Federate an ArcGIS Server Site with Portal for ArcGIS
Federating an ArcGIS Server site with Portal for ArcGIS integrates the security and sharing models of your Portal with one or more ArcGIS Server sites.
After you finish federating your server site with Portal for ArcGIS, you need to consider communication protocols and security. By default, both ArcGIS Server and Portal for ArcGIS happen to be configured to communicate using HTTP and HTTPS. You can force HTTPS for all calls (HTTPS-only) or allow the server to use either protocol (HTTP and HTTPS). The protocol chosen does not have to match that of your Portal, except in the following scenarios:
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If you are using Integrated Windows Authentication with your Portal or you require HTTPS for all communication in your organization, you must configure ArcGIS Server and Portal for ArcGIS to communicate using HTTPS-only.
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If you are configuring the server as your Portal's hosting server, the communication protocol chosen should match that of your Portal. For example, if your Portal is HTTPS-only, then the hosting server should be configured as HTTPS-only. If your Portal supports HTTP and HTTPS, then the server protocol should be configured as HTTP and HTTPS.
Change ArcGIS Server Communication Protocol
- Open the ArcGIS Server Administrator Directory and log in as a user who has administrative permissions. The Administrator Directory URL is formatted https://gisserver.domain.com:6443/arcgis/admin.
- Click Security > Config > Update.
- On the Operation - Update page, select one of the following
from the Protocol drop-down:
- If you require HTTPS for all communication in your organization, select HTTPS-only.
- If you use Integrated Windows Authentication with Portal for ArcGIS, you must select HTTPS-only.
- Click Update. Your ArcGIS Server site is restarted.
- Wait for the server to restart completely before proceeding.
- Log out of the Administrator Directory.