Is the JRE a requirement for running webgisdr?

Question

Hello, all.

I tried to run the webgisdr utility on a separate server from our primary Portal and got an error about the JAVA_HOME environment not being set.  I checked the environment variables on our primary Portal and JAVA_HOME is not set there, but Java looks to be available from the Portal's install path ($install_dir\framework\runtime\jre).

We are setting up a disaster recovery configuration with primary and secondary Enterprise servers.  I read on this resource that the webgisdr utility could be copied and run from a different server than the server installed with Portal.

+ https://enterprise.arcgis.com/en/portal/10.7/administer/windows/overview-disaster-recovery-replication.htm

Java is not installed on the server we would to use to run the utility.  Is Java a requirement for using webgisdr?

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.  Best, Dixie.

Dixie_MDavis · Answer

Hello, @NicolasGIS .

Thanks for your response, but I was attempting to run the webgisdr utility from a separate server that did not have any of the ESRI Enterprise software installed.  It also did not have Java installed.

At that point I had not seen in the documentation that Java was a requirement to run the webgisdr utility.

Glad all worked out for you.  Best, Dixie.

NicolasGIS · Answer

Hello @Dixie_MDavis,

I noticed this error as well when running webgisdr right after having installed ArcGIS Enterprise.
After a reboot of the server, it works.

Java is deployed with ArcGIS Enterprise and environment variables are set but a reboot is required to pick them up I believe.

Dixie_MDavis · Answer

Thanks for the information, Jonathan.  Java is not mentioned as a requirement in the documentation referenced above.

Thanks again.