[Met_help] [rt.rap.ucar.edu #86612] History for METViewer

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Good afternoon,

Thank you so much for helping me install METViewer on my machine. I just have a few more questions on the best way to implement it.

  1.  I plan on using mv_load to bring databases to the METViewer website and create plots. Will my databases still be local to me, or will they be on the public website?
  2.  Is the <connection> portion of the input file user-defined and customizable? Or does it need to match up with my local machine connection settings? Does it specify the url of the website, i.e., http://localhost:8080/metviewer/metviewer1.jsp?

Thanks!
Marcus

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Subject: METViewer
From: John Halley Gotway
Time: Thu Aug 16 12:51:02 2018

Marcus,

I'm told that you've worked with Minna Win on these issues in the
past.
Minna's out of the office today, so I'll throw in my advice.

Based on the URL (http://localhost:8080/metviewer/metviewer1.jsp), I
believe you're using METviewer in a Docker container.  That Docker
container is designed to run locally on a machine.  It is an entire
pre-packaged instance of METviewer and is totally independent of other
METviewer instances, like the public one with the DTC (
http://www.dtcenter.org/met/metviewer/metviewer1.jsp).  You are
running
everything locally on your machine, and data you load into that
instance
will only live on your machine.  The URL for this Docker container
will
only be public if you make changes to make it so.  But I'm not the
right
person to give advice on how to do that.

There is one important detail you should know.  You can choose the
name
that you give to each database you create.  Any databases that are
named
using the "mv_" prefix are automatically made available through the
METviewer GUI.  So if your GUI is public, then the "mv_*" database
will be
public as well.  Databases that do not begin with "mv_" are not
available
via the GUI.  However you still can run jobs through the batch engine
to
make plots for these "hidden" databases.

As for the <connection> settings in the load XML files, the <host>,
<user>,
and <password> settings should be left as-is.  However you can, and
should,
change the <database> entry to specify the name of that database that
you'd
like to load.

Hope that helps.

Thanks,
John

On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 11:28 AM Johnson, Marcus R. via RT <
met_help at ucar.edu> wrote:

>
> Wed Aug 15 11:20:15 2018: Request 86612 was acted upon.
> Transaction: Ticket created by marcus.johnson at ou.edu
>        Queue: met_help
>      Subject: METViewer
>        Owner: Nobody
>   Requestors: marcus.johnson at ou.edu
>       Status: new
>  Ticket <URL:
https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=86612 >
>
>
> Good afternoon,
>
> Thank you so much for helping me install METViewer on my machine. I
just
> have a few more questions on the best way to implement it.
>
>
>   1.  I plan on using mv_load to bring databases to the METViewer
website
> and create plots. Will my databases still be local to me, or will
they be
> on the public website?
>   2.  Is the <connection> portion of the input file user-defined and
> customizable? Or does it need to match up with my local machine
connection
> settings? Does it specify the url of the website, i.e.,
> http://localhost:8080/metviewer/metviewer1.jsp?
>
>
> Thanks!
> Marcus
>
>

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Subject: RE: [rt.rap.ucar.edu #86612] METViewer
From: Johnson, Marcus R.
Time: Fri Aug 17 14:22:43 2018

John,

Thanks for the info. You are correct, I have been using Docker and I'm
sorry I didn't clarify that earlier or explain my task. I'm trying to
use the mv_load module to move MET output in .txt files to a database,
then use the GUI website plotter to create plots, but I'm not exactly
sure how to accomplish this. I'm not sure if mv_load can create XML
files (i.e., the website has a "Load XML" button) or if it uploads it
to the public website or creates a local website. I'd prefer to use
the GUI website over mv_batch because it seems more simple.

Anyway, up to this point I've installed docker and the metviewer
container on my local machine. I've been unable to get mv_load to work
because of the following error message:
/METViewer/bin/mv_load.sh: line 21: -classpath: command not found

Also, the load_spec_file I'm using is an example script from
http://dtcenter.org/met/metviewer/doc/load.html, so I am not exactly
sure if my <connection> tags are correct. I didn't see any input files
included in the installed METViewer package.

Thanks you for your help!
Marcus

-----Original Message-----
From: John Halley Gotway via RT [mailto:met_help at ucar.edu]
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2018 1:51 PM
To: Johnson, Marcus R.
Subject: Re: [rt.rap.ucar.edu #86612] METViewer

Marcus,

I'm told that you've worked with Minna Win on these issues in the
past.
Minna's out of the office today, so I'll throw in my advice.

Based on the URL (http://localhost:8080/metviewer/metviewer1.jsp), I
believe you're using METviewer in a Docker container.  That Docker
container is designed to run locally on a machine.  It is an entire
pre-packaged instance of METviewer and is totally independent of other
METviewer instances, like the public one with the DTC (
http://www.dtcenter.org/met/metviewer/metviewer1.jsp).  You are
running
everything locally on your machine, and data you load into that
instance
will only live on your machine.  The URL for this Docker container
will
only be public if you make changes to make it so.  But I'm not the
right
person to give advice on how to do that.

