Application Installation
1. Requirements for receiving a licensed build from GEO Jobe
In order to receive a licensed build of Admin Tools for Portal, the following information must be provided to GEO Jobe.
The URL where Admin Tools will be installed (the URL that will appear in the browser’s address bar when accessing the tools).
The URL of each Portal including the host name and web adapter.
Whether or not IWA is being used for each Portal. For Portals not using IWA, an OAuth App ID must be created for each Portal via registering a Web Mapping Application item. The URL of Admin Tools must be set in the Valid Redirect URI’s of the Web Mapping Application item. If the Admin Tools is being hosted on the same server as a Portal, the option for app registration may not show up and this is a known issue by ESRI.
2. Request a new build from GEO Jobe
All of the above information will be stored in our license database so that any future builds will already contain your App IDs and Portal URLs. We use this information to generate a custom build just for your environment.
3. Unzip the contents to the zip file provided by GEO Jobe
Unzip the contents of the zip file to the web-accessible directory provided to GEO Jobe in step 1.
4. Convert the folder in IIS to an application
Convert the folder from step 3 into an application.
Application Server Installation (Windows)
1. Requirements for hosting the Admin Tools Server
The Admin Tools Server application is written in JavaScript and runs on Node.js. It is recommended that Node.js be installed on the machine hosting the application, however it is not required. See: Installing Without Node.js on the Web Server.
2. Install MongoDB
Download MongoDB 3.4.1 Windows x64 and install.
If there are any issues, see the MongoDB Installation Guide.
- Configure a Windows Service for MongoDB
3. Install Required IIS Modules
The following IIS modules must be installed for Admin Tools for Portal. The URL Rewrite and Application Request Routing extensions are used by the application to create a reverse-proxy to forward requests through IIS To the Node.js server application.
4. Move the "app-server" Folder Out of the Client Files
Move the "app-server" directory to a directory titled “admin-tools-server”. This folder should not be web-accessible.
5. Install Windows service
Navigate to the "admin-tools-server" folder created in step 3.
If Node.js is installed, you can install the service with the command:
nssm install "Admin Tools Server" "node dojo/dojo.js load=app/Bootstrap"
If Node.js is not installed, follow the instructions under Installing Without Node.js on the Web Server and then run this command from the server application directory:
nssm install "Admin Tools Server" "node dojo/dojo.js load=app/Bootstrap"
6. Start the server
Using Windows Service Manager, start the Admin Tools Server service.
Additional Considerations
If any node packages need to be updated / installed the npm install command should be ran in the server directory.
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