Thanks for the help, Tom.
As for FTP servers, first I tried the FTP server that "came with" the
Ubuntu 20.04 distro that digital ocean installs. Today to widen my
debugging scope I decided to try vsftpd and installed it, updated its
config file (which I can't find how to control for the built-in ftp I'd
been using). weewx hasn't worked with either, same inability to connect.
Filezilla works with both.
weewx version from the .conf = 3.9.1
I haven't updated Weewx since I started using it for the Davis weather
station about 3 years ago. It's been working without a hitch.
DO Server:
intraprem.com and nashwoods.com point to the server droplet (Ubuntu 20.04).
root user: root
root pwd: BoomRoot1$z
ftp user: ftpuser
ftp user pwd: boomrock
ftp port is 22 which means it uses SSH I think. I don't have a ton of
experience with managing devops.
I don't have a special reason for using active mode. That is what I've
been using on this server (which is also my dev server for Intraprem, the
water tracking system I've been working on for the last couple of years. I
haven't had need for anything other than Filezilla until I needed to
retarget weewx reports.
Stephen
# FTP'ing the results to a webserver is treated as just another
report,
# albeit one with an unusual report generator!
skin = Ftp
# If you wish to use FTP, set "enable" to "true", then
# fill out the next four lines.
# Use quotes around passwords to guard against parsing errors.
enable = true
#user = root
#password = BoomRoot1$z
user = ftpuser
password = boomrock
server = intraprem.com # The ftp server name, e.g,
www.myserver.org
path = /home/nashwoods/weather # The destination directory,
e.g., /weather
# Set to True for an FTP over TLS (FTPS) connection. Not all servers
# support this.
secure_ftp = False
# To upload files from something other than what HTML_ROOT is set
# to above, specify a different HTML_ROOT here.
#HTML_ROOT = /var/www/html/weewx
# Most FTP servers use port 21
port = 22
# Set to 1 to use passive mode, zero for active mode
passive = 0
On Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at 2:32:46 PM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote:
> If I understand correctly, you're getting the same symptoms with two
> different FTP servers. Correct?
>
> 1. What version of WeeWX? Judging from the logging style, it looks like
> it's pre v4.0.
> 2. Any particular reason why you're using FTP active mode?
>
> If you wish, you can send me your login credentials and I'll try and debug
> it on my end.
>
> -tk
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 2:05 PM Stephen Rogers <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I upped the debug level and below is a couple of 5-minute log output
>> cycles.
>>
>> Also of note, I installed vsftpd to give that a try, since it has good
>> documentation of how to configure it and is highly regarded. I attached
>> vsftpd.conf for reference. Filezilla connects fine from my desktop to the
>> DO FTP server, using ftpuser instead of root. Here is the weewx.conf ftp
>> section as modified for vsftp.conf upgrade.
>> [[FTP]]
>> # FTP'ing the results to a webserver is treated as just another
>> report,
>> # albeit one with an unusual report generator!
>> skin = Ftp
>>
>> # If you wish to use FTP, set "enable" to "true", then
>> # fill out the next four lines.
>> # Use quotes around passwords to guard against parsing errors.
>> enable = true
>> #user = root
>> #password = BoomRoot1$z
>> user = ftpuser
>> password = boomrock
>> server = intraprem.com # The ftp server name, e.g,
>> www.myserver.org
>> path = /home/nashwoods/weather # The destination directory,
>> e.g., /weather
>>
>> # Set to True for an FTP over TLS (FTPS) connection. Not all
>> servers
>> # support this.
>> secure_ftp = False
>>
>> # To upload files from something other than what HTML_ROOT is set
>> # to above, specify a different HTML_ROOT here.
>> #HTML_ROOT = /var/www/html/weewx
>>
>> # Most FTP servers use port 21
>> port = 22
>>
>> # Set to 1 to use passive mode, zero for active mode
>> passive = 0
>> -----
>> Neither the root user nor the new ftpuser works. I feel like I've tried
>> every permutation of ftp parameters...