There is one important detail you should know.  You can choose the
name
that you give to each database you create.  Any databases that are
named
using the "mv_" prefix are automatically made available through the
METviewer GUI.  So if your GUI is public, then the "mv_*" database
will be
public as well.  Databases that do not begin with "mv_" are not
available
via the GUI.  However you still can run jobs through the batch engine
to
make plots for these "hidden" databases.

As for the <connection> settings in the load XML files, the <host>,
<user>,
and <password> settings should be left as-is.  However you can, and
should,
change the <database> entry to specify the name of that database that
you'd
like to load.

Hope that helps.

Thanks,
John

On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 11:28 AM Johnson, Marcus R. via RT <
met_help at ucar.edu> wrote:

>
> Wed Aug 15 11:20:15 2018: Request 86612 was acted upon.
> Transaction: Ticket created by marcus.johnson at ou.edu
>        Queue: met_help
>      Subject: METViewer
>        Owner: Nobody
>   Requestors: marcus.johnson at ou.edu
>       Status: new
>  Ticket <URL:
https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=86612 >
>
>
> Good afternoon,
>
> Thank you so much for helping me install METViewer on my machine. I
just
> have a few more questions on the best way to implement it.
>
>
>   1.  I plan on using mv_load to bring databases to the METViewer
website
> and create plots. Will my databases still be local to me, or will
they be
> on the public website?
>   2.  Is the <connection> portion of the input file user-defined and
> customizable? Or does it need to match up with my local machine
connection
> settings? Does it specify the url of the website, i.e.,
> http://localhost:8080/metviewer/metviewer1.jsp?
>
>
> Thanks!
> Marcus
>
>

------------------------------------------------
Subject: METViewer
From: John Halley Gotway
Time: Fri Aug 17 15:05:43 2018

Marcus,

To date we haven't provided much support for running METviewer in a
Docker
container.  So bear with us as we get going with this.

First, let me tell you that the METviewer Docker container fits inside
a
large End-To-End NWP tutorial:
   https://dtcenter.org/met/docker-nwp/tutorial/container_nwp_tutorial

This tutorial provides examples of running Docker containers to run
WRF
(WPS and real), UPP, NCL, MET, and METviewer.  The "sandy" case for
this
tutorial is pretty lightweight and runs pretty quickly.  One option
would
be having you step through the tutorial to get the end where we load
data
into METviewer (
https://dtcenter.org/met/docker-
nwp/tutorial/container_nwp_tutorial/tutorial.php?name=sandy&category=verif
).

But you'd need to go through all the previous steps to generate the
MET
output that get's loaded.

Another option would be you sending me a small tarball of
representative
data, and I could load that into a METviewer container on my laptop to
make
sure I remember how... and then tell you how I did it.

Let me know how you'd like to proceed.

Thanks,
John

On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 2:23 PM Johnson, Marcus R. via RT
<met_help at ucar.edu>
wrote:

>
> <URL: https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=86612 >
>
> John,
>
> Thanks for the info. You are correct, I have been using Docker and
I'm
> sorry I didn't clarify that earlier or explain my task. I'm trying
to use
> the mv_load module to move MET output in .txt files to a database,
then use
> the GUI website plotter to create plots, but I'm not exactly sure
how to
> accomplish this. I'm not sure if mv_load can create XML files (i.e.,
the
> website has a "Load XML" button) or if it uploads it to the public
website
> or creates a local website. I'd prefer to use the GUI website over
mv_batch
> because it seems more simple.
>
> Anyway, up to this point I've installed docker and the metviewer
container
> on my local machine. I've been unable to get mv_load to work because
of the
> following error message:
> /METViewer/bin/mv_load.sh: line 21: -classpath: command not found
>
> Also, the load_spec_file I'm using is an example script from
> http://dtcenter.org/met/metviewer/doc/load.html, so I am not exactly
sure
> if my <connection> tags are correct. I didn't see any input files
included
> in the installed METViewer package.
>
> Thanks you for your help!
> Marcus
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Halley Gotway via RT [mailto:met_help at ucar.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2018 1:51 PM
> To: Johnson, Marcus R.
> Subject: Re: [rt.rap.ucar.edu #86612] METViewer
>
> Marcus,
>
> I'm told that you've worked with Minna Win on these issues in the
past.
> Minna's out of the office today, so I'll throw in my advice.
>
> Based on the URL (http://localhost:8080/metviewer/metviewer1.jsp), I
> believe you're using METviewer in a Docker container.  That Docker
> container is designed to run locally on a machine.  It is an entire
> pre-packaged instance of METviewer and is totally independent of
other
> METviewer instances, like the public one with the DTC (
> http://www.dtcenter.org/met/metviewer/metviewer1.jsp).  You are
running
> everything locally on your machine, and data you load into that
instance
> will only live on your machine.  The URL for this Docker container
will
> only be public if you make changes to make it so.  But I'm not the
right
> person to give advice on how to do that.
>
> There is one important detail you should know.  You can choose the
name
> that you give to each database you create.  Any databases that are
named
> using the "mv_" prefix are automatically made available through the
> METviewer GUI.  So if your GUI is public, then the "mv_*" database
will be
> public as well.  Databases that do not begin with "mv_" are not
available
> via the GUI.  However you still can run jobs through the batch
engine to
> make plots for these "hidden" databases.
>
> As for the <connection> settings in the load XML files, the <host>,
<user>,
> and <password> settings should be left as-is.  However you can, and
should,
> change the <database> entry to specify the name of that database
that you'd
> like to load.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 11:28 AM Johnson, Marcus R. via RT <
> met_help at ucar.edu> wrote:
>
> >
> > Wed Aug 15 11:20:15 2018: Request 86612 was acted upon.
> > Transaction: Ticket created by marcus.johnson at ou.edu
> >        Queue: met_help
> >      Subject: METViewer
> >        Owner: Nobody
> >   Requestors: marcus.johnson at ou.edu
> >       Status: new
> >  Ticket <URL:
https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=86612 >
> >
> >
> > Good afternoon,
> >
> > Thank you so much for helping me install METViewer on my machine.
I just
> > have a few more questions on the best way to implement it.
> >
> >
> >   1.  I plan on using mv_load to bring databases to the METViewer
website
> > and create plots. Will my databases still be local to me, or will
they be
> > on the public website?
> >   2.  Is the <connection> portion of the input file user-defined
and
> > customizable? Or does it need to match up with my local machine
> connection
> > settings? Does it specify the url of the website, i.e.,
> > http://localhost:8080/metviewer/metviewer1.jsp?
> >
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Marcus
> >
> >
>
>
>
>

