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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.

  1. Log in to ArcGIS Server Cloud Builder on Amazon Web Services and click the Update button next to your site name.
  2. 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 stoppedArcGIS site is runningComments

    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.

  3. 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.