>>
>> Stephen
>>
>> log output:
>>
>> Jul 26 13:05:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: vantage: Getting archive packets
>> since 2022-07-26 13:00:00 PDT (1658865600)
>> Jul 26 13:05:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: vantage: Gentle wake up of
>> console successful
>> Jul 26 13:05:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: vantage: Retrieving 1 page(s);
>> starting index= 1
>> Jul 26 13:05:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: manager: Added record 2022-07-26
>> 13:05:00 PDT (1658865900) to database 'weewx.sdb'
>> Jul 26 13:05:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: manager: Added record 2022-07-26
>> 13:05:00 PDT (1658865900) to daily summary in 'weewx.sdb'
>> Jul 26 13:05:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: vantage: DMPAFT complete: page
>> timestamp 2022-07-17 15:55:00 PDT (1658098500) less than final timestamp
>> 2022-07-26 13:05:00 PDT (1658865900)
>> Jul 26 13:05:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: vantage: Catch up complete.
>> Jul 26 13:05:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: reportengine: Running reports
>> for latest time in the database.
>> Jul 26 13:05:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: vantage: Requesting 200 LOOP
>> packets.
>> Jul 26 13:05:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: reportengine: Running report
>> 'SeasonsReport'
>> Jul 26 13:05:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: vantage: Gentle wake up of
>> console successful
>> Jul 26 13:05:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: reportengine: Found
>> configuration file /etc/weewx/skins/Seasons/skin.conf for report
>> 'SeasonsReport'
>> Jul 26 13:05:16 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: cheetahgenerator: using search
>> list ['weewx.cheetahgenerator.Almanac', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Station',
>> 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Current', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Stats',
>> 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.UnitInfo', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Extras']
>> Jul 26 13:05:16 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: manager: Daily summary version
>> is 2.0
>> Jul 26 13:05:16 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: restx: Wunderground-PWS:
>> Published record 2022-07-26 13:05:00 PDT (1658865900)
>> Jul 26 13:05:16 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: restx: MQTT: Published record
>> 2022-07-26 13:05:00 PDT (1658865900)
>> Jul 26 13:05:20 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: cheetahgenerator: Generated 8
>> files for report SeasonsReport in 4.92 seconds
>> Jul 26 13:05:21 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: manager: Daily summary version
>> is 2.0
>> Jul 26 13:05:22 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: imagegenerator: Generated 14
>> images for SeasonsReport in 1.26 seconds
>> Jul 26 13:05:22 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: copygenerator: copied 5 files to
>> /weewx_generated_reports/html/weewx
>> Jul 26 13:05:22 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: reportengine: Report
>> 'SmartphoneReport' not enabled. Skipping.
>> Jul 26 13:05:22 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: reportengine: Report
>> 'MobileReport' not enabled. Skipping.
>> Jul 26 13:05:22 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: reportengine: Report
>> 'StandardReport' not enabled. Skipping.
>> Jul 26 13:05:22 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: reportengine: Running report
>> 'FTP'
>> Jul 26 13:05:22 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: reportengine: Found
>> configuration file /etc/weewx/skins/Ftp/skin.conf for report 'FTP'
>> Jul 26 13:05:22 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: ftpupload: Attempting connection
>> to intraprem.com
>> Jul 26 13:06:02 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: ftpupload: Unable to connect or
>> log into server : timed out
>> Jul 26 13:06:42 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: ftpupload: Unable to connect or
>> log into server : timed out
>> Jul 26 13:07:22 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: ftpupload: Unable to connect or
>> log into server : timed out
>> Jul 26 13:07:22 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: ftpupload: Attempted 3 times to
>> connect to server intraprem.com. Giving up.
>> Jul 26 13:07:22 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: ftpgenerator: ftp'd 0 files in
>> 120.66 seconds
>> Jul 26 13:07:22 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: reportengine: Report 'RSYNC' not
>> enabled. Skipping.
>>
>> ^[[A^[Jul 26 13:10:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: vantage: Getting archive
>> packets since 2022-07-26 13:05:00 PDT (1658865900)
>> Jul 26 13:10:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: vantage: Gentle wake up of
>> console successful
>> Jul 26 13:10:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: vantage: Retrieving 1 page(s);
>> starting index= 2
>> Jul 26 13:10:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: manager: Added record 2022-07-26
>> 13:10:00 PDT (1658866200) to database 'weewx.sdb'
>> Jul 26 13:10:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: manager: Added record 2022-07-26
>> 13:10:00 PDT (1658866200) to daily summary in 'weewx.sdb'
>> Jul 26 13:10:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: vantage: DMPAFT complete: page
>> timestamp 2022-07-17 16:00:00 PDT (1658098800) less than final timestamp
>> 2022-07-26 13:10:00 PDT (1658866200)
>> Jul 26 13:10:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: vantage: Catch up complete.
