2010 TDS Training Workshop Schedule

8:00 Coffee and continental breakfast

8:30 (Ethan) TDS Overview (ppt)

• workshop overview
• logistics
• resources

9:15 (Ethan) Row 1 Participant Introductions

Name, organization, and how you use TDS (both data and clients).

9:30 (Jenn) Getting Started

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

10:15 (Jenn) Row 2 Participant Introductions

Name, organization, and how you use TDS (both data and clients).

10:30 Break

10:45 (Ethan) threddsConfig.xml - Basic

• Server Information
• HTML Setup

11:15 (John) Row 3+ Participant Introductions

Name, organization, and how you use TDS (both data and clients).

11:30 (Ethan) Basic TDS Configuration

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

12:00 Lunch

1:00 (Jenn) Basic Tomcat and TDS Security

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

2:00 (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

3:00 Break

3:15 (John) TDS Configuration Catalogs (cont)

• Feature Collections

4:00 (Ethan) Upgrading to 4.2

• Server Information
• Changes to WMS Configuration
• Changes in FMRC Configuration
• Avoid java.util.prefs Warnings

4:15 (John) threddsConfig.xml Redux

• TDS Configuration with threddsConfig.xml
• Using Remote Management (aka debug page)
• Performance Tips

5:00 Day One Finish

6:00 Dinner TBD

8:00 Coffee and continental breakfast

8:30 (Jenn) TDS Monitoring and Debugging

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

9:30 (John) The tdsMonitor tool

• Using the TdsMonitor tool

10:30 Break

10:45 (John) NcML

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

12:15 Lunch

1:30 (John) More Good Stuff

• Documentation, resources
• log files
• Viewer Links (properties)
• Restricting dataset access

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

• Setting up WCS and WMS
• Clients for WCS and WMS
  • Godiva2
• Detailed WMS Configuration

2:45 Break

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

• getting your data served through TDS
• Installation Checklist for Production

4:00 (Ethan) Roadmap (ppt)

4:30 Open Discussion / Participant feedback

• What features are needed?
• Evaluation forms

5:00 Day Two Finish