Merge pull request #701 from tiffanycmeyer13/unidata_20.3.2

Updates for 23.4.1-0.3 beta release for EDEX and CAVE
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diff --git a/docs/appendix/educational-resources.md b/docs/appendix/educational-resources.md
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ A full list of all released blogs can be found below:
 - [AWIPS 20.3.2-2 AWIPS Software Release](https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/awips-tips-awips-20-3)
 - [Upcoming CentOS7 End of Life](https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/awips-tips-upcoming-centos7-end)
 - [AWIPS 23.4.1-0.2 Beta CAVE Software Release](https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/awips-tips-unidata-awips-23)
+- [AWIPS 23.4.1-0.3 Full Beta Software Release](https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/awips-tips-awips-full-beta)
 
 #### CAVE
 

diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
@@ -21,10 +21,14 @@
 
  The Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) is a meteorological software package.  It is used for decoding, displaying, and analyzing data, and was originally developed for the National Weather Service (NWS) by Raytheon. There is a division here at UCAR called the NSF Unidata Program Center (UPC) which develops and supports a modified non-operational version of AWIPS for use in research and education by [UCAR member institutions](http://president.ucar.edu/governance/members/universities-representatives).  This is released as open source software, free to download and use by anyone.
 
-AWIPS takes a unified approach to data ingest, where most data ingested into the system comes through the [LDM](#ldm) client pulling data feeds from the [NSF Unidata IDD](https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/projects/#idd). Various raw data and product files (netCDF, grib, BUFR, ASCII text, gini, AREA) are decoded and stored as HDF5 files and Postgres metadata by [EDEX](install/install-edex), which serves products and data over http.
+AWIPS takes a unified approach to data ingest, where most data ingested into the system comes through the [LDM](#ldm) client pulling data feeds from the [NSF Unidata IDD](https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/projects/#idd)*. Various raw data and product files (netCDF, grib, BUFR, ASCII text, gini, AREA) are decoded and stored as HDF5 files and Postgres metadata by [EDEX](install/install-edex), which serves products and data over http.
+
+> ***Note**: Access to Unidata's IDD data feed is accessible by the University community but is not available to the public freely.
 
 We support two data visualization frameworks: [CAVE](install/install-cave) (an Eclipse-built Java application which runs on Linux, Mac, and Windows), and [python-awips](python/overview) (a python package).
 
+> **Note**: Our version of CAVE is a **non-operational** version.  It does not support some features of NWS AWIPS.  Warnings and alerts cannot be issued from our builds of CAVE.  Additional functionality may not be available as well.
+
 ![CAVE](images/Unidata_AWIPS2_CAVE.png)
 
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diff --git a/docs/install/install-cave-beta-v23.md b/docs/install/install-cave-beta-v23.md
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ CAVE is the **C**ommon **A**WIPS **V**isualization **E**nvironment that is used
 
 ## Latest CAVE Versions
 
-- [**Linux: 23.4.1-0.2**](#linux)
-- [**Windows: 23.4.1-0.2**](#windows)
-- [**Mac: 23.4.1-0.2**](#macos)
+- [**Linux: 23.4.1-0.3**](#linux)
+- [**Windows: 23.4.1-0.3**](#windows)
+- [**Mac: 23.4.1-0.3**](#macos)
 
 [**View release notes**](https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/tags/awips-release)
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Regardless of what Operating System CAVE is running on, these general requiremen
 
 ## Linux <i class="fa fa-linux"></i> 
 
-**Latest Version: 23.4.1-0.2**
+**Latest Version: 23.4.1-0.3**
 
 ### System Requirements
 
@@ -63,14 +63,15 @@ To run CAVE either:
 
 - Use the terminal and type the command `cave`
 - Find the application in the Linux Desktop menu: Applications > Internet > AWIPS CAVE
+- Double click on the Desktop icon labeled "AWIPS CAVE"
 
 Additionally users can choose to run a [virtual machine (VM)](#linux-virtual-machine) on Linux.
 
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 ## Windows <i class="fa fa-windows"></i> 
 
-**Latest Version: 23.4.1-0.2**
+**Latest Version: 23.4.1-0.3**
 
 For Windows, we offer two installation options: a [**Direct Windows Installation**](#method-1-direct-windows-install), or a  [**Linux Virtual Machine**](#method-2-linux-virtual-machine).
 
