topic UploadServiceDefinition fails:&nbsp; &amp;quot;ERROR: unable to connect to publishing tool&amp;quot; in ArcGIS Enterprise Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/uploadservicedefinition-fails-nbsp-amp-quot-error/m-p/174267#M6902 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I created a 5 line python script tool:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="plain" name="code"> import arcpy import sys input_value = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(0) output_message = "Hello World " + input_value arcpy.SetParameterAsText(1, output_message ) </PRE><DIV style="display:none;"> </DIV><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I ran it and got a result.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I right-clicked/shared the result and said "publish as a service", selected the server, filled in the required description fields</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I pushed publish and receive:&nbsp; "ERROR: unable to connect to publishing tool. Verify the service is up and running"</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I checked, and the service is indeed up and running and there are no log files on the server to indicate that any attempt was made to do anything.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any help is greatly appreciated!</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Brad</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:32:06 GMT bradeckrose 2013-02-04T17:32:06Z UploadServiceDefinition fails:  &quot;ERROR: unable to connect to publishing tool&quot; https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/uploadservicedefinition-fails-nbsp-amp-quot-error/m-p/174267#M6902 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I created a 5 line python script tool:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="plain" name="code"> import arcpy import sys input_value = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(0) output_message = "Hello World " + input_value arcpy.SetParameterAsText(1, output_message ) </PRE><DIV style="display:none;"> </DIV><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I ran it and got a result.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I right-clicked/shared the result and said "publish as a service", selected the server, filled in the required description fields</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I pushed publish and receive:&nbsp; "ERROR: unable to connect to publishing tool. Verify the service is up and running"</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I checked, and the service is indeed up and running and there are no log files on the server to indicate that any attempt was made to do anything.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any help is greatly appreciated!</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Brad</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:32:06 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/uploadservicedefinition-fails-nbsp-amp-quot-error/m-p/174267#M6902 bradeckrose 2013-02-04T17:32:06Z Re: UploadServiceDefinition fails: "ERROR: unable to connect to publishing tool" https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/uploadservicedefinition-fails-nbsp-amp-quot-error/m-p/174268#M6903 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I assume you can publish a service normally?&nbsp; The only thing I can think of is to make sure the user the script runs under has permissions to publish a service.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Good luck!</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Tyson</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:17:05 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/uploadservicedefinition-fails-nbsp-amp-quot-error/m-p/174268#M6903 TysonHaverkort 2013-02-07T22:17:05Z