diff --git a/rpms/awips2.upc/Installer.ldm/patch/bin/edexBridge b/rpms/awips2.upc/Installer.ldm/patch/bin/edexBridge
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+#!/awips2/python/bin/python3
+
+#
+# edexBridge.py
+#
+# SOFTWARE HISTORY
+#
+# Date          Ticket#  Engineer     Description
+# ------------- -------- ------------ ------------------------------------------
+# Oct 08, 2009           brockwoo     Initial creation
+# Jun 21, 2013           bkowal       Re-written to work with the qpid messaging 
+#                                     api
+# May 06, 2014  3102     rjpeter      Updated to call cleanup if connect failed.
+#                                     Limit number of messages to be sent to
+#                                     QPID on a single send call
+# Aug 05, 2014  3458     rjpeter      Added logging of error when issue occurs
+#                                     on send
+# Nov 04, 2014  2991     dlovely      Updated to work with QPID 0.30
+# Feb 23, 2017  6082     bsteffen     Updated to work with ssl certificates
+# Jul 17, 2018  7143     bsteffen     Reopen log files on HUP
+# Jul 23, 2018  7235     bsterren     Split producer and consumer into two threads
+# Jul 10, 2019  7724     mrichardson  Upgrade Qpid to Qpid Proton
+# Jul 10, 2019  7724     dgilling     Simplify multithreading
+# Nov 04, 2019  7969     dgilling     Ported to python
+# Jul 07, 2020  8187     randerso     Added qpid connection_id
+# Jul 29, 2021  8612     dgilling     Added command line options for pqact's 
+#                                     semaphore and shared memory segment
+#                                     key codes.
+#Jan 01, 2024        tiffanym@ucar    Change ufpy call to awips
+
+import argparse
+import ctypes
+import ctypes.util
+import datetime
+import logging
+import logging.handlers
+import multiprocessing
+import os
+import pwd
+import queue
+import signal
+import socket
+import sys
+import threading
+import time
+
+import proton
+import proton.utils
+import proton.reactor
+
+from awips import UsageArgumentParser
+
+
+# custom logging level
+VERBOSE = 15
+logging.addLevelName(VERBOSE, "VERBOSE")
+
+logger = None
+
+class edex_message(ctypes.Structure):
+    _fields_ = [("filename", ctypes.c_char*4096),
+                ("ident", ctypes.c_char*256),]
+
+
+def process_args():
+    DEFAULT_QPID_HOST = "localhost"
+    DEFAULT_QPID_PORT = 5672
+    DEFAULT_QPID_USER = "guest"
+    DEFAULT_CERT_PASSWORD = os.getenv("QPID_SSL_CERT_PASSWORD", "password")
+    DEFAULT_QPID_CERT_PATH = os.getenv("QPID_SSL_CERT_DB", os.path.join(pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid()).pw_dir,".qpid"))
+    DEFAULT_QPID_CERT_NAME = os.getenv("QPID_SSL_CERT_NAME", DEFAULT_QPID_USER)
+    DEFAULT_QPID_CERT_KEY = os.getenv("QPID_SSL_CERT_KEY_FILE", DEFAULT_QPID_USER)
+    DEFAULT_KEY_PROJ_ID = "R"
+    DEFAULT_SEMKEY_PROJ_ID = "e"
+    DESCRIPTION= (
+                    "EDEX Bridge is used by the LDM to post data available messages to Qpid, which "
+                    "alerts the EDEX Ingest server(s) that a file is ready for processing."