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ If you already have CAVE installed:
 
 #### Download and Installation Instructions
 
-1. Download and install: [**awips-cave.msi** <i class="fa fa-download"></i>](https://downloads.unidata.ucar.edu/awips2/23.4.1/windows/awips-cave-23.4.1-0.2.msi)
+1. Download and install: [**awips-cave.msi** <i class="fa fa-download"></i>](https://downloads.unidata.ucar.edu/awips2/23.4.1/windows/awips-cave-23.4.1-0.3.msi)
 
 #### Run CAVE
 
@@ -139,9 +140,9 @@ If you already have CAVE installed you can either:
 
 #### Download and Installation Instructions
 
-1. Download the zipped file containing the virtual machine: [**Rocky8-NSFUnidata-CAVE-23.4.1-0.2** <i class="fa fa-download"></i>](https://downloads.unidata.ucar.edu/awips2/23.4.1/windows/Rocky8-NSFUnidata-CAVE-23.4.1-0.2.zip)
+1. Download the zipped file containing the virtual machine: [**Rocky8-NSFUnidata-CAVE-23.4.1-0.3** <i class="fa fa-download"></i>](https://downloads.unidata.ucar.edu/awips2/23.4.1/windows/Rocky8-NSFUnidata-CAVE-23.4.1-0.3.zip)
 2. Unzip the folder.
-3. Open VMWare Player and go to **Player** > **File...** > **Open** and locate the folder that was created from the downloaded zipped file.  Select the file called **Rocky8-NSFUnidata-CAVE-23.4.1-0.2.vmx"**.
+3. Open VMWare Player and go to **Player** > **File...** > **Open** and locate the folder that was created from the downloaded zipped file.  Select the file called **Rocky8-NSFUnidata-CAVE-23.4.1-0.3.vmx"**.
 4. Run this new VM option.  If it asks if it's been moved or copied, select **"I Copied It"**.
      - There will be a user in the Linux machine named "awips" and the password is "awips" with sudo access
 
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ Once inside the VM, to run CAVE either:
 
 ## macOS <i class="fa fa-apple"></i> 
 
-**Latest Version: 23.4.1-0.2**
+**Latest Version: 23.4.1-0.3**
 
 ### System Requirements
 
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ If you already have CAVE installed:
 
 ### Download and Installation Instructions
 
-1. Download and install CAVE: [awips-cave.dmg](https://downloads.unidata.ucar.edu/awips2/23.4.1/mac/awips-cave-23.4.1-0.2.dmg)
+1. Download and install CAVE: [awips-cave.dmg](https://downloads.unidata.ucar.edu/awips2/23.4.1/mac/awips-cave-23.4.1-0.3.dmg)
     ![Cave System Install](../images/mac-install.png)
      - You can click and drag the CAVE icon into the Applications Directory to install at the System Application level -- this may require Administrator Privileges
      - You can drag that icon to any other location (Desktop, local user's Applications directory, etc) to install CAVE at that location -- this will not require Administrator Privileges
@@ -211,8 +212,8 @@ You can reset CAVE by removing the **caveData** directory and reconnecting to an
 
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-## Uninstalling CAVE (Linux)
-These are instructions to manually uninstall CAVE. However, the [`awips_install-v23.sh`](#download-and-installation-instructions) script will do these steps for you if you are installing a newer version of CAVE.
+## Uninstalling CAVE (Linux) 
+These are instructions to manually uninstall CAVE manually. However, the [`awips_install-v23.sh`](#download-and-installation-instructions) script will do these steps for you if you are installing a newer version of CAVE.
 
 **1. Make sure you have exited out of any CAVE sessions**
 

diff --git a/docs/install/install-cave.md b/docs/install/install-cave.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ CAVE is the **C**ommon **A**WIPS **V**isualization **E**nvironment that is used
 - [**Linux: 20.3.2-2**](#linux)
 - [**Windows: 20.3.2-2**](#windows)
 - [**Mac: 20.3.2-2**](#macos)
-- [**BETA Version 23.4.1-0.2**](install-cave-beta-v23.md) (Compatible with RHEL/Rocky8)
+- [**BETA Version 23.4.1-0.3**](install-cave-beta-v23.md) (Compatible with RHEL/Rocky8)
 
 [**View release notes**](https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/tags/awips-release)
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ CAVE is the **C**ommon **A**WIPS **V**isualization **E**nvironment that is used
 
 ## Functionality/Reporting
 
-If you come across issues/bugs/missing functionality, we also encourage you to <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf6jyZtbh49g-GCBoAQYzTVwAIf_aKz0QOeAr7gDVFhPrjAmw/viewform?usp=sf_link" target="_blank">report it using this short form</a>.
+If you come across issues/bugs/missing functionality, we also encourage you to <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSehkNYMNb5G-_kfAEWN1sEPfcePawmN4kUp4IyIoWqRXtoZCw/viewform?usp=sf_link" target="_blank">report it using this short form</a>.
 
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