Update site properties
You can use ArcGIS Server Cloud Builder on Amazon Web Services to modify some of the properties of your existing ArcGIS site. For example, you can update your site to adjust the computing power allocated to your GIS Servers, enable or disable autoscaling, or change the description of your site.
- Log in to ArcGIS Server Cloud Builder on Amazon Web Services and click the Update button next to your site name.
- Navigate the wizard using the Next and Back buttons, and apply the desired changes.
Some of the site settings in ArcGIS Server Cloud Builder on Amazon Web Services may be disabled. This indicates the setting cannot be updated. The following table describes which settings you should expect to be available for updating:
ArcGIS site is stopped ArcGIS site is running Comments Description
Yes
Yes
Region and Availability zone
No
No
Although you cannot change the region and availability zone of an existing site, you can use templates to launch identical sites in different regions and availability zones.
Key pair
No
No
Instance type
Yes
No
You can change your instance type to increase or decrease the computing power of EC2 instances used for your ArcGIS site.
Launch as EBS-Optimized instance
Yes
No
If the instance type you selected supports EBS-optimized, you can disable or enable it.
EBS volume Size and Deletion policy
No
No
Number of instances
Yes
Yes
Use this setting to adjust the number of GIS Servers powering your site.
Autoscaling
Yes
Yes
You can enable autoscaling policies to dynamically adjust the computing power of your site, or disable this Amazon Web Services feature.
Geodatabase
No
No
SSL certificate
Yes
No
You can enable SSL or change the SSL certificate if it's already enabled.
- Advance to the Summary panel of the wizard and click Finish to apply the changes.
For more fine-grained control over your site, you can build it manually using the AWS Management Console.