Command-line tool for managing ArcGIS (in particular ArcGIS Server), including performing data maintenance, and service publishing automation.

Depends on arcpyext (https://github.com/DavidWhittingham/arcpyext) and agsadmin (https://github.com/DavidWhittingham/agsadmin) for functionality. agsadmin doesn't require any ArcGIS software or licence, but arcpyext does. Tested/maintained on Python 2.7.

Once installed, simply run agstools from a shell prompt (assuming the Python scripts directory is in your PATH environment variable).

Help is available on the command line tool with the -h/--help switch. The main help screen is reproduced below:

usage: agstools-script.py [-h]
                          {sddraft,imagesddraft,gpsddraft,sd,updatedata,multiupdatedata,publish,copy,start,stop,delete}
                          ...

Helper tools for performing ArcGIS Server administrative functions.

positional arguments:
  {sddraft,imagesddraft,gpsddraft,sd,updatedata,multiupdatedata,publish,copy,start,stop,delete}
    sddraft             Converts a map document (*.mxd) to an ArcGIS Server
                        service definition draft.
    imagesddraft        Creates a service definition draft for an Image
                        Service from a raster layer.
    gpsddraft           Creates a service definition draft for a Geo-
                        processing Service from a (Python) Toolbox.
    sd                  Stages an ArcGIS Server service definition draft into
                        a service definition ready for publishing (this will
                        by default delete the draft).
    updatedata          Updates the workspace (data source) of each layer in a
                        map document.
    multiupdatedata     Updates the workspace (data source) of each layer in a
                        map document, for every map document within a given
                        folder.
    publish             Publishes a service definition to an ArcGIS Server
                        instance.
    copy                Saves a copy of an ArcGIS map document, optionally in
                        a different output version.
    start               Starts a service on an ArcGIS Server instance.
    stop                Stops a service on an ArcGIS Server instance.
    delete              Deletes a service on an ArcGIS Server instance.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            Show this help message and exit.