------------------------------------------------
Subject: METViewer
From: Johnson, Marcus R.
Time: Fri Aug 17 15:46:03 2018

John,

I've attached output .txt/.stat files from running standalone (not in
a docker container) MET software. Please let me know if you are able
to load it into METViewer!

Thanks!
Marcus

-----Original Message-----
From: John Halley Gotway via RT [mailto:met_help at ucar.edu]
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2018 4:06 PM
To: Johnson, Marcus R.
Subject: Re: [rt.rap.ucar.edu #86612] METViewer

Marcus,

To date we haven't provided much support for running METviewer in a
Docker
container.  So bear with us as we get going with this.

First, let me tell you that the METviewer Docker container fits inside
a
large End-To-End NWP tutorial:
   https://dtcenter.org/met/docker-nwp/tutorial/container_nwp_tutorial

This tutorial provides examples of running Docker containers to run
WRF
(WPS and real), UPP, NCL, MET, and METviewer.  The "sandy" case for
this
tutorial is pretty lightweight and runs pretty quickly.  One option
would
be having you step through the tutorial to get the end where we load
data
into METviewer (
https://dtcenter.org/met/docker-
nwp/tutorial/container_nwp_tutorial/tutorial.php?name=sandy&category=verif
).

But you'd need to go through all the previous steps to generate the
MET
output that get's loaded.

Another option would be you sending me a small tarball of
representative
data, and I could load that into a METviewer container on my laptop to
make
sure I remember how... and then tell you how I did it.

Let me know how you'd like to proceed.

Thanks,
John

On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 2:23 PM Johnson, Marcus R. via RT
<met_help at ucar.edu>
wrote:

>
> <URL: https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=86612 >
>
> John,
>
> Thanks for the info. You are correct, I have been using Docker and
I'm
> sorry I didn't clarify that earlier or explain my task. I'm trying
to use
> the mv_load module to move MET output in .txt files to a database,
then use
> the GUI website plotter to create plots, but I'm not exactly sure
how to
> accomplish this. I'm not sure if mv_load can create XML files (i.e.,
the
> website has a "Load XML" button) or if it uploads it to the public
website
> or creates a local website. I'd prefer to use the GUI website over
mv_batch
> because it seems more simple.
>
> Anyway, up to this point I've installed docker and the metviewer
container
> on my local machine. I've been unable to get mv_load to work because
of the
> following error message:
> /METViewer/bin/mv_load.sh: line 21: -classpath: command not found
>
> Also, the load_spec_file I'm using is an example script from
> http://dtcenter.org/met/metviewer/doc/load.html, so I am not exactly
sure
> if my <connection> tags are correct. I didn't see any input files
included
> in the installed METViewer package.
>
> Thanks you for your help!
> Marcus
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Halley Gotway via RT [mailto:met_help at ucar.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2018 1:51 PM
> To: Johnson, Marcus R.
> Subject: Re: [rt.rap.ucar.edu #86612] METViewer
>
> Marcus,
>
> I'm told that you've worked with Minna Win on these issues in the
past.
> Minna's out of the office today, so I'll throw in my advice.
>
> Based on the URL (http://localhost:8080/metviewer/metviewer1.jsp), I
> believe you're using METviewer in a Docker container.  That Docker
> container is designed to run locally on a machine.  It is an entire
> pre-packaged instance of METviewer and is totally independent of
other
> METviewer instances, like the public one with the DTC (
> http://www.dtcenter.org/met/metviewer/metviewer1.jsp).  You are
running
> everything locally on your machine, and data you load into that
instance
> will only live on your machine.  The URL for this Docker container
will
> only be public if you make changes to make it so.  But I'm not the
right
> person to give advice on how to do that.
>
> There is one important detail you should know.  You can choose the
name
> that you give to each database you create.  Any databases that are
named
> using the "mv_" prefix are automatically made available through the
> METviewer GUI.  So if your GUI is public, then the "mv_*" database
will be
> public as well.  Databases that do not begin with "mv_" are not
available
> via the GUI.  However you still can run jobs through the batch
engine to
> make plots for these "hidden" databases.
>
> As for the <connection> settings in the load XML files, the <host>,
<user>,
> and <password> settings should be left as-is.  However you can, and
should,
> change the <database> entry to specify the name of that database
that you'd
> like to load.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 11:28 AM Johnson, Marcus R. via RT <
> met_help at ucar.edu> wrote:
>
> >
> > Wed Aug 15 11:20:15 2018: Request 86612 was acted upon.
> > Transaction: Ticket created by marcus.johnson at ou.edu
> >        Queue: met_help
> >      Subject: METViewer
> >        Owner: Nobody
> >   Requestors: marcus.johnson at ou.edu
> >       Status: new
> >  Ticket <URL:
https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=86612 >
> >
> >
> > Good afternoon,
> >
> > Thank you so much for helping me install METViewer on my machine.
I just
> > have a few more questions on the best way to implement it.
> >
> >
> >   1.  I plan on using mv_load to bring databases to the METViewer
website
> > and create plots. Will my databases still be local to me, or will
they be
> > on the public website?
> >   2.  Is the <connection> portion of the input file user-defined
and
> > customizable? Or does it need to match up with my local machine
> connection
> > settings? Does it specify the url of the website, i.e.,
> > http://localhost:8080/metviewer/metviewer1.jsp?
> >
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Marcus
> >
> >
>
>
>
>

