THREDDS Data Server Administration Tutorial

This is the on-line tutorial. Follow this link for the 2011 TDS Workshop schedule

TDS Overview (ppt)

• Part One
• Part Two

1. Tomcat, JDK and TDS Installation and Configuration

• Installing Java and Tomcat
• Tomcat Directory Structure: Quick Tour
• Running Tomcat
• Deploying the TDS
• Tomcat Log Files

2. Basic TDS Configuration

• Basic TDS Configuration
• Basic threddsConfig.xml

3. Tomcat and TDS Security

• Why Is This Important?
• Keeping Software Versions Up-To-Date
• Removing Unused Web Applications
• Using Digested Passwords
• Enabling SSL Encryption
• Blocking Non-Essential Port Access At The Firewall
• Restricting Access To The TDS By Remote IP Address Or Host
• Securing the Tomcat manager Application
• Using A Reverse Proxy
• Running Tomcat with a Security Manager
• Protecting the Tomcat SHUTDOWN Port
• Remove Tomcat Version String From HTTP Error Messages

4. TDS Configuration Catalogs

• Catalog Primer
• TDS Configuration Catalogs
• Feature Collections
• Serving Data with OGC Services

5. TDS Monitoring and Debugging

• Tomcat Access Logs
• Log Files Generated by the TDS
• Monitoring and Debugging Tools
• Using the TdsMonitor tool

6. Using NcML in TDS

• Basic NcML tutorial
• NcML Aggregation
• Using NcML in the TDS

7. Advanced Features

• Restricting dataset access
• Viewer Links

8. Metadata

• THREDDS Metadata
• ISO metadata generation: threddsIso (aka ncIso)

9. Production Servers

• Installation Checklist for Production
• TroubleShooting Problems
• Performance Tips
• Upgrading to 4.2

Other Resources:

• 2010 workshop ReadyTalk video (flash)
• Reference documentation
• FAQ

This document is maintained by Unidata and was last updated May 2011. Send comments to THREDDS support.