Unidata AWIPS 18.2.1-4 Software Release

AWIPS 18.2.1-4 is a new release to both EDEX (on Linux Centos7/RHEL7 only). More information is listed below.

EDEX Updates

• Fixed an issue with EDEX ingest failing to starting up (#412)
• Updated the awips_install.sh install script
  • Added checks to check for wget and rsync and install if they aren't installed (#410)
  • Updated the "backup" section - gives users the option to not backup data
  • Only backs up the ldm/etc and ldm/dev directories instead of the full LDM directory (#411)
  • Added a line to clean the metadata in the awips2 repo (noticed some issues when installing a new build on
    a machine that previously had AWIPS installed pointing to the same location but had updated rpms).
  • Added a change to set the LDM_PORT for server installs

CAVE Updates

No updates were made to CAVE, however on linux, the latest build version is now 18.2.1-4

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How to Install AWIPS 18.2.1-4

ℹ️ If you have a machine where you are wanting both CAVE and EDEX installed, install EDEX first, then CAVE

⚠️ Do not use yum update, use the awips_install.sh and this will remove old builds of CAVE/EDEX before installing new versions

EDEX Instructions:

  Linux

1. Download the latest awips_install.sh
2. In a terminal, go to the download directory
3. Make the installer an executable:
   • chmod 755 awips_install.sh
4. Run the installer as root
   • ./awips_install.sh --server
5. Start EDEX
   • sudo edex start