The following are additional configuration tasks to perform after you install ArcGIS Data Store and create a data store:
- If you are using ArcGIS Data Store in a production system, configure each data store to create backups in a shared location.
- If you have not done so already, configure the portal's hosting server.
- If you require any of the data stores to be highly available or scalable, configure additional machines.
- If you require the data store to use an SSL certificate from a certifying authority or a domain certificate, replace the self-signed certificate on each data store machine.
- If your organization requires the administrator to set the passwords for databases your organization uses, change the relational data store passwords.
Define a backup location
The data you keep in your data stores is likely important to your organization. As such, you should create backups of it.
ArcGIS Data Store automatically generates backup files for relational data stores. The default location for the relational data store backup files is on the same machine as ArcGIS Data Store. Manually move these files to a different machine to secure them in the event of a data store failure, or set up a shared network location, and configure ArcGIS Data Store to write the backup files to that location.
There is no default backup location for the other data store types implemented through ArcGIS Data Store. Register a backup location on a shared network directory or in a cloud storage location before backups can be created for these data stores.
See Manage ArcGIS Data Store backups for instructions.
Set the hosting server
Each type of ArcGIS Data Store contains data that populates different types of hosted layers in ArcGIS Enterprise. That means the GIS Server site with which you register ArcGIS Data Store must be set as your portal's hosting server. If you have not already federated your GIS Server site with your organization and configured it as the ArcGIS Enterprise portal's hosting server, do so now.
Additional optional ArcGIS Data Store configuration tasks
Depending on your organization's requirements, you may need to perform the following additional configuration steps when setting up a data store.
Add a data store machine
Different data store types support different configuration modes that offer either high availability or scalability. See Add machines to a data store for instructions.
Replace the self-signed certificate
ArcGIS Data Store comes with a self-signed certificate to communicate between data store machines, between the hosting server and data store machines, and with the Data Store Configuration wizard. If your organization requires these communications be secured through an SSL certificate verified and signed by a certifying authority (CA) or one generated for your domain, replace the self-signed certificates on each data store machine.
Take control of relational data store accounts
Relational data store passwords are randomly generated when you install ArcGIS Data Store. If your site requires you to set your own passwords, change the passwords using the changepassword utility.
Related configuration to complete
ArcGIS Data Store is one part of your ArcGIS Enterprise deployment. It stores data output from tasks you perform in the portal and other ArcGIS clients and apps. Depending on which data store (or stores) you create, you may need to configure additional ArcGIS components. See Apps and functionality that require ArcGIS Data Store for information about ArcGIS components that rely on each type of ArcGIS Data Store.
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Organization members do not interact directly with ArcGIS Data Store; functionality and apps used by members write to and read from the data stores.
See Apps and functionality that require ArcGIS Data Store for information about what each data store type allows organization members to do.