Administer custom data providers

Custom data providers connect to and retrieve data from your remote data sources, such as hosted static files, APIs, or SQL and NoSQL databases. You can register your custom data providers with ArcGIS Enterprise on Kubernetes and make your data available to ArcGIS clients as feature services that reference the registered data providers.

Add custom data providers

To register a custom data provider, you must first package the data into a custom data package file (.cdpk) using the cdf command line tool included with ArcGIS Enterprise SDK. Once you have a .cdpk file, complete the following steps to register the custom data provider with ArcGIS Enterprise on Kubernetes using ArcGIS Enterprise Manager:

1. Sign in to ArcGIS Enterprise Manager as an administrator.
2. Click the Extend button in the sidebar.

   The extend page appears.

3. Click Custom data providers.
4. Click Add provider.
5. Click Choose file.
6. Open or drag the .cdpk file you want to use.
7. Click Add provider.

   The custom data provider you registered appears in the Custom Data Feeds module.

View custom data provider information

For each custom data provider registered with ArcGIS Enterprise on Kubernetes, you can view information such as the provider name, the type of service that can be created from the provider, and which service parameters are required.

To view custom data provider information in ArcGIS Enterprise Manager, complete the following steps:

1. Sign in to ArcGIS Enterprise Manager as an administrator.
2. Click the Extend button in the sidebar.

   The extend page appears.

3. Click Custom data providers.
4. Click the More options button .
5. Click View details.
6. When you've finished reviewing the information, click OK.

Update registered custom data providers

To update a custom data provider you've registered with ArcGIS Enterprise on Kubernetes, you must create a custom data package file (.cdpk) with the same name as the original file. Once you have a new .cdpk file, complete the following steps to update the custom data provider using ArcGIS Enterprise Manager:

1. Sign in to ArcGIS Enterprise Manager as an administrator.
2. Click the Extend button in the sidebar.

   The extend page appears.

3. Click Custom data providers.
4. Click the More options button .
5. Click Update.
6. Find the updated .cdpk file on your device or a machine on your network.
7. Drag or open the updated .cdpk file.
8. Click Update provider.

Delete custom data providers

When you delete a custom data provider, any services that are associated with it will also be deleted.

To delete a custom data provider using ArcGIS Enterprise Manager, complete the following steps:

1. Sign in to ArcGIS Enterprise Manager as an administrator.
2. Click the Extend button in the sidebar.

   The extend page appears.

3. Click Custom data providers.
4. Click the More options button .
5. Click Delete.
   1. If the custom data provider you want to delete has services associated with it, click Delete all associated services.
6. Click Delete.