No the .ssh/config file is client-side only. Unfortunately the full pathname to use for rsync is something you'll have to figure out experimentally since every service provider tends to be different. Some do a lot of sleight of hand with how they set things up so they can maintain their side.
- Try ssh'ing into the server and run 'pwd' and see what it gives you for an absolute pathname. Run 'ls' and see if your public_html tree is there hopefully. - Alternately ftp into the host using the user/pass you have working now and try 'pwd' there and see what it tells you. If you have passwordless ssh working, you're much of the way there.....your weewx is logging in correctly, so all you need now is to figure out the remote full path to where you want to rsync into. On Friday, May 15, 2026 at 9:26:34 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > On your host grattans.org, is "/public_html/WeeWX" the folder containing > your web site ? > If not, you have to change the path to point to the rignt folder : > enable = true > server = grattans.org > user = mk0a7kyn5q5j > path = ?????????? > > Le vendredi 15 mai 2026 à 17:32:04 UTC+2, [email protected] a écrit : > >> After finally getting my FTP working (many thanks to all!) I am trying to >> move to RSYNC but having problems. >> >> Following Vince's guide, I have created keys and moved them to my web >> server grattans.org. >> Testing, I can ssh to grattans.org with no password. However, running >> RSYNC in weewx.conf is coming up with errors. >> >> ERROR weeutil.rsyncupload: rsync reported errors. Original command: >> ['rsync', '--archive', '--stats', '-e', 'ssh', >> '/home/pi/weewx-data/public_html/', >> '[email protected]:/public_html/WeeWX'] >> May 15 10:45:25 rpi5trixie weewxd[659616]: ERROR weeutil.rsyncupload: >> **** tput: No value for $TERM and no -T specified >> May 15 10:45:25 rpi5trixie weewxd[659616]: ERROR weeutil.rsyncupload: >> **** rsync: mkdir "/public_html/WeeWX" failed: No such file or directory (2) >> May 15 10:45:25 rpi5trixie weewxd[659616]: ERROR weeutil.rsyncupload: >> **** rsync error: error in file IO (code 11) at main.c(661) [Receiver=3.1.3] >> >> My syslog also has many lines like the following: >> >> failed: Read-only file system [v8.2504.0 try >> https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2207 ] >> 2026-05-12T22:00:16.785339-04:00 rpi5trixie rsyslogd: error during config >> processing: omfile: creating parent directories for file >> '/home/pi/weewx-data/log/weewx.log' failed: Read-only file system >> [v8.2504.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2207 ] >> 2026-05-12T22:00:16.846607-04:00 rpi5trixie rsyslogd: error during config >> processing: omfile: creating parent directories for file >> '/home/pi/weewx-data/log/weewx.log' >> >> My RSYNC section of weewx.conf is based on my working FTP section: >> >> [[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 = false ##false >> user = mk0a7kyn5q5j >> password = H0xxxx >> server = grattans.org # The ftp server name, e.g, >> www.myserver.org >> path = /public_html/WeeWX # 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 = public_html >> >> # 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 >> >> # 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. >> # >> # If you wish to use rsync, set "enable" to "true", then >> # fill out server, user, and path. >> # The server should appear in your .ssh/config file. >> # The user is the username used in the identity file. >> # The path is the destination directory, such as >> /var/www/html/weather. >> # Be sure that the user has write permissions on the destination! >> enable = true >> server = grattans.org >> user = mk0a7kyn5q5j >> path = /public_html/WeeWX >> >> # To upload files from something other than what HTML_ROOT is set >> # to above, specify a different HTML_ROOT here. >> #HTML_ROOT = public_html >> log_success = true # log successful uploads (default >> = false) >> log_failure = true # log unsuccessful uploads >> (default = false) >> >> # Rsync can be configured to remove files from the remote server >> if >> # they don't exist under HTML_ROOT locally. USE WITH CAUTION: if >> you >> # make a mistake in the remote path, you could could >> unintentionally >> # cause unrelated files to be deleted. Set to 1 to enable remote >> file >> # deletion, zero to allow files to accumulate remotely. >> delete = 0 >> >> My ~/.ssh directory: >> >> (weewx-venv) pi@rpi5trixie:~/weewx-data $ ll ~/.ssh >> total 28 >> -rw-rw-r-- 1 pi pi 90 May 14 16:33 config >> -rw------- 1 pi pi 2098 May 14 10:23 known_hosts >> -rw------- 1 pi pi 1262 May 14 07:37 known_hosts.old >> -rw------- 1 pi pi 2602 May 12 14:04 old_id_rsa >> -rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi 567 May 12 14:04 old_id_rsa.pub >> -rw------- 1 pi pi 399 May 14 10:12 weewx >> -rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi 95 May 14 10:12 weewx.pub >> >> My local /.ssh/config: *[does this need to be on the web host also?]* >> >> host grattans.org >> hostname grattans.org >> user mk0a7kyn5q5j >> identityfile ~/.ssh/weewx >> >> Can anyone spot the problem. I have tried to follow Vince's directions >> but have messed up somewhere. Thanks in advance. >> >> Cheers, >> Bob >> >> >> >> -- 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/954597e4-adec-4a77-93bd-d05e2d797519n%40googlegroups.com.
