Optional Features

With the release of micro-tethys-platform and starting with Tethys v5.0 many features of Tethys Platform will become optional and require additional dependencies to be installed. This is done to limit the size of the environment and allow Tethys Portal administrators more flexibility in deciding what features are needed in their deployment. The following list of features are optional and will require the listed dependencies to be installed for that feature to be enabled:

Security Features

Session Security

Session security enables setting timeouts for user sessions and automatically logging them out.

dependencies

  • django-session-security

Track Failed Login Attempts

Tracking failed logins allows Tethys to lock user accounts after a certain number of failed attempts, and alerts users of the number of failed attempts when they login.

dependencies

  • django-axes

Add CORS Headers

Adds CORS headers to enable Tethys resources to be accessed on other domains.

dependencies

  • django-cors-headers

Login/Accounts

Gravatar

Gravatar provides a user avatar image in the user's profile.

dependencies

  • django-gravatar2

Captcha

Captcha requires users to type the code from an image during login.

dependencies

  • django-simple-captcha

ReCaptcha

ReCaptcha uses a Google provided service to verify that the user logging in is human.

dependencies

  • django-recaptcha2

Multi-Factor Authentication

Allows users to enable multi-factor authentication for their Tethys Portal account.

dependencies

  • django-mfa2

  • arrow

  • isodate

Single Sign On with Social Accounts

Allow users to login to Tethys using 3rd party accounts (e.g. GitHub, Google, Facebook, etc.).

dependencies

  • social-auth-app-django

SSO with HydroShare

Allows configuration of HydroShare as an SSO

dependencies

  • hs_restclient

SSO with OneLogin

Allows configuration of OneLogin as an SSO

dependencies

  • python-jose

OAuth2 Provider

Enables a Tethys Portal to be a provider of OAuth2 authentication.

dependencies

  • django-oauth-toolkit

See OAUTH2_PROVIDER

Portal Enhancements

Terms and Conditions

Enables portal administrators to define terms and conditions that users must accept to use the portal.

dependencies

  • django-termsandconditions

Web Analytics Tracking

Gathers web analytics statistics from portal usage.

dependencies

  • django-analytical

JSON Widget

Enables a JSON widget in the admin pages for app settings.

dependencies

  • django-json-widget

RESTful Framework

Provides a framework for defining REST APIs.

dependencies

  • djangorestframework

Mapping

May Layout Shapefile Support

Enables converting geojson to shapefile.

dependencies

  • PyShp

Command Line Interface

Docker

Enables the docker command on the tethys CLI.

dependencies

  • docker-py

Conda Installer

Enables the tethys install` commands to install conda packages.

dependencies

  • conda

  • conda-libmamba-solver

Databases

PostgreSQL

Enables tethys db commands to setup local or remote PostgreSQL databases.

dependencies

  • postgresql

  • psycopg2

Persistent Stores

Enables apps to define and use persistent stores.

dependencies

  • sqlalchemy<2

  • psycopg2 (or other DB driver for Persistent Store type)

Spatial Persistent Stores

Enables apps to define spatial persistent stores.

dependencies

  • sqlalchemy<2

  • geoalchemy2

Gizmos

Bokeh Plots

Enables the Bokeh plotting gizmo.

dependencies

  • bokeh

Plotly Plots

Enables the Plotly plotting gizmo.

dependencies

  • plotly

Tethys Compute

Dask Job Type

Enables the Dask job type.

dependencies

  • dask

  • tethys_dask_scheduler

HTCondor Job Types

Enables the HTCondor job and workflow types

dependencies

  • condorpy

External Services

Dataset Services

Enables the dataset services APIs for CKAN and GeoServer.

dependencies

  • tethys_dataset_services

THREDDS Spatial Dataset Service

Enables using THREDDS as a spatial dataset service.

dependencies

  • siphon

Web Processing Services (WPS)

Enables apps to define WPS endpoints.

dependencies

  • owslib