MapServerKeepAlive now on Github

My Map Server Keep Alive command line tool has been updated to handle web tier authentication.

The new binary is available on ArcGIS Resources;

http://resources.arcgis.com/gallery/file/enterprise-gis/details?entryID=0A61BF33-1422-2418-88BB-8D5BAA10020E

And the source code is now on Github;

https://github.com/gdbgeek/MapServerKeepAlive

Esri 2013 DevSummit – Lightning Talk!

I’ll be giving a 5 minute presentation at the Lightning Talk session at the 2013 Esri Developer Summit next week.

If you’re interested, the Lightning Talk session is Monday, March 25^th in Demo Theatre 2 from 5-7pm.

Web Adaptor 500 Error?

So I was trying to test the ArcGIS Server Web Adaptor on a Windows 8 virtual machine and it wouldn’t work. I got a 500 error every time I tried to access it.

I completely uninstalled IIS thinking something was wrong with my authentication settings but after re-installing IIS and the web adaptor I still got the same error.

Exploring ArcGIS Server 10.1 Logs (Part 2)

In a previous post I was explaining how great the new ArcGIS for Server API for logging was. I’ve been working on a tool which parses the logs from the REST interface and stores it in SQL Server for further analysis.

I’ve called the tool SQLLog and its now available on ArcGIS.com

Misbehaving 10.1 Web Adaptor

We recently had an issue with ArcGIS for Server 10.1 (with no service packs) where the web adaptor would stop communicating with the ArcGIS server. This was very frustrating as we’d have to recycle the application pool under IIS to fix it. The problem in a nut shell is that the web adaptor pings the ArcGIS server at a given frequency to ensure the server is still there.

Exploring ArcGIS Server 10.1 Logs (Part 1)

A really neat feature of ArcGIS Server 10.1 is the logging which is now very much in the spot light rather than hidden away in the bowels of the system.

Firstly it is accessible from the ArcGIS Server Manager!

You can query the logs, set up filters (for specific machines, service etc) and (depending on the log level) you can even get map request details from your services.

Bundle Browser Source

I’ve had a few requests for the source code for the Bundle Browser prototype application.

You can download it here if you’re interested;

http://tchartdev.com/gdbgeek/Bundle_Browser_Source.zip