arcgis for server in the cloud

ArcGIS for Server in the Cloud

Cherry Lin, Nikhil Shampur, and Derek Law

March 10, 2016

March 8–11, 2016 | Palm Springs, CA

Esri Developer Summit

Quick Survey

1. How many attendees are using the Cloud today?

2. How many plan on using the Cloud in 2016?

3. Which Cloud provider are you using?

4. Which Cloud OS, Windows or Linux?

5. What is your role in your organization?

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Agenda

• Cloud technology and benefits

• ArcGIS for Server and the Cloud

- Server GIS pattern

- Web GIS pattern

• Availability

• Scalability

• Summary

for Server

What is the Cloud?

• Technology paradigm: shared processing resources and data to computers

and other devices on demand

• Organizations store and process their data in 3rd party data centers

• Rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort

Your own

physical machines

3rd party Data Center

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for Server

Benefits of the Cloud

• Rapid deployment of software, machine instances

• Easy to set up and administer

• No maintenance of physical hardware

• Lower cost of ownership

• Scalable

ArcGIS for Server and the Cloud

• ArcGIS for Server can be installed and run in the Cloud

- Infrastructure as a Service

for Server

Portal for ArcGIS

ArcGIS Data Store

or Geodatabase

ArcGIS Server

(GIS Server)

ArcGIS

Web Adaptor

Your Servers run here:

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ArcGIS for Server Support for Cloud Providers

Etc …

ArcGIS for Server – Special Tooling

• We provide special machine images on

ArcGIS for Server – Supports Two Patterns

1. Server GIS Infrastructure

2. Web GIS Infrastructure

Server GIS Infrastructure Pattern

• System of Record

• Supports publishing of authoritative data from geodatabases

Server

Enterprisegeodatabase

Geodatabase

Load balancer

ArcGIS Server

(GIS Server)

ArcGIS

Web Adaptor

(optional)

Web GIS Pattern in Your Own Infrastructure

• System of Record

• Supports hosted data as well as the app and collaboration infrastructure

• Does not replace Server GIS infrastructure

Portal for ArcGIS

Hosting server(ArcGIS Server)

ArcGIS Data Store

ArcGIS Data Store

Load balancer

Portal for ArcGIS

ArcGIS Server

(GIS Server)

ArcGIS

Web Adaptor

Getting Started with ArcGIS for Server in the Cloud

• Get Cloud subscription

- Amazon or Azure

• Get ArcGIS for Server software license – download from My Esri

- https://accounts.esri.com

• Get ArcGIS Server Cloud Builder – download from My Esri

for Server

ArcGIS for Server in the Cloud Strategy

• Esri provides images for Amazon and Azure

• Esri provides deployment tools

- ArcGIS for Server Cloud Builder

At 10.4, Amazon Images are Public in Regular AWS Regions

• Available to all AWS users

• No need to call Esri Customer Service

• Use Esri authorization files

• GovCloud – US Federal Gov

• Contact Esri Professional Service

• China Region

• Contact Esri Customer Service

AWS = Amazon Web Services

Setting Up Server GIS Infrastructure

• Amazon

- Use ArcGIS Server Cloud Builder for Amazon, or

- Use Amazon Cloud Formation

• Azure

- Use ArcGIS Server Cloud Builder for Azure

ArcGIS for Server Cloud Builder

• Lightweight desktop application

• Enables you to configure and deploy ArcGIS for Server in either Amazon or Azure

• Wizard-driven user experience

Demo

ArcGIS Server Cloud Builder for Azure

Cloud Builder Take Aways

• Best way to get started

• Used for launching deployments

• Powerful database options

• For Amazon and Azure

• Download from My Esri

Setting Up Web GIS Infrastructure

• Amazon

- Use Amazon Cloud Formation

• Azure

- Use ArcGIS Server Cloud Builder

Amazon Cloud Formation

• Enables you to create and provision AWS infrastructure deployments predictably

and repeatedly

• You create a template that describes all the AWS resources that you want

- CloudFormation takes care of provisioning and configuring those resources for you

Demos

Setting Up Web GIS on Amazon and Azure

High Availability in the Cloud

• Planned maintenance

- Cloud Provider making updates within their SLA that causes machine level downtime

• Unplanned maintenance

- Hardware failures in data centers

• Since both are out of your direct control, you need to design and plan upfront for

high availability if your application demands it

Availability

• The probability that a system will work as required when required

• Not available with Cloud Builder

• Create one image (Server site + file data)

- Launch multiple instances from it

- Silo architecture

• Every machine is an independent clone, no co-operation

• Use load balancer

ArcGIS Server site 1

(GIS Server)

ArcGIS Server site 2

(GIS Server)

ArcGIS Server site 3

(GIS Server)

Load balancer

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Availability

• To support data editing workflows, need highly available database that every Server

site can see

Load balancer

ArcGIS Server site 1

(GIS Server)

ArcGIS Server site 2

(GIS Server)

ArcGIS Server site 3

(GIS Server)

Geodatabase

Server GIS High Availability

• In Amazon, supported

- We provide configuration templates for this deployment

- Checklist

- Data – use RDS or local data

- Server directories – use AWS Auto-Recovery

- Configuration store – at 10.4, use Dynamo DB

• For Azure, on the road ahead for future support

Command Line Scripts to Create Cloud Formation Stack

• Python (10.3.1)

• PowerShell (10.3.1 & 10.4)

Demos

Server GIS HA with Amazon Dynamo DB

Cloud Platforms: Designed to Scale

• Software scales until bottleneck

• Easily add hardware to cloud

• ArcGIS Server designed to scale

- Since 10.1, new Server architecture more optimal

Single Cluster Mode

• Introduced in ArcGIS 10.3.1 for Server as an opt-in

• With ArcGIS 10.4 for Server it is the default for new and upgraded sites(unless the site being upgraded has multiple clusters)

Single cluster mode

Configuration Store(shared)

Road Ahead

• Better leverage Cloud storage

• Better use of Auto scaling

• Supporting specialized Servers, like GeoAnalytics

• Post deployment workflow support

- Adding machines to an existing site

Demos

Azure sneak peak

Summary

• Cloud technology and benefits

• ArcGIS for Server and the Cloud

- Server GIS pattern

- Web GIS pattern

• Availability

• Scalability

• Summary

for Server

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