Connecting to a GIS server gives you access to resources and capabilities that are delivered as online services. You can connect to ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS Online ready-to-use services, and Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) servers. Show
When you connect to an ArcGIS Server site, options allow you to use services, publish services, or administer the server. If the server is an ArcGIS Enterprise federated server, ArcGIS Pro only supports connections that allow you to use services. If the server is a stand-alone ArcGIS Server site, you may be able to publish services as well as use them: the connection with the most privileges allowed for your credentials is created. Once you have a publisher connection, you can upgrade your connection to the administrator level if your credentials allow it. You may need to refresh your server connection if the contents of the server are changed outside your current ArcGIS Pro session. You may need to repair the connection if it becomes invalid. Server credentialsUnless a server allows anonymous access, you must provide a login (username and password) when you create a connection. If the server is federated with an ArcGIS Enterprise portal, use the login of your portal account. If the server is a stand-alone server, use a login provided by the server administrator. A login can be saved to Windows Credential Manager (the default) or to your server connection file (or both). Windows Credential Manager is recommended for two reasons. First, it is a more secure location for credentials than a file stored on the file system. Second, any ArcGIS Pro process that requires the login can access Windows Credential Manager; you are typically not prompted again for credentials while using the server connection on that computer. Python scripts, however, can't access Windows Credential Manager. If you run scripts that require server credentials, the most secure practice is to encrypt the login in the script. The alternative is to save the login to a connection file. Some resources stored on the server, such as map files (.mapx), may prompt you for credentials when you add them to a project. If your login is saved to Windows Credential Manager, this happens only once; thereafter, the resource recognizes the credentials. If your login is saved to a connection file, you are prompted for credentials each time you add the resource. Access a server in a folderYou can browse to a GIS server and access its contents from a folder connection. This may be useful if you create files using data in the server and store them in the same folder location as the server connection file.
Add an existing GIS server to a projectIf you have an existing server connection—created in a different ArcGIS Pro project or in ArcMap—you can add it to the Servers container in your project.Server connection files created in ArcGIS Pro are stored by default in the home folder of the project in which they are created. Files created in ArcMap are stored by default in your C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Esri\Desktop<release#>\ArcCatalog folder. Server connection files have the following extensions:
Create an ArcGIS Server connectionWhen you connect to an ArcGIS Server, you can browse the items you have permission to access. If you provide a username and password, you may have permission to see additional items available to specific users. Connect to an ArcGIS Server siteIf you connect to an ArcGIS Enterprise federated server, you must sign in to the Enterprise portal. The server connection uses your portal credentials to access content on the server. If you connect to a stand-alone ArcGIS Server site, the server connection determines your level of access from your username and password. If you have sufficient privileges, you can publish services.
An ArcGIS Server connection file (.ags) is created and saved in the project's home folder. The new server connection appears in the Servers container in the Catalog pane and the Contents pane of a catalog view.To determine your level of access to the server's contents, check the server connection properties. The highest level of access that is granted when a connection is created is the publisher level. If your credentials support it, you can upgrade to the administrator access level after the connection is created. Publisher and administrator connections are supported with stand-alone ArcGIS Server sites at version 10.6 or later. With earlier versions, you can only create connections that allow you to use services. For example, if you add an older server connection that was created in ArcMap to a project, a new server connection file (.ags) with user-level privileges is created in the project's home folder. If you use an older connection by browsing to it from a folder, the connection in your project is automatically downgraded to a user-level connection; however, this change is not saved to the connection file. Connect to ArcGIS Online ready-to-use servicesYou can connect to specific servers associated with ArcGIS Online to access ready-to-use services. Ready-to-use services allow you to analyze your data and use high-quality data curated by Esri. You can connect to ready-to-use services whether or not ArcGIS Online is your active portal. If ArcGIS Online is your active portal and you are not signed in, you are prompted to sign in when you connect.
An ArcGIS Server connection file (.ags) is created and saved in the project's home folder. The new server connection appears in the Servers container in the Catalog pane and the Contents pane of a catalog view.Create an OGC service connectionYou can connect to the following types of OGC services and add individual service layers or the entire service to a map.
A server connection file is created and stored in the project's home folder. The server connection appears under Servers in the Catalog pane and in the Contents pane of a catalog view. The connection file has one of the following extensions, depending on the server type: .ogc, .wcs, .wfs, .wms, or .wmts.View and modify server connection propertiesYou can view and modify the connection properties of a server in your project. You can change the capabilities that are available with the connection if your credentials allow it. For example, if your credentials provide access to administrator capabilities on the site, you can upgrade a publisher connection to the administrator level. Similarly, you can downgrade a publisher connection to the user level.
Open ArcGIS Server ManagerYou can open Server Manager from an ArcGIS Server connection if your credentials allow access.
Add a server to your project favoritesIf you connect to the same server in many projects, you can make it a favorite. When you make a server connection a favorite, a copy of the connection file is saved to the Favorites folder in your roaming profile. The connection properties don't need to be provided again when you add the favorite to a project. You can create server connections that are automatically made favorites. The connection files are stored in the Favorites folder in your roaming profile and are potentially available on every computer you use. Tip:You can make a server connection a favorite by dragging it from its catalog folder location, the catalog Servers container , or File Explorer to the Favorites tab of the Catalog pane or the Favorites container in the Contents pane of a catalog view.Remove a connectionYou can remove an item connection in the Catalog pane or catalog view if you no longer need to work with the item or if its contents become unavailable. When you remove an item connection, the item and its contents are no longer directly accessible from your project. However, they are not deleted from their computer, network, or cloud location. You cannot remove item connections to items required by the project, such as the default toolbox and default geodatabase.
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