Components of ArcGIS URLs
In this topic
- ArcGIS Server administrative URLs
- ArcGIS Server end user URLs
- ArcGIS Online URLs
Portal for ArcGIS URLs
Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) are the addresses used to identify different websites. Some parts of ArcGIS URLs represent variable values for which you provide the information specific to your site. Other parts of ArcGIS URLs are constants; they are always the same for a particular type of website. For example, ArcGIS Server Manager URLs always contain the word manager.
This topic helps you determine which parts of an ArcGIS URL you must change to reflect the correct information for your organization.
ArcGIS Server administrative URLs
Use ArcGIS Server Manager for most administrative tasks for your ArcGIS Server site; however, some administrative tasks are done with the ArcGIS Server Administrator Directory.
ArcGIS Server Manager
ArcGIS Server Manager is the primary management tool for your ArcGIS Server site.
By default, access to Manager through the Web Adaptor is forbidden; therefore, in most cases, connect to Manager with a URL in one of the following formats:
http://gisserver.domain.com:6080/arcgis/manager
or
https://gisserver.domain.com:6443/arcgis/manager
URL component | Description |
---|---|
gisserver | The server name where ArcGIS Server is installed. |
domain.com | Your domain name. |
6080 or 6443 | The port through which ArcGIS Server communicates. If using HTTP communication with ArcGIS Server, the port number is 6080. If using HTTPS communication with ArcGIS Server, the port number is 6443. |
arcgis | Constant |
manager | Constant |
As mentioned, you can only access Manager through the Web Adaptor if the server administrator has allowed administrative access through the Web Adaptor. If so, the URL resembles the following:
http://webadaptor.domain.com/arcgis/manager
or
https://webadaptor.domain.com/arcgis/manager
URL component | Description |
---|---|
webadaptor | The server name where ArcGIS Web Adaptor is installed. |
domain.com | Your domain name. |
arcgis | The name of your Web Adaptor; arcgis is the default name, but you may have used a different name when you installed the Web Adaptor. |
manager | Constant |
ArcGIS Server Administrator Directory
Connect to the ArcGIS Server Administrator Directory to write administrative scripts for ArcGIS Server, or to create a geometry or search service.
In most cases, connect to the ArcGIS Server Administrator Directory using a URL that contains a port number. By default, administrator access is blocked through the Web Adaptor; therefore, the URL to the Administrator Directory is in one of the following formats:
http://gisserver.domain.com:6080/arcgis/admin
or
https://gisserver.domain.com:6443/arcgis/admin
URL component | Description |
---|---|
gisserver | The server name where ArcGIS Server is installed. |
domain.com | Your domain name. |
6080 or 6443 | The port through which ArcGIS Server communicates. If using HTTP communication with ArcGIS Server, the port number is 6080. If using HTTPS communication with ArcGIS Server, the port number is 6443. |
arcgis | Constant |
admin | Constant |
The URL for the Administrator Directory is in the following formats only when the server administrator has granted administrative access through the Web Adaptor:
http://webadaptor.domain.com/arcgis/admin
or
https://webadaptor.domain.com/arcgis/admin
URL component | Description |
---|---|
webadaptor | The server name where ArcGIS Web Adaptor is installed. |
domain.com | Your domain name. |
arcgis | The name of your Web Adaptor; arcgis is the default name, but you may have used a different name when you installed the Web Adaptor. |
admin | Constant |
GIS server administrator and publisher connections
ArcGIS Server administrators can connect to their ArcGIS Server site from ArcGIS for Desktop to perform a subset of server management tasks, such as registering a database, and managing directories and log files.
Publishers also connect to their ArcGIS Server site from ArcGIS for Desktop. Though publisher connections do not have all the functionality of an administrator connection, they do require elevated privileges as compared to a user connection to allow them to publish services and register databases.
The URL you provide to make an administrator or publisher connection to a GIS server in ArcGIS for Desktop usually contains a port number since administrator access is blocked through the Web Adaptor by default. The URL is in one of the following formats:
http://gisserver.domain.com:6080/arcgis
or
https://gisserver.domain.com:6443/arcgis
URL component | Description |
---|---|
gisserver | The server name where ArcGIS Server is installed. |
domain.com | Your domain name. |
6080 or 6443 | The port through which ArcGIS Server communicates. If using HTTP communication with ArcGIS Server, the port number is 6080. If using HTTPS communication with ArcGIS Server, the port number is 6443. |
arcgis | Constant |
Only if the server administrator has allowed administrative access through the Web Adaptor, will the URL for a GIS server administrator connection be in the following formats:
http://webadaptor.domain.com/arcgis
or
https://webadaptor.domain.com/arcgis
URL component | Description |
---|---|
webadaptor | The server name where ArcGIS Web Adaptor is installed. |
domain.com | Your domain name. |
arcgis | The name of your Web Adaptor; arcgis is the default name, but you may have used a different name when you installed the Web Adaptor. |
ArcGIS Server end user URLs
Nonadministrators, such as developers or end users, might also connect to the ArcGIS Server Services Directory to write apps or browse the server. They can connect to the ArcGIS Server Services Directory or to a particular service by including the location, name, and service type in the URL.