+                )
+
+    parser = UsageArgumentParser.UsageArgumentParser(prog="edexBridge", description=DESCRIPTION)
+    parser.add_argument("-s", "--server",
+                    dest="broker_uri",
+                    action="store",
+                    default=DEFAULT_QPID_HOST,
+                    metavar="SERVER",
+                    help="specify hostname of qpid")
+    parser.add_argument("-p", "--port",
+                    dest="port",
+                    action="store",
+                    type=int,
+                    default=DEFAULT_QPID_PORT,
+                    metavar="PORT",
+                    help="specify port to connect to qpid")
+    parser.add_argument("-l", "--log",
+                    dest="log_fname", 
+                    required=True,
+                    action="store",
+                    metavar="LOGFILE",
+                    help="log to a specific file")
+    log_level_group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
+    log_level_group.add_argument("-v", "--verbose",
+                    dest="log_level", 
+                    action="store_const",
+                    const=VERBOSE,
+                    default=logging.INFO,
+                    help="explain what is being done")
+    log_level_group.add_argument("-x", "--debug",
+                    dest="log_level", 
+                    action="store_const",
+                    const=logging.DEBUG,
+                    default=logging.INFO,
+                    help="include extra logging, useful for debugging")
+    parser.add_argument("--ssl-cert-key-file",
+                    dest="cert_key", 
+                    action="store",
+                    default=DEFAULT_QPID_CERT_KEY,
+                    metavar="NAME",
+                    help="Key file used to verify the certificate")
+    parser.add_argument("--ssl-cert-db",
+                    dest="cert_path", 
+                    action="store",
+                    default=DEFAULT_QPID_CERT_PATH,
+                    metavar="PATH",
+                    help="Path to directory containing the certificate and key files")
+    parser.add_argument("--ssl-cert-name",
+                    dest="cert_name", 
+                    action="store",
+                    default=DEFAULT_QPID_CERT_NAME,
+                    metavar="NAME",
+                    help="Name of the certificate to use")
+    parser.add_argument("--ssl-cert-password",
+                    dest="cert_password", 
+                    action="store",
+                    default=DEFAULT_CERT_PASSWORD,
+                    metavar="PASSWORD",
+                    help="Password used to access the certificate")
+    parser.add_argument("--key-proj-id",
+                    dest="key_proj_id", 
+                    action="store",
+                    default=DEFAULT_KEY_PROJ_ID,
+                    metavar="CHAR",
+                    help="Key code for the pqact shared memory segment")
+    parser.add_argument("--sem-proj-id",
+                    dest="semkey_proj_id", 
+                    action="store",
+                    default=DEFAULT_SEMKEY_PROJ_ID,
+                    metavar="CHAR",
+                    help="Key code for the pqact semaphore")
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    if len(args.key_proj_id) > 1:
+        parser.error("argument for --key-proj-id should be only a single character.")
+    if len(args.semkey_proj_id) > 1:
+        parser.error("argument for --sem-proj-id should be only a single character.")
+    return args
+
+def init_logging(file, level):
+    logging.basicConfig(level=level,
+                        format="%(asctime)s %(module)s[%(thread)d] %(levelname)s: %(message)s",
+                        datefmt="%b %d %H:%M:%S",
+                        handlers=[logging.handlers.WatchedFileHandler(file)])
+                        # handlers=[logging.handlers.WatchedFileHandler(file), logging.StreamHandler()])
+    global logger
+    logger = logging.getLogger("edexBridge")
+
+def send_to_qpid(host, port, cert_path, cert_name, key_name, cert_password, msg_queue, shutdown_signal):
+    url = f"amqps://{host}:{port}"
+    certfile = os.path.join(cert_path, f"{cert_name}.crt")
+    certkey = os.path.join(cert_path, f"{key_name}.key")
+    ssl_domain = proton.SSLDomain(mode=proton.SSLDomain.MODE_CLIENT)
+    ssl_domain.set_credentials(certfile, certkey, cert_password)
+    ADDRESS = "external.dropbox"
+    is_shutdown = False
+
+    messages_sent = 0
+    def print_sent_count():
+        nonlocal shutdown_signal, messages_sent
+        while True:
+            shutdown_signal.wait(60)
+            logger.info("Sent %d messages in the last 60 seconds.", messages_sent)
+            messages_sent = 0
+            if shutdown_signal.is_set():
+                return
+    print_thread = threading.Thread(target=print_sent_count)
+    print_thread.start()
+
+    clientID = ":".join([
+        socket.gethostname(), 
+        pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid()).pw_name, 
+        "edexBridge", 
+        str(os.getpid()), 
+    ])
+
+    while True:
+        conn = None
+        sender = None
+        try:
+            if not is_shutdown:
+                is_shutdown = shutdown_signal.is_set()
+                if is_shutdown:
+                    logger.info("Received shutdown signal.")
