After you install ArcGIS Web Adaptor, you must configure it to work with a server site. You'll do this from a configuration web page or from a command line utility that was installed with the Web Adaptor. As a security measure, you can only access the configuration page and command line utility from the machine hosting the Web Adaptor.
When you open the configuration page, the current status of the Web Adaptor is displayed. This indicates whether the Web Adaptor has been previously configured. To view the platform type and version number of the Web Adaptor, click About on the configuration page.
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As of ArcGIS Enterprise 11.5, administrative access to the ArcGIS Server site through the Web Adaptor is enabled by default and cannot be disabled. For Internet-facing ArcGIS Enterprise deployments, consider using a production-grade web application firewall (WAF)-enabled load balancer as a front end instead of the Web Adaptor. For more information, see the ArcGIS Enterprise Hardening Guide.
For full instructions on how to configure the Web Adaptor, see the sections below.
Configuring the Web Adaptor from the configuration web page
To configure the Web Adaptor from the configuration web page that was installed with the software, follow the steps below.
Note:
There are additional considerations for ArcGIS Mission Server , ArcGIS Notebook Server, and ArcGIS Video Server that should be reviewed at this point.
- Open the Web Adaptor configuration page in a web browser.
The URL is in the format https://webadaptorhost.domain.com/webadaptorname/webadaptor.
- Select the type of server you want to configure with the Web Adaptor. Click Next.
- Enter the machine name for one of the servers you are registering in your site.
This machine name will be used to discover all of the machines participating in your server site and register them with the Web Adaptor. The machine name should be in the form server.domain.com.
- Provide a username and password for an account that has administrative privileges to the server site. Typically, you'll use the primary site administrator account username and password you defined when you created the site. If you disabled the primary site administrator account, you'll need to specify an account with administrative access to the site.
- Click Configure to apply your settings to the Web Adaptor.
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If the web server where you installed ArcGIS Web Adaptor is configured to use a forward proxy, disable it while registering the Web Adaptor. Otherwise, you will be unable to access the Web Adaptor configuration page.
When the configuration is successful, machines recognized by the Web Adaptor are listed at the bottom of the configuration page (highlighted in green). You can return to this page at any time to see the list of recognized machines and adjust the Web Adaptor settings.
Configuring the Web Adaptor from the command line
You can configure the Web Adaptor using the command line utility (ConfigureWebAdaptor.exe) in C:\Program Files\Common Files\ArcGIS\WebAdaptor\IIS\<current version>\Tools.
The available parameters are as follows:
ConfigureWebAdaptor.exe /m <Mode> /w <WebAdaptorURL> /g <MachineName|URL> /u <Username> /p <Password>
<Mode>—The component with which the Web Adaptor will be configured. By default, this parameter is set to server, meaning that the Web Adaptor can be configured for use with server site. Below are the parameters you can use to configure other components.
- Portal for ArcGIS—portal
- ArcGIS Mission Server—mission
- Notebook Server—notebook
- Video Server—video
- ArcGIS Monitor—monitor
<WebAdaptorURL>—The URL of the Web Adaptor that you want to configure from the command line. This is the same URL that would be used if you were accessing the Web Adaptor configuration page in a web browser. If the Web Adaptor was installed on a port other than the default of 80, specify the port in the URL.
<MachineName|URL>—The machine name for one of the machines in your server site, for example server.domain.com. You can also use the server machine URL instead of the machine name. If you are configuring the Web Adaptor with ArcGIS Server, the machine name or URL will be used to discover all of the machines participating in your site.
<Username>—The username of an account that has administrative privileges to the server site. For ArcGIS Server, this account may be the Primary Site Administrator account entered when the site was first created or an account that has been assigned administrative privileges. For ArcGIS Mission Server, Notebook Server, and Video Server, enter the username for the Primary Site Administrator account used when the site was created.
<Password>—The password of the account that has administrative privileges to the server site.
See the following example: ConfigureWebAdaptor.exe /m server /w https://webadaptorhost.domain.com/webadaptorname/webadaptor /g server.domain.com /u siteadmin /p secret
After configuring the Web Adaptor
Now that the Web Adaptor has been configured for use, consider the items below.
Adding or removing server machines
If you add or remove server machines from your site, it takes the Web Adaptor 1 minute to recognize the changes to your site. If you want the Web Adaptor to immediately recognize the added or removed machines, you can reconfigure it by following the instructions above.
Installing multiple Web Adaptors
You can provide different web entry points into your server site by installing multiple Web Adaptors. Doing so makes your site more highly available to clients, provides support for legacy applications, and allows publishing by specific users in a highly secure environment. For more information, see Deployment scenarios.
Multiple Web Adaptors can be installed on the same machine at the same time, or they can be installed on separate machines. To install multiple Web Adaptors on the same website (port), use different names for them. For example, two Web Adaptors named arcgis cannot exist on the same website. If you want multiple Web Adaptors with the same name, you must install them on separate websites (ports).
For full instructions on how to install multiple Web Adaptors, see Installing multiple Web Adaptors.