TDS Configuration Checklist for Production

TDS Configuration

Edit the server information in ${tomcat_home}/content/thredds/threddsConfig.xml (more info)
If modifying CSS, place css files in ${tomcat_home}/content/thredds/public/ and make changes to the htmlSetup tag in ${tomcat_home}/content/thredds/threddsConfig.xml (more info)
Enable netCDF-4 output, if desired and the C netCDF library is installed on your system (new as of TDS 4.3.13) (more info)
Configure caches, if required (more info)
Configure and add new Viewer links (more info)
Specify other root catalogs, if needed (more info)
If needed, Restrict Dataset Access using Tomcat (more info)

Logically separate catalogs and link them to the main catalog using the catalogRef tag:
<catalogRef xlink:title="Title of linked catalog" xlink:href="otherCatalog.xml" name=""/>
Enable the services you wish to expose for your dataset (more info)
- Note: Make sure these services are enabled in the ${tomcat_home}/content/thredds/threddsConfig.xml file (more info)
- Make sure the service base URLs (the "base" attribute) exactly match the values given on this page
Add or link to metadata related to your dataset (more info)
If your catalog will serve GRIB data, use the GribFeatureCollection! (more info)
Configure datasetRoot, dataset (single file), and datasetScan (directory) tags to expose the datafiles on your system through the catalog (more info)
If needed, Restrict Dataset Access at the catalog level (more info)

If you have enabled access logging (and you should), zip up the unused access logs in ${tomcat_home}/logs/ and archive them off to another directory.
Likewise, zip up the unused TDS servlet logs in ${tomcat_home}/content/thredds/logs and archive them as well.