Tell me more ×  I have a geoprocessing tool written in python.
It will be deployed on ArcGIS for Server 10.1 as a GeoProcessing
Service and it's processing workflow includes some manipulations
with data in SDE geodatabase.  Right now I've decided to save
.sde file of connection (with login and password saved in it)
and deploy it together with my script to ArcGIS for Server.
Another similar option is to deploy a .lyr file. In any of these
cases deployment on another server requires additionally editing
these files in ArcGIS for Desktop.  Can you advice any other
methods for sharing data access to SDE GDB without exposing
sensitive information (password)?  share|improve this question
add comment  1 Answer  up vote 5 down vote accepted  All the
password information is stored Server side, so its just a matter
if people can get to your Server or not. I'd say there are 3
ways you can connect/use SDE.  1) A GP Service which uses
CreateArcSDEConnection tool. You can build up a connection to
SDE at Service execution