Hi Vince
sorry not sure how much is needed.
attached the Ftp section of the weewx.conf and a larger clip from the
syslog.
It has worked once but haven't been able to get going again.
I'm not sure if the "0 ./monthET.png
5b37571b2fead09adfe167cb1a82eb23fdb29ca84328c2692efccc73e77d3704" line is a
working part or a miss-call of some sort as I checked that the file does
exist in /html/weewx etc.
I'v tried different iterations of paths such as full
"home/user/public_html/weather" and variations with leading "/" or not.
I'm also not sure if the "weather" is needed or if weewx creates it if
necessary before dumping the *.png files in.
So just "home/user/public_html/" would be enough for instance.
Also if "/weather" is also enough.
Have tried both.
thanks for your time on this
cheers
ian
On Sat, Nov 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM vince <[email protected]> wrote:
> *ftplib.error_perm*: 553 Can't open that file: No such file or directory
>
> Possibly a permission error ? Or you are trying to upload to a
> non-existant directory on the remote server. Did it ever work ? You
> provided so little information it is hard to guess what is going on.
>
> We’d have to see your FTP section from weewx.conf probably. Be sure to
> obfuscate the username and password.
>
> On Friday, November 14, 2025 at 8:31:08 PM UTC-8 Ian of Awai wrote:
>
>> Hullo again
>> Weewx works for local access but fails on ftp upload as unable to see the
>> png file needed although it does exist.
>> Maybe ftp upload python file corrupted?
>> No sure where those files live to check.
>>
>> Attached snap of syslog re Ftp section.
>>
>> cheers
>> Ian
>>
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# This section specifies what reports, using which skins, to generate.
[StdReport]
# Where the skins reside, relative to WEEWX_ROOT
SKIN_ROOT = skins
# Where the generated reports should go, relative to WEEWX_ROOT
HTML_ROOT = /var/www/html/weewx
# Uncomment and change to override logging for reports.
log_success = True
log_failure = True
# The database binding indicates which data should be used in reports.
data_binding = wx_binding
# Each of the following subsections defines a report that will be run.
# See the customizing guide to change the units, plot types and line
# colors, modify the fonts, display additional sensor data, and other
# customizations. Many of those changes can be made here by overriding
# parameters, or by modifying templates within the skin itself.
[[SeasonsReport]]
# The SeasonsReport uses the 'Seasons' skin, which contains the
# images, templates and plots for the report.
skin = Seasons
enable = true
[[SmartphoneReport]]
# The SmartphoneReport uses the 'Smartphone' skin, and the images and
# files are placed in a dedicated subdirectory.
skin = Smartphone
enable = false
HTML_ROOT = /var/www/html/weewx/smartphone
[[MobileReport]]
# The MobileReport uses the 'Mobile' skin, and the images and files
# are placed in a dedicated subdirectory.
skin = Mobile
enable = false
HTML_ROOT = /var/www/html/weewx/mobile
[[StandardReport]]
# This is the old "Standard" skin. By default, it is not enabled.
skin = Standard
enable = false
[[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 the password to guard against parsing errors.
enable = true
user = xxxxxxxxx
password = "xxxxxxxx"
server = ftp.xxxxxxx # The ftp server name, e.g, www.myserver.org
path = public_html/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 = 21
# Set to 1 to use passive mode, zero for active mode
passive = 1
[[RSYNC]]
# rsync'ing to a webserver is treated as just another report.
skin = Rsync
Nov 15 21:26:56 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: DEBUG weewx.cheetahgenerator: Using search
list ['weewx.cheetahgenerator.Almanac', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Current',
'weewx.cheetah generator.DisplayOptions',
'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Extras', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Gettext',
'weewx.cheetahgenerator.JSONHelpers', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.PlotInfo',
'weewx.cheetahgenerator.SkinInfo',
'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Station', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Stats',
'weewx.cheetahgenerator.UnitInfo']
Nov 15 21:26:56 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: DEBUG weewx.manager: Daily summary version
is 4.0
Nov 15 21:26:56 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Successfully
woke up Vantage console
Nov 15 21:26:56 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: DEBUG weewx.restx: CWOP: Connected to server
cwop.aprs.net:14580
Nov 15 21:26:57 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: INFO weewx.restx: CWOP: Published record
2025-11-15 21:26:40 NZDT (1763195200)
Nov 15 21:27:01 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: INFO weewx.cheetahgenerator: Generated 8
files for report SeasonsReport in 4.98 seconds
Nov 15 21:27:01 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: DEBUG weewx.manager: Daily summary version
is 4.0
Nov 15 21:27:04 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: INFO weewx.imagegenerator: Generated 13
images for report SeasonsReport in 2.82 seconds
Nov 15 21:27:04 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: INFO weewx.reportengine: Copied 0 files to
/var/www/html/weewx
Nov 15 21:27:04 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Report
'SmartphoneReport' not enabled. Skipping.