ArcGIS Server Services Directory
The ArcGIS Server Services Directory provides you a view of the REST services available through your server.
In most cases, connect to the ArcGIS REST Services Directory using a URL that contains a port number. The URL is in one of the following formats:
http://gisserver.domain.com:6080/arcgis/rest
or
https://gisserver.domain.com:6443/arcgis/rest
URL component | Description |
---|---|
gisserver | The server name where ArcGIS Server is installed. |
domain.com | Your domain name. |
6080 or 6443 | If using HTTP communication with ArcGIS Server, the port number is 6080. If using HTTPS communication with ArcGIS Server, the port number is 6443. |
arcgis | Constant |
rest | Constant |
GIS server user connections
People who consume services in ArcGIS for Desktop rather than publish or administer them, use a GIS server user connection to access the services. For example, you make a user connection to add a map service as a base layer or edit through a feature service in ArcMap.
When making a GIS server user connection through a port, the URL is in one of the following formats:
http://gisserver.domain.com:6080/arcgis/services
or
https://gisserver.domain.com:6443/arcgis/services
URL component | Description |
---|---|
gisserver | The server name where ArcGIS Server is installed. |
domain.com | Your domain name. |
6080 or 6443 | If using HTTP communication with ArcGIS Server, the port number is 6080. If using HTTPS communication with ArcGIS Server, the port number is 6443. |
arcgis | Constant |
services | Constant |
If ArcGIS Server is configured with ArcGIS Web Adaptor, the URL is in one of the following formats:
http://webadaptor.domain.com/arcgis/services
or
https://webadaptor.domain.com/arcgis/services
URL component | Description |
---|---|
webadaptor | The server name where ArcGIS Web Adaptor is installed. |
domain.com | Your domain name. |
arcgis | The name of your Web Adaptor; arcgis is the default name, but you may have used a different name when you installed the Web Adaptor. |
services | Constant |
ArcGIS services
When connecting directly to a service through a URL, include the location, name, and service type.
When connecting to the service through a port, the URL is in one of the following formats:
http://gisserver.domain.com:6080/arcgis/rest/services/folder/service/MapServer
or
https://gisserver.domain.com:6443/arcgis/rest/services/folder/service/MapServer
URL component | Description |
---|---|
gisserver | The server name where ArcGIS Server is installed. |
domain.com | Your domain name. |
6080 or 6443 | If using HTTP communication with ArcGIS Server, the port number is 6080. If using HTTPS communication with ArcGIS Server, the port number is 6443. |
arcgis | Constant |
rest | Constant Note:The rest constant is not used in OGC service URLs. These include WMS, WMTS, WCS, WFS, and WPS services. The following is an example URL for a WMS service: https://gisserver.domain.com/arcgis/services/folder/service/MapServer/WMSServer |
services | Constant |
folder | The ArcGIS Server folder name where the service is stored. If the service is stored in the root folder and not a subfolder, leave out this part of the URL. The following is an example of a URL for a service stored in the root folder: https://gisserver.domain.com:6443/arcgis/rest/services/service/MapServer |
service | The service name. |
MapServer | The service type; see the REST service values table at the end of this section for possible values. |
If ArcGIS Server is configured with ArcGIS Web Adaptor, the URL is in one of the following formats:
http://webadaptor.domain.com/arcgis/rest/services/folder/service/MapServer
or
https://webadaptor.domain.com/arcgis/rest/services/folder/service/MapServer
URL component | Description |
---|---|
webadaptor | The server name where ArcGIS Web Adaptor is installed. |
domain.com | Your domain name. |
arcgis | The name of your Web Adaptor; arcgis is the default name, but you may have used a different name when you installed the Web Adaptor. |
rest | Constant Note:The rest constant is not used in OGC service URLs. These include WMS, WMTS, WCS, WFS, and WPS services. The following is an example URL for a WMS service: https://webadaptor.domain.com/arcgis/services/folder/service/MapServer/WMSServer |
services | Constant |
folder | The ArcGIS Server folder name where the service is stored. If the service is stored in the root folder and not a subfolder, leave out this part of the URL. The following is an example of a URL for a service stored in the root folder: https://webadaptor.domain.com/arcgis/rest/services/service/MapServer |
service | The service name. |
MapServer | The service type; see the REST service values table at the end of this section for possible values. |
REST service values
Service type | Valid REST service value |
---|---|
Feature | FeatureServer |
Geocode | GeocodeServer |
Geodata | GeoDataServer |
Globe | GlobeServer |
Geoprocessing | GPServer |
Image | ImageServer |
KML | MapServer/kml ImageServer/kml |
Map | MapServer |
Mobile | MobileServer |
Route | NAServer |
Scene | SceneServer |
Schematics | SchematicsServer |
Search | SearchServer |
Stream | StreamServer |
WCS | MapServer/WCSServer ImageServer/WCSServer GeoDataServer/WCSServer |
WFS | MapServer/WFSServer GeoDataServer/WFSServer |
WMS | MapServer/WMSServer ImageServer/WMSServer |
WMTS | MapServer/WMTSServer ImageServer/WMTSServer |
Workflow Manager | WMServer |
WPS | GPServer/WPSServer |
ArcGIS Online URLs
Access the ArcGIS Online home page to sign in to ArcGIS Online.
