Localization and ArcGIS Server on Amazon EC2

The ArcGIS Server Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) were built on top of Amazon's AMI for Windows Server 2008 R2, with the operating system language set to English. (AMIs prior to ArcGIS Server 10.0 Service Pack 3 used Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2.)

You can optionally change the language of the operating system and install additional language packs to localize ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS Desktop.

Operating system languages provided with the AMI

The ArcGIS Server AMIs have several operating system language packs preinstalled by Amazon. The preinstalled language packs are English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Korean, Japanese.

Installing additional operating system languages

If the operating system language you want to use is not included on the AMI, you can download and install the language pack from Microsoft.

Windows Server 2008 R2 Multilingual User Interface Language Packs

Changing the operating system language

Once your language pack is installed, follow these steps to change the language of the operating system:

Steps:

1. Click Start > All Programs > Control Panel, then double-click Regional and Language Options.
2. Click the Keyboards and Languages tab.
3. Click the Choose a display language drop-down arrow and choose the language you want to use.
4. Configure any other needed options using the other tabs on the Region and Language dialog box. Be aware that if you choose Change System Locale, you will be required to reboot the instance for the changes to take effect.

Localizing ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS Desktop

Language packs are available for ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS Desktop. At version 10.0, the available languages are French, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish.

You can download these language packs onto your EC2 instance by connecting to the Esri Customer Care site.

Changing the language displayed for ArcGIS Server

ArcGIS Server Manager and the Services Directory use the language set for your web browser. After you install the ArcGIS Server language pack, set the language for your browser.

Steps:

Internet Explorer
1. In Internet Explorer, click Tools > Internet Options > General > Languages.
2. Add the language you want your browser to display.
3. Move this language to the top of the language list.
4. Click OK to close all open dialog boxes.
5. Open ArcGIS Server Manager or the Services Directory.

Steps:

Firefox
1. In Firefox, click Tools > Options > Content.
2. Find the Languages section of the dialog box and click Choose.
3. Add the language you want the browser to display.
4. Move this language to the top of the language list.
5. Click OK to close all open dialog boxes.
6. Open ArcGIS Server Manager or the Services Directory.

Changing the language displayed for ArcGIS Desktop

After installing a language pack for ArcGIS Desktop, you must then set the language in ArcGIS Administrator, using the following steps:

Steps:

1. Click Start > All Programs > ArcGIS > ArcGIS Administrator.
2. In the left menu of ArcGIS Administrator, click the root node for ArcGIS containing your machine name.
3. Click the Advanced button.
4. Choose the language you want to display and click OK.
5. Click Apply, then OK to close ArcGIS Administrator.