1. ArcGIS for Server: Reference Implementations
Anthony Moralez
Shreyas Shinde

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3. Agenda: Reference Implementations
All in a box server
Multi-node server with workload separation
Standalone portal
Portal with hosting server
Federation
Multi-node WebGIS
Agenda: Reference Implementations

4. Gillian
GIS Administrator

5. Our Journey Begins Here – Circa 10.1
ArcMap
SDE

6. SDE

7. ArcGIS Server – All in one machine
Web Adaptor
Simple
But
Not fault tolerant
Limited scalability
ArcGIS Server
Database

8. ArcGIS Server – All in one machine
ArcGIS Server – All in one machine
Active
Directory
IWA
Web Adaptor
ArcGIS Server
Database

9. Reference Implementations
Success!
Multi-node WebGIS
Federation
Portal with hosting server
Standalone portal
Multi-node server with workload separation
Security
Availability
Capacity
All in a box server

10. Availability
At a low cost?

11. ArcGIS Server – All in one machine
Web Adaptor
ArcGIS Server
Database
Active
Web Adaptor
ArcGIS Server
Database
Passive

12. Reference Implementations
Success!
Multi-node WebGIS
Federation
Portal with hosting server
Standalone portal
Multi-node server with workload separation
Security
Availability
Capacity
All in a box server

13. Nearing Capacity

14. Success means more publishers and users
Web Adaptor
ArcGIS Server
Database

15. ArcGIS Server – Separate Database
Web Adaptor
ArcGIS Server
small
Database
LARGE

16. Reference Implementations
Success!
Multi-node WebGIS
Federation
Portal with hosting server
Standalone portal
Multi-node server with workload separation
Security
Availability
Capacity
All in a box server

17. Critical Services

18. All in one box
Web Adaptor
ArcGIS Server
Database

19. ArcGIS Server – Multi-node
Server Directories
&
Config Store
ArcGIS Server Site

20. ArcGIS Server – Multi-node
Server Directories
&
Config Store
ArcGIS Server
ArcGIS Server Site

21. ArcGIS Server – Multi-node
Web Adaptor
ArcGIS Server
Server Directories
&
Config Store
ArcGIS Server
ArcGIS Server Site

22. ArcGIS Server – Multi-node
Web Adaptor `
ArcGIS Server
Server Directories
&
Config Store
ArcGIS Server
ArcGIS Server Site
Database

23. Reference Implementations
Success!
Multi-node WebGIS
Federation
Portal with hosting server
Standalone portal
Multi-node server
All in a box server

24. Organizing Servers
By Function

25. Separation of workloads
ArcGIS Server

26. Separation of workloads
Load Balancer
ArcGIS Server
Tiles Site
ArcGIS Server
Analysis Site
ArcGIS Server
Dynamic Map
Site

27. High performance caching
Frequently cook large volumes of cache
as fast as possible

28. Workload separation – dedicate server for caching
ArcGIS Server
A:6080
ArcGIS Server
C:6080
ArcGIS Server
B:6080
Server Directories
&
Config Store
No web adaptor
Built-in accounts
High performance NAS
Data copied locally to each node
Shutdown all non-essential services
Set caching service MIN/MAX to high value

29. Reference Implementations
Success!
Multi-node WebGIS
Federation
Portal with hosting server
Standalone portal
Multi-node server with workload separation
Isolation
Ease of management
Better resource utilization
All in a box server

30. Esri releases Portal for ArcGIS
The WebGIS Pattern

31. WebGIS Portal Powerful layer of abstractions on top of GIS
GIS for everyone
Apps
Services
Identity / Search / Collaboration
Desktop
Web
Device
Hosting Server
Portal
Federated Servers
Powerful layer of abstractions on top of GIS
Opens the platform to a large class of applications from desktop to device
Single sign-on access to GIS assets
Existing GIS infrastructure can be plugged in

32. WebGIS Portal Apps Portal for ArcGIS ArcGIS Server
Components
Load Balancers
Desktop
Web
Device
Hosting Server
Portal
Federated Servers
Apps
Portal for ArcGIS
ArcGIS Server
Identity / Search / Collaboration
ArcGIS Data Store
(Managed DB)
Databases
(Registered DB)
Services
Content

33. Registering GIS services as items in portal
Standalone portal
Registering GIS services as items in portal
Web Adaptor
ArcGIS Server
Server Directories
&
Config Store
Web Adaptor
Portal for ArcGIS
Content
Standalone Portal for ArcGIS allows for making of web maps
GIS services become discoverable
No change in server
No single sign-on
Portal is not highly available

34. Reference Implementations
Success!
Multi-node WebGIS
Federation
Portal with hosted server
Standalone portal
Search, find, use
Webmap and apps
No self-service mapping
Multi-node server with workload separation
All in a box server

