Silently installing the ArcGIS Web Adaptor

The ArcGIS Web Adaptor can be installed by running the setup using Windows Installer command line parameters.

Note:

Upgrading to 10.2? See Upgrading an existing Web Adaptor to 10.2.

Requirements

• Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) is required. For silent installations only, if IIS is not found, the Web Adaptor setup will not proceed. IIS and all necessary components must be installed before installing the Web Adaptor silently.
• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is required. If .NET Framework SP1 is not found, the Web Adaptor setup will not proceed.
• All system requirements must be met before installing the Web Adaptor.

To learn more about the above requirements, see system requirements.

Note:

After the Web Adaptor has been installed, it must be configured. For more information, see Configuring the ArcGIS Web Adaptor.

Command line parameters for specifying the website and name for the Web Adaptor

The following command lines are used for configuring IIS. If these command line parameters are not invoked during a silent installation, the Web Adaptor web application is created under the default website with the default name of arcgis.

• WEBSITE_ID=<numeric value of website>

  The WEBSITE_ID parameter is used to specify the website where the Web Adaptor web application will be created. The value for WEBSITE_ID is a number specific to each website on your server and assigned by IIS. The IDs for the websites on your server can be found in IIS Manager. The default website has a website ID of 1. This command line parameter is required when multiple websites exist. By default, the WEBSITE_ID parameter is set to the default website (even if multiple websites exist). The parameter WEBSITE_ID is case sensitive.

  • PORT=<port number>

    Additionally, if you have a website with multiple ports, use the PORT parameter to install to the specified port of the WEBSITE_ID.

    For example, the path is <path to ArcGIS Web Adaptor (IIS) setup download>\setup.exe /qb VDIRNAME=arcgis_external WEBSITE_ID=4059640 PORT=82

• VDIRNAME=<name of ArcGIS Web Adaptor>

  This command line parameter is optional. By default, the VDIRNAME property is set to arcgis. If you do not invoke the VDIRNAME parameter in your command line, the Web Adaptor is created as arcgis. The VDIRNAME parameter is case sensitive. The Web Adaptor name cannot contain spaces.

  For example, the path is <path to ArcGIS Web Adaptor (IIS) setup download>\setup.exe /qb VDIRNAME=arcgis_external WEBSITE_ID=4059640

Other command line parameters

The cross-domain policy files feature is not installed by default. To install the feature, you must add an additional parameter to your installation command line. The command line parameter below installs the cross-domain policy files feature silently.

• ADDLOCAL=ALL

For example, the path is <path to ArcGIS Web Adaptor (IIS) setup download>\setup.exe /qb ADDLOCAL=ALL VDIRNAME=arcgis_external WEBSITE_ID=4059640

If the ADDLOCAL command line parameter is not invoked, the cross-domain policy files feature is not installed. The ADDLOCAL command line parameter is case sensitive.