topic Re: Is the JRE a requirement for running webgisdr? in ArcGIS Enterprise Questions

Is the JRE a requirement for running webgisdr?

Dixie_MDavis — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 18:52:51 GMT

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.

Re: Is the JRE a requirement for running webgisdr?

JonathanQuinn — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 16:42:52 GMT

The DR tool does require a JRE to run. By default, it uses the Java runtime installed with Portal. You'll need to install Java on the machine you're moving the DR tool to.

Re: Is the JRE a requirement for running webgisdr?

Dixie_MDavis — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 16:54:16 GMT

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

Thanks again.

Re: Is the JRE a requirement for running webgisdr?

NicolasGIS — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 09:03:42 GMT

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.

Re: Is the JRE a requirement for running webgisdr?

Dixie_MDavis — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 14:43:25 GMT

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.