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I have to create web services on ArcGIS Enterprise (via ArcGIS Pro) that offer WMS/WFS capabilities from several hundred datasets coming from Enterprise geodatabases. While this is not a problem when being done manually (I simply check the respective check boxes when using "Share as a Web Layer" - see image below), I am not able to find a way how to do that with Python.

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In Python I have been using getWebLayerSharingDraft, exportToSDDraft, arcpy.StageService_server and arcpy.UploadServiceDefinition_server. This works pretty well, however, I only end up with a Map Image Service and Feature Service and have no idea how to get WMS and WFS. There seems to be no option to also create those services.

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I found a solution for my problem:

In fact, the ArcGIS API for Python and arcpy to not offer possibilities to adapt the WMS/WFS settings directly while publishing. However, there is a workaround:

The base for every service that is being published is a .sddraft-file (getWebLayerSharingDraft), which then gets then gets transferred in to a .sd file (arcpy.StageService_server) and finally uploaded to the server/portal (arcpy.UploadServiceDefinition_server).

The .sddraft-file in fact is an XML-file that contains all information about the service (including WMS/WFS/FeatureAccess settings, and much more). If you edit the .sddraft file before you start the the Staging/Uploading you can adjust settings that are not available via the ArcGIS Python API or arcpy.

Please find some more information here: The "Modify SDDraft example 3" deals with activating WMS. This works the same way for WFS, but there are much more settings that can be changed,

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