Thredds Installation

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Document ID: 
app2011-026
1) Install Java and Tomcat, and set environment variables: JAVA_HOME, TOMCAT_HOME and CATALINA_HOME.
2) Download the latest Thredds.war file here: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/tds/. Then put it into $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps. Start/restart Tomcat so that it has a chance to create initial files.
3) Modify TDS configuration file: Modify  $TOMCAT_HOME/content/thredds/threddsConfig.xml
4) Add the server information into $TOMCAT_HOME/content/thredds/catalog.xml
5) Check http://localhost:8080/thredds/catalog.html to see if the installation has succeeded
Notes:
The physical location of 'content/..' in threddsConfig.xml is $TOMCAT_HOME\content\thredds\public\...