Deploying Portal for ArcGIS Class Resources

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Deploying Portal for ArcGIS is a two-day course in which you will learn best practices to deploy Portal for ArcGIS to meet your organization's need for private, secure geospatial content-sharing. This course introduces the architectural and security models that support Web GIS workflows. You will learn how to configure Portal for ArcGIS and its supporting GIS service and data-hosting components to enable a complete Web GIS in your infrastructure.

Esri Resources:

• Esri.com – Esri’s primary website
  • Training – Find and take instructor-led courses and self-paced e-Learning
• ArcGIS Resources – ArcGIS Help and software resources
  • ArcGIS Help
    • Current version
    • Previous versions
• Esri Support – Esri’s online support center
  • GIS Dictionary
• GeoNet
• ArcGIS Online
• ArcGIS Blogs
• Ideas

1. Web GIS concepts

Lessons covered:  1 & 7

Resources

• The following are online help pages, books and articles to introduce you to Web GIS concepts.
  • ArcNews article - Implementing Web GIS
  • Esri Press book - Web GIS: Principles and Applications
  • Online book - The ArcGIS Book - 10 Big Ideas about Applying Geography to Your World
  • ArcGIS Help - About Web GIS
  • ArcGIS Help topic for ports used in licensing ArcGIS Pro via Portal– Configure ArcGIS License Manager to work through a firewall
• The following videos are freely available via the Esri Events channel on YouTube
  • UC 2016 Tech Session - Content: Vector Tiles: Styling Your Own Base Maps
• The follow User Conference 2015 Technical Sessions require an additional purchase, but are available as part of the 2015 UC Proceedings package which can be ordered from 2016 Esri UC Proceedings | 2016 Esri International User Conference
  • UC 2015 Tech Session - The Road Ahead: ArcGIS for Server and Portal for ArcGIS
  • UC 2015 Tech Session - Road Ahead - ArcGIS for Desktop
  • UC 2015 Tech Session - Portal for ArcGIS Administration
  • UC 2015 Tech Session - Introduction to the ArcGIS WebApp Builder: JavaScript apps made easy
• The following videos are freely available via E380 at Esri Video | Videos Covering GIS Events, Products, People, & Topics  . Most of these video expand on topics covered in our course and support concepts introduced in it.
  • DevSummit 2016 Tech Session - Vector Tiles in the ArcGIS Platform
  • DevSummit 2016 Tech Session - Real-Time GIS: GeoEvent Extension
  • DevSummit 2016 Tech Session - Real-Time GIS: Best Practices
  • DevSummit 2016 Tech Session - Real-Time GIS: Leveraging Stream Services
  • DevSummit 2016 Tech Session - Big Data and ArcGIS: Getting Started with GeoAnalytics for Feature and Tabular Data
  • DevSummit 2016 Tech Session - Spatiotemporal Big Data Store
  • DevSummit 2016 Tech Session - Best Practices for 3D Scene Services
  • DevSummit 2016 Tech Session - Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS: Development Tools and Techniques
  • DevSummit 2016 Tech Session -  Security and ArcGIS Web Development

2. Portal installation and site creation

Lessons covered:  2 & 3

Resources

• ArcGIS Help for Portal for ArcGIS - Portal for ArcGIS Help
• The follow User Conference 2015 Technical Sessions require an additional purchase, but are available as part of the 2015 UC Proceedings package which can be ordered from 2016 Esri UC Proceedings | 2016 Esri International User Conference
  • UC 2015 Tech Session  - ArcGIS Server Performance and Scalability: Optimizing GIS Services
  • UC 2015 Tech Session - ArcGIS Online: Administering Your ArcGIS Organization through Scripting
• The following videos are freely available via E380 at Esri Video | Videos Covering GIS Events, Products, People, & Topics  .
  • UC 2015 Tech Session  - Portal for ArcGIS Administration
  • UC 2015 Tech Session  - Portal for ArcGIS: An Introduction
  • DevSummit 2016 Tech Session - Getting Things Done in Portal with the REST API
• The following are other unsupported tools for portal administration and configuration
  • Unsupported python module for scripting Portal for ArcGIS Administration - ArcRest on GitHub
  • Unsupported administration tools web - Admin Tools New - Geo Jobe
  • Unsupported ArcGIS Online Assistant - ArcGIS Online Assistant
  • Unsupported Chef Cookbook to automate ArcGIS software installation - Esri's ArcGIS Cookbook Wiki