Nov 15 21:27:04 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Report
'MobileReport' not enabled. Skipping.
Nov 15 21:27:04 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Report
'StandardReport' not enabled. Skipping.
Nov 15 21:27:04 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Running report
'FTP'
Nov 15 21:27:04 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Found
configuration file /etc/weewx/skins/Ftp/skin.conf for report 'FTP'
Nov 15 21:27:04 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Running generators
for report 'FTP' in directory '/etc/weewx/skins/Ftp' with locale 'en_NZ.UTF-8'
Nov 15 21:27:04 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: DEBUG weeutil.ftpupload: Attempting
connection to ftp.conti.net.nz
Nov 15 21:27:04 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: DEBUG weeutil.ftpupload: FTP encoding not
supported, ignoring.
Nov 15 21:27:04 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: DEBUG weeutil.ftpupload: Connected to
ftp.conti.net.nz
Nov 15 21:27:04 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: DEBUG weeutil.ftpupload: 0 ./monthET.png
5b37571b2fead09adfe167cb1a82eb23fdb29ca84328c2692efccc73e77d3704
Nov 15 21:27:04 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: ERROR weeutil.ftpupload: Failed uploading
/var/www/html/weewx/monthET.png to server ftp.conti.net.nz. Reason: '553 Can't
open that file: No such file or directory'
Nov 15 21:27:04 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: ERROR weewx.reportengine: ftpgenerator: (0):
caught exception '<class 'ftplib.error_perm'>': 553 Can't open that file: No
such file or directory
Nov 15 21:27:04 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: ERROR weewx.reportengine: ****
Traceback (most recent call last):
Nov 15 21:27:04 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: ERROR weewx.reportengine: ****
File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/reportengine.py", line 519, in run
Nov 15 21:27:04 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: ERROR weewx.reportengine: ****
n = ftp_data.run()
Nov 15 21:27:04 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: ERROR weewx.reportengine: ****
File "/usr/share/weewx/weeutil/ftpupload.py", line 208, in run
Nov 15 21:27:04 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: ERROR weewx.reportengine: ****
ftp_server.storbinary(stor_cmd, fd)
Nov 15 21:27:04 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: ERROR weewx.reportengine: ****
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/ftplib.py", line 504, in storbinary
Nov 15 21:27:04 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: ERROR weewx.reportengine: ****
with self.transfercmd(cmd, rest) as conn:
Nov 15 21:27:04 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: ERROR weewx.reportengine: ****
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/ftplib.py", line 399, in transfercmd
Nov 15 21:27:04 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: ERROR weewx.reportengine: ****
return self.ntransfercmd(cmd, rest)[0]
Nov 15 21:27:04 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: ERROR weewx.reportengine: ****
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/ftplib.py", line 365, in ntransfercmd
Nov 15 21:27:04 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: ERROR weewx.reportengine: ****
resp = self.sendcmd(cmd)
Nov 15 21:27:04 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: ERROR weewx.reportengine: ****
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/ftplib.py", line 273, in sendcmd
Nov 15 21:27:04 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: ERROR weewx.reportengine: ****
return self.getresp()
Nov 15 21:27:04 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: ERROR weewx.reportengine: ****
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/ftplib.py", line 246, in getresp
Nov 15 21:27:04 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: ERROR weewx.reportengine: ****
raise error_perm(resp)
Nov 15 21:27:04 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: ERROR weewx.reportengine: ****
ftplib.error_perm: 553 Can't open that file: No such file or directory
Nov 15 21:27:04 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: DEBUG weeutil.ftpupload: Attempting
connection to ftp.conti.net.nz
Nov 15 21:27:04 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: DEBUG weeutil.ftpupload: FTP encoding not
supported, ignoring.
Nov 15 21:27:04 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: DEBUG weeutil.ftpupload: Connected to
ftp.conti.net.nz
Nov 15 21:27:04 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: DEBUG weeutil.ftpupload: 0 ./monthET.png
5b37571b2fead09adfe167cb1a82eb23fdb29ca84328c2692efccc73e77d3704
Nov 15 21:27:05 Rpi3 weewxd[1048]: ERROR weeutil.ftpupload: Failed uploading
/var/www/html/weewx/monthET.png to server ftp.conti.net.nz. Reason: '553 Can't
open that file: No such file or directory'
