Re: Motherlode clone.

• To: Chris Herbster <Christopher.Herbster@xxxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: Motherlode clone.
• From: Robb Kambic <rkambic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 11:29:55 -0600 (MDT)

Chris and Mike,

sorry for the delay in getting back to you about the pqacts, etc.

there are three thredd pqacts that i'll attach: pqact.thredds
pqact.threddsconduit  pqact.threddsradar that need to be place in ~ldm/etc
directory. also the etc/ldmd.conf file needs to have these three line
added to reference the pqacts.

exec    "pqact -f ANY-CONDUIT-NNEXRAD-CRAFT /opt/ldm/etc/pqact.thredds"
exec    "pqact -f CONDUIT|SPARE /opt/ldm/etc/pqact.threddsconduit"
exec    "pqact -f NNEXRAD|CRAFT /opt/ldm/etc/pqact.threddsradar"


i believe the only extra s/w needed is the netCDF decoders package, it's
available at: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/decoders/

the binaries from the build go into the ~ldm/decoders directory and the
etc files from the build go into the ~ldm/etc directory.

if you want to bypass this step, comment out the pqact
entries that have the PIPE actions then you can come back later to install
them.


there is a new perl script used to scour the directory structure called
manageFilesDirs.pl and it goes into the ~ldm/util directory. i'll attach
the script too.  also there is a manageFilesDirs.conf file to configure it
that goes into the ~ldm/etc direction, i'll attach too.  the conf file
should be set correctly, so no mods will be needed unless you change the
directory structure in the pqacts. i suggest that you don't change them
because all the thredds configure file exepect that dir structure.

it is run once a day from cron, ie

#
# files/dirs managing script
30 21 * * *  util/manageFilesDirs.pl -f
/local/ldm/etc/manageFilesDirs.conf > /data/ldm/logs/manageFilesDirs.log
#


after this is setup, then we can start on the thredds configurations.

robb...


On Tue, 23 May 2006, Chris Herbster wrote:

> Rob,
>
> We seem to be ready on this end for a set of pqact entries to populate
> the catalog.  Please work with Mike to see if he needs any other parts
> besides these.  I think he said something about needing some XML pieces too.
>
> Thanks!
>
> CH
>
> Robb Kambic wrote:
>
> >Sounds good to me, let me know when help is needed?
> >
> >robb...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >On Mon, 24 Apr 2006, Chris Herbster wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Hi Robb,
> >>
> >>As always, another good time in Boulder!  (-;
> >>
> >>Off hand, I'd say, "Let's do everything that you do."  However, I'll
> >>defer on this to Mike Masscotte.  He has done a great job of getting
> >>things cleaned up from when I tried to run things and he might have some
> >>suggestions (or just say "Let's do it!")
> >>
> >>We have the LDM up and running.  We'll need to do the next piece to get
> >>ready....  I'll let Mike set the pace on this end.
> >>
> >>CH
> >>
> >>Robb Kambic wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hey Chris,
> >>>
> >>>It was really good to sit down and talk with you at usercomm diner. I
> >>>haven't had that much fun in awhile. Anyway, if you are still interested
> >>>in doing a motherlode clone we can start on it. Could you list the data
> >>>products that you are interested in receiving? or are you interested in
> >>>receiving all products just like motherlode?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Once the initial setup is done, then upgrades should be easy. The 2 main
> >>>external programs are the LDM and Jakarta-Tomcat. If you could get your
> >>>system admin to install these with users ldm and tomcat then stage would be
> >>>set. The tomcat version we are using is jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28, i know
> >>>there are newer ones released but this is the version that we have tested
> >>>the s/w.  At this point do you want to install the s/w, there are on-line
> >>>documentation or do you want me to install it and do the initial
> >>>configuration?
> >>>
> >>>The documentation is located at:
> >>>
> >>>http://motherlode.ucar.edu:8080/thredds/docs/
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Take care,
> >>>
> >>>robb...
> >>>

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Robb Kambic                                Unidata Program Center
Software Engineer III                      Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research
rkambic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx                   WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/
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