I did see that, but I have a permission issue that I need to solve for now.

I really appreciate all your comments/posts over the past years. I've been 
able to find a lot of answers from your posts. You are very patient and 
helpful!

Thank you!

On Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at 6:29:15 AM UTC-5 Tom Keffer wrote:

> It's really very simple. Just set SQLITE_ROOT to the directory where you 
> want the database to be saved. You'll find it under [[SQLite]]
>
> [DatabaseTypes]
>   ...
>   [[SQLite]]
>     ...
>     SQLITE_ROOT = /path/to/your/sqlite/dir
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 2, 2024 at 4:13 AM Ben W. <proofof...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi, John! 
>> Yes that is exactly what I'm trying to do as with your NAS, but with an 
>> external drive USB-connected to the RPi. It's mounted and I can write to 
>> it. I just haven't quite figured out (or found the resource yet) to update 
>> the appropriate weewx conf file to tell weewx to use the directory on the 
>> drive rather than the current (default ?) directory that is used.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> On Monday, April 1, 2024 at 8:11:18 AM UTC-5 Jon Fear wrote:
>>
>>> I am doing something similar using my NAS.
>>>
>>> I have mounted the NAS and then created symbolic links to the 
>>> appropriately named folders or directories on the NAS. When mounting the 
>>> NAS, I needed to make sure that the permissions were correct for weewx 
>>> which was eventually quite simple to achieve. If you are mounting the 
>>> complete drive via say USB then it should be simple, just remember to 
>>> create the appropriate directories and make sure the permissions are set 
>>> correctly.
>>>
>>> Best of luck..
>>>
>>> Jon
>>>
>>> On Monday 1 April 2024 at 13:54:43 UTC+1 Ben W. wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello!
>>>>
>>>> My setup is slowly coming together. Currently, I am able to see the 
>>>> data on my local network via browser at 192.168.7.201/weewx. I feel 
>>>> pretty accomplished so far, but I know I have a long ways to go. Before I 
>>>> get too far, my intent is to use my attached external hard drive to store 
>>>> the data for WeeWx. I'm pretty sure the data is being saved to the microSD 
>>>> card right now.
>>>>
>>>> Would someone be able to direct me on how to move the database to my 
>>>> external drive and instruct WeeWx to use that location going forward?
>>>>
>>>> I installed WeeWX V5 using 'apt' and the instructions here: 
>>>> https://weewx.com/docs/5.0/quickstarts/debian/
>>>>
>>>> What I'm using:
>>>> Ambient Weather WS-5000 weather station
>>>> Ecowitt GW1100 hub
>>>> RPi 5 8GB "headless"
>>>> 2TB HDD drive
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
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