An overview of the Publishing toolset

The Publishing toolset provides tools to stage and publish GIS resources. Publishing GIS resources can be accomplished using ArcGIS Desktop.

Learn more about how to publish a service using ArcGIS Desktop

Automating the publishing of map, image, or geoprocessing services can be accomplished by using a combination of arcpy functions and the geoprocessing tools in the Publishing toolset. The workflow begins with a map, image, or model that you want to publish.

If you are publishing to an ArcGIS Online portal you need to be signed in to ArcGIS Online in order to publish. Use Sign In To Portal to sign in, and use Sign Out From Portal to sign out.

Description

Stage Service

Stages a service definition. A staged service definition (.sd) file contains all the necessary information needed to publish a GIS service, including data that must be copied to the server because it does not appear in the server's data store.

Upload Service Definition

Uploads and publishes a GIS service to a specified GIS server based on a staged service definition (.sd) file.

Sign In To Portal

Allows you to sign in to portals. If you are publishing to an ArcGIS Online portal you need to be signed in to ArcGIS Online in order to publish. For those organizations that would like to use ArcGIS Online behind the firewall or in their own private cloud, there is a version that you can install and use on your own computer networks. It is called Portal for ArcGIS.

Sign Out From Portal

Signs out from the portal that you are currently signed in to. For those organizations that would like to use ArcGIS Online behind the firewall or in their own private cloud, there is a version that you can install and use on your own computer networks. It is called Portal for ArcGIS.

Publishing toolset

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1/21/2015