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Hello Vanu, Unidata AWIPS II 14.2.1 is now available to download for beta testing. This non-operational version of AWIPS II runs on 64-bit Red Hat and CentOS 6, and is provided as tarball archive and via remote yum repository. See the Unidata AWIPS II software page for more information: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/awips2/ Full installation instructions can be found here: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/awips2/doc/install.html For beta testers, we have made available an EDEX Data Server in the Microsoft Azure cloud, which you can connect to at edex-azure.unidata.ucar.edu (read the above linked installation instructions carefully). This is a *testing* server only, for us to investigate performance. Data availability has no guarantee, services may be stopped or restarted without notification, load times may grow long with many simultaneous connections, and so forth. Models from NGRID and CONDUIT are available, as are Satellite imagery from UNIWISC and NIMAGE feeds, upper air and surface observations, and watches and warnings and other text products. Also note, this cloud server does not offer NEXRAD level 3 site products, instead we have made available FNEXRAD composite (GINI satellite) images for DHR, DVL, EET, HHC and more, which can be displayed in NCP and D2D. Data availability on this cloud instance is limited, therefore we encourage you to install your own EDEX Data Server, and configure the products you would like in the LDM files etc/ldmd.conf and etc/pqact.conf (installed by the awips2-ldm RPM). Thank you for your participation and please feel free to ask any questions! Michael James Unidata Program Center Boulder, CO > Hello Michael, > I am following up on the expected release. Is the Unidata AWIPS II 14.2.1 > beta available now? > Regards, > Vanu Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: ALX-805830 Department: Support AWIPS Priority: Critical Status: Open