topic Re: Does each ArcGIS Server Role require its own Web Adapter? in ArcGIS Enterprise Questions

Does each ArcGIS Server Role require its own Web Adapter?

JonSwoveland — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 06:23:38 GMT

I am planning an ArcGIS Enterprise 10.7.1 deployment including a GIS Server, Image Server & GeoEvent Server. This is the first time I have deployed Image Server & GeoEvent Server, and I'm trying to figure out if each of these servers should get their own Web Adapters, like the following:

Portal: /portal
GIS Server: /server
Image Server: /image
GeoEvent Server: /geoevent

Thanks for any input!

Re: Does each ArcGIS Server Role require its own Web Adapter?

Luiz_AmadeuCoutinho — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 14:52:31 GMT

Are you using single or multiple machines? Deployment scenarios—ArcGIS Web Adaptor (IIS) Installation Guide | ArcGIS Enterprise

Here we have one single machine with two Webadaptor configured to Portal (/portal) and Server(/server) on Linux

Re: Does each ArcGIS Server Role require its own Web Adapter?

Anonymous User — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 19:15:26 GMT

From what I can tell, each GIS Server role will need its own Web Adaptor, but you can configure more than one Web Adaptor all on the same machine.

Re: Does each ArcGIS Server Role require its own Web Adapter?

JonathanQuinn — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 19:16:56 GMT

Yes, each distinct federated site would need its own web adaptor.

Re: Does each ArcGIS Server Role require its own Web Adapter?

RachelSears — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 19:37:31 GMT

Hi Jon,

Yes, typically you would want one Web Adaptor for Server, one Web Adaptor for Portal, and a Web Adaptor for each licensing role (Image Server, GeoEvent, etc). The reason why you would need a separate Web Adaptor for each licensing role is because these servers operate as additional ArcGIS Server sites federated with your Portal, and otherwise the end-user would have to access the sites through the port number, which is not a security best-practice.

The way that you laid it out in your original post:

Portal: /portal
GIS Server: /server
Image Server: /image
GeoEvent Server: /geoevent

This would be perfect for this kind of deployment. You will need to install and configure each Web Adaptor separately; for example, even if Portal and GIS Server are on the same machine, you will need to run the Web Adaptor installation twice.

Hope this helps!

- Rachel

Re: Does each ArcGIS Server Role require its own Web Adapter?

JonSwoveland — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 20:07:14 GMT

Planning on a single machine to host all the web-adapters.

Re: Does each ArcGIS Server Role require its own Web Adapter?

JonSwoveland — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 20:10:04 GMT

Thanks Rachel!