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Delete and republish the ArcGIS Server geometry service

Last Published: December 28, 2022

Summary

Utility services are configured in ArcGIS Enterprise to allow various tasks such as geocoding and printing resources. In some instances, the geometry service becomes corrupted or needs to be moved to a different folder. The geometry service must be deleted and republished to ArcGIS Server to continue working as intended.

This article provides the workflow to delete and republish the ArcGIS Server Geometry service.

Procedure

  1. Stop the ArcGIS Server services. Refer to ArcGIS Server: Stop a service in Manager for instructions.
  2. Log in to the ArcGIS Server Administrator Directory with an administrator account, and click services.
The services option in the ArcGIS Server Administrator Directory
  1. In the ArcGIS Server Administrative Directory window, under Folders, click Utilities.
The Utilities option in the ArcGIS Server Administrator Directory
  1. On the Folder - Utilities page, under Services, click Geometry (GeometryServer).
  2. On the Service - Geometry (GeometryServer) page, under Supported Operations, click edit.
The edit option in the ArcGIS Server Administrator Directory
  1. On the Edit GeometryServer page, in the Service (in JSON format) text box, change the 'isDefault' parameter value to false.
  2. Click Save Edits.
The Edit GPServer page settings
  1. On the Service - Geometry (GeometryServer) page, click delete to delete the service.
The delete option in the ArcGIS Server Administrator Directory
  1. Return to the Folder - Utilities page, under Supported operations, click createService.
The createService option in the ArcGIS Server Administrator Directory
  1. On the Create Service page, paste the following JSON script into the Service (in JSON format) text box, and click Create.
{
 "serviceName": "Geometry",
 "type": "GeometryServer",
 "description": "The Geometry service is used by application developers to assist with geometric operations such as projecting, generalizing, and intersecting geometry.",
 "capabilities": "null",
 "minInstancesPerNode": 1,
 "maxInstancesPerNode": 2,
 "instancesPerContainer": 1,
 "maxWaitTime": 60,
 "maxStartupTime": 300,
 "maxIdleTime": 1800,
 "maxUsageTime": 600,
 "loadBalancing": "ROUND_ROBIN",
 "isolationLevel": "HIGH",
 "configuredState": "STOPPED",
 "recycleInterval": 24,
 "recycleStartTime": "00:00",
 "keepAliveInterval": -1,
 "private": false,
 "isDefault": false,
 "maxUploadFileSize": -1,
 "allowedUploadFileTypes": "",
 "properties": {},
 "extensions": [],
 "datasets": []
}
  1. Start the ArcGIS Server services. Refer to ArcGIS Server: Start a service in Manager for instructions.

Article ID: 000028961

Software:
  • ArcGIS Server

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