Latest Contributions by JoshuaBixby

I must admit I don't think I completely understand the question.  If users are going to be connecting directly to an ArcGIS Server machine via port 6443, than the certificate would need to be for and installed on the ArcGIS Server machine and not the Web Adaptor.  That said, in most deployments users connect to Web Adaptors and not directly to ArcGIS Server machines, so it is usually the Web Adaptors where the certificates matter.  There are organizations with IT security shops that don't support any self-signed certificates, but generally the backend or private components can operate with self-signed certificates while the public-facing components have organization or public certificates. ... View more

@ValeriaChavez , I believe the OP is seeking something that doesn't require ArcGIS Desktop/ArcMap.  ArcMap will be fully retired in 9 months, and at some point people won't even be able to download to install it anymore, so there needs to be a Pro-only solution to this issue. ... View more

Are the AD logins username/password or PIV/smartcard, i.e., single or multi-factor logins? ... View more

How is Portal authentication happening, built-in accounts or an identity provider? ... View more

Make sure to read Specify the maximum token expiration time - Portal for ArcGIS | Documentation for ArcGIS Enterprise, it covers default and maximum timeframes for various tokens used to connect to Portal and services.  Allowing up to 14-days for some of the tokens is fairly generous from a security standpoint.  As convenient as months-long refresh tokens would be, they would represent a security risk that I doubt many system security officers would be willing to live with.   ... View more

Have you read through all of Types of authentication | Documentation | Esri Developer?  The introduction of API key authentication at 11.4 really streamlined personal automation scripts. ... View more

One issue I see, that likely isn't the same issue you are asking about, are the following lines: elif (cleararea_travellane is None or cleararea_travellane is "No"): return "Clear Area Travel Lane Error" elif (cleararea_crosswalk is None or cleararea_crosswalk is "No"): return "Clear Area Crosswalk Error" The code won't generate an error, but it will generate a SyntaxWarning because checking variable values should be done with the equality operator (==) and not the identity operator (is).  When checking for None, the identity operator is used because None is a singleton representing nothing. There are several places where TypeError can occur.  For example, elif (lvl_width < 48): return "LL width too small" will generate an error if lvl_width is None because None can't be used in an ordering operation like less-than or greater-than. ... View more

Commenting on a tool that is deprecated, or now it seems retired, isn't going to change the fact that Esri is retiring/deprecating it.  Esri states you should be using Export Features (Conversion) -- ArcGIS Pro | Documentation, so the question back to you becomes what isn't working with that tool for your workflow? ... View more

Since Arcade can be used with many Esri products/platforms and in various places within a given product/platform, it is helpful to state what product and where exactly you are using Arcade. ... View more

Any machine that has the stored credentials for a service will need to be updated once the domain password is updated (this assumes you are not using group managed service account (gMSA)).  If you are using the account to run your Portal, ArcGIS Server, and ArcGIS Datastore; then you will need to update all 3. ... View more

Your leadership is failing you by letting IT off the hook.  Everything you state "IT cannot" do is easily doable by even a marginally component IT shop, so it is really about what "IT won't" do.  My experience with SOIs is they should only be used when absolutely necessary because they require effort to create and deploy and technical debt to maintain, so they are definitely not a free lunch.  Good luck. ... View more

@DEWright_CA , when looking at the requirements for Linux:  ArcGIS Server 11.5 system requirements- ArcGIS Enterprise | Documentation for ArcGIS Enterprise: The X Window System package group is required on the machine to run the following using the operating system graphical user interface (GUI): ArcGIS Server installation wizard ArcGIS Software Authorization Wizard Check for Updates tool Linux only requires an X Window System, i.e., Linux Desktop Experience equivalent, if one is going to use GUI install or configuration tools.  There is no mention of needing a desktop to support printing functionality, and printing functionality is supported on Linux. ... View more

Very much undocumented from the Esri side; however, a couple Esri staff did chime in on comments from a non-Esri blog post over a decade ago: From Exploring ArcGIS Server 10.1 Logs (Part 2) | Geodatabase Geek: Trevor H on 04/06/2013 at 09:08 said: Looks like the setting (in 10.2 at least) adds some additional usage monitoring. It adds INFO level entries such as the following; outBytes=9928; numObjects=1; costUnits=1.000000; taskName=export So I assume they are AGOL related. The outBytes could be useful for capacity planning. Also still no mention of this option in the help at 10.2.   Vivek Gupta on 16/07/2013 at 06:38 said: The usage metering enables the user to log information about usage for billing purposes. When you enable this option ArcGIS Server logs information at the INFO level about the usage parameters which includes cpu, bandwidth, number of features/request etc… This information then is reported to the owning portal. Portal administrators can then use this information to bill the consuming users and users can view their usage. ... View more