ArcGIS GeoEvent Server.

Provision an ArcGIS GeoEvent Server site.

This template will provision a ArcGIS GeoEvent. This template will set up an architecure as shown in the graphic.

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To deploy this template, follow the steps below:

  • Create an S3 bucket in your account to store Esri authorization files.
    • Create a S3 bucket in your AWS account. This bucket is called DeploymentBucket in the Parameters in the sample template.You will specify this name in the Parameters object when you launch the stack.
    • Upload your ArcGIS GeoEvent Server license file to the DeploymentBucket.
    • Upload your SSL certificate into AWS Certificate Manager. Write down the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the certificate.

  • Run the template to create CloudFormation stack.
    Click Launch Stack for this template. There are a number of properties in the Parameters object that you can set when launching the stack using the template, such as the following:
    • ASInstanceType: The instance type for the EC2 instances that participate in the ArcGIS Server site. In this site, The EC2 instances will be created in an Auto Scaling group. These machines will join the ArcGIS Server site through accessing the ArcGIS Server config-store.
    • DeploymentBucket: The S3 bucket you created, which has Esri authorization files uploaded to it.
    • DriveSizeData: The size of the data drive. It's the D: drive on Windows and the /gisdata drive on Ubuntu Linux.
    • DriveSizeRoot: The size of the root drive. It's the C: drive on Windows and the root drive on Ubuntu Linux.
    • ELBName: Name of an existing ELB or 'NEW_ELB' to create and use a new one. This is an application load balancer.
    • FSInstanceType: The instance type for the file server machine. This is machine 3 in the graphic. This machine hosts the server directories for the GIS Server site (and , possibly ArcGIS Server config-store if you picked "CloudStore" for "StoreType" parameter). This machine will be configured with the AWS auto recovery feature. If the instance crashes, AWS can restore it in the same Availability Zone to the stage before it crashed. Only certain instance types are allowed.
    • KeyName : The EC2 Key Pair to allow Remote Desktop access to the instances.
    • PostInstallationScript: ZIP archive file with custom post installation script. This zip file must be uploaded to DeploymentBucket. If there's a deploy.bat or deploy.sh at the root level inside this zip file, deploy.bat will be executed as administrator on Windows as the last step to configure the machine. On ubuntu, deploy.sh will be executed as super user.
    • RunAsUserPassword : This is the password for the account used to run the ArcGIS Server service. (Windows only)
    • ServerLicenseFile: The authorization file for ArcGIS GeoEvent Server that you obtained from Esri. It must be in the S3 deployment bucket.
    • SiteAdmin: ArcGIS Server primary site administrator account.
    • SiteAdminPassword: Password for SiteAdmin.
    • Subnet1: The id of the subnet you want this deployment to be deployed to.
    • Subnet2: The id of another subnet you want this deployment to be deployed to.
    • VPCId: The id of the VPC where you want to deploy to. The Subnets you entered above must belong to this VPC.
  • This deployment will create one machine in the ArcGIS Server site. To get more machines, change the Desired, Min and Max number in autoscaling group to 2 first. Then wait until the GeoEvent Server works well. Then change the Desired, Min and Max number to 3, then 4, then 5...... until the number you want. Always only increase one machine at a time.

Steps to complete the deployment

If you want your ArcGIS GeoEvent Server to be federated with your base ArcGIS Enterprise, you need to manually do that.

  • Open "All traffic" in the security groups between GIS Server stack and base Enterprise stack. Add "All traffic" in each security group to the other security group.
  • As a portal administrator, sign in to the Portal for ArcGIS organization you created with your base ArcGIS Enterprise deployment. Follow steps in the Portal for ArcGIS administrator guide that are appropriate for the type of ArcGIS Server site you created. You can use the ArcGIS Server site URL for both Server URL and Server Admin URL during federation, e.g. https://gisserver.domain.com/server. The following links go to instructions for Windows operating systems; use the drop-down list at the top of each topic to change to Linux instructions