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John,
Yes, in order to utilize Portal for ArcGIS you'll need a base deployment of ArcGIS Enterprise. It would be something separate from a workgroup geodatabase.
If using AGOL is out of the question, then you would need Enterprise to use Collector in your organization. But this may come down to cost too so that's a discussion to have with your Account Manager and/or Customer Service.
Jonathan
Hi John,
It sounds like you are talking about 2 different needs here:
Is that correct? If so, 1 is going to be separate from the other. For workgroup geodatabases, we do have some requirements that need to be met:
https://enterprise.arcgis.com/en/server/latest/manage-data/windows/workgroup-geodatabases.htm
The big one there is that the SQL Express instance be installed on the same machine as ArcGIS Server. For simplicity, Portal could be there as well but that depends on machine resources.
The Data Store component though is completely separate. Data Store has its own PostgreSQL databases which store the data published to it. So data stored in SQL Express (workgroup GDB) and in Data Store wouldn't be connected in any way other than they are published to the same federated environment in your case.
Hope that makes sense, let me know if you have any questions.
Jonathan
Thanks Jonathan.
I was under the impression that I could use Database Server (Workgroup) instead of ArcGIS Server Enterprise, because we only have 3 ArcMap users. It sounds like I was mistaken, and that in order to use Portal I still need ArcGIS Server Enterprise, is this accurate?
Up to now our ArcMap users have not needed any server components, but one of them wants to use the Collector app to collect data for use in ArcMap and AutoCAD, and I was told one needs either ArcGIS Online or Portal to use Collector. Our parent organization wants us to keep all data in-house so Portal is preferred over ArcGIS Online. It sounds like I should just go with an Enterprise deployment instead of Database Server (Workgroup). Would you agree?
-John
John,
Yes, in order to utilize Portal for ArcGIS you'll need a base deployment of ArcGIS Enterprise. It would be something separate from a workgroup geodatabase.
If using AGOL is out of the question, then you would need Enterprise to use Collector in your organization. But this may come down to cost too so that's a discussion to have with your Account Manager and/or Customer Service.
Jonathan
Great, thanks for clearing that up for me!
-John
Hi and thanks for sharing the issue and fix details. I have a similar scenario and thought to post it under this thread rather than posting a brand new question. I am looking for a bit clarity here as I have ESRI developer license and am trying to setup ArcGIS Enterprise 10.9 Workgroup. The available documentation link https://enterprise.arcgis.com/en/documentation/install/database-server/10.8/intro-workgroup-database... talks about setting up Workgroup database rather than how the whole Enterprise Portal setup work.
Can you please share your experience regarding a step by step procedure and requirement regarding how it should be setup? I tried following and got stuck at ArcGIS Server Authorization step.
Next step is to setup datastore, but can't proceed beyond this point. Can you please share your thoughts if I am missing anything here?
My steps for workgroup installation above worked for me. The issue I was having was corrupted ArcGIS Server installation, so I removed and re-install and all went smooth.
Thanks