Hosted Edge Service

Feeder Services requires a Hosted Edge Service implementation. The benefits of the Hosted Edge Service are the same as Schneider Electric’s other hosted services:

Reduced cost of ownership since Schneider Electric maintains the Hosted Edge.
You don’t need to allocate hardware, maintain the Operating System (security patches), or install/upgrade the Edge Service.
This service changes at every release since it contains important business logic.

Configuration Information and Requirements

Requires ArcGIS Enterprise 10.9.1 or later.
Requires ArcGIS Server 10.9.1 or later.
The Hosted Edge is configured in Solution Center > Designer > Mapping.
The Edge Service communicates with the Storage Service.
The Edge Service communicates with the Portal for ArcGIS/Server map and feature services.
The target feature service must be published from ArcGIS Pro, not from ArcMap.

The Hosted Edge accesses the map and feature services using the machine-to-machine (M2M) credential stored with the Operational Map.

NOTE: As discussed in the Cybersecurity Best Practices topic in the ArcFM XI Series Architecture Guide, Schneider Electric strongly recommends regularly cycling the M2M credentials.

M2M credentials must be provided for any map or feature service the Edge Service needs to access. This may include the following services:

The electric and/or gas network map.
The electric and/or gas “push” map.
The electric and/or gas Geodatabase Region (GRR) map.

NOTE: If credentials change or are invalid, the service can be restarted from the Windows Event viewer. For Hosted Edge service connections, contact Schneider Electric support.

This configuration is dependent upon your Hybrid Connection Manager (HCM) setup. Hybrid connections allow you to connect through or around a firewall to securely access necessary resources without exposing those resources publicly. It is likely that HCM is already installed and configured. Refer to the Hybrid Connections topic in the ArcFM Solution Center Configuration Guide for more information.