I'm interested in this topic. I've tried and tried to get Weewx to write files to my server, firstly via FTP, with no success, (Ionos helpdesk said, after a few calls that FTP had been disabled on my server - it came back with an error 550 - but different guys said slightly conflicting things, but all agreed that FTP wasn't secure) and then using RSYNC. Again, I had no success by configuring weewx.conf - the error message was concerning the public and private keys (host key verification failed - rsync upload unexplained error (code 255).. I was trying as root, and I can SSH into the server without a password having set up the keys from the Raspberry Pi. I've done a botch to get round it by running rsync as a cron job at 01 and 31 past each hour and that works OK. "rsync -a /var/www/html/weewx/ r...@nnn.nnn.nn.nnn:/var/www/.../weewx/". I would like to get to grips with this at some stage, but I've got other stuff which is higher priority now that the weather station is actually writing to the server. It's a retirement project so all for my own fun/edification.
On Saturday, January 14, 2023 at 2:42:39 PM UTC axelle....@gmail.com wrote: > As suggested, I used RSync instead of SFTP , and it works just fine :) > > On Thursday, January 12, 2023 at 10:36:16 PM UTC+1 Invisible Man wrote: > >> A user suggests to use Rsync instead, as Rsync is running through SSH for >> weewx. >> see http://www.weewx.com/docs/usersguide.htm#config_RSYNC >> "*Fast, efficient, and secure, it does an incremental update, that is, >> it only synchronizes those parts of a file that have changed, saving the >> outgoing bandwidth of your Internet connection. * >> >> * If you wish to use rsync, you must configure passwordless ssh using >> public/private key authentication from the user account that WeeWX runs, to >> the user account on the remote machine where the files will be copied.*" >> >> >> Indeed an option to try. I'll switch to that. >> >> On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 3:57:09 PM UTC+1 Invisible Man wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> I have recently enable sftp on Weewx, to upload the weewx web pages to a >>> remote site. >>> Before that, I used ftp, and it worked no problem, but I'm have errors >>> with SFTP. >>> >>> - I'm using Weewx 4.9.1 >>> - Python 3.7.3 >>> - I can connect by hand to the remote sftp no problem >>> - Not sure if I should be using passive or non passive for SFTP. >>> >>> ``` >>> Jan 10 15:52:16 vegan python3[7637]: weewx[7637] ERROR >>> weewx.reportengine: ftpgenerator: (2): caught exception '<class >>> 'socket.timeout'>': timed out >>> Jan 10 15:52:16 vegan python3[7637]: weewx[7637] ERROR >>> weewx.reportengine: **** Traceback (most recent call last): >>> Jan 10 15:52:16 vegan python3[7637]: weewx[7637] ERROR >>> weewx.reportengine: **** File >>> "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/reportengine.py", line 437, in run >>> Jan 10 15:52:16 vegan python3[7637]: weewx[7637] ERROR >>> weewx.reportengine: **** n = ftp_data.run() >>> Jan 10 15:52:16 vegan python3[7637]: weewx[7637] ERROR >>> weewx.reportengine: **** File >>> "/usr/share/weewx/weeutil/ftpupload.py", line 175, in run >>> Jan 10 15:52:16 vegan python3[7637]: weewx[7637] ERROR >>> weewx.reportengine: **** ftp_server.connect(self.server, >>> self.port) >>> Jan 10 15:52:16 vegan python3[7637]: weewx[7637] ERROR >>> weewx.reportengine: **** File "/usr/lib/python3.7/ftplib.py", >>> line 155, in connect >>> Jan 10 15:52:16 vegan python3[7637]: weewx[7637] ERROR >>> weewx.reportengine: **** self.welcome = self.getresp() >>> Jan 10 15:52:16 vegan python3[7637]: weewx[7637] ERROR >>> weewx.reportengine: **** File "/usr/lib/python3.7/ftplib.py", >>> line 236, in getresp >>> Jan 10 15:52:16 vegan python3[7637]: weewx[7637] ERROR >>> weewx.reportengine: **** resp = self.getmultiline() >>> Jan 10 15:52:16 vegan python3[7637]: weewx[7637] ERROR >>> weewx.reportengine: **** File "/usr/lib/python3.7/ftplib.py", >>> line 226, in getmultiline >>> Jan 10 15:52:16 vegan python3[7637]: weewx[7637] ERROR >>> weewx.reportengine: **** nextline = self.getline() >>> Jan 10 15:52:16 vegan python3[7637]: weewx[7637] ERROR >>> weewx.reportengine: **** File "/usr/lib/python3.7/ftplib.py", >>> line 204, in getline >>> Jan 10 15:52:16 vegan python3[7637]: weewx[7637] ERROR >>> weewx.reportengine: **** line = >>> self.file.readline(self.maxline + 1) >>> Jan 10 15:52:16 vegan python3[7637]: weewx[7637] ERROR >>> weewx.reportengine: **** File "/usr/lib/python3.7/socket.py", >>> line 589, in readinto >>> Jan 10 15:52:16 vegan python3[7637]: weewx[7637] ERROR >>> weewx.reportengine: **** return self._sock.recv_into(b) >>> Jan 10 15:52:16 vegan python3[7637]: weewx[7637] ERROR >>> weewx.reportengine: **** socket.timeout: timed out >>> ``` >>> >>> this is my weewx.conf file: >>> >>> ``` >>> [[FTP]] >>> skin = Ftp >>> enable = True >>> >>> # FTP'ing the results to a webserver is treated as just another >>> report, >>> # albeit one with an unusual report generator! >>> # >>> # If you wish to use FTP, uncomment and fill out the next four >>> lines: >>> user = CENSORED >>> password = CENSORED >>> server = CENSORED >>> path = / >>> >>> # If you wish to upload files from something other than what >>> HTML_ROOT >>> # is set to above, then reset it here: >>> HTML_ROOT = external_html >>> >>> # Most FTP servers use port 21, but if yours is different, you >>> can >>> # change it here >>> port = 22 >>> >>> # Set to 1 to use passive mode, zero for active mode: >>> passive = 1 >>> >>> # How many times to try to transfer a file before giving up: >>> max_tries = 5 >>> >>> # Set to True for a secure FTP (SFTP) connection. Not all servers >>> # support this. >>> secure_ftp = True >>> ``` >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/5a58ca78-bb05-4bf1-ad97-85d3fe0d31ean%40googlegroups.com.