------------------------------------------------
Subject: METViewer
From: John Halley Gotway
Time: Fri Aug 17 16:51:56 2018

Marcus,

Thanks for sending your sample output.  I put it into a directory on
my Mac
laptop and started writing down instructions for loading it.  But
ultimately, I ran into the same runtime issue you're seeing:

[root at f0c2e0fd30ba METViewer]# /data/metv_load_all.ksh mv_grid_stat

/METViewer/bin/mv_load.sh: line 21: -classpath: command not found

I'll need Tatiana's (the METviewer developer) help to figure this out.

Not sure what the problem is.

Thanks,
John

On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 3:46 PM Johnson, Marcus R. via RT
<met_help at ucar.edu>
wrote:

>
> <URL: https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=86612 >
>
> John,
>
> I've attached output .txt/.stat files from running standalone (not
in a
> docker container) MET software. Please let me know if you are able
to load
> it into METViewer!
>
> Thanks!
> Marcus
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Halley Gotway via RT [mailto:met_help at ucar.edu]
> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2018 4:06 PM
> To: Johnson, Marcus R.
> Subject: Re: [rt.rap.ucar.edu #86612] METViewer
>
> Marcus,
>
> To date we haven't provided much support for running METviewer in a
Docker
> container.  So bear with us as we get going with this.
>
> First, let me tell you that the METviewer Docker container fits
inside a
> large End-To-End NWP tutorial:
>    https://dtcenter.org/met/docker-
nwp/tutorial/container_nwp_tutorial
>
> This tutorial provides examples of running Docker containers to run
WRF
> (WPS and real), UPP, NCL, MET, and METviewer.  The "sandy" case for
this
> tutorial is pretty lightweight and runs pretty quickly.  One option
would
> be having you step through the tutorial to get the end where we load
data
> into METviewer (
>
> https://dtcenter.org/met/docker-
nwp/tutorial/container_nwp_tutorial/tutorial.php?name=sandy&category=verif
> ).
>
> But you'd need to go through all the previous steps to generate the
MET
> output that get's loaded.
>
> Another option would be you sending me a small tarball of
representative
> data, and I could load that into a METviewer container on my laptop
to make
> sure I remember how... and then tell you how I did it.
>
> Let me know how you'd like to proceed.
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 2:23 PM Johnson, Marcus R. via RT <
> met_help at ucar.edu>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > <URL: https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=86612 >
> >
> > John,
> >
> > Thanks for the info. You are correct, I have been using Docker and
I'm
> > sorry I didn't clarify that earlier or explain my task. I'm trying
to use
> > the mv_load module to move MET output in .txt files to a database,
then
> use
> > the GUI website plotter to create plots, but I'm not exactly sure
how to
> > accomplish this. I'm not sure if mv_load can create XML files
(i.e., the
> > website has a "Load XML" button) or if it uploads it to the public
> website
> > or creates a local website. I'd prefer to use the GUI website over
> mv_batch
> > because it seems more simple.
> >
> > Anyway, up to this point I've installed docker and the metviewer
> container
> > on my local machine. I've been unable to get mv_load to work
because of
> the
> > following error message:
> > /METViewer/bin/mv_load.sh: line 21: -classpath: command not found
> >
> > Also, the load_spec_file I'm using is an example script from
> > http://dtcenter.org/met/metviewer/doc/load.html, so I am not
exactly
> sure
> > if my <connection> tags are correct. I didn't see any input files
> included
> > in the installed METViewer package.
> >
> > Thanks you for your help!
> > Marcus
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Halley Gotway via RT [mailto:met_help at ucar.edu]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2018 1:51 PM
> > To: Johnson, Marcus R.
> > Subject: Re: [rt.rap.ucar.edu #86612] METViewer
> >
> > Marcus,
> >
> > I'm told that you've worked with Minna Win on these issues in the
past.
> > Minna's out of the office today, so I'll throw in my advice.
> >
> > Based on the URL (http://localhost:8080/metviewer/metviewer1.jsp),
I
> > believe you're using METviewer in a Docker container.  That Docker
> > container is designed to run locally on a machine.  It is an
entire
> > pre-packaged instance of METviewer and is totally independent of
other
> > METviewer instances, like the public one with the DTC (
> > http://www.dtcenter.org/met/metviewer/metviewer1.jsp).  You are
running
> > everything locally on your machine, and data you load into that
instance
> > will only live on your machine.  The URL for this Docker container
will
> > only be public if you make changes to make it so.  But I'm not the
right
> > person to give advice on how to do that.
> >
> > There is one important detail you should know.  You can choose the
name
> > that you give to each database you create.  Any databases that are
named
> > using the "mv_" prefix are automatically made available through
the
> > METviewer GUI.  So if your GUI is public, then the "mv_*" database
will
> be
> > public as well.  Databases that do not begin with "mv_" are not
available
> > via the GUI.  However you still can run jobs through the batch
engine to
> > make plots for these "hidden" databases.
> >
> > As for the <connection> settings in the load XML files, the
<host>,
> <user>,
> > and <password> settings should be left as-is.  However you can,
and
> should,
> > change the <database> entry to specify the name of that database
that
> you'd
> > like to load.
> >
> > Hope that helps.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 11:28 AM Johnson, Marcus R. via RT <
> > met_help at ucar.edu> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Wed Aug 15 11:20:15 2018: Request 86612 was acted upon.
> > > Transaction: Ticket created by marcus.johnson at ou.edu
> > >        Queue: met_help
> > >      Subject: METViewer
> > >        Owner: Nobody
> > >   Requestors: marcus.johnson at ou.edu
> > >       Status: new
> > >  Ticket <URL:
https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=86612
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Good afternoon,
> > >
> > > Thank you so much for helping me install METViewer on my
machine. I
> just
> > > have a few more questions on the best way to implement it.
> > >
> > >
> > >   1.  I plan on using mv_load to bring databases to the
METViewer
> website
> > > and create plots. Will my databases still be local to me, or
will they
> be
> > > on the public website?
> > >   2.  Is the <connection> portion of the input file user-defined
and
> > > customizable? Or does it need to match up with my local machine
> > connection
> > > settings? Does it specify the url of the website, i.e.,
> > > http://localhost:8080/metviewer/metviewer1.jsp?
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > > Marcus
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>

------------------------------------------------
Subject: METViewer
From: Tatiana Burek
Time: Mon Aug 20 08:51:41 2018

John,
I looked at the METviewer loading script for the Docker container and
noticed that I somehow misspelled the location of MV_HOME directory .
It is fixed and tar.gz file on mandan is updated.