>> Jul 26 13:10:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: reportengine: Running reports
>> for latest time in the database.
>> Jul 26 13:10:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: vantage: Requesting 200 LOOP
>> packets.
>> Jul 26 13:10:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: reportengine: Running report
>> 'SeasonsReport'
>> Jul 26 13:10:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: vantage: Gentle wake up of
>> console successful
>> Jul 26 13:10:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: reportengine: Found
>> configuration file /etc/weewx/skins/Seasons/skin.conf for report
>> 'SeasonsReport'
>> Jul 26 13:10:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: cheetahgenerator: using search
>> list ['weewx.cheetahgenerator.Almanac', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Station',
>> 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Current', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Stats',
>> 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.UnitInfo', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Extras']
>> Jul 26 13:10:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: manager: Daily summary version
>> is 2.0
>> Jul 26 13:10:16 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: restx: Wunderground-PWS:
>> Published record 2022-07-26 13:10:00 PDT (1658866200)
>> Jul 26 13:10:16 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: restx: MQTT: Published record
>> 2022-07-26 13:10:00 PDT (1658866200)
>> Jul 26 13:10:18 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: cheetahgenerator: Generated 8
>> files for report SeasonsReport in 2.79 seconds
>> Jul 26 13:10:18 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: manager: Daily summary version
>> is 2.0
>> Jul 26 13:10:19 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: imagegenerator: Generated 14
>> images for SeasonsReport in 1.27 seconds
>> Jul 26 13:10:19 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: copygenerator: copied 0 files to
>> /weewx_generated_reports/html/weewx
>> Jul 26 13:10:19 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: reportengine: Report
>> 'SmartphoneReport' not enabled. Skipping.
>> Jul 26 13:10:19 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: reportengine: Report
>> 'MobileReport' not enabled. Skipping.
>> Jul 26 13:10:19 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: reportengine: Report
>> 'StandardReport' not enabled. Skipping.
>> Jul 26 13:10:19 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: reportengine: Running report
>> 'FTP'
>> Jul 26 13:10:19 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: reportengine: Found
>> configuration file /etc/weewx/skins/Ftp/skin.conf for report 'FTP'
>> Jul 26 13:10:19 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: ftpupload: Attempting connection
>> to intraprem.com
>> Jul 26 13:11:00 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: ftpupload: Unable to connect or
>> log into server : timed out
>> Jul 26 13:11:40 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: ftpupload: Unable to connect or
>> log into server : timed out
>> Jul 26 13:12:20 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: ftpupload: Unable to connect or
>> log into server : timed out
>> Jul 26 13:12:20 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: ftpupload: Attempted 3 times to
>> connect to server intraprem.com. Giving up.
>> Jul 26 13:12:20 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: ftpgenerator: ftp'd 0 files in
>> 120.60 seconds
>> Jul 26 13:12:20 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: reportengine: Report 'RSYNC' not
>> enabled. Skipping.
>> Jul 26 13:15:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: vantage: Getting archive packets
>> since 2022-07-26 13:10:00 PDT (1658866200)
>> Jul 26 13:15:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: vantage: Gentle wake up of
>> console successful
>> Jul 26 13:15:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: vantage: Retrieving 1 page(s);
>> starting index= 3
>> Jul 26 13:15:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: manager: Added record 2022-07-26
>> 13:15:00 PDT (1658866500) to database 'weewx.sdb'
>> Jul 26 13:15:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: manager: Added record 2022-07-26
>> 13:15:00 PDT (1658866500) to daily summary in 'weewx.sdb'
>> Jul 26 13:15:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: vantage: DMPAFT complete: page
>> timestamp 2022-07-17 16:05:00 PDT (1658099100) less than final timestamp
>> 2022-07-26 13:15:00 PDT (1658866500)
>> Jul 26 13:15:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: vantage: Catch up complete.
>> Jul 26 13:15:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: vantage: Requesting 200 LOOP
>> packets.
>> Jul 26 13:15:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: reportengine: Running reports
>> for latest time in the database.
>> Jul 26 13:15:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: reportengine: Running report
>> 'SeasonsReport'
>> Jul 26 13:15:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: vantage: Gentle wake up of
>> console successful
>> Jul 26 13:15:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: reportengine: Found
>> configuration file /etc/weewx/skins/Seasons/skin.conf for report
>> 'SeasonsReport'
>> Jul 26 13:15:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: cheetahgenerator: using search
>> list ['weewx.cheetahgenerator.Almanac', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Station',
>> 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Current', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Stats',
>> 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.UnitInfo', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Extras']
>> Jul 26 13:15:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: manager: Daily summary version
>> is 2.0
>> Jul 26 13:15:16 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: restx: Wunderground-PWS:
>> Published record 2022-07-26 13:15:00 PDT (1658866500)
>> Jul 26 13:15:16 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: restx: MQTT: Published record
>> 2022-07-26 13:15:00 PDT (1658866500)
>> Jul 26 13:15:18 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: cheetahgenerator: Generated 8
>> files for report SeasonsReport in 2.68 seconds
>> Jul 26 13:15:18 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: manager: Daily summary version
>> is 2.0
>> Jul 26 13:15:19 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: imagegenerator: Generated 14
>> images for SeasonsReport in 1.28 seconds
>> Jul 26 13:15:19 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: copygenerator: copied 0 files to
>> /weewx_generated_reports/html/weewx
>> Jul 26 13:15:19 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: reportengine: Report
>> 'SmartphoneReport' not enabled. Skipping.
>> Jul 26 13:15:19 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: reportengine: Report
>> 'MobileReport' not enabled. Skipping.
>> Jul 26 13:15:19 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: reportengine: Report
>> 'StandardReport' not enabled. Skipping.
>> Jul 26 13:15:19 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: reportengine: Running report
>> 'FTP'
>> Jul 26 13:15:19 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: reportengine: Found
>> configuration file /etc/weewx/skins/Ftp/skin.conf for report 'FTP'
>> Jul 26 13:15:19 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: ftpupload: Attempting connection
>> to intraprem.com
>> Jul 26 13:16:00 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: ftpupload: Unable to connect or
>> log into server : timed out
>> Jul 26 13:16:40 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: ftpupload: Unable to connect or
>> log into server : timed out
>> Jul 26 13:17:01 raspberrypi CRON[3771]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts
>> --report /etc/cron.hourly)
>> Jul 26 13:17:20 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: ftpupload: Unable to connect or
>> log into server : timed out
>> Jul 26 13:17:20 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: ftpupload: Attempted 3 times to
>> connect to server intraprem.com. Giving up.
>> Jul 26 13:17:20 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: ftpgenerator: ftp'd 0 files in
>> 120.51 seconds
>> Jul 26 13:17:20 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: reportengine: Report 'RSYNC' not
>> enabled. Skipping.
>> Jul 26 13:20:15 raspberrypi weewx[3712]: vantage: Getting archive packets
>> since 2022-07-26 13:15:00 PDT (1658866500)
>> On Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at 12:02:11 PM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote:
>>
>>> Agree with what vince said, except I would set debug=2. This will cause
>>> a lot of the FTP chatter to be put in the log.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 10:30 AM vince <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Usual answer applies - set debug=1 in weewx.conf, restart weewx, wait
>>>> 10 minutes, and post the log for a couple passes through the 5 minute
>>>> archive period.
>>>>
>>>> A quick search showed one user a while back who had this issue on a pi
>>>> when they had Weather Underground rapidfire enabled. Their pi was just
>>>> too
>>>> slow to finish the FTP upload in time from within weewx.
>>>>
>>>> FWIW, I'd recommend using the 'rsync' uploader rather than FTP. It is
>>>> 'much' faster. Like amazingly much faster. I'm running weewx on a little
>>>> ARM box that is much slower than a pi and my rsync uploads to AWS finish
>>>> in
>>>> two seconds according to the syslog.
>>>>
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