+
+            container = proton.reactor.Container()
+            container.container_id = clientID 
+            conn = proton.utils.BlockingConnection(url, container=container, ssl_domain=ssl_domain)
+            sender = conn.create_sender(ADDRESS)
+            logger.info("Connected to broker [%s].", url)
+
+            while True:
+                try:
+                    if not is_shutdown:
+                        is_shutdown = shutdown_signal.is_set()
+                        if is_shutdown:
+                            logger.info("Received shutdown signal.")
+
+                    msg_args = msg_queue.get(True, 1)
+                    if msg_args:
+                        logger.debug("Sending file [%s] to EDEX with header [%s].", msg_args["body"], msg_args["subject"])
+                        msg = proton.Message(**msg_args)
+                        msg.properties["enqueueTime"] = int(datetime.datetime.now().timestamp() * 1000)
+                        sender.send(msg)
+                        messages_sent += 1
+                except queue.Empty:
+                    logger.debug("Send queue is empty.")
+                    if is_shutdown:
+                        if messages_sent:
+                            logger.info("Sent remaining %d messages.", messages_sent)
+                        logger.info("Send process shutting down.")
+                        return
+                except proton.ProtonException:
+                    logger.error("Send failed for file [%s].", msg_args["body"])
+                    logger.warn("Lost connection to QPID broker.", exc_info=True)
+                    msg_queue.put(msg_args)
+                    break
+                except:
+                    logger.exception("Send failed for file [%s].", msg_args["body"])
+                    msg_queue.put(msg_args)
+        except proton.ProtonException:
+            logger.error("Failed to connect to QPID broker", exc_info=True)
+            if is_shutdown:
+                if msg_queue.qsize():
+                    logger.warn("Exiting with %d unsent messages.", msg_queue.qsize())
+                return
+        finally:
+            try:
+                if conn:
+                    logger.info("Disconnecting from broker.")
+                    conn.close()
+            except proton.ProtonException:
+                logger.warn("Exception trying to close connection", exc_info=True)
+        time.sleep(30)
+    print_thread.join()
+
+def queue_messages(start_index, end_index, message_pointer, msg_queue):
+    logger.debug("Preparing to queue %d messages.", (end_index - start_index))
+
+    for i in range(start_index, end_index):
+        file = message_pointer[i].filename.decode()
+        header = message_pointer[i].ident.decode()
+        msg_args = {"subject": header,
+                    "body": file, 
+                    "durable": True,
+                    "properties": {},
+        }
+
+        try:
+            msg_queue.put_nowait(msg_args)
+        except queue.Full:
+            logger.warning("Send queue is full. Discarding oldest messages.")
+            while True:
+                try:
+                    msg_queue.get_nowait()
+                except queue.Empty:
+                    pass
+                try:
+                    msg_queue.put_nowait(msg_args)
+                except queue.Full:
+                    continue
+                break
+        logger.debug("Queued message for file [%s] and WMO header [%s].", file, header)
+
+def main():
+    args = process_args()
+
+    init_logging(args.log_fname, args.log_level)
+
+    logger.debug("Command-line args: %s", args)
+
+    MAX_QUEUE_SIZE = 100000
+    msg_queue = multiprocessing.Queue(MAX_QUEUE_SIZE)
+    shutdown_signal = threading.Event()
+
+    qpid_proc = threading.Thread(target=send_to_qpid, 
+            args=(args.broker_uri, args.port, args.cert_path, args.cert_name, 
+                  args.cert_key, args.cert_password, msg_queue, shutdown_signal))
+    logger.info("Starting QPID container...")