35. Need for self-service mapping
Visualize spatial qualities of business data

36. Portal for ArcGIS with hosting server
ArcGIS Server
Web Adaptor
Portal for ArcGIS
Web Adaptor
ArcGIS Server
Server Directories
&
Config Store
Hosting ArcGIS Server
ArcGIS Data Store
Analysts can use portal’s GIS capabilities to map business data
Mission critical GIS services registered as items in portal for find and use
Portal with hosting server is not highly available

37. Reference Implementations
Success!
Multi-node WebGIS
Federation
Portal with hosting server
Standalone portal
Search, find, use
Webmap and apps
Self-service mapping
Multi-node server with workload separation
All in a box server

38. Single sign-on Users don’t want to login twice to access
Spatial content

39. Federation Portal GIS servers are connected to portal’s identity store
Single sign-on for existing GIS servers
Apps
Services
Identity / Search / Collaboration
Desktop
Web
Device
Hosting Server
Portal
GIS servers are connected to portal’s identity store
Single sign-on for services on a hosting or federated servers
Identity flows through the system
Ownership and group- based access control
Need portal accounts for accessing services
GIS services permissions are changed to portal access control
Federated
Servers
Standalone Servers

40. Single sign-on with federation
Federated
ArcGIS Server
Web Adaptor
Portal for ArcGIS
Web Adaptor
ArcGIS Server
Server Directories
&
Config Store
SAML
Hosting ArcGIS Server
ArcGIS Data Store
Designed for collaboration
Search, Find, Use
SAML can support mix of identity providers
IWA and PKI also available

41. Reference Implementations
Success!
Multi-node WebGIS
Federation
Portal with hosting server
Single sign-on for all web accessible GIS assets
Single identity space
Standalone portal
Multi-node server with workload separation
All in a box server

42. Hosting server capacity reached!
More hardware needed

43. Multi-node hosting server
Web Adaptor
Portal for ArcGIS
Federated
ArcGIS Server
Web Adaptor
ArcGIS Server
Server Directories
&
Config Store
SAML
Federation
Internal Web Adaptor (6080/6443)
Hosting Server
External Web Adaptor
ArcGIS Server
Srv Dirs &
Config Store
ArcGIS Server
HA Hosting ArcGIS Server
HA ArcGIS Data Store (Managed Database)
Requires internal web adaptors for portal to reach servers on 6080/6443

44. Federated ArcGIS Server
Portal for ArcGIS
Full WebGIS HA
External Web Adaptor
SAML
Federated ArcGIS Server
Web Adaptor
ArcGIS Server
Server Directories
&
Config Store
Portal
Content
Portal
Federation
External Web Adaptor
ArcGIS Server
Srv Dirs &
Config Store
Hosting Server
Internal Web Adaptor For Portal (7080/7443)
Internal Web Adaptor For Server (6080/6443)
HA Portal
HA Hosting ArcGIS Server
HA ArcGIS Data Store (Managed database)
HA Federated ArcGIS Server
No single point of failure
Internal load balancers are needed between server to portal and from portal to server
Not for the faint hearted!

45. Reference Implementations
Success!
Multi-node WebGIS
Federation
No single point of failure
Scalable
Portal with hosted server
Standalone portal
Multi-node server with workload separation
All in a box server

46. In the case of a disaster…
….you really need disaster recovery

47. Content synchronization
Desktop
Web
Device
Geographic
Redundancy
Public Load Balancer
Hosting Server
Portal
Federated Servers
ACTIVE
PASSIVE
Content synchronization
Portal
Portal
Server
Database
Content
Hosting Server
Federated Servers

48. Content synchronization
Desktop
Web
Device
Geographic
Redundancy
Public Load Balancer
Hosting Server
Portal
Federated Servers
ACTIVE
PASSIVE
Content synchronization
Portal
Hosting Server
Federated Servers

49. Success! (with a little help) Gillian’s journey Multi-node WebGIS
with GR/DR
Federation
Portal with hosted server
Standalone portal
Multi-node server with dedicated sites
All in a box server

50. Complexity Vs. Availability
Summary
MULTI-NODE
PORTAL
HOSTING SERVER
MULTI-NODE DB
Scalable hosting server
No single point of failure for portal
SINGLE PORTAL
MULTI-NODE
HOSTING SERVER
Self-service mapping
Simple portal
Scalable hosting server
Single point of failure for portal
GEOGRAPHIC
REDUDANCY
No single point of failure DR
ALL IN-A-BOX
Simple
Single point of failure
Limited scalability
Complexity Vs. Availability

51. Parting thoughts… Deployment patterns are a spectrum
Full HA with geographic redundancy is not always required
Plan your deployment
Development, staging and production
Know your availability and recovery needs
Isolate and manage security
Administrators, publishers, users and custom roles
Backup often

52. Other related sessions
Building your Server for High Availability and Disaster Recovery
Enterprise Architectures for Large Tiled Basemap Projects
Using ArcGIS Server in the Cloud
ArcGIS Server and Portal for ArcGIS: An Introduction to Security
ArcGIS Server: Advanced Security
ArcGIS Server Performance and Scalability:  Optimizing GIS Services
Automating ArcGIS Server Configurations: Chef and the Admin API

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