Re: [weewx-user] ftpupload suddenly stopped working, but....

I can answer this as I went though something similar. Weewx supports FTPS natively, not SFTP. However, there's a SFTP extension you can load that will work correctly. If they use FTPS then what you described is correct - change secure_ftp to true and it'll work. If they use SFTP then you can lo

Re: [weewx-user] ftpupload suddenly stopped working, but....

Tom. I finally got a support tech who was able to solve the problem. Apparently Dreamhost has made some OS changes which can cause problems with FTP. I would like to change to SFTP, but I am not sure how to go about it. The options you referred to do not exist in my weewx.conf file, and I rea

Re: [weewx-user] ftpupload suddenly stopped working, but....

It would be useful to know what the ISP means by "maintenance." Perhaps they require a secure form of FTP now? If you have already been using FTPS, some server/Python combinations have issues supporting it. See the options secure_data and reuse_ssl in the User's Guide [[FTP]] section

[weewx-user] ftpupload suddenly stopped working, but....

Last evening, my system stopped uploading to Dreamhost. I get the following message in syslog: " ftpupload: Unable to connect or log into server : timed out" I have checked my config file and my credentials are correct, and using the identical credentials I can use my terminal program (Putty) t