Tatiana

On Fri Aug 17 16:51:56 2018, johnhg wrote:
> Marcus,
>
> Thanks for sending your sample output.  I put it into a directory on
> my Mac
> laptop and started writing down instructions for loading it.  But
> ultimately, I ran into the same runtime issue you're seeing:
>
> [root at f0c2e0fd30ba METViewer]# /data/metv_load_all.ksh mv_grid_stat
>
> /METViewer/bin/mv_load.sh: line 21: -classpath: command not found
>
>
> I'll need Tatiana's (the METviewer developer) help to figure this
out.
>
>
> Not sure what the problem is.
>
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 3:46 PM Johnson, Marcus R. via RT
> <met_help at ucar.edu>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > <URL: https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=86612 >
> >
> > John,
> >
> > I've attached output .txt/.stat files from running standalone (not
in
> > a
> > docker container) MET software. Please let me know if you are able
to
> > load
> > it into METViewer!
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Marcus
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Halley Gotway via RT [mailto:met_help at ucar.edu]
> > Sent: Friday, August 17, 2018 4:06 PM
> > To: Johnson, Marcus R.
> > Subject: Re: [rt.rap.ucar.edu #86612] METViewer
> >
> > Marcus,
> >
> > To date we haven't provided much support for running METviewer in
a
> > Docker
> > container.  So bear with us as we get going with this.
> >
> > First, let me tell you that the METviewer Docker container fits
> > inside a
> > large End-To-End NWP tutorial:
> >    https://dtcenter.org/met/docker-
> > nwp/tutorial/container_nwp_tutorial
> >
> > This tutorial provides examples of running Docker containers to
run
> > WRF
> > (WPS and real), UPP, NCL, MET, and METviewer.  The "sandy" case
for
> > this
> > tutorial is pretty lightweight and runs pretty quickly.  One
option
> > would
> > be having you step through the tutorial to get the end where we
load
> > data
> > into METviewer (
> >
> > https://dtcenter.org/met/docker-
> >
nwp/tutorial/container_nwp_tutorial/tutorial.php?name=sandy&category=verif
> > ).
> >
> > But you'd need to go through all the previous steps to generate
the
> > MET
> > output that get's loaded.
> >
> > Another option would be you sending me a small tarball of
> > representative
> > data, and I could load that into a METviewer container on my
laptop
> > to make
> > sure I remember how... and then tell you how I did it.
> >
> > Let me know how you'd like to proceed.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 2:23 PM Johnson, Marcus R. via RT <
> > met_help at ucar.edu>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > <URL: https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=86612 >
> > >
> > > John,
> > >
> > > Thanks for the info. You are correct, I have been using Docker
and
> > > I'm
> > > sorry I didn't clarify that earlier or explain my task. I'm
trying
> > > to use
> > > the mv_load module to move MET output in .txt files to a
database,
> > > then
> > use
> > > the GUI website plotter to create plots, but I'm not exactly
sure
> > > how to
> > > accomplish this. I'm not sure if mv_load can create XML files
> > > (i.e., the
> > > website has a "Load XML" button) or if it uploads it to the
public
> > website
> > > or creates a local website. I'd prefer to use the GUI website
over
> > mv_batch
> > > because it seems more simple.
> > >
> > > Anyway, up to this point I've installed docker and the metviewer
> > container
> > > on my local machine. I've been unable to get mv_load to work
> > > because of
> > the
> > > following error message:
> > > /METViewer/bin/mv_load.sh: line 21: -classpath: command not
found
> > >
> > > Also, the load_spec_file I'm using is an example script from
> > > http://dtcenter.org/met/metviewer/doc/load.html, so I am not
> > > exactly
> > sure
> > > if my <connection> tags are correct. I didn't see any input
files
> > included
> > > in the installed METViewer package.
> > >
> > > Thanks you for your help!
> > > Marcus
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: John Halley Gotway via RT [mailto:met_help at ucar.edu]
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2018 1:51 PM
> > > To: Johnson, Marcus R.
> > > Subject: Re: [rt.rap.ucar.edu #86612] METViewer
> > >
> > > Marcus,
> > >
> > > I'm told that you've worked with Minna Win on these issues in
the
> > > past.
> > > Minna's out of the office today, so I'll throw in my advice.
> > >
> > > Based on the URL
(http://localhost:8080/metviewer/metviewer1.jsp),
> > > I
> > > believe you're using METviewer in a Docker container.  That
Docker
> > > container is designed to run locally on a machine.  It is an
entire
> > > pre-packaged instance of METviewer and is totally independent of
> > > other
> > > METviewer instances, like the public one with the DTC (
> > > http://www.dtcenter.org/met/metviewer/metviewer1.jsp).  You are
> > > running
> > > everything locally on your machine, and data you load into that
> > > instance
> > > will only live on your machine.  The URL for this Docker
container
> > > will
> > > only be public if you make changes to make it so.  But I'm not
the
> > > right
> > > person to give advice on how to do that.
> > >
> > > There is one important detail you should know.  You can choose
the
> > > name
> > > that you give to each database you create.  Any databases that
are
> > > named
> > > using the "mv_" prefix are automatically made available through
the
> > > METviewer GUI.  So if your GUI is public, then the "mv_*"
database
> > > will
> > be
> > > public as well.  Databases that do not begin with "mv_" are not
> > > available
> > > via the GUI.  However you still can run jobs through the batch
> > > engine to
> > > make plots for these "hidden" databases.
> > >
> > > As for the <connection> settings in the load XML files, the
<host>,
> > <user>,
> > > and <password> settings should be left as-is.  However you can,
and
> > should,
> > > change the <database> entry to specify the name of that database
> > > that
> > you'd
> > > like to load.
> > >
> > > Hope that helps.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > John
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 11:28 AM Johnson, Marcus R. via RT <
> > > met_help at ucar.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Wed Aug 15 11:20:15 2018: Request 86612 was acted upon.
> > > > Transaction: Ticket created by marcus.johnson at ou.edu
> > > >        Queue: met_help
> > > >      Subject: METViewer
> > > >        Owner: Nobody
> > > >   Requestors: marcus.johnson at ou.edu
> > > >       Status: new
> > > >  Ticket <URL:
> > > > https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=86612
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Good afternoon,
> > > >
> > > > Thank you so much for helping me install METViewer on my
machine.
> > > > I
> > just
> > > > have a few more questions on the best way to implement it.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 1.  I plan on using mv_load to bring databases to the
METViewer
> > website
> > > > and create plots. Will my databases still be local to me, or
will
> > > > they
> > be
> > > > on the public website?
> > > >   2.  Is the <connection> portion of the input file user-
defined
> > > > and
> > > > customizable? Or does it need to match up with my local
machine
> > > connection
> > > > settings? Does it specify the url of the website, i.e.,
> > > > http://localhost:8080/metviewer/metviewer1.jsp?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!
> > > > Marcus
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >

------------------------------------------------
Subject: METViewer
From: John Halley Gotway
Time: Mon Aug 20 11:39:30 2018

