TDS Reference Documentation (4.2)

THREDDS Catalogs

• Primer
• Specification (as annotated XML Schema)
• Extensions for Server Configuration

THREDDS Data Server (TDS)

Quick Start

• Checklist for Production Installation

Tomcat Configuration

Note: This section focuses on Tomcat running on a Unix/Linux OS but much of it is appropriate for other servlet containers running on other OSs as well.

• Summary of Java JVM Settings
• Tomcat Security
• Additional Security Configuration
• Access Logging
• Running The TDS Behind a Proxy Server

TDS Installation and Administration

• Configuration Directory
• Logging
• Remote Management
• Running Multiple TDS in a Single Tomcat Instance (not recommended)
• Location of Directories
• TDS Configuration Using Properties

TDS Configuration

• threddsConfig.xml

TDS Catalog and Dataset Configuration

• Configuration Catalogs
  • DatasetScan
  • FeatureCollection
  • DatasetFmrc (deprecated)
• Restricted Access to Datasets
  • Restricted Access to Datasets
  • HTTP Security Challenge Messages Example

TDS Pluggable Components

• Dataset Source Plug-in
• Viewer Links

Authorization

• Adding your own Authenticator for Restricting Access

TDS Services

• Server Information [default: enabled]
• Catalog Services [default: enabled for locally served catalogs; disabled for remote catalogs]
• Data Access Services:
  • OPeNDAP [default: enabled]
  • NetCDF Grid Subset Service
  • WCS 1.0 Service [default: disabled]
  • WMS 1.3.0 Service [default; disabled]
• ncISO: Dataset Metadata Services (as of TDS 4.2.4) [default: disabled; non-standard configuration]
  • NcML
  • ISO 19115-2
  • NACDD

Also see

• TDS Tutorial
• TDS Architecture powerpoint
• TDS Performance

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