[IDV #ALK-565490]: IDV - failure to connect to catalog from IDV

["Unidata THREDDS Support" <support-thredds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi David,

> From a web browser, I point to my catalog (attached as catalog.xml) with:
> http://uaedev-viz:8080/thredds/catalog.xml
> and am able to use the browser to navigate the data (CatInBrowser.png),
> all the way to a "OPeNDAP Dataset Access Form" for a one of the netcdf
> files I select in the catalog.

When you point your browser at the above URL (ending in ".xml") you see an XML file, correct? Do you then change the ".xml" to ".html" to browse down to the "OPeNDAP Dataset Access Form"?

Did you download the attached catalog.xml file from the URL above? Or attach it from the local file? It has datasetScan elements in it which should be in the file on disk but should be converted to catalogRef elements when viewed through the above URL. 

> When I use this same url (http://uaedev-viz:8080/thredds/catalog.xml) in
> the IDV catalog entry, it returns an html error (see idvcaterr.png)

I just opened the attached catalog.xml file in IDV and didn't get an error. Though it also didn't display any contents.

> I am a bit stumped here, and I think you can see why I sort of assumed its
> an IDV issue.. anyway, any insights would be great.

Can I get to your server from outside the UCAR firewall? Is it accessible from inside the UCAR firewall? I think this would (maybe?) be much easier to figure out if I could access your server.

Ethan

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: ALK-565490
Department: Support THREDDS
Priority: Normal
Status: Open