Server 10.1 on Linux - Does it work with Essentials?
We're planning virtual machines to host ArcGIS Server 10.1 and Geocortex Essentials. I learned at the San Diego UC that 10.1 runs equally well on Linux. Will Essentials work with a Linux-based ArcGIS Server?
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I don't think you could easily do this since essentials is a .net based application. I believe there are some linux tools such as mono that may support running .net code on a linux server but I don't know if I would trust it in a production environment. This is just what I am guessing maybe someone from lattitude can confirm. I don't think there install package would work on Linux either at this time.
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Essentials will work with Linux based ArcGIS Server instances. When Essentials or the Viewers talk to ArcGIS Server they always communicate using the ArcGIS Server REST API which is platform independent.
What you will not be able to do is install Essentials on the Linux machine.
--Ryan
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Okay, thanks. I had suspected this. So then, would it be troublesome in any way (performance-wise, system management-wise, etc.) to install Essentials on a machine other than the one running ArcGIS Server? I want to know whether it'd be worth using Linux at all, or to keep things simple and single-platform instead. I'm curious for opinions on this.
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Hi Justin,
It is very common to have Essentials and ArcGIS Server installed on separate machines. Both pieces of software were designed for this. Unless there is something particularly slow about your internal network the overhead of talking to another machine is not a concern.
Since the software architecture does not impose a restriction I would base my decision on:
- How well ArcGIS Server runs on Linux vs Windows (I'm not aware of any significant differences but there may be some).
- How well equipped my organization is to administer/troubleshoot both Linux and Windows servers.
--Ryan
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