3. Portal site integration with enterprise and GIS Server systems

Lessons covered: 4, 5, 6 & 7

Resources

• The following are ArcGIS Online Help starting pages
  • ArcGIS Online help for ArcGIS for Server - ArcGIS for Server Help
  • ArcGIS Online help for Web Adaptor (other versions can be accessed from this page too) - Welcome to the ArcGIS Web Adaptor (IIS) installation guide
  • ArcGIS Online help for the ArcGIS Data Store- What is ArcGIS Data Store?
• The following are ArcGIS Blog articles
  • Designing Custom Roles for Your Organization | ArcGIS Blog
  • More ways to collaborate on maps and apps | ArcGIS Blog
• The follow User Conference 2015 Technical Session require an additional purchase, but is available as part of the 2015 UC Proceedings package which can be ordered from 2016 Esri UC Proceedings | 2016 Esri International User Conference
  • UC 2015 Tech Session - Portal for ArcGIS Administration
• The following videos are freely available via E380 at Esri Video | Videos Covering GIS Events, Products, People, & Topics  .
  • UC 2015 Tech Session - ArcGIS Server and Portal for ArcGIS: An Introduction to Security
  • UC 2015 Tech Session - ArcGIS Server: Advanced Security
  • DevSummit 2016 Tech Session - ArcGIS for Server: Web GIS Security
• The following videos are freely available via the Esri Events channel on YouTube
  • UC 2016 Tech Session - Web GIS: Server and Online: ArcGIS for Server Security: An Introduction
  • UC 2016 Tech Session - Web GIS: Server and Online: ArcGIS for Server Security: Advanced
• The following are free Esri Live Training Seminars available from Esri
  • Configuring Enterprise Logins for ArcGIS Online and Portal for ArcGIS
  • Portal for ArcGIS: Leveraging Windows Single-Sign-On for your Organization
• The following is an ArcWatch article on security best practices
  • Learn to Apply Security Best Practices to an ArcGIS Server Site

4. Configure Portal for High Availability and Disaster Recovery 

Lessons covered: 8

Resources

• The follow User Conference 2015 Technical Session require an additional purchase, but is available as part of the 2015 UC Proceedings package which can be ordered from 2016 Esri UC Proceedings | 2016 Esri International User Conference
  • (UC 2015 Tech Session - Building your Server for High Availability and Disaster Recovery
• The following videos are freely available via the Esri Events channel on YouTube
  • UC 2016 Tech Session -Web GIS: Server and Online: ArcGIS for Server: High Availability and Disaster Recovery
• The following is a living document that’s updated regularly to support Architecting the ArcGIS Platform
  • Architecting the ArcGIS Platform: Best Practices (April 2016)
• The following are specific links to ArcGIS Online Help topics and Knowledge base articles regarding Highly Available Web GIS system setup.
  • Help Links for High availably configuration –
    • Highly available web GIS
    • Configuring a highly available portal
  • Help links for ports used in HA Web GIS system –
    • Before installing ArcGIS Web Adaptor
    • Ports used by Portal for ArcGIS
    • Ports used by ArcGIS Server
    • ArcGIS 10.4 Data Store system requirements - Firewall settings
    • Configure ArcGIS License Manager to work through a firewall
  • Help links for ArcGIS Data Store HA setup -
    • Tasks to perform after you create a data store - Define a backup location
    • Add a standby machine
  • Help links for SSL and a HA portal
    • Enable HTTPS on your web server
    • Import a certificate into the portal
    • Federate an ArcGIS Server site with your portal
    • Configuring HTTPS using a new CA-signed certificate -Configure ArcGIS Server to use the CA-signed certificate
  • Knowledgebase technical article on IIS IWA for HA - How To:  Configure Integrated Windows Authentication with a highly-available portal
• The following are specific links to ArcGIS Online Help topics regarding Disaster Recovery of a web GIS system
  • Disaster recovery and replication
  • Configure disaster recovery for web GIS
  • Web GIS backups