Build a Custom Data Package File

Your custom data provider must be bundled into a custom data package file (.cdpk) in order to deploy it to ArcGIS Server. To build a .cdpk file, your provider must have a valid cdconfig.json file in the root of the custom data provider directory. The cdconfig.json file is generated when you create a custom data provider using the createprovider command. Below are the auto-generated contents of the file.

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{
  "name": "<name-of-provider>",
  "arcgisVersion": "11.4.0",
  "parentServiceType": "FeatureServer",
  "customdataRuntimeVersion": "1",
  "type": "provider",
  "properties": {
    "hosts": true,
    "disableIdParam": false
  }
}

Change the values of the hosts and disableIdParam fields depending on whether your provider requires the host and id URL parameters. To package your provider into a .cdpk file, run the cdf export <name> command at the command line in the custom data app directory.

After the .cdpk file has been successfully created, the contents of cdconfig.json are again updated to the reflect the file name of your new .cdpk file as seen below.

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{
  "name": "<name-of-provider>",
  "arcgisVersion": "11.4.0",
  "parentServiceType": "FeatureServer",
  "customdataRuntimeVersion": "1",
  "type": "provider",
  "properties": {
    "hosts": true,
    "disableIdParam": false
  },
  "fileName": "<name-of-provider>.cdpk"
}