This example shows how you can use ArcGIS REST API to programmatically add a GIS server machine to an existing site. This consists of three parts:
- Getting an administrative token.
- Joining the machine to the site.
- Starting the machine. (This means that ArcGIS Server is made aware of the machine and can begin sending it requests.)
When working with a multiple-machine site, remember that the administrative token can only be used on the machine from which it is requested. Even though any machine in a site can receive a request, you need to structure your scripts so that all requests are made to the same machine that originally received the token request and returned the token.
# Demonstrates how to join a machine to a site
# For HTTP calls
import httplib, urllib, json
# For system tools
import sys, os
# For reading passwords without echoing
import getpass
# Defines the entry point into the script
def main(argv=None):
# Print some info
print
print "This sample script joins a machine to a site"
print
# Ask for server name & site. Server name should be qualified in the format MACHINE.ESRI.COM
serverName = raw_input("Enter name of machine that will join the site: ")
targetHostName = raw_input("Enter name of machine already in target site: ")
serverPort = 6443
targetSite = "https://" + targetHostName + ":" + str(serverPort) + "/arcgis/admin"
# Ask for an ArcGIS Server administrator user name and password
username = raw_input("Enter ArcGIS Server site administrator username: ")
password = getpass.getpass("Enter ArcGIS Server site administrator password: ")
# Get a token
token = getToken(username, password, targetHostName, serverPort)
if token == "":
print "Could not generate a token with the username and password provided."
return
#Join machine to site
joinedSuccess = joinMachineToSite (targetSite, serverName, serverPort, username, password)
if joinedSuccess == False:
print "Failed to join " + serverName + " to site"
return
#Start machine
startMachineSuccess = startMachine(targetHostName, serverPort, token)
if startMachineSuccess == False:
print "Failed to start " + serverName
return
# A function that joins a machine to a site
def joinMachineToSite(targetSite, joiningMachine, port, username, password):
# Construct URL to create a new site
joinSiteURL = "/arcgis/admin/joinSite"
# Set up parameters for the request
params = urllib.urlencode({'username': username, 'password': password, 'adminURL': targetSite, 'f': 'json'})
headers = {"Content-type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", "Accept": "text/plain"}
# Connect to URL and post parameters
httpConn = httplib.HTTPConnection(joiningMachine, port)
httpConn.request("POST", joinSiteURL, params, headers)
# Read response
response = httpConn.getresponse()
if (response.status != 200):
httpConn.close()
print "Error while joining the machine to the site."
return False
else:
data = response.read()
httpConn.close()
# Check that data returned is not an error object
if not assertJsonSuccess(data):
print "Error returned by operation. " + str(data)
return False
else:
print "Success."
return True
# A function that starts a machine
def startMachine(machineToStart, port, token):
#return True
# Construct URL to add machine to cluster
startMachineURL = "/arcgis/admin/machines/" + machineToStart + "/start"
# Set up parameters for the request
params = urllib.urlencode({'token': token, 'f': 'json'})
headers = {"Content-type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", "Accept": "text/plain"}
# Connect to URL and post parameters
httpConn = httplib.HTTPConnection(machineToStart, port)
httpConn.request("POST", startMachineURL, params, headers)
# Read response
response = httpConn.getresponse()
if (response.status != 200):
httpConn.close()
print "Error while starting the machine."
return False
else:
data = response.read()
httpConn.close()
# Check that data returned is not an error object
if not assertJsonSuccess(data):
print "Error returned by operation. " + str(data)
return False
else:
print "Success."
return True
# A function to generate a token given username, password and the adminURL.
def getToken(username, password, serverName, serverPort):
# Token URL is typically http://server[:port]/arcgis/admin/generateToken
tokenURL = "/arcgis/admin/generateToken"
# URL-encode the token parameters
params = urllib.urlencode({'username': username, 'password': password, 'client': 'requestip', 'f': 'json'})
headers = {"Content-type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", "Accept": "text/plain"}
# Connect to URL and post parameters
httpConn = httplib.HTTPConnection(serverName, serverPort)
httpConn.request("POST", tokenURL, params, headers)
# Read response
response = httpConn.getresponse()
if (response.status != 200):
httpConn.close()
print "Error while fetching tokens from admin URL. Please check the URL and try again."
return
else:
data = response.read()
httpConn.close()
# Check that data returned is not an error object
if not assertJsonSuccess(data):
return
# Extract the token from it
token = json.loads(data)
return token['token']
# A function that checks that the input JSON object
# is not an error object.
def assertJsonSuccess(data):
obj = json.loads(data)
if 'status' in obj and obj['status'] == "error":
print "Error: JSON object returns an error. " + str(obj)
return False
else:
return True
# Script start
if __name__ == "__main__":
sys.exit(main(sys.argv[1:]))