{"id":1192802,"date":"2021-05-05T08:00:53","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T15:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=1192802"},"modified":"2025-09-29T07:48:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T14:48:57","slug":"what-is-arcgis-enterprise-on-kubernetes","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-enterprise\/announcements\/what-is-arcgis-enterprise-on-kubernetes","title":{"rendered":"What is ArcGIS Enterprise 10.9 on Kubernetes"},"author":216642,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37101],"tags":[757801,759672,759662,759682,23571],"industry":[],"product":[36571],"class_list":["post-1192802","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","tag-arcgis-enterprise-10-9","tag-containers","tag-kubernetes","tag-microservices","tag-whats-new","product-arcgis-enterprise"],"acf":{"short_description":"Learn about this new ArcGIS Enterprise deployment option, a cloud native architecture optimized for scalability, resilience, and manageability.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

ArcGIS Enterprise on Kubernetes launched in 2021. In this article, learn more about the cloud native architecture available to our customers that use ArcGIS.<\/p>\n

Esri has been sharing<\/a> our vision of the emerging Geospatial Infrastructure, which describes how we see the world becoming more interconnected and collaborating more closely than ever on the many challenges and opportunities that affect us all. \u201cHelping you see what others can\u2019t\u201d is one of the key advantages of ArcGIS, a comprehensive Geographic Information System that helps you with location mapping, analytics, and collaboration. ArcGIS is implemented through multiple patterns such as Software as a Service, Platform as a Service, and desktop and server software. ArcGIS Enterprise helps you implement GIS in your own infrastructure, running on-premises or on the cloud. The latest release of ArcGIS Enterprise includes many new capabilities for ArcGIS Enterprise, as well as an important new way for you to deploy powerful GIS solutions: ArcGIS Enterprise on Kubernetes.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1205922,"id":1205922,"title":"blog_k8s_summary0","filename":"blog_k8s_summary0.jpg","filesize":78165,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/04\/blog_k8s_summary0.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-enterprise\/announcements\/what-is-arcgis-enterprise-on-kubernetes\/blog_k8s_summary0","alt":"An image describing the Kubernetes cloud-native architecture","author":"216642","description":"","caption":"ArcGIS Enterprise on Kubernetes provides a cloud-native architecture","name":"blog_k8s_summary0","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1192802,"date":"2021-04-20 23:39:06","modified":"2023-05-18 15:22:56","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1208,"height":582,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/04\/blog_k8s_summary0-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/04\/blog_k8s_summary0.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":224,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/04\/blog_k8s_summary0.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":370,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/04\/blog_k8s_summary0.jpg","large-width":1208,"large-height":582,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/04\/blog_k8s_summary0.jpg","1536x1536-width":1208,"1536x1536-height":582,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/04\/blog_k8s_summary0.jpg","2048x2048-width":1208,"2048x2048-height":582,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/04\/blog_k8s_summary0-826x398.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":398,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/04\/blog_k8s_summary0.jpg","wide_image-width":1208,"wide_image-height":582}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

ArcGIS Enterprise on Kubernetes: What is it?<\/h3>\n

ArcGIS Enterprise on Kubernetes is a new deployment option, which now accompanies Windows and Linux as supported operating systems for ArcGIS Enterprise, running in your managed environment. This is a complete architectural redesign based on microservices, with the software delivered via containers, and orchestrated by Kubernetes<\/a>, a cloud native technology being adopted rapidly around the world. For a deeper discussion of the technology and architecture, read Dev Summit 2021: Introducing ArcGIS Enterprise on Kubernetes<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","content":"

See your Esri representative for questions related to eligibility, if you are considering Kubernetes and need help determining if it might be right for you. The Windows and Linux deployment options for ArcGIS Enterprise remain fully supported, and there are no plans to deprecate or remove them in the future. All three deployment options are designed to help you use GIS in the environment most suited to you.<\/p>\n","image_reference":false,"layout":"standard","image_reference_figure":"","snippet":"","spotlight_name":"","section_title":"","position":"Right","spotlight_image":false},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Despite the new architecture, you remain in full control of the environment and infrastructure. We support running the software on the public cloud with AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), or Google Cloud Kubernetes Engine (GKE), or on-premises with Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform. Plans are underway to support other environments such as Rancher, VMWare Tanzu, and others.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

How can it benefit my organization?<\/h3>\n

Here are just a few reasons to get excited about the new cloud native architecture. It will help you handle unpredictable demand, which is the reality for many of our customers. Helping you right-size your infrastructure by making scaling as simple as possible is one of many benefits of the Kubernetes architecture.<\/p>\n

Built-in high availability takes full advantage of the naturally resilient architecture based on microservices. We have integrated architecture profiles<\/a> into the deployment experience to provide flexibility and help you balance hardware, redundancy, and usage requirements.<\/p>\n

The streamlined deployment experience, executed from a single script, will help your team automate additional deployments using a saved properties file for silent installation. Gone is the need to run multiple setup files, to configure or network independent components such as ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS Data Store, or Portal for ArcGIS. The software is installed via container images pulled as part of the scripted deployment process.<\/p>\n

The streamlined upgrade experience, which can be started directly from ArcGIS Enterprise Manager or ArcGIS Enterprise Administrator API, reduces technical complexity and helps you concentrate on your organization\u2019s readiness.<\/p>\n

The open standard of Kubernetes has enabled a vibrant and rapidly growing network of vendors building tools to help you manage your Kubernetes environment, and avoid vendor lock-in.<\/p>\n

To learn more about ArcGIS Enterprise on Kubernetes, including demonstrations of the deployment and administration experience, watch this video from the Developer Summit 2021.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"youtube","start_time":"0","end_time":"","youtube_video_url":"