ArcGIS Server Subdomain Configurations
Let’s suppose you install ArcGIS Server on machine “foobar1″ and it serves out tiles from http://foobar1/arcgisoutput/.
Secondly, you have a subdomain that points to this machine and you want ArcGIS server to respond accordingly:
gisstuff.example.net --> ROUTES TO ------------> foorbar1
ArcGIS Server ---------> STILL RESPONDS WITH --> foorbar1 ???
Here, the ArcGIS website is getting requests through the subdomain. (Your router takes care of that) However, the ArcGIS HTTP responses do not point to the right address. They are still pointing to the machine itself without “knowing” of the router’s configuration.
http://foobar1/arcgisoutput/ --> IS RETURNED, INSTEAD OF --> http://gisstuff.example.com/arcgisoutput/
For this problem, (or any other reason you need to control the response URLs) look in ArcGIS Server’s configuration file at \server\system\Server.dat (Windows OS)
The Server.dat file maintains the server’s properties. The server object manager (SOM) reads the contents of this file at its startup and is configured accordingly … Be sure to restart the SOM service after editing this file.
For more info, see the web help HERE and HERE. There’s a lot you can configure with ArcGIS Server, you just have to know where to go. Good luck!