topic Best Method to Pass Configuration Setting to a GP Service in ArcGIS Enterprise Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/best-method-to-pass-configuration-setting-to-a-gp/m-p/428510#M16564 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>AGS / ArcPy Folks:</P><P></P><P>I'm trying to determine the best way to pass a configuration setting into a custom geoprocessing service written in Python and published as a service.&nbsp; The class of settings that I'm considering are items that don't change from run to run and potentially sensitive items that I don't think should be passed in as service inputs, ex. database connection string.&nbsp; The best approach I can think of so far is to set a system environment variable to the location of an external (to ArcGIS Server) config file, then write Python to read and parse that config file during each run.&nbsp; Are there other ways to do this?&nbsp; Two main goals are to (1) avoid modifying / republishing the GP service and (2) be straightforward (as possible) for non-developers to manage the configuration settings.</P><P></P><P>Thanks in advance!</P><P>Joel</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 01 Sep 2015 19:47:54 GMT JoelCarter 2015-09-01T19:47:54Z Best Method to Pass Configuration Setting to a GP Service https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/best-method-to-pass-configuration-setting-to-a-gp/m-p/428510#M16564 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>AGS / ArcPy Folks:</P><P></P><P>I'm trying to determine the best way to pass a configuration setting into a custom geoprocessing service written in Python and published as a service.&nbsp; The class of settings that I'm considering are items that don't change from run to run and potentially sensitive items that I don't think should be passed in as service inputs, ex. database connection string.&nbsp; The best approach I can think of so far is to set a system environment variable to the location of an external (to ArcGIS Server) config file, then write Python to read and parse that config file during each run.&nbsp; Are there other ways to do this?&nbsp; Two main goals are to (1) avoid modifying / republishing the GP service and (2) be straightforward (as possible) for non-developers to manage the configuration settings.</P><P></P><P>Thanks in advance!</P><P>Joel</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 01 Sep 2015 19:47:54 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/best-method-to-pass-configuration-setting-to-a-gp/m-p/428510#M16564 JoelCarter 2015-09-01T19:47:54Z