Hi all,
I have registered a S3 bucket as cloud store in my ArcGIS Server (deployed in the AWS). Very straightforward process, all worked ok.
Now I want to publish a dynamic map service that uses data stored in that S3 bucket. I have found many references in the help saying you can use S3 as data store in ArcGIS Server for shapefiles and file geodatabases but I could not find a reference that explains how to publish a service that uses data stored in S3.
How could I do that - say from ArcGIS desktop? is that possible?
Appreciate your help. Thank you.
PS: Why would I want to do that? 1) To keep my ArcGIS Server site stateless, 2) In my organisation S3 is a very easy way to update the file data I registered in ArcGIS Server. 3) make use of all the benefits of S3, and since I'm using it as part of the ArcGIS Enterprise deployment I want to use it for other purposes.
4) AWS EFS is possibly a better option, yes I agree but it's not yet supported as a datastore in server as far as I know.
[1] https://enterprise.arcgis.com/en/server/10.5/cloud/amazon/strategies-for-data-transfer-to-aws.htm
[3] Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) – Cloud File Storage – Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Derek Law ( FYI, this is what I was talking with Simon Jackson @esri Australia )
Hi Walter,
I had to check with some folks on the Dev team and professional services to research your question. And yes, Simon did contact me about your question.
As Vince indicated, cloud stores such as S3 are supported for storing cache tiles for cached map/image services. For storing data content for dynamic map services we do not have any S3 solution. You can choose to store the shapefiles in SQL Server or any managed datastore in Amazon.
> ... and my confusion came when I read in the documentation that you can register a S3 bucket as cloud store with ArcGIS Server and use it to store "shapefiles and file geodatabases"
I was told this is a documentation issue that is going to be addressed and corrected in the ArcGIS 10.6.1 release.
Cloud stores are used for caches, raster stores, and big data file shares. Sorry for the confusion.
Hope this helps,