+    qpid_proc.start()
+
+    libc = ctypes.util.find_library("c")
+    if not libc:
+        logger.critical("Unable to load libc.so.")
+        return 1
+    libc = ctypes.CDLL(libc, use_errno=True)
+
+    key = libc.ftok(b"/etc/rc.d/rc.local", ord(args.key_proj_id))
+    semkey = libc.ftok(b"/etc/rc.d/rc.local", ord(args.semkey_proj_id))
+
+    for i in range(5):
+        semid = libc.semget(semkey, 2, 0o666)
+        if semid != -1:
+            break
+        logger.warning("Could not attach to the semaphore created by pqact: %s", os.strerror(ctypes.get_errno()))
+        time.sleep(1)
+    else:
+        logger.critical("Could not attach to the semaphore created by pqact: %s", os.strerror(ctypes.get_errno()))
+        return 0
+    
+    queue_size = libc.semctl(semid, 0, 12);
+    shmid = libc.shmget(key, ctypes.sizeof(edex_message) * queue_size, 0o666);
+    if shmid == -1:
+        logger.critical("Could not attach to the shared memory created by pqact: %s", os.strerror(ctypes.get_errno()))
+        return 0
+
+    libc.shmat.restype = ctypes.POINTER(edex_message)
+    messageCursor = libc.shmat(shmid, None, 0o10000)
+
+    done = False
+
+    def handle_SIGHUP(signal, frame):
+        # swallow this signal because it's no longer necessary to 
+        # programmatically trigger the log rollover.
+        # logrotate.d and logging.WatchedFileHandler will do all the needed
+        # work
+        # still register for the signal just in case old configs are still 
+        # sending it.
+        logger.log(VERBOSE, "Received SIGHUP.")
+        pass
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGHUP, handle_SIGHUP)
+    def handle_SIGINT(signal, frame):
+        nonlocal qpid_proc
+        logger.log(VERBOSE, "Received SIGINT.")
+        qpid_proc.terminate()
+        qpid_proc.join()
+        sys.exit(0)
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, handle_SIGINT)
+    def handle_SIGTERM(signal, frame):
+        nonlocal done
+        logger.log(VERBOSE, "Received SIGTERM.")
+        done = True
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, handle_SIGTERM)
+    def handle_SIGUSR2(signal, frame):
+        logger.log(VERBOSE, "Received SIGUSR2.")
+        level = logger.getEffectiveLevel()
+        if logging.DEBUG == level:
+            logger.setLevel(logging.ERROR)
+        elif logging.INFO == level:
+            logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+        elif logging.ERROR == level:
+            logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGUSR2, handle_SIGUSR2)
+
+    queue_start = 0
+    messages_sent = 0
+    start_tick = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
+    while not done:
+        end_tick = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
+        elapsed_seconds = (end_tick - start_tick).total_seconds()
+        if elapsed_seconds >= 60:
+            logger.info("Queued %d messages in the last %d seconds. Current queue size: %d", 
+                            messages_sent, elapsed_seconds, msg_queue.qsize())
+            messages_sent = 0
+            start_tick = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
+
+        queue_location = libc.semctl(semid, 1, 12)
+        queue_end = queue_location + 1
+        logger.debug("queue_location: %d, queue_end: %d, queue_start: %d", queue_location, queue_end, queue_start)
+
+        if queue_location < 0 or queue_end == queue_start:
+            logger.debug("No new messages to send.")
+            time.sleep(1)
+        else:
+            #
+            end_diff = 0
+
+            # Need to copy in the end of the queue before moving to front
+            if queue_start > queue_end:
+                if queue_start - queue_end < queue_size//2:
+                    # Indicates a risk that the queue could wrap all the way
+                    # around itself, missing messages.