Hi Marcus,

Tatiana checked into it and found a typo in one of the scripts in the
container.  She fixed that, made a few other tweaks, and I reran the
following steps this morning to test it all out:

(1) Choose a working directory and untar the data you sent me into it:
  cd /Users/johnhg/MET/MET_Help/johnson_data_20180817
  tar -xvf ~/Downloads/metoutputexample.tar

(2) Reorganize your data by placing it into a "grid_stat"
subdirectory.
  mkdir metoutputexample/grid_stat
  mv metoutputexample/* metoutputexample/grid_stat

(3) Follow instructions to clone repo, build METviewer container, and
launch METviewer (
https://github.com/NCAR/container-dtc-
metviewer/blob/master/README.docker.txt
):
  git clone https://github.com/NCAR/container-dtc-metviewer.git

  cd container-dtc-metviewer/METViewer

  docker build -t metviewer .

export
MYSQL_DIR=/Users/johnhg/MET/MET_Help/johnson_data_20180817/metv_mysql

export METVIEWER_DIR=
/Users/johnhg/MET/MET_Help/johnson_data_20180817/metv_output

export
METVIEWER_DATA=/Users/johnhg/MET/MET_Help/johnson_data_20180817/
metoutputexample

  mkdir -p $MYSQL_DIR $METVIEWER_DIR

  cd
/Users/johnhg/MET/MET_Help/johnson_data_20180817/container-dtc-
metviewer

  docker-compose run --rm --service-ports metviewer

(4) In browser, go to the following URL to see that the GUI is up and
running:

  http://localhost:8080/metviewer/metviewer1.jsp

(5) In another terminal window, copy the two attached files
(metv_load_all.ksh and load_metv_TMPL.xml) into
/Users/johnhg/MET/MET_Help/johnson_data_20180817/metoutputexample.
We'll
use them to load data.

(6) The last command of (3) starts METviewer and launches a shell
inside
the container. From inside the container, run:

ls /data # You should see your sample MET output in there

  /data/metv_load_all.ksh mv_grid_stat # This loads data from /data
into a
new db named mv_grid_stat

(7) In the METviewer GUI window, click "Reload databases" in top-right
corner.  Also hold down the CTRL key and click the refresh button to
clear
the browser cache and reload the page.  You should now see
"mv_grid_stat"
in the list of databases.

Please let me know how all these steps go for you.

Thanks,
John

On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 8:52 AM Tatiana Burek via RT <
met_help-comment at rap.ucar.edu> wrote:

