Re: Serving local netCDF files though DODS

McCann, Mike wrote:

> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: John Caron [mailto:address@hidden]
> > > Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 11:18 AM
> > > To: McCann, Mike
> > > Cc: 'address@hidden'
> > > Subject: Re: Serving local netCDF files though DODS
> > >
> > >
> > > McCann, Mike wrote:
> > >
> > >      
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I am trying to serve local netCDF files through the agg server and
> > > > access them through the DODS API.  It is not working.
> > > >
> > > > Here is the contents of my dodsC/catalogConfig.xml file:
> > > >
> > > > <!DOCTYPE catalog SYSTEM
> > > > "http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/projects/THREDDS/xml/AggServerCa
> > > >        
> > talog.dtd">
> >    
> >
> > > <catalog name="THREDDS - DODS Aggregation Server Catalog" 
> > >      
> > version="0.6" xmlns="http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/thredds"; 
> > xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink";>
> >    
> >
> > >         <dataset name="AUVCTD mission netCDF files" serviceName="this">
> > >                 <service name="this" serviceType="DODS" base=""/>
> > > 		<service name="local" serviceType="NetCDF" 
> > >      
> > base="file:///C:/iagdata/ssds/data/auvctd/missionnetcdfs/"/>
> >    
> >
> > > 		<dataset name="Non-Aggregated Netcdf Files" 
> > >      
> > dataType="Grid" serviceName="this">
> >    
> >
> > >                         <property name="internalService" value="local"/>
> > > 			<dataset 
> > >      
> > name="2004/2004029/2004.029.03/parosci.nc" 
> > urlPath="2004/2004029/2004.029.03/parosci.nc"/>
> >    
> >
> > >                 </dataset>
> > >         </dataset>
> > > </catalog>
> > >
> > > It validates and passes the debug test, yet when I click on 
> > >      
> > any of the
> >    
> >
> > > DDS or DAS links I get this in my browser:
> > >
> > > kDODServlet ERROR:
> > > dods.servlet.DODSServlet.getDataset(Ldods/servlet/ReqState; 
> > > Ldods/servlet/GuardedDataset;
> > >
> > > I don't see any helpful messages in the log files.
> > >
> > > What am I doing wrong?
> > > Even some suggestions as to how I may do my own debugging will be 
> > > helpful.
> > >
> > > -Mike
> > >
> > >
> > >      
> > sorry that message is so unhelpful. look on the console window of the 
> > tomcat server and see if there are any messages.
> >    
>
>
> John,
>
> I don't see anything helpful on the console or in any log files.
> A strange thing is that last night I did get the DODS serving to
> work - once.  I then started to add more data sets to the XML 
> and could not get it to work again!  I kept getting the above
> ERROR.
>
> Now, this morning I am getting this error message for a .dds request:
>
>  Error {
>    code = 1;
>    message = "Dataset not found in catalog; urlPath= 
> <2004/2004029/2004.029.03/parosci.nc>";
>  };
>
> Is the base from the local service not getting prepended?
> Does the Windows file:///C:/... syntax mess things up?
>
> Thanks for the help.  I got real excited when I saw it work last 
> night, but I have no idea what sequence of events caused this
> temporary success.
>
> -Mike
>
> --
> Mike McCann 
> Software Engineer
> Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
> 7700 Sandholdt Road
> Moss Landing, CA 95039-9644
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>  
i think /// is correct on windows, but not on linux (?)

also try

file:c:/blah/blah


technically the file URL is "opaque" meaning each OS interprets it 
anyway they want. I will try to make our handing more robust next version.

can you set up your server in a way that is publically accessible ?