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
load the extension and use a similar stanza in the config file to enable
it.
On Thursday, January 18, 2024 at 11:23:49 AM UTC-9 Steve2Q wrote:
> 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
> really don't want to upgrade as I don't want to break the Steel Gauges
> which took me a LONG time to get operating properly. Is there a guide to
> changing over to SFTP for a "legacy" version of Weewx. Is it as simple as
> changing secure_ftp to True, and port to 22?
>
> The following is the {FTP} section of my weewx.conf file:
> [[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, uncomment and fill out the next four
> lines.
> # Use quotes around passwords to guard against parsing errors.
> server = www.xxx
> path = xxx/yyy
> user = aaa
> password = bbb
>
> # 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 = 0
>
> Thanks, Steve
>
>
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