To use the ArcGIS Enterprise Cloud Builder for Amazon Web Services graphical user interface application and the ArcGIS Enterprise Cloud Builder Command Line Interface for Amazon Web Services utility, you must download and install ArcGIS Enterprise Cloud Builder for Amazon Web Services.
Prerequisites to install Cloud Builder
Before you run the Cloud Builder app or command line utility, you need the following items. Ask your IT administrator if you are unsure how to obtain them.
- An AWS account.
- An AWS access key and corresponding secret access key, or an AWS profile name set on the machine where you will run Cloud Builder.
- License files for Portal for ArcGIS, ArcGIS GIS Server, and any ArcGIS Server licensing roles you'll add to the deployment. All license files must be for the same ArcGIS version.
- An SSL certificate file (.pfx) or files and corresponding passwords.
- A Microsoft Windows machine to run Cloud Builder.
- Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 installed on the machine where you'll run Cloud Builder.
- The latest 64-bit version of Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio installed on the machine where you will run the Cloud Builder app.
Accept AWS terms
Before you use an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) for the first time, including new versions of an AMI you used before, you must read and accept the AWS Marketplace terms.
Cloud Builder 11.5 uses Microsoft Windows Server 2022 and Ubuntu Server 22.04 machine images by default. If you have not used those images before, you may need to accept AWS Marketplace terms so that ArcGIS Enterprise Cloud Builder for Amazon Web Services can use the images to create or upgrade deployments.
Operating systems supported for Cloud Builder
ArcGIS Enterprise Cloud Builder for AWS 11.5 is supported on the following Windows operating systems:
| Operating system | Latest update or service pack tested |
|---|---|
| Windows 11 Pro and Enterprise (64 bit) | April 2025 update |
| Windows Server 2025 Standard and Datacenter | April 2025 update |
| Windows Server 2022 Standard and Datacenter | April 2025 update |
| Windows Server 2019 Standard and Datacenter | April 2025 update |
Download and install ArcGIS Enterprise Cloud Builder for Amazon Web Services
Download the ArcGIS Enterprise Cloud Builder for Amazon Web Services file from My Esri, place the files on your local machine, and double-click the Setup.exe file to run the setup wizard.
After installation, you can open the Cloud Builder app from the Start menu of your computer. To use the ArcGIS Enterprise Cloud Builder CLI for AWS utility, see the instructions in Prepare deployment resources using the ArcGIS Enterprise Cloud Builder CLI for AWS PREP command.
When you install ArcGIS Enterprise Cloud Builder for Amazon Web Services, a working directory is created for Cloud Builder. The default location is C:\Users\<Windows_userid>\.esri\ArcGIS\CloudBuilder<release#>\AWS. This is where Cloud Builder stores log files, configuration information, and other output files in the following directories:
- Configuration
- Logs
- Output
If multiple users share the same computer, each user has a working directory containing the directories and content listed above. Each time someone runs the Cloud Builder app or command line utility, Cloud Builder checks that this user is the person who installed it or has run the app or utility before. If the user is not the person who installed it or has not run the app or utility before, a new working directory is created for the user.
Having a working directory for each user allows all users on the machine, not only Windows administrators, to use Cloud Builder. In addition, because there are separate working directories for each person who runs Cloud Builder from the same machine, no one can access anyone else's AWS credentials in the configuration files.