website on remote server

[AstroAdam]

could anyone help with getting my images to host online i have followed all the steps in the guide and the troubleshooting guide but i cant get it to work

when i run the command cd ~/allsky; website/install.sh --remote i get this

* Setting Website variables.
* Testing upload to remote Website.
*   When done you can remove 'Allsky_upload_test.txt' from your remote server.
Upload output from '/tmp/Allsky_upload_test.txt:
   *** upload.sh: ERROR, RET=99:
FILE_TO_UPLOAD='/tmp/Allsky_upload_test.txt'
REMOTE_HOST='77.72.1.48'
DIRECTORY='/allsky/'
TEMP_NAME='UploadTest-28770'
DESTINATION_NAME='Allsky_upload_test.txt'

cd: Fatal error: Certificate verification: certificate common name doesn't match requested host name ‘77.72.1.48’ (F4:01:37:CE:7B:9A:ED:64:2C:FB:F5:EE:F2:87:36:1D:10:A8:3D:C7)


*** ERROR:
**********
Unable to upload a test file.
**********

and here is my ftp-settings.sh

PROTOCOL="ftp"

IMAGE_DIR="/allsky"
WEB_IMAGE_DIR=""

VIDEOS_DIR="/allsky/videos"
VIDEOS_DESTINATION_NAME="videos"
WEB_VIDEOS_DIR=""

KEOGRAM_DIR="/allsky/keogram"
KEOGRAM_DESTINATION_NAME="keograms"
WEB_KEOGRAM_DIR=""

STARTRAILS_DIR="/allsky/startrails"
STARTRAILS_DESTINATION_NAME="startrails"
WEB_STARTRAILS_DIR="startrails"

	Name of the remote server.
REMOTE_HOST="77.72.1.48"

	Optionally enter the port required by your server.
REMOTE_PORT=""

ftp, ftps, and sftp PROTOCOLS only.  REