It's doesn't matter what the fiaranch account is. Unless you did something special, weewx runs as root so you have to set up passwordless ssh in the 'root' account for weewx's rsync uploader to work. All your steps looked correct to me. You just didn't do it under the root account.
Note - do "sudo bash" to open a bash shell as root when you set things up. You should be able to do "ssh fiaranch.com" and have it log in successfully if you have things right. FWIW, I have never needed to set delete=1 nor set the ServerWhatever items in .ssh/config in many years of running the rsync uploader, but that isn't relevant to getting you set up. Just passing it along. On Monday, November 14, 2022 at 12:16:44 PM UTC-8 FIA Ranch wrote: > Thanks. Am not a Linux expert, but.... > 1) fiaranch is an admin account. I understand that is not root. > 2) I did all the get, install, etc, under the user account. I hear you > saying it runs under root. > 3) I will create a key pair under root. Upload the public one to the > server. See if that impacts Line 7. > 4) Not seeing how that will impact the Line 6 error. But....... we will see > > Thanks. > > > On Monday, November 14, 2022 at 12:29:08 PM UTC-7 vince wrote: > >> Two things. One is you need to do your steps as the account weewx runs >> as, which is likely root. While doing your steps from the unprivileged >> account 'fiaranch' does prove the remote side works and the key works, it >> has nothing to do with weewx at all. To get weewx rsync working you need >> to set up the passwordless ssh for the root account almost certainly. >> >> Second thing is the ERROR message. It's likely you either have no >> .ssh/known_hosts entry for your remote system or an old one that doesn't >> match the remote system's current host key (which is typical if you rebuilt >> the remote system, os's autogenerate new keys). That's likely why you're >> getting the host key verification message. >> >> Shorter answer is - repeat your steps as root, assuming weewx also runs >> as root. Sounds like you just tested with the wrong account on your client >> side. >> >> On Monday, November 14, 2022 at 11:07:06 AM UTC-8 FIA Ranch wrote: >> >>> Is WeeWX Rsync buggy or am I!! Likely me, and I just haven't found the >>> right bug spray to kill it!! :o) >>> >>> About ready to just run a crontab job! Yes I understand WeeWX and >>> crontab being/getting out of sync. >>> >>> I have been fighting this for a couple of days. So now I am looking for >>> hints. I have run out! >>> >>> I apologize for this being a long post! I hope I have covered all the >>> "have you tried.." >>> >>> What DOES work. >>> >>> I can sign into the server, move around, add, delete files, etc. >>> >>> NOTE: It is a shared server with a shared IP address. All of the >>> following have been tried both ways. Using the domain and the shared IP. >>> >>> ---- >>> fiaranch@weather:~$ ssh fiar...@fiaranch.com (Enter) >>> Last login: Mon Nov 14 07:52:14 2022 from 166.sub-174-212-228.myvzw.com >>> fiar...@fiaranch.com [~]# exit (Hit Enter) >>> logout >>> Connection to fiaranch.com closed. >>> fiaranch@weather:~$ >>> ---- >>> >>> I can rsync from the command line >>> ----- >>> fiaranch@weather:~$ rsync -avhze ssh --progress --update --stats >>> /var/www/html/ --delete >>> fiar...@fiaranch.com:/home3/fiaranch/public_html/weather/ >>> (Hit Enter) >>> sending incremental file list >>> ./ >>> #FTP.last >>> 26.05K 100% 23.51MB/s 0:00:00 (xfr#1, to-chk=200/202) >>> belchertown-dark.min.css >>> | >>> | >>> blah-blah-blah >>> | >>> Number of files: 202 (reg: 185, dir: 17) >>> Number of created files: 0 >>> Number of deleted files: 0 >>> Number of regular files transferred: 57 >>> Total file size: 1.91M bytes >>> Total transferred file size: 1.15M bytes >>> Literal data: 280.85K bytes >>> Matched data: 872.30K bytes >>> File list size: 0 >>> File list generation time: 0.001 seconds >>> File list transfer time: 0.000 seconds >>> Total bytes sent: 171.97K >>> Total bytes received: 11.16K >>> >>> sent 171.97K bytes received 11.16K bytes 73.25K bytes/sec >>> total size is 1.91M speedup is 10.44 >>> ----- >>> >>> Immediately run it again...... >>> ------ >>> fiaranch@weather:~$ rsync -avhze ssh --progress --update --stats >>> /var/www/html/ --delete >>> fiar...