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[AWIPS #YIF-768804]: AWIPS newbie

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  • Subject: [AWIPS #YIF-768804]: AWIPS newbie
  • Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2021 14:39:23 -0600
Hi there,

>  Thanks so much for the quick and detailed response; I will digest that
>  feedback.
Of course, hope there's some useful information in that first email!

>  I do have one initial question:
>  - Does CAVE work reasonably well through tunneled X11 connections? I.E.
>  user is on Windows 10 and ssh's into CAVE workstation, then display/GUI
>  runs on windows desktop.

Great question -- we should add this to our website.  It does NOT work well at 
all
via tunneling X11 connections or other ssh connections.
You would have better luck with some kind of remote access/vnc.  We have heard 
(but
not tried out personally) that nomachine works pretty well.  You might be able 
to get
some other kind of VNC to work okay.

However, I would really recommend running CAVE locally on the Windows 10 
machine, instead.

If you do not have admin privs on the Windows machine, then you should be able 
to get started
with the VM option right away (does not require admin): 
http://unidata.github.io/awips2/install/install-cave/#method-1-linux-virtual-machine

Be aware, this installation does have a known limitation, that it cannot 
display RGB satellite 
products.

If you do have administrative privileges on the Windows machine, I'd probably 
recommend taking
the time to do the direct windows installation.  Our instructions, along with a 
link to a walk
through video are found here:
http://unidata.github.io/awips2/install/install-cave/#method-2-direct-windows-install

This takes a bit longer, but will allow you to load the RGB satellite data.

For the linux machine, it will require administrative privileges to install 
CAVE or EDEX.

But again, I highly recommend installing CAVE locally, rather than on a remote 
machine.
Hope this helps!

--Shay Carter
She/Her/Hers
AWIPS Software Engineer
UCAR - Unidata

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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: YIF-768804
Department: Support AWIPS
Priority: Normal
Status: Open
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