WebGIS Automation Using Chef

WebGIS Automation Using ChefCherry Lin

Pavel Bobov

March 8–11, 2016 | Palm Springs, CA

Esri Developer Summit

Quick Survey

1. Esri Software

2. IT automation experience

3. Chef

Agenda

• Why WebGIS Automation

• Chef and WebGIS Automation

• Deployment Options

• ArcGIS Chef Cookbook

Why WebGIS Automation

ArcGIS is a BIG platform

Web GIS

Standard…

GEE… …

ArcGIS is a BIG platform Desktop Web Device

GIS Server Sites

Online Content and Services

Portal

ArcGIS is a BIG platform

Desktop/Pro

ArcGIS Web Adaptor

ArcGISWeb Adaptor

ArcGIS Data

Store/Big Data Store

RecoveryProduction

Dev QA

Business – Critical Deployments

• Reliable infrastructure- Repeatable- Testable

• Fast Disaster Recovery

• Moving between data centers

• Disposable machines

• Rapid auto-scalingArcGIS

ArcGIS

ArcGIS

Cloud Environments

• Simplifies deployment and upgrade procedures

• Focus more on GIS tasks

• From Esri: Ready-to-use tools with minimum requirements to start

Everybody

Chef and WebGIS Automation

Chef

• One of the fast growing IT automation platforms

• Supported on Windows and Linux

• Open source

Some Chef Components

• Recipes

• Cookbook

• Attributes, resources, providers……

• Chef-server, client, solo

Demo: WebGISDeployment using Chef

What did Chef just do?

• Install IIS if it’s not installed. • Configure IIS (Tomcat on Linux) with https using the provided CA cert or generate a

self-signed cert.• ArcGIS Server: Install; Authorize; Create site.• WA: Install; Configure for ArcGIS Server.• Data Store: Install; Register it with ArcGIS Server.• Portal for ArcGIS: Install; Authorize; Create Portal.• WA: Install; Configure for Portal.• Federate ArcGIS Server with Portal.• Set the ArcGIS Server as the hosting Server.

What are steps?

• 5 steps at

https://github.com/Esri/arcgis-cookbook/wiki/Get-Started-With-ArcGIS-Cookbook

Other Deployment Options

HA WebGIS

……….

Registered

Federated

All on Different Machines

Registered

Server GIS

Other ArcGIS Software

ArcGIS Chef Cookbook

Supported ArcGIS Software

• ArcGIS Server• ArcGIS Data Store• Portal for ArcGIS• ArcGIS Web Adaptor• ArcGIS Pro• ArcGIS Desktop• ArcGIS License Manager• ArcGIS GeoEvent Extension for Server

Supported Platforms

• Windows 7• Windows 8 (8.1)

- 8.1 requires .Net Framework 3.5

• Windows Server 2008 (R2)• Windows Server 2012 (R2)• Ubuntu LTS 14.04 (when deploying ArcGIS for Server on Amazon Web Services)• RHEL 6.5 • RHEL 7.0

• system Ensures system requirements

• all_installed Installs Server, Data Store, Portal, and Web Adaptors

• iis Enables required IIS features and configures HTTPS binding

• server Installs and configures ArcGIS Server

• server_wa Installs Web Adaptor and configures it with ArcGIS Server

• portal Installs and configures Portal for ArcGIS

• portal_wa Installs Web Adaptor and configures it with Portal for ArcGIS

• datastore Installs and configures ArcGIS Data Store

• egdb Registers GeoDatabases with server

• federation Federates ArcGIS Server with Portal for ArcGIS

• ……

ArcGIS Cookbook Recipes

Chef uses Ruby as its reference language.

Demo: Explore ArcGIS cookbook

Define You Own

Define You Own

Advanced Chef Deployment Options

• Community Chef cookbooks• New Cookbooks• Chef-Server• Test Kitchen• Packer• ……

Combine with other community cookbooks

Pick the recipes you need

Take ready to use ArcGIS cookbooks

Write new recipes

Write your own cookbook

• Doc:- External:

- https://github.com/Esri/arcgis-cookbook/wiki/Get-Started-With-ArcGIS-Cookbook

• Issues/Contributes:- Contact Tech Support

10.4 Resources

• Building your first WebGIS- Friday (3/11/2015) 8:30am

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