You can use multiple virtual environments if you want, but there is no reason to.
The important thing is that each instance should have its own copy of weewx.conf, as well as the things it points to, particularly the database, and the HTML directory. Skins, and extensions can be shared. You may or may not want to share the log --- it's up to you. On Sun, Feb 1, 2026 at 1:03 PM DR <[email protected]> wrote: > Matthew Wall has a nice article on how to run several instances of WeeWx > in a Pi environment. > > > Have one which is stable and doing pretty much what I want it to now, I > am hoping to set up, on the same Rasp Pi 5, another being fed with data > from a different station. > > It came to mind that with virtual environments being championed as easy > to blow away and start fresh without interfering with other stuff > running on the Pi, to set up another virtual environment, install WeeWx > again in there and be able to play around without endangering the > original setup I've got running. > > > Does this work OK? Is there an advantage to running one install of > WeeWx and several configurations as Mr. Wall outlines in his Wiki > discussion on Github? It was posted late in 2025 so I assume the > virtual environments were up and running at the time and the method of > using multiple configurations was optimal? > > Dale > > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/56ebaac4-bd45-45a9-b25b-0a6bbd56e095%40gmail.com > . > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAPq0zECjzugTodn%3DZDqyZnYPhLVcezDEUmEBXqEZFH8%3DdtuZ_A%40mail.gmail.com.
