ArcGIS Server Components: An Introduction to Server IT Outline • Web Adaptors & Web Server • Web Server Certificates • Portal Security Settings • SQL Server & Management Studio Platform Illustrated: Windows 2012 R2 Standard IIS Web Server Ariana Toth SQL Server 2012 GIS Specialist ArcGIS Enterprise 10.4 & 10.5 ArcGIS Server Site Architecture Web Server = IIS Web Adaptor = ArcGIS Web Adaptor ArcGIS Server Physical Server – connected to via a virtual machine Web Adaptors & Web Server Web Server vs Web Adaptor “A web server is any Internet server that responds to HTTP requests to deliver content and services. Depending on context, the term can refer to the hardware or Web server software on the server.” - Techopedia “The Web Adaptor is a web application that runs in a front-end web server. One of the Web Adaptor's primary responsibilities is to forward HTTP requests from end users to the back-end GIS Server in a round- robin fashion.” - ESRI Web Server Certificates Types of Certificates 1. CA Certificate - should be used for production systems, particularly if your deployment of ArcGIS Server is going to be accessed from users outside your organization 2. Domain Certificate - an internal certificate signed by your organization's certificate authority 3. Self-Signed Certificate - commonly used on websites that are only available to users on the organization's internal (LAN) network Types of Certificates 1. CA Certificate - should be used for production systems, particularly if your deployment of ArcGIS Server is going to be accessed from users outside your organization 2. Domain Certificate - an internal certificate signed by your organization's certificate authority 3. Self-Signed Certificate - commonly used on websites that are only available to users on the organization's internal (LAN) network Domain Certificate Creation & Installation • Create new domain certificate • Apply certificate to bindings in IIS • Import certificate to ArcGIS Server (optional) • Import certificate to Portal for ArcGIS ESRI says… http://server.arcgis.com/en/server/latest/administer/windows/enable- https-on-arcgis-server-when-accessed-through-arcgis-web- adaptor.htm