Latest Contributions by NathanHeickLACSD

‎03-04-2024

Hi Jonathan, Could you expand on the registered data stores have to be identical? Do we have to use the exact same name? Sometimes our data stores were registered in different places like Server Manager, ArcMap, and ArcGIS Pro. I just want to make sure I know how identical they have to be. Is it just a matter of making sure the data stores can validate or is it looking for everything to be exactly the same?

‎03-04-2024

I'm trying to understand how the etc/hosts file works in conjunction with migrating to a new server using webgisdr. Is the only purpose to resolve URLs in the source backup to the target machine for the duration of the backup? Or is the information somehow used in the configuration of ArcGIS Enterprise when you install it? The documentation and various blogs indicate to set the etc/hosts file prior to installing ArcGIS Enterprise. I'm trying to understand if you can switch from machine names to using aliases in the migration process and how you would set up the etc/hosts file.

‎03-03-2024

Hi Jack, Have you found a solution to this problem? I too am trying to clone hosted feature services and some behave differently than others. I get the list index out of range issue and an authorization error even though I am admin. It really files like you have to have a complete understanding of feature services in general or try to tackle a small subset of well-behaved ones versus all of them when using the clone_items method. Also, I was not passing in an invalid index either. Thanks, Nathan

‎02-29-2024

I'm trying to migrate an ArcGIS Enterprise single-machine deployment to a new machine. It has to be using webgisdr. When the source machine was setup, the machine name was used throughout the setup process. For the target machine, we would like to get away from that and set it up with an alias, if possible. Now, I just read this blog by @JonathanQuinn about migrating an installation using webgisdr. It referred to two approaches, one if you use the machine name and one if you use an alias. Do we have to use the machine name approach because that is how the old machine was setup or can we use the alias approach because that is how we want it to be set up in the future? I'm trying to understand what etc/hosts entry to create on the new machine before installing the software and what domain name to use throughout the setup. In terms of our content, we have tried to replace the machine name with the alias in our existing Portal. Thanks, Nathan

‎02-27-2024

I was performing a restore using webgisdr. Some of the hosted feature services would not load into the Map Viewer after the restore. I noticed that in the config-store/services/hosted, the folders were missing for those services. The items were present in the portal. Does anyone have an idea what could cause this? In the short term, I copied these folders from the backup into the hosted folder and the services worked, but I don't trust that other things may not be wrong as well. Thanks, Nathan

‎02-22-2024

I'm migrating content between two portals using the ArcGIS API for Python and I wanted to know if the code attachments associated with Web AppBuilder items are required or important.

‎02-22-2024

It would be much more efficient when browsing through items in a folder or other type of view if there were arrows to page through the items once you selected one. I'm trying to migrate a portal using the ArcGIS API for Python and I'm doing a lot of item inspection. It would be faster if I didn't have to click on an item, then go back, and click on the next item.

‎02-14-2024

Thanks, @hlindemann. I really appreciate your knowledge. To take it further, does this mean that if you disable the PSA, the only way to access the server admin URL is to generate a token through the portal. I tried that mechanism and I was successful. Finally, is there any benefit or harm in turning on Windows authentication for the server web adaptor? Thanks, Nathan

‎02-13-2024

If you set up your portal with IWA and then federate a GIS server with it, does windows authentication automatically work without toggling the authentication method in IIS? It seems to be working through both the web adaptor and port 6443 immediately after federating without enabling Windows authentication in IIS or disabling anonymous authentication. How does that work?

‎02-08-2024

When you install an SSL certificate in ArcGIS Server, Portal, or the Data Store, should you delete the self-signed certificate when you are done?

‎02-07-2024

When using a DNS entry to configure your ArcGIS Enterprise installation, does the record need to be an A record or a CNAME record? In other words, should it map a domain name to the host name or to an IP address? I'm seeing smatterings that point to CNAME but I want to confirm. Thanks, Nathan

‎02-06-2024

Hi Scott, What do you mean by "For the federation, I'd be using both, with the admin URL pointing to machine1.internal.domain.com." Sorry, I haven't done in this in two years and I wasn't involved from the start of the process. Are there multiple URLs you can enter during federation? Can you federate the same server with different URLs? The last time I did the installation, I did it manually, but I used the machine name throughout the installation process and only used the DNS entry after the fact.

‎02-06-2024

Hi Scott, We're using a single-machine deployment. I've noticed in different places in the portal admin directory where some URLs use the alias and others use the host name. I think that may be causing certain issues. Would you do the whole setup with the host name and then use a DNS entry for the server? Or would you use the alias for the whole installation? The one option I was not given is using the host name for everything. My personal preference would have been to just use the host name for the installation.

‎02-06-2024

Whether or not I include the username and password doesn't change the behavior. It still takes 5 minutes to list the servers. So, it's not hanging, it's just very slow. When I use the Python 3 command prompt on the server to create a GIS object, I get an invalid username and password error if I just provide the url parameter. If I provide a username and password, the list method completes very quickly.

‎02-06-2024

I was wondering what the recommendation is for installing ArcGIS Enterprise if we want to use an alias for the server. Would you use the actual server's name throughout the installation process and then use the alias to access the server or would you use the alias throughout the installation process? Right now, we have a mixture of both in different locations throughout the server. The alias would just be a DNS entry on the network. We think we're having issues because of the multiple server names. Our old server was installed with just the actual server name, but aliases worked fine to access it.

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Latest Contributions by NathanHeickLACSD

Re: Standby Portal Webgisdr issues

WebGISDR and Hosts File

Re: Error when cloning feature layer with relationships

WebGISDR Migration

Hosted Feature Services Not Restoring Correctly

Code Attachments

Arrows to Page through Items

Re: IWA with a Federated ArcGIS Server

IWA with a Federated ArcGIS Server

Installing SSL Certificate

DNS Entry Record Types

Re: Server Aliases and ArcGIS Enterprise Installation

Re: Server Aliases and ArcGIS Enterprise Installation

Re: gis.admin.servers.list Hangs

Server Aliases and ArcGIS Enterprise Installation

Cross-Env is not Recognized as an Internal or Exte...

Re: IWA Login for Portal Prompting for Credentials

Limit on Contingent Values

Re: Error when cloning feature layer with relation...

Re: ArcGIS Pro Runtime Error: the product license ...