Lots of useful info has already been posted, it can just be a chore to sort through it to get exactly what you need. This is compounded by the fact that there are always many different ways to do the same thing and makes it extra confusing. Here is the Python code I use to start/stop a single service. It uses all built-in modules so there's no need to install anything extra.
"""Based on these 2014 resources by Kevin Hibma (Product Engineer at Esri):
ArcGIS Server Administration Toolkit - 10.1+
http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=12dde73e0e784e47818162b4d41ee340
AdministeringArcGISServerwithPython_DS2014
https://github.com/arcpy/AdministeringArcGISServerwithPython_DS2014
Other related information can be found in the ArcGIS Help Resources
Scripting with the ArcGIS REST API
http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/0154/0154000005r1000000.htm
"""
import urllib
import urllib2
import json
import contextlib
def main():
adminUser = r"someuser"
adminPass = r"passw0rd"
server = "SERVERNAME"
port = "6080"
svc = "SampleWorldCities.MapServer"
try:
expiration = 60
token = getToken(adminUser, adminPass, server, port, expiration)
action = "start"
jsonOuput = serviceStartStop(server, port, svc, action, token)
if jsonOuput['status'] == "success":
print "{} {} successful".format(action.title(), str(svc))
else:
print "Failed to {} {}".format(action, str(svc))
raise Exception(jsonOuput)
except Exception, err:
print err
def getToken(adminUser, adminPass, server, port, expiration):
url = "http://{}:{}/arcgis/admin/generateToken?f=json".format(server, port)
query_dict = {
'username': adminUser,
'password': adminPass,
'expiration': str(expiration),
'client': 'requestip'
}
query_string = urllib.urlencode(query_dict)
try:
with contextlib.closing(urllib2.urlopen(url, query_string)) as jsonResponse:
getTokenResult = json.loads(jsonResponse.read())
if "token" not in getTokenResult or getTokenResult == None:
raise Exception("Failed to get token: {}".format(getTokenResult['messages']))
else:
return getTokenResult['token']
except urllib2.URLError, e:
raise Exception("Could not connect to machine {} on port {}\n{}".format(server, port, e))
def serviceStartStop(server, port, svc, action, token):
url = "http://{}:{}/arcgis/admin".format(server, port)
requestURL = url + "/services/{}/{}".format(svc, action)
query_dict = {
"token": token,
"f": "json"
}
query_string = urllib.urlencode(query_dict)
with contextlib.closing(urllib.urlopen(requestURL, query_string)) as jsonResponse:
return json.loads(jsonResponse.read())
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
