Nothing stops you from experimenting and there is zero risk to you in doing so. It will work or it won't. (hint - it will work).
Just follow the wiki article. On Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 5:43:09 PM UTC-7 DR wrote: > Vince has hinted to a member that rsync is the way to go since his > ftp-ing is goofy and perhaps it is time to let that older less efficient > method go by the way. > > WeeWx has the FTP section and the RSYNC section to configure. > > > I had used GoDaddy for years and while I have no strong allegiance, I > still don't want to take on the trouble of leaving one service and > setting up on another. I was a bit surprised when doing some article > research on it that all the authors said rsync is not native to GoDaddy > (and one even said they won't) but it can be set up by we the user if we > want to and some short line by line methods were described. > > > My anxiety about creating more trouble than I need by fiddling around > would raise the question about, If GoDaddy isn't offering what seems to > be a desirable option (as they do offer ftp), what is at risk on their > systems (which I think run Linux from what I can understand) if I tried > the method to set up rsync? It just seems odd somehow that they'd not > be supportive of the programming and user community. > > Could I plow ahead, follow the general instructions for setting it up, > use WeeWx rsync to transfer maybe one of the generated station's stuff > to GoDaddy while leaving ftp intact and then if they pull the plug on > users mucking with their systems still have the ftp sites available? > > I'm not a native Linux person and yet find the things that WeeWx > instructions on setup and all very solid and would like to try it. > > 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/765169d0-51ae-4ea1-b88e-11329436167fn%40googlegroups.com.