>
> https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=86612
> This is a comment.  It is not sent to the Requestor(s):
>
>
> John,
> I looked at the METviewer loading script for the Docker container
and
> noticed that I somehow misspelled the location of MV_HOME directory
. It is
> fixed and tar.gz file on mandan is updated.
>
> Tatiana
>
> On Fri Aug 17 16:51:56 2018, johnhg wrote:
> > Marcus,
> >
> > Thanks for sending your sample output.  I put it into a directory
on
> > my Mac
> > laptop and started writing down instructions for loading it.  But
> > ultimately, I ran into the same runtime issue you're seeing:
> >
> > [root at f0c2e0fd30ba METViewer]# /data/metv_load_all.ksh
mv_grid_stat
> >
> > /METViewer/bin/mv_load.sh: line 21: -classpath: command not found
> >
> >
> > I'll need Tatiana's (the METviewer developer) help to figure this
out.
> >
> >
> > Not sure what the problem is.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 3:46 PM Johnson, Marcus R. via RT
> > <met_help at ucar.edu>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > <URL: https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=86612 >
> > >
> > > John,
> > >
> > > I've attached output .txt/.stat files from running standalone
(not in
> > > a
> > > docker container) MET software. Please let me know if you are
able to
> > > load
> > > it into METViewer!
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > > Marcus
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: John Halley Gotway via RT [mailto:met_help at ucar.edu]
> > > Sent: Friday, August 17, 2018 4:06 PM
> > > To: Johnson, Marcus R.
> > > Subject: Re: [rt.rap.ucar.edu #86612] METViewer
> > >
> > > Marcus,
> > >
> > > To date we haven't provided much support for running METviewer
in a
> > > Docker
> > > container.  So bear with us as we get going with this.
> > >
> > > First, let me tell you that the METviewer Docker container fits
> > > inside a
> > > large End-To-End NWP tutorial:
> > >    https://dtcenter.org/met/docker-
> > > nwp/tutorial/container_nwp_tutorial
> > >
> > > This tutorial provides examples of running Docker containers to
run
> > > WRF
> > > (WPS and real), UPP, NCL, MET, and METviewer.  The "sandy" case
for
> > > this
> > > tutorial is pretty lightweight and runs pretty quickly.  One
option
> > > would
> > > be having you step through the tutorial to get the end where we
load
> > > data
> > > into METviewer (
> > >
> > > https://dtcenter.org/met/docker-
> > >
>
nwp/tutorial/container_nwp_tutorial/tutorial.php?name=sandy&category=verif
> > > ).
> > >
> > > But you'd need to go through all the previous steps to generate
the
> > > MET
> > > output that get's loaded.
> > >
> > > Another option would be you sending me a small tarball of
> > > representative
> > > data, and I could load that into a METviewer container on my
laptop
> > > to make
> > > sure I remember how... and then tell you how I did it.
> > >
> > > Let me know how you'd like to proceed.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > John
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 2:23 PM Johnson, Marcus R. via RT <
> > > met_help at ucar.edu>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > <URL: https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=86612
>
> > > >
> > > > John,
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for the info. You are correct, I have been using Docker
and
> > > > I'm
> > > > sorry I didn't clarify that earlier or explain my task. I'm
trying
> > > > to use
> > > > the mv_load module to move MET output in .txt files to a
database,
> > > > then
> > > use
> > > > the GUI website plotter to create plots, but I'm not exactly
sure
> > > > how to
> > > > accomplish this. I'm not sure if mv_load can create XML files
> > > > (i.e., the
> > > > website has a "Load XML" button) or if it uploads it to the
public
> > > website
> > > > or creates a local website. I'd prefer to use the GUI website
over
> > > mv_batch
> > > > because it seems more simple.
> > > >
> > > > Anyway, up to this point I've installed docker and the
metviewer
> > > container
> > > > on my local machine. I've been unable to get mv_load to work
> > > > because of
> > > the
> > > > following error message:
> > > > /METViewer/bin/mv_load.sh: line 21: -classpath: command not
