Massively change services to Shared Instance

Question

Hi all,

I would like to know if someone already tried to massively change the instance type of an ArcGIS Server Site 10.7.

The idea is to detect wich services were authored with Pro, and then change its instance type.

I tried to use the Python API 1.6.0 but I didnt find a way to detect the authoring application, and a method to change the instance type, I didnt find what property to change in the service JSON to achieve this.

Has anyone tried?

DougZietz1 · Answer

I believe this is possible in the python api via the service module. The change_provider() method looks like you can set the authoring application in-place.

However, I came across your post trying to find out if this will break things but have not tried it myself. You have the Esri badge though so you should have some insight on this now, yes? Will this break my services if I "upgrade", "downgrade", or "make shared instance"?

SebastianCabrera · Answer

Somebody knows if it is even possible?

dcoley · Answer

Oh sorry yes meant to add:  a primary driver of me doing this is to take advantage of the new instance sharing...