Creating accounts to administer ArcGIS Server

When you first log in to your EC2 instance, you'll use the built-in Administrator account and password. If you want to create other administrative accounts for ArcGIS Server, use the following workflow:

Steps:

1. Create the new account using Windows Computer Management.
2. Add the account to the Administrators group.
3. Add the account to the agsadmin group.
4. Log out of the EC2 instance, then log back in using the new account.
5. Start ArcCatalog and create an administrative connection to ArcGIS Server.
6. In ArcCatalog, create a folder connection to D:\GIS Data and name it GIS Data.

Note:

The ArcGIS Server on Amazon EC2 user experience is designed for the Administrator account. If you use another account to administer ArcGIS Server, the welcome page and some of the desktop shortcuts will not be available. Also, ArcCatalog will not have a preconfigured connection to ArcGIS Server.