TDS Tutorial: 2009 Workshop Schedule

8:00 Coffee and continental breakfast

8:30 (John) TDS Overview (ppt)

• workshop overview
• logistics
• resources

9:15 (Jenn) Getting Started

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

10:00 Break

10:15 (Ethan) Basic TDS Configuration

• THREDDS Catalog Review
• TDS Configuration Catalogs
  • Overview
  • Configuration directory
  • Root catalog

11:00 (Jenn) Basic Tomcat and TDS Security

• Tomcat (Server-Level) Configuration Files
• Tomcat manager Application
• Using Digested Passwords
• Enabling SSL Encryption
• Additional Security Configuration

12:15 Lunch

1:15 (John) TDS Services Overview (ppt)

1:45 (Ethan) TDS Configuration Catalogs

• More THREDDS Catalog Review
• TDS Configuration Catalogs
  • Supported Access Services
  • Metadata
  • Root Catalogs
  • Managing Dataset Root and Scan Elements
  • datasetScan Details

2:45 Break

3:15 (John) threddsConfig.xml

• TDS Configuration with threddsConfig.xml
• Upgrading to 4.0 (Ethan)
  • HTML
• Using Remote Management (aka debug page)

4:15 Participant Introductions

• Who are your customers? what software programs (clients) do they use?
• What data do you want to serve? discipline? type ? format ?
• Which web services do you want to use: OPeNDAP / WCS / WMS / File serving. Mandated to use OGC?
• Which OS / Java / Servlet Container ?
• What is your role ?
• What problems do you need to solve ?

5:00 Day One Finish

6:00 Dinner TBD

8:00 Coffee and continental breakfast

8:30 (Jenn) TDS Monitoring and Debugging

• Access Logs
• Log Files Generated by the TDS
• Monitoring and Debugging Tools

9:30 (John) NcML

• Basic NcML tutorial
• NcML Aggregation

10:30 Break

11:00 (John) Using NcML in the TDS

• Using NcML in the TDS

12:00 Lunch

1:15 (John) More Good Stuff

• Documentation, resources
• Viewer Links (properties)
• Restricting dataset access
• Performance Tips

2:00 (Ethan) OGC Services (WCS and WMS)

• Adding Services
• WCS and WMS Clients

2:45 Break

3:00 (John/Ethan) Putting it all together

• getting your data served through TDS
• troubleshooting

4:00 (Ethan) Roadmap (ppt)

4:30 Open Discussion / Participant feedback

• What features are needed?
• Evaluation forms

5:00 Day Two Finish