AWIPS 18.1.1-5 is a major update to both CAVE and EDEX, including a
security update to the latest httpd/mod_wsgi packages.
https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/unidata-awips-18-1-1
- EDEX administrators should be aware that localization levels have
changed, and Unidata AWIPS no longer supports REGION, DESK, or WORKSTATION
levels.
- EDEX administrators should be aware that USER-level localization names
have been merged with the WORKSTATION name, that is, what used to be
USER awips will now be USER awips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
- It may be required that EDEX admins migrate saved USER procedures and
bundles to the new naming system, which may be tedious, but is necessary
for use of CAVE in a classroom and lab setting going forward. This update
prevents users from overwriting each other's customizationsif they happen
to have the same username.
CAVE Updates
- Reorganized File Menu for saving and loading bundles, procedures, and
perspectives.
- D2D default view switched to 5-pane with GOES E/W geostationary views,
plus regional and local views.
- New GOES Geostationary perspective multi-view bundles loaded from the
Satellite menu.
- New menu items for GOES 17 (GOES West) sectors WCONUS, WFD, WMESO-1,
WMESO-2, AKREGI, HIREGI.
- WWA (Watch, Warn, Advisory) plugin display updates with phensig color
table and full text on sampling. These new bundles are located in the
Surface menu, available for flood, wind, marine, as well as All Warnings
and Convective Watches.
- Fix for the Linux GFE Perspective to sync required files to run
gfeConfig correctly (Yes, GFE actually runs again, good luck!)
EDEX Updates
- Removal of REGION, DESK, and WORKSTATION localization level. Any
configuration or setting which used the DESK or WORKSTATION levels will now
use SITE instead. This makes for only 3 localization levels to manage in
Unidata AWIPS from 18.1.1-5 onward: 1) BASE (default), 2) SITE (e.g. OAX),
and 3) USER.
- More efficient thread control for the ingestGrib JVM in
/awips2/edex/etc/ingestGrib.sh rather than using definitions in
/awips2/edex/conf/resources/.
- Updated the /etc/init.d/edex_ldm wrapper to allow for the use of
ldmadmin clean as root.
- Fixed a bug with Python environments when running edex qpid as root.
- Updated pqact.conf to include GOES 17 products, as well as a fix to
ingest both METOP-A and B ascat files.
RPM package updates for Linux
- awips2-httpd-pypies updated to 2.4.38 (security update)
- mod_wsgi updated to 4.6.5 (security update)
- awips2-ldm updated to 6.13.7
- pyparsing updated to 2.3.1
- pytz updated to 2018.9
- six updated to 1.12.0
- setuptools (ADE) updated to 40.7.3
How to Update/Install 18.1.1-5
windows https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/awips2/awips-cave.msi
macOS: https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/awips2/awips-cave.dmg
linux CAVE:
- yum clean all
- yum groupupdate awips2-cave
linux EDEX:
- edex stop
- yum groupupdate awips2-server
- edex start
More Info at https://unidata.github.io/awips2/
