How to use ArcPy without installing ArcGIS

[TanishqTanmay]

I have the ArcGIS Pro license and have it installed on my computer. I run all python scripts on my University's High-Performance computing (HPCC) server which is a cloud based platform. Now, I want to install ArcPy module on my server. Is it possible to do that?

[DanPatterson]

you can't, Pro must be installed

[Robert_LeClair]

@DanPatterson is correct.  The ArcPy package is part of the default Python distribution that is provided by ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Server.  You can learn more about it here.

[Brian_Wilson]

When you try to install the arcpy module on a machine without Pro, it stops with "unable to locate a valid ArcGIS product" etc.

@Robert_LeClair Can you install a licensed copy of arc pro on the server to get the DLLs and then run arcpy there? Obviously Pro is a Windows product so this would not work on a Linux server. But what about Windows?

[Robert_LeClair]

I don't see why not.  If you're installing ArcGIS Pro on the server, then the ArcPy modules are installed there as well.  Then you can run your code on the server.