Add an object store to an ArcGIS Enterprise deployment on Microsoft Azure

Use ArcGIS Enterprise Cloud Builder for Microsoft Azure to add an object store to an ArcGIS Enterprise deployment that you created using Cloud Builder.

The object store is required to allow members of the organization to publish hosted scene layers and hosted 3D tiles layers, as well as to enable feature query caching. Only one object store is supported per ArcGIS Enterprise deployment.

Follow the steps below to add the object store to an ArcGIS Enterprise deployment:

1. Start ArcGIS Enterprise Cloud Builder for Microsoft Azure.
2. Sign in to Microsoft Azure.

   If the site with which you want to register the database is in the Microsoft Azure Government cloud, check U.S. Government Cloud.

3. Choose an Entra ID tenant, click Next, choose the subscription that contains the ArcGIS Enterprise deployment to which you will add the object store, and click Next.
4. Ensure V2 Sites is selected.
5. In the Deployments list, click the Register a database, object store, or cloud store button next to the ArcGIS Enterprise deployment.
6. Ensure that the Register object store option is selected at the top of the Register Database, Object Store, or Cloud Stores window.
7. Provide the path to an empty folder in an Azure Blob Storage container.
   1. Click the More options button in the Object Store section.
   2. Choose the account from the Storage account drop-down list, or click the Create button next to the Storage account list and create a storage account.
   3. Choose the authentication type to access the storage location.

      • AccessKey—When you choose this option, Cloud Builder will obtain the access key for the account.
      • UserAssignedIdentity—If you choose this option, you must choose one of the identities from the Identity drop-down list. If an identity does not exist, skip to step 9 to add a user-assigned managed identity, and then return to this step.

        The user-assigned managed identity must be assigned to the storage account and must be assigned the Azure Storage Blob Data Owner role.

        Note:

        If you created a storage account in the previous step (b), you must sign in to the Azure portal to configure this before you proceed with adding the object store.

   4. Specify the location to be used for the object store. You have the following options:

      • Choose an empty folder from the folder list.
      • Click the Create a container button to create an Azure Blob Storage container.

        If you create a container, the object store contents will be stored in the root directory of the container.

   5. Click OK to return to the Register Database, Object Store, or Cloud Stores window.
8. In the Site Administrator section, type the username and password for the primary site administrator account for the hosting ArcGIS Server site.
9. Optionally, add a user-assigned managed identity for authentication purposes when accessing the object store.
   1. Click the Add button in the Assign User Assigned Managed Identity section.
   2. Choose the subscription that contains the identity.
   3. Choose the user-assigned managed identity from the Identity drop-down list and click Add.
10. Click Next to proceed to the Deployment Options settings.
11. Choose or create a storage account for your deployment. To create a storage account, do the following:
    1. Provide a name for the storage account.

       Names must be unique. Click Check availability to confirm that the storage account name is unique.

    2. Choose the Azure region where your storage will reside.
    3. Choose an existing resource group for the storage account or click the Create button to create one.
    4. Choose the type of redundancy for your storage account: Geo-Redundant, Locally Redundant, or Read-Access Geo-Redundant.

       See Azure Storage redundancy in the Microsoft Azure documentation for a description of each option.

    5. Specify the kind of Azure storage account to use: Storage (a legacy account type), StorageV2 (a basic account type), or BlobStorage (only supports Azure Blob storage).
    6. Once the storage account is created, click Close.
12. Click Next to view a summary of your settings.
13. Review the settings in the Summary pane. If anything needs to be changed, click Back to go to the page where you need to change the information.

    Tip:

    Click Save summary to save your site configuration information to a text file so you can refer to it for information such as usernames or machine names.

14. Click Save automation artifacts to export an archive file (.zip file) containing information and files you can use in automation scripts to re-create this deployment.
    1. Browse to a location on the local disk where the archive file will be created and type a name for the file.
    2. Choose the type of automation format you will use.
    3. Click Generate to create the file.
15. When all settings are correct and you have saved the files you need, click Finish to add the object store to the ArcGIS Enterprise deployment.