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Great news! I'm glad it started working for you. Sean > Sean, > I removed the line and everything looks normal. Not sure what I was doing > before, but I'm not going to question it. Thanks. > > Chris > > address@hidden> wrote: > > > I see. You should be able to remove the line with <catalogRef> and things > > should be ok. Go ahead and remove it again, restart tomcat, and look at the > > last part of $TOMCAT_HOME/content/thredds/logs/catalogInit.log to see if > > there are any errors. If so, please send me your catalogInit.log and we'll > > take a look. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Sean > > > > > I've attached my catalog.xml file. I have two of my own links to data, > > then > > > the third comes from the <catalogRef> tag. Right now the third one is > > just > > > the test data that came with the WAR file, and I don't want that to > > appear > > > on my page. But if I remove the <catalogRef> entry, the page won't > > display. > > > Is my question any clearer? > > > > > > address@hidden> wrote: > > > > > > > Are you wanting to avoid having catalog.xml appear on your server? > > > > > > > > > Sean, > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, that is very helpful. From the documentation (and trial and > > > > error), > > > > > it seems that the <catalogRef> tag is required in the catalog.xml > > file. > > > > > What if I don't want that catalog to appear on the server? > > Currently, > > > > the > > > > > "Test Enhanced Catalog" is visible. Do I just link one of my own > > > > datasets > > > > > into the "enhancedCatalog.xml" file? That should be my last question > > for > > > > > now. > > > > > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > > > address@hidden> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Greetings Chris! > > > > > > > > > > > > First, welcome to the world of THREDDS! You may find it very > > helpful to > > > > > > check out the online tutorial, which can be found at > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/projects/THREDDS/tech/tds4.2/tutorial/ > > > > > > > > > > > > It seems like you have Tomcat and the THREDDS Data Server (TDS) up > > and > > > > > > running, but it may be useful to check out some of the installation > > > > info on > > > > > > those to read up on some suggestions about securing TDS. Ok, now > > let me > > > > try > > > > > > to answer some of your questions below. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > I'm a new user, so I'm hoping these are very easy questions to > > > > answer. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1) I have a catalog configured and it works fine when I load it > > on my > > > > > > local > > > > > > > host, e.g.: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://localhost:8080/thredds/catalog.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > but I cannot figure out why I can't view the catalog from the > > outside > > > > of > > > > > > my > > > > > > > server host (vortex), e.g. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://vortex.atms.unca.edu/thredds/catalog.html > > > > > > > > > > > > First, you will need to add :8080 to your url, like this: > > > > > > > > > > > > http://vortex.atms.unca.edu:8080/thredds/catalog.html > > > > > > > > > > > > However, it appears that port 8080 is being filtered, so you will > > need > > > > to > > > > > > talk to your network admin about opening that port so that the > > outside > > > > world > > > > > > can see your server. Before doing so, check out the security > > sections > > > > of the > > > > > > TDS tutorial :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2) How is the "catalog.html" file generated, and why don't I see > > this > > > > > > file > > > > > > > anywhere in the filesystem? > > > > > > > > > > > > The THREDDS software generates catalog.html from catalog.xml. (See > > > > below) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 3) How can I alter the "look" of the catalog.html file? For > > example, > > > > > > there > > > > > > > is some information at bottom ("Initial TDS Intallation at My > > Group") > > > > > > that I > > > > > > > need to configure. Can the colors be altered? The title at the > > top? > > > > > > > > > > > > Much of this can be altered through threddsConfig.xml. Check out > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/projects/THREDDS/tech/tds4.2/tutorial/Basic-threddsConfig_xml.html > > > > > > > > > > > > Editing the xml files may be a little intimidating at first, but as > > > > long as > > > > > > you are following along with the tutorial you should be ok. If not, > > > > don't > > > > > > hesitate to ask questions. > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers! > > > > > > > > > > > > Sean > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Please let me know if you need any additional information. > > Thanks > > > > for > > > > > > your > > > > > > > time. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > > > > > =================== > > > > > > Ticket ID: BIO-248538 > > > > > > Department: Support THREDDS > > > > > > Priority: Normal > > > > > > Status: Open > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > Dr. Christopher C. Hennon > > > > > Associate Professor > > > > > Department of Atmospheric Sciences > > > > > UNC Asheville > > > > > > > > > > 1 University Heights > > > > > CPO #2450 > > > > > Asheville, NC 28804 > > > > > > > > > > 1.828.232.5159 (phone) > > > > > 1.828.232.5046 (fax) > > > > > > > > > > http://facstaff.unca.edu/chennon > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > > > =================== > > > > Ticket ID: BIO-248538 > > > > Department: Support THREDDS > > > > Priority: Normal > > > > Status: Open > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Dr. Christopher C. Hennon > > > Associate Professor > > > Department of Atmospheric Sciences > > > UNC Asheville > > > > > > 1 University Heights > > > CPO #2450 > > > Asheville, NC 28804 > > > > > > 1.828.232.5159 (phone) > > > 1.828.232.5046 (fax) > > > > > > http://facstaff.unca.edu/chennon > > > > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: BIO-248538 > > Department: Support THREDDS > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Open > > > > > > > -- > > Dr. Christopher C. Hennon > Associate Professor > Department of Atmospheric Sciences > UNC Asheville > > 1 University Heights > CPO #2450 > Asheville, NC 28804 > > 1.828.232.5159 (phone) > 1.828.232.5046 (fax) > > http://facstaff.unca.edu/chennon > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: BIO-248538 Department: Support THREDDS Priority: Normal Status: Closed