If you are signing in to a public account or an organizational account that uses ArcGIS.com authentication, the URL is a constant value:
https://www.arcgis.com/home
If you are signing in to an organizational account that uses enterprise security methods implemented in your organization, such as LDAP or Windows Active Directory, the URL is in the following format:
https://organization.maps.arcgis.com/home
URL component | Description |
---|---|
organization | Your organization name |
maps.arcgis.com | Constant |
home | Constant |
Portal for ArcGIS URLs
The URLs used to connect to Portal for ArcGIS must always include fully qualified server names. End users of the portal connects with a URL that includes the Web Adaptor name and host name. Only administrators should use URLs that include the portal server name. The following sections describe the different URLs for your portal.
Portal for ArcGIS
The URL you provide during configuration of Portal for ArcGIS with ArcGIS Web Adaptor includes the port through which Portal for ArcGIS communicates. This is nearly the only time that this URL is used.
http://portal.domain.com:7080
or
https://portal.domain.com:7443
URL component | Description |
---|---|
portal | The server name where Portal for ArcGIS is installed. |
domain.com | Your domain name. |
7080 or 7443 | The port through which Portal for ArcGIS communicates. If using HTTP communication with Portal for ArcGIS, the port number is 7080. If using HTTPS communication with Portal for ArcGIS, the port number is 7443. |
Portal for ArcGIS home page
The Portal for ArcGIS home page URL goes to the main page of the portal. From here, you can sign in to the portal. Since you must use a Web Adaptor with Portal for ArcGIS, the home page includes the Web Adaptor name and host name.
http://webadaptor.domain.com/arcgis/home
or
https://webadaptor.domain.com/arcgis/home
URL component | Description |
---|---|
webadaptor | The server name where ArcGIS Web Adaptor is installed. |
domain.com | Your domain name. |
arcgis | The name of your Web Adaptor; arcgis is the default name, but you may have used a different name when you installed the Web Adaptor. |
home | Constant |
Portal for ArcGIS REST endpoint
Connect to the Portal for ArcGIS REST endpoint to work with the portal programmatically.
Connect to the Portal for ArcGIS REST endpoint using a URL that contains a port number or through the Web Adaptor.
http://portal.domain.com:7080/arcgis/sharing/rest
or
https://portal.domain.com:7443/arcgis/sharing/rest
URL component | Description |
---|---|
portal | The server name where Portal for ArcGIS is installed. |
domain.com | Your domain name. |
7080 or 7443 | The port through which Portal for ArcGIS communicates. If using HTTP communication with Portal for ArcGIS, the port number is 7080. If using HTTPS communication with Portal for ArcGIS, the port number is 7443. |
arcgis | Constant |
sharing | Constant |
rest | Constant |
If you are connecting through the Web Adaptor, the URL is in one of the following formats:
http://webadaptor.domain.com/arcgis/sharing/rest
or
https://webadaptor.domain.com/arcgis/sharing/rest
URL component | Description |
---|---|
webadaptor | The server name where ArcGIS Web Adaptor is installed. |
domain.com | Your domain name. |
arcgis | The name of your Web Adaptor; arcgis is the default name, but you may have used a different name when you installed the Web Adaptor. |
sharing | Constant |
rest | Constant |
ArcGIS Portal Directory
The Administrator of the organization can sign in to the ArcGIS Portal Directory to perform specific portal administration tasks, such as unregistering the Web Adaptor or adding Integrated Windows Authenticated logins to the portal.
Connect to the ArcGIS Portal Directory using a URL that contains a port number or through the Web Adaptor.
http://portal.domain.com:7080/arcgis/portaladmin
or
https://portal.domain.com:7443/arcgis/portaladmin
URL component | Description |
---|---|
portal | The server name where Portal for ArcGIS is installed. |
domain.com | Your domain name. |
7080 or 7443 | The port through which Portal for ArcGIS communicates. If using HTTP communication with Portal for ArcGIS, the port number is 7080. If using HTTPS communication with Portal for ArcGIS, the port number is 7443. |
arcgis | Constant |
portaladmin | Constant |
If you are connecting through the Web Adaptor, the URL is in one of the following formats:
http://webadaptor.domain.com/arcgis/portaladmin
or
https://webadaptor.domain.com/arcgis/portaladmin
URL component | Description |
---|---|
webadaptor | The server name where ArcGIS Web Adaptor is installed. |
domain.com | Your domain name. |
arcgis | The name of your Web Adaptor; arcgis is the default name, but you may have used a different name when you installed the Web Adaptor. |
portaladmin | Constant |