis_servers . services . list ( ) #To stop specific service(s) for service in services : for service in server . services . list ( ) : if service . properties . serviceName == "SampleWorldCities" : service . stop ( ) Error Message: Traceback (most recent call last): File "Z:\Temp\Brian\test.py", line 5, in services = gis_servers.services.list() NameError: name 'gis_servers' is not defined

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Stopping and Starting Services in Portal via Python

Brian_McLeer

Trying to start/stop specific services. Using the article at How To: Stop GIS services using ArcGIS API for Python, I tried using the code but keep receiving an error message below posted code. I am running this script in IDLE (ArcGIS Pro). Using just IDLE for ArcGIS Desktop did not have the necessary modules.

<SPAN class="keyword token">from</SPAN> arcgis<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>gis <SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> GIS
<SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> arcgis<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>gis<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>admin
gis <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> GIS<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"https://url.to.com/portal"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"Username"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"Password"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> verify_cert<SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="token boolean">False</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
services <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> gis_servers<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>services<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>list<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
<SPAN class="comment token">#To stop specific service(s)</SPAN>
<SPAN class="keyword token">for</SPAN> service <SPAN class="keyword token">in</SPAN> services<SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
 <SPAN class="keyword token">for</SPAN> service <SPAN class="keyword token">in</SPAN> server<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>services<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>list<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
 <SPAN class="keyword token">if</SPAN> service<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>properties<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>serviceName <SPAN class="operator token">==</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"SampleWorldCities"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
 service<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>stop<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

Error Message:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "Z:\Temp\Brian\test.py", line 5, in <module>
services = gis_servers.services.list()
NameError: name 'gis_servers' is not defined

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Arne_Gelfert

Good deal! 😀

AndreaB_

Well, I was able to figure it out. I'll post here for others. Very helpful community post, thank you!

if one_of_those_services.status['realTimeState'] == "STARTED":
    print("yes")

AndreaB_

@Arne_Gelfert do you know if you can query the realTimeState? something like

if one_of_those_services.status == "STARTED"

Thank you.

AndresCastillo

These two articles also helped me accomplish stopping and starting services programatically:

https://developers.arcgis.com/python/latest/guide/managing-your-gis-servers/

https://developers.arcgis.com/rest/enterprise-administration/enterprise/service-status/

Jen_Zumbado-Hannibal

Thanks @Arne_Gelfert this helped me more than: https://support.esri.com/en/technical-article/000019994

MikeVolz

Is the Portal path the portal home URL without the /home at the end?

Does the user specified need to be defined as an Administrator in your portal?

Did you need to clone your python environment and add a specific module to python to access the GIS module?

Arne_Gelfert

Joshua is absolutely right. You need to get to the servers first.

If you don't use the Python API a lot, it can be a little confusing. I have to always refer to script I've used before. I had a snipped lying around... to turn on/off services.

<SPAN class="keyword token">from</SPAN> arcgis <SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> gis

<SPAN class="comment token"># I like this interactive way whenever possible instead of storing passwords</SPAN>
mygis <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> gis<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>GIS<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="operator token"><</SPAN>your_portal_path<SPAN class="operator token">></SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> username<SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">'arcgis_python'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>

servers <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> mygis<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>admin<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>servers<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>list<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
one_server <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> servers<SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">0</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN>

services_on_that_server <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> one_server<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>services<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>list<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
one_of_those_services <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> services_on_that_server<SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">0</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN>

<SPAN class="comment token"># provided your service is running to begin with</SPAN>
<SPAN class="keyword token">print</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>one_of_those_services<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>status<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
one_of_those_services<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>stop<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
<SPAN class="keyword token">print</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>one_of_those_services<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>status<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
one_of_those_services<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>start<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
<SPAN class="keyword token">print</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>one_of_those_services<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>status<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

This gives me the following output:

{'configuredState': 'STARTED', 'realTimeState': 'STARTED'}
{'configuredState': 'STOPPED', 'realTimeState': 'STOPPED'}
{'configuredState': 'STARTED', 'realTimeState': 'STARTED'}<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

JoshuaBixby

All your error message is stating is that you are using a variable, gis_servers, that has never been defined in your code. Look at the "full code" at the bottom on that page.

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