@fiaranch.com:/home3/fiaranch/public_html/weather/ >>> (Hit Enter) >>> sending incremental file list >>> ./ >>> #FTP.last >>> 26.05K 100% 23.51MB/s 0:00:00 (xfr#1, to-chk=200/202) >>> belchertown-dark.min.css >>> | >>> | >>> blah-blah-blah >>> | >>> Number of files: 202 (reg: 185, dir: 17) >>> Number of created files: 0 >>> Number of deleted files: 0 >>> Number of regular files transferred: 0 >>> Total file size: 1.91M bytes >>> Total transferred file size: 0 bytes >>> Literal data: 0 bytes >>> Matched data: 0 bytes >>> File list size: 0 >>> File list generation time: 0.001 seconds >>> File list transfer time: 0.000 seconds >>> Total bytes sent: 5.31K >>> Total bytes received: 35 >>> >>> sent 5.31K bytes received 35 bytes 2.14K bytes/sec >>> total size is 1.91M speedup is 357.60 >>> ------- >>> >>> All of the above tells me that the ssh keys are set and working. Also >>> says that Rsync is working between client and server. >>> >>> Now we go to WeeWX !!! >>> >>> Following are the file setups as they currently exist. >>> >>> First the external files >>> >>> The .ssh directory >>> fiaranch@weather:~$ dir ~/.ssh (Hit Enter) >>> >>> config id_rsa known_hosts >>> >>> Three files - config, key file, known hosts >>> >>> Config File Content >>> ------ >>> HostName fiaranch.com >>> IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa >>> StrictHostKeyChecking no >>> User fiaranch >>> ServerAliveInterval 30 >>> ServerAliveCountMax 6 >>> ----- >>> NOTE: The ServerAlive entries are from researching one of the debug >>> errors. Same with the StrictHost.... That info coming up. >>> >>> The known_hosts file (without all the key stuff >>> ---- >>> |1|lz75l----------------------- >>> |1|lMA4Y.................. >>> fiaranch.com >>> ---- >>> NOTE: Added the domain from another research finding >>> >>> Now the WeeWX config file - Again omitting everything except relevant >>> parts >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> [[RSYNC]] >>> skin = Rsync >>> enable = true >>> server = fiaranch.com >>> user = fiaranch >>> path = /home3/fiaranch/public_html/weather/ >>> HTML_ROOT = /var/www/html >>> delete = 1 >>> ------- >>> NOTE: Yes, HTML_ROOT is a different directory >>> >>> Now we get to the terminal tail output using - sudo tail -f >>> /var/log/syslog >>> >>> NOTE: In the config file all debug options are on. I have left all the >>> timestamps in the list to show it is a fast fail. I added the line breaks >>> and line numbers to make it easier to read and note >>> -------- >>> 1) Nov 14 08:42:30 weather weewx[71342] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: >>> Running report 'RSYNC' >>> >>> 2) Nov 14 08:42:30 weather weewx[71342] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Found >>> configuration file /etc/weewx/skins/Rsync/skin.conf for report 'RSYNC' >>> >>> 3) Nov 14 08:42:30 weather weewx[71342] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Cannot >>> read localization file /etc/weewx/skins/Rsync/lang/en.conf for report >>> 'RSYNC': Config file not found: "/etc/weewx/skins/Rsync/lang/en.conf". >>> >>> 4) Nov 14 08:42:30 weather weewx[71342] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: **** >>> Using defaults instead. >>> >>> 5) Nov 14 08:42:30 weather weewx[71342] DEBUG weeutil.rsyncupload: >>> rsyncupload: cmd: [['rsync', '--archive', '--stats', '--delete', '-e', >>> 'ssh', '/var/www/html/', >>> 'fiar...@fiaranch.com:/home3/fiaranch/public_html/weather']] >>> >>> 6) Nov 14 08:42:31 weather weewx[71342] ERROR weeutil.rsyncupload: rsync >>> reported errors. Original command: ['rsync', '--archive', '--stats', >>> '--delete', '-e', 'ssh', '/var/www/html/', >>> 'fiar...@fiaranch.com:/home3/fiaranch/public_html/weather'] >>> >>> 7) Nov 14 08:42:31 weather weewx[71342] ERROR weeutil.rsyncupload: **** >>> Host key verification failed. >>> >>> 8) Nov 14 08:42:31 weather weewx[71342] ERROR weeutil.rsyncupload: **** >>> rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [sender] >>> >>> 9) Nov 14 08:42:31 weather weewx[71342] ERROR weeutil.rsyncupload: **** >>> rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at io.c(235) [sender=3.1.3] >>> ---------- >>> ERROR NOTES: >>> >>> Line 5 & 6 do not show the / after 'weather' it IS in the path entry in >>> the config file >>> Line 5 - The order of options is not the same as the command line run. >>> Line 7 - Makes no sense since the command line runs fine. >>> Line 9 - That error code pops regardless of the variations I have tried. >>> Researching those codes led to the additional entries in the config file. >>> >>> So there it is!! >>> >>> I see three things >>> 1) Missing / after 'weather' in the command - Line 5 >>> 2) Rsync does not like the command structure or format - Line 6 >>> 3) Line 7 - I have no clue >>> >>> Find me some bug spray that will work!! >>> >>> Thanks!!!! >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. 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