Components of ArcGIS URLs—Documentation (10.4)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

https://portal.domain.com:7443

URL component

Description

portal

The server name where Portal for ArcGIS is installed.

domain.com

Your domain name.

7080

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

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

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

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

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