topic Overwriting existing service with UploadServiceDefinition_server in Developers Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-questions/overwriting-existing-service-with/m-p/392414#M2567 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello</P><P></P><P>Is there a way to overwrite an existing service using&nbsp;arcpy.UploadServiceDefinition_server method having just the SD file, regardless how the SD file has been generated?</P><P>I can see a sample</P><P><A class="link-titled" href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/tools/server-toolbox/upload-service-definition.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/tools/server-toolbox/upload-service-definition.htm">Upload Service Definition—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A>&nbsp;</P><P>which requires operating on the SDDRAFT, but what if I dont have access to it and all i have is the SD file which i know i want to use to overwrite (or create a new if not existing) service? It seems that currently it is the SD file setting that dominates the process and i dont have control over this.</P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P>Szymon</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:41:54 GMT SzymonPiskula1 2018-04-30T15:41:54Z Overwriting existing service with UploadServiceDefinition_server https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-questions/overwriting-existing-service-with/m-p/392414#M2567 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello</P><P></P><P>Is there a way to overwrite an existing service using&nbsp;arcpy.UploadServiceDefinition_server method having just the SD file, regardless how the SD file has been generated?</P><P>I can see a sample</P><P><A class="link-titled" href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/tools/server-toolbox/upload-service-definition.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/tools/server-toolbox/upload-service-definition.htm">Upload Service Definition—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A>&nbsp;</P><P>which requires operating on the SDDRAFT, but what if I dont have access to it and all i have is the SD file which i know i want to use to overwrite (or create a new if not existing) service? It seems that currently it is the SD file setting that dominates the process and i dont have control over this.</P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P>Szymon</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:41:54 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-questions/overwriting-existing-service-with/m-p/392414#M2567 SzymonPiskula1 2018-04-30T15:41:54Z Re: Overwriting existing service with UploadServiceDefinition_server https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-questions/overwriting-existing-service-with/m-p/392415#M2568 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Szymon,</P><P></P><P>You will not need a .ssdraft file.&nbsp; In the link you provided above that contains the samples you can simply comment out the arcpy.StageService_server function.&nbsp; This function simply converts a .ssdraft to an .sd file.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 30 Apr 2018 18:15:21 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-questions/overwriting-existing-service-with/m-p/392415#M2568 JakeSkinner 2018-04-30T18:15:21Z