found
> > > >
> > > > Also, the load_spec_file I'm using is an example script from
> > > > http://dtcenter.org/met/metviewer/doc/load.html, so I am not
> > > > exactly
> > > sure
> > > > if my <connection> tags are correct. I didn't see any input
files
> > > included
> > > > in the installed METViewer package.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks you for your help!
> > > > Marcus
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: John Halley Gotway via RT [mailto:met_help at ucar.edu]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2018 1:51 PM
> > > > To: Johnson, Marcus R.
> > > > Subject: Re: [rt.rap.ucar.edu #86612] METViewer
> > > >
> > > > Marcus,
> > > >
> > > > I'm told that you've worked with Minna Win on these issues in
the
> > > > past.
> > > > Minna's out of the office today, so I'll throw in my advice.
> > > >
> > > > Based on the URL
(http://localhost:8080/metviewer/metviewer1.jsp),
> > > > I
> > > > believe you're using METviewer in a Docker container.  That
Docker
> > > > container is designed to run locally on a machine.  It is an
entire
> > > > pre-packaged instance of METviewer and is totally independent
of
> > > > other
> > > > METviewer instances, like the public one with the DTC (
> > > > http://www.dtcenter.org/met/metviewer/metviewer1.jsp).  You
are
> > > > running
> > > > everything locally on your machine, and data you load into
that
> > > > instance
> > > > will only live on your machine.  The URL for this Docker
container
> > > > will
> > > > only be public if you make changes to make it so.  But I'm not
the
> > > > right
> > > > person to give advice on how to do that.
> > > >
> > > > There is one important detail you should know.  You can choose
the
> > > > name
> > > > that you give to each database you create.  Any databases that
are
> > > > named
> > > > using the "mv_" prefix are automatically made available
through the
> > > > METviewer GUI.  So if your GUI is public, then the "mv_*"
database
> > > > will
> > > be
> > > > public as well.  Databases that do not begin with "mv_" are
not
> > > > available
> > > > via the GUI.  However you still can run jobs through the batch
> > > > engine to
> > > > make plots for these "hidden" databases.
> > > >
> > > > As for the <connection> settings in the load XML files, the
<host>,
> > > <user>,
> > > > and <password> settings should be left as-is.  However you
can, and
> > > should,
> > > > change the <database> entry to specify the name of that
database
> > > > that
> > > you'd
> > > > like to load.
> > > >
> > > > Hope that helps.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > John
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 11:28 AM Johnson, Marcus R. via RT <
> > > > met_help at ucar.edu> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Wed Aug 15 11:20:15 2018: Request 86612 was acted upon.
> > > > > Transaction: Ticket created by marcus.johnson at ou.edu
> > > > >        Queue: met_help
> > > > >      Subject: METViewer
> > > > >        Owner: Nobody
> > > > >   Requestors: marcus.johnson at ou.edu
> > > > >       Status: new
> > > > >  Ticket <URL:
> > > > > https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=86612
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Good afternoon,
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank you so much for helping me install METViewer on my
machine.
> > > > > I
> > > just
> > > > > have a few more questions on the best way to implement it.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > 1.  I plan on using mv_load to bring databases to the
METViewer
> > > website
> > > > > and create plots. Will my databases still be local to me, or
will
> > > > > they
> > > be
> > > > > on the public website?
> > > > >   2.  Is the <connection> portion of the input file user-
defined
> > > > > and
> > > > > customizable? Or does it need to match up with my local
machine
> > > > connection
> > > > > settings? Does it specify the url of the website, i.e.,
> > > > > http://localhost:8080/metviewer/metviewer1.jsp?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks!
> > > > > Marcus
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>
>

------------------------------------------------
Subject: METViewer
From: John Halley Gotway
Time: Mon Aug 20 11:42:45 2018