Thanks, Michael, that did it.
BG

On Thursday, May 30, 2024 at 2:31:31 AM UTC-4 michael.k...@gmx.at wrote:

> With apache2 you can symlink /var/www/html/weewx -> 
> /home/bg/weewx-data/public_html/ and browse your site on 
> http://ip-of-the-pi/weewx, but you most likely have to change permissions 
> to the home of the user "bg" first with sudo chmod a+rx /home/bg
>
> vince schrieb am Mittwoch, 29. Mai 2024 um 22:50:10 UTC+2:
>
>> As I said, V5 pip runs as whatever unprivileged user you ran pip as, so 
>> no there is no required username. I installed as ‘pi’ so it runs as ‘pi’.
>>
>> Any webserver works as long as the unprivileged user weewx runs as can 
>> write to the output directory you configured things to write to…and as long 
>> as the other unprivileged user yout webserver runs as can read those files. 
>>  There are many past threads and wiki and faq discussions of the many ways 
>> to set that up
>>
>> On Wednesday, May 29, 2024 at 1:30:58 PM UTC-7 bgra...@umw.edu wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Vince and Tom. I’m still curious. Is group « weewx » necessary to 
>>> be present? It wasn’t created with the pip install.
>>> Also, I already have Apache2 installed. Can I simlink to that or is it 
>>> better to have nginx? Thanks and much appreciated for all the work you have 
>>> put into weewx!
>>> Cheers,
>>> Bob
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at 6:51:06 PM UTC-4 vince wrote:
>>>
>>>> If you are doing a pip install, it will install and configure itself as 
>>>> the user 'pip' is run as.
>>>>
>>>> For your other issue it is likely you neglected to add the webserver of 
>>>> your choice.  Just do "sudo systemctl add nginx" for one that works.
>>>>
>>>> On Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at 2:23:35 PM UTC-7 bgra...@umw.edu wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>> I have an RPI5 running bookworm on which I want to setup a test site 
>>>>> of weewx 5. I have the latest 4.10.2 which has been running on an Ubuntu 
>>>>> machine for 10+ years (grattans.org/wx). Not being a programmer, I'm 
>>>>> trying to get things setup before I make the permanent move.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have noticed that the user "weewx" has not been created and I'm 
>>>>> following direction for a pip install. I have created the primary user 
>>>>> "bg" 
>>>>> rather than "pi" and wonder if that is a problem?
>>>>>
>>>>> The simulator seems to be running and posting to 
>>>>> /home/bg/weewx-data/public_html/index.html but I am unable to display the 
>>>>> page.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm certain there is something simple I'm not doing here but am rather 
>>>>> stuck. Thanks for any suggestions.  Below is a service status.
>>>>>
>>>>> Many thanks in advance.
>>>>> Bob
>>>>>
>>>>> weewx.service - WeeWX weather system
>>>>>      Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/weewx.service; enabled; 
>>>>> preset: enabled)
>>>>>      Active: active (running) since Tue 2024-05-28 11:19:23 EDT; 6h ago
>>>>>        Docs: https://weewx.com/docs
>>>>>    Main PID: 1036 (python3)
>>>>>       Tasks: 1 (limit: 9248)
>>>>>         CPU: 52.847s
>>>>>      CGroup: /system.slice/weewx.service
>>>>>              └─1036 /home/bg/weewx-venv/bin/python3 
>>>>> /home/bg/weewx-venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/weewxd.py 
>>>>> /home/bg/weewx-data/weewx.conf
>>>>>
>>>>> May 28 17:15:15 RPI5 weewxd[1036]: INFO weewx.manager: Added record 
>>>>> 2024-05-28 17:15:00 EDT (1716930900) to database 'weewx.sdb'
>>>>> May 28 17:15:15 RPI5 weewxd[1036]: INFO weewx.manager: Added record 
>>>>> 2024-05-28 17:15:00 EDT (1716930900) to daily summary in 'weewx.sdb'
>>>>> May 28 17:15:16 RPI5 weewxd[1036]: INFO weewx.cheetahgenerator: 
>>>>> Generated 8 files for report SeasonsReport in 0.32 seconds
>>>>> May 28 17:15:16 RPI5 weewxd[1036]: INFO weewx.imagegenerator: 
>>>>> Generated 15 images for report SeasonsReport in 0.21 seconds
>>>>> May 28 17:15:16 RPI5 weewxd[1036]: INFO weewx.reportengine: Copied 0 
>>>>> files to /home/bg/weewx-data/public_html
>>>>> May 28 17:20:15 RPI5 weewxd[1036]: INFO weewx.manager: Added record 
>>>>> 2024-05-28 17:20:00 EDT (1716931200) to database 'weewx.sdb'
>>>>> May 28 17:20:15 RPI5 weewxd[1036]: INFO weewx.manager: Added record 
>>>>> 2024-05-28 17:20:00 EDT (1716931200) to daily summary in 'weewx.sdb'
>>>>> May 28 17:20:16 RPI5 weewxd[1036]: INFO weewx.cheetahgenerator: 
>>>>> Generated 8 files for report SeasonsReport in 0.32 seconds
>>>>> May 28 17:20:16 RPI5 weewxd[1036]: INFO weewx.imagegenerator: 
>>>>> Generated 15 images for report SeasonsReport in 0.21 seconds
>>>>> May 28 17:20:16 RPI5 weewxd[1036]: INFO weewx.reportengine: Copied 0 
>>>>> files to /home/bg/weewx-data/public_html
>>>>>
>>>>

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