problem with THREDDS server 4.0 beta

[James Gallagher]

On Feb 1, 2007, at 8:41 AM, Denis Nadeau wrote:

> James Gallagher wrote:
>>
>> On Jan 31, 2007, at 4:01 PM, Denis Nadeau wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have tried to play with the THREDDS catalog under
>>> content/opendap/cataolog.xml to add new datasets.
>>> It seems that the file is not read at all by opendap server 4.  When
>>> I click on the "HTML" link,  I can't get my catalog.xml to be parsed
>>> at all.
>>>
>>> Can anybody reproduce this?
>>>
>>> As well, can you explain to me what this variable is used for (in  
>>> the
>>> BES.conf)?
>>> BES.Catalog.catalog.RootDirectory
>>
>> Dennis,
>>
>> The parameter BES.Catalog.catalog.RootDirectory is the root directory
>> of your data if your using THREDDS catalogs. The other  
>> 'RootDirectory'
>> parameter is used by sites which don't support THREDDS (because the
>> BES is used by the Earth System Grid project as well, without the  
>> OLFS
>> component). It's confusing, I know. I have a ticket to make the
>> comments in the default bes.conf file a little more informative.
>>
>> Try this: Set your BES.Catalog.catalog.RootDirectory to the root of
>> your data and ignore the value of the other parameter (I believe it
>> has to have a value, but you can set it to /dev/null if you want) and
>> then see if your catalogs work. If not this maybe a question for
>> Nathan, the THRESS guru here.
>>
> James,
>
> My BES.Catalog.catalog.RootDirectory is pointing to my data and  
> OPeNDAP
> servrer 4 works fine on my machine, using OLFS component.
>
> When I click on HTML my THREDDS catalog appear, but it does not  
> seem to
> read the file in content/opendap/catalog.xml  it seems to read with  
> the
> original file,
>  /webapps/opendap/initialContent/catalog.xml.   I even tried to delete
> the file in content/opendap/catalog.xsml and THREDDS was still  
> working.
>
> I followed this documentation:
>     /opendap/docs/thredds.html
>     Section: READ THIS NEXT BIT OR ABANDON ALL HOPE!
>
> I am not abandoning hope yet!!

Good :-)

Nathan, Please chime in here! What should Denis do or has he found a  
bug?

James

>
> Denis
>
>
>
>> /webapps/opendap/initialContent/catalog.xml
>>>
>>
>> -- 
>> James Gallagher                jgallagher at opendap.org
>> OPeNDAP, Inc                   406.723.8663
>>
>>
>
>
> -- 
> Denis Nadeau
> Goddard Earth Sciences Data & Information Services Center
> Code 610.2
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> Phone: (301) 614-5514
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>
>

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James Gallagher                jgallagher at opendap.org
OPeNDAP, Inc                   406.723.8663