Configure image hosting

Hosted imagery layers can be used to manage and share raster and imagery data in your organization. You can also manage large collections of imagery and include imagery layers in hosted apps and maps.

Hosted imagery layers are different from raster tile layers. Raster tile layers support visualization of imagery and raster data but do not support analysis. Hosted imagery layers allow access to the imagery or raster data, including pixel or cell values across multiple raster bands, and multidimensional data.

To configure image hosting, you must have an ArcGIS Image Services on Kubernetes license. Additionally, verify that your administrator has allocated sufficient resource quota and worker nodes to support this premium capability.

Configure image hosting

Image hosting allows you to host your own imagery to share in applications within your organization. Hosted imagery layers can be used to maintain a series of images to see change over time or provide custom visualization options.

The following configuration steps may require changes to the way you've deployed ArcGIS in your organization; review them carefully before proceeding. To enable image hosting, add supporting raster stores and configure the premium capability by adding the ImageHosting enterprise function.

Add raster stores

You must add two raster stores to support image hosting: one cloud store and one relational store.

1. In ArcGIS Enterprise Manager, click the Data stores button in the sidebar.

   The data stores page appears.

2. In the Raster stores section, click Add store to add the first raster data store.

   If you have not already added stores, this section will be empty.

3. Enter a name for the raster store.
4. Select Storage service. Select one of the following options:
   • Amazon S3
   • Azure Blob
   • Google Cloud Storage
5. For specifications for each cloud storage service, see steps to add a raster store.
6. When finished, click Add store.

   The raster store is registered and will appear in the Raster stores section. The raster store will contain the imagery that is added to the organization and the results of any raster analysis tools.

7. From the Data stores page, click Add store to add the relational store.
8. Enter a name for the relational store.
9. Select Storage service and choose a relational store.
10. Click Choose File to add your database connection file.

    The relational database will store the mosaic datasets for hosting imagery layers.

11. Click Add store.

The raster store is registered and will appear in the Raster stores section.

Add an enterprise function

The final step to configure image hosting is to add the ImageHosting enterprise function.

1. Browse to the ArcGIS Enterprise Administrator API and sign in as a member with an administrator role.
2. Click System.
3. Click Enterprise Functions.
4. In the Supported Operations section, click Add.
5. For Enterprise Function, select ImageHosting.
6. Click Add.

   Once added, ImageHosting will appear as one of the enterprise functions.

   Note:

   By enabling the ImageHosting enterprise function, the following system services will automatically start:

   • RasterAnalysisTools
   • RasterProcessing
   • RasterRendering

   Caution:

   If the function fails to add, repeat the above steps to ensure that the raster data store has been added and the image server license is valid.

Image hosting is now configured. You can host imagery in your organization.