+                    logger.warn("Queue with size %d is wrapping from %d to %d.",
+                            queue_size, queue_start, queue_end)
+                end_diff = queue_size - queue_start;
+                if end_diff > 0:
+                    queue_messages(queue_start, queue_size, messageCursor, msg_queue)
+                    messages_sent += (queue_size - queue_start);
+                queue_start = 0
+
+            queue_messages(queue_start, queue_end, messageCursor, msg_queue)
+            messages_sent += (queue_end - queue_start)
+            queue_start = queue_end
+
+    logger.log(VERBOSE, "Sending shutdown signal to secondary process.")
+    shutdown_signal.set()
+
+    logger.info("Stopped reading new messages, waiting for remaining messages to be sent.");
+
+    libc.shmdt(messageCursor)
+    qpid_proc.join(60)
+    if qpid_proc.is_alive():
+        logger.warn("QPID sender thread did not shutdown.")
+        qpid_proc.terminate()
+        qpid_proc.join()
+    logger.info("Shutting down.")
+    
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/rpms/awips2.upc/Installer.ldm/patch/bin/monitor_data_store.sh b/rpms/awips2.upc/Installer.ldm/patch/bin/monitor_data_store.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..2b258f7a83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpms/awips2.upc/Installer.ldm/patch/bin/monitor_data_store.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+myPID=$$
+echo -e "`date +%Y%m%d`\t`date +%H:%M:%S`\tStarting Script (pid = $myPID, parent = $PPID)" >> ~/logs/`basename $0 .sh`
+if ps -wef|grep `basename $0` | grep -v grep | grep -v $myPID | grep -v $PPID
+then
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+cd /data_store
+while true
+do
+    for _dir in `ls`
+    do
+        echo -e "`date +%Y%m%d`\t`date +%H:%M:%S`\t\tfind ${_dir} -mtime +0 -type f -exec rm -f {} \;" >> ~/logs/`basename $0 .sh`
+        find ${_dir} -mtime +0 -type f -exec rm -f {} \;
+    done
+done
diff --git a/rpms/awips2.upc/Installer.ldm/patch/bin/start_ldm b/rpms/awips2.upc/Installer.ldm/patch/bin/start_ldm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..64e885e59b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpms/awips2.upc/Installer.ldm/patch/bin/start_ldm
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Check for necessary named pipes (FIFOs)
+
+myhost=`hostname -s | cut -d- -f1`
+
+echo "It seems like host(`hostname`) is NOT a downlink CP."
+echo "Do you still want to start LDM (y/n) [default=n]?"
+read ch
+if [ $ch != 'y' -o $ch != 'Y' ];then
+  echo "Exiting."
+  exit 1
+
+# Start LDM
+
+su - ldm -c "ldmadmin start"
+
+# Pass SIGUSR2 signal to pqact to enable logging into ldmd.log (INFO log level)
+
+echo "Fetching pid for pqact process"
+pid=`ps --no-headers -C pqact |awk '{print $1}'`
+su - ldm -c "kill -s USR2 $pid"
+
+echo "Done."
+
diff --git a/rpms/awips2.upc/Installer.ldm/patch/bin/stop_ldm b/rpms/awips2.upc/Installer.ldm/patch/bin/stop_ldm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5b80c79ff1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpms/awips2.upc/Installer.ldm/patch/bin/stop_ldm
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+
+if [ -f /etc/rc.config.d/AWIPS ];then
+ . /etc/rc.config.d/AWIPS
+fi
+
+#echo "Halting retransmission process"
+#pid=`ps -ef |grep start_sbn_retransmit|grep -v grep | awk  '{print $2}'`
+#kill -s SIGKILL $pid
+
+echo "Stopping ldm service"
+
+su - ldm -c "ldmadmin stop"
+
+echo "Releasing shared memory resources"
+
+su - ldm -c "acq_ldm_freeshm -m0"
+
+echo "Done."
+