THREDDS Data Server Administration Tutorial

This is the on-line tutorial. Follow this link for the 2012 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. 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

3. TDS Configuration Catalogs

• TDS Client Catalog Overview
• Basic TDS Configuration Catalogs
• Basic threddsConfig.xml
• Catalog Primer
• TDS Configuration Catalogs
• Adding OGC/ISO Services
• Detailed WMS Configuration
• Netcdf Subset Service configure, reference

4. TDS Monitoring and Debugging

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

5. Using NcML in TDS

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

6. Feature Collections

• Feature Collections
• FMRC (Forecast Model Run Collections)
• FMRC Tutorial
• GRIB Feature Collections

7. Other 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 4.3

Other Resources:

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

This document is maintained by Unidata staff, and was last changed October 2012. Please send comments to THREDDS support.