Connecting to Thredd Guide

This guide provides information on how to connect your applications securely to Thredd, using the Secure Connectivity Framework. It is intended for Technical team(s) responsible for security and network configuration.

Topics covered:Thredd's Secure Connectivity Framework, CloudEntity, Thredd CA, Mutual TLS, Creating Transport Certificates, Signing Certificates

Current Version

The current version is available in both Online (HTML) and PDF format.

Online (HTML)	PDF	What's Changed?	Version
Connecting to Thredd Guide		Updated Using the Postman Collection to call REST APIs over mTLS and Using the Postman Collection to call REST APIs over TLS to cover set up Postman for Thredd Identity and Access Management (IAM) users. Added new section for Webhook integration, sometimes referred to as the Thredd Event Delivery System or EDS. Removing support for Raidiam Connect (for mTLS connections) and Cloudentity. See Thredd Secure Framework.	1.2

Online (HTML)

PDF

What's Changed?

Version

Connecting to Thredd Guide

Updated Using the Postman Collection to call REST APIs over mTLS and Using the Postman Collection to call REST APIs over TLS to cover set up Postman for Thredd Identity and Access Management (IAM) users.

Added new section for Webhook integration, sometimes referred to as the Thredd Event Delivery System or EDS.

Removing support for Raidiam Connect (for mTLS connections) and Cloudentity. See Thredd Secure Framework.

1.2

Older Versions

Older versions are available in PDF format only.

File Name	What's Changed?	Version
Connecting to Thredd Guide	Added section on how to connect to Thredd using AWS and VPN. See Connecting with AWS and VPN. Added a prerequisites list in the Generating and Obtaining a Software Statement Assertion (SSA) section and linked it with related information elsewhere in the guide. Added section on how to manually create users, including how to assign restricted codes and Thredd Portal roles. See Manually Create Users. Updated the FAQ section.	1.1
Connecting to Thredd Guide	First version	1.0

File Name

What's Changed?

Version

Connecting to Thredd Guide

Added section on how to connect to Thredd using AWS and VPN. See Connecting with AWS and VPN.

Added a prerequisites list in the Generating and Obtaining a Software Statement Assertion (SSA) section and linked it with related information elsewhere in the guide.

Added section on how to manually create users, including how to assign restricted codes and Thredd Portal roles. See Manually Create Users.

Updated the FAQ section.

1.1

Connecting to Thredd Guide

First version

1.0