Five steps to get ArcIMS up and running

There are five steps required to get ArcIMS running:

1. Verify that your site meets ArcIMS system requirements.
2. Plan your ArcIMS site configuration.
3. Install ArcIMS. This includes the installation and post installation setup.
4. Configure your Web server.
5. Configure ArcIMS.

These steps are outlined below.

For the latest requirements, or for any changes to the Installation Guide, see the Support site for ArcIMS.

What you need to get ArcIMS running

Step 1: Verify that your site meets ArcIMS system requirements

Hardware configuration

• Memory requirements
• Disk space

System software

• Operating system
• Web server
• Servlet engine
• Java 2 Platform Standard Edition Runtime Environment (J2SE JRE)
• Web browser
• Authorization file (required for Spatial Server)
• Java 2 Platform Standard Edition SDK (J2SE SDK) (required for Service Administrator)
• ColdFusion (required for ColdFusion Connector)
• Microsoft Internet Explorer (required for Active X Connector)

Step 2: Plan your ArcIMS site configuration

• ArcIMS Typical Configuration—All on a single computer
• ArcIMS Custom Configuration—ArcSDE Services Monitor
• ArcIMS Custom Configuration—ArcIMS Service Administrator
• ArcIMS Custom Configuration—ArcIMS Spatial Servers
• ArcIMS Custom Configuration—Additional ArcIMS monitors
• ArcIMS Custom Configuration—ArcIMS Metadata Solutions
• ArcIMS Custom Configuration—ArcIMS Developer Solutions
• ArcIMS Custom Configuration—ArcIMS OGC Interoperability

Step 3: Install ArcIMS

• Step 3a: Complete the installation for the features you select.
• Step 3b: Complete the post installation setup for the features you installed.

Step 4: Configure your Web server

Step 4 is required if you did not configure your Web server using the Web Server-Servlet Engine Configuration option in the post installation (Step 3b).

• Configure your Web server and servlet engine.
• Create virtual directories.

Step 5: Configure ArcIMS

• Using ArcIMS with a proxy server
• Starting the ArcIMS processes
• Running ArcIMS

Go to Step 1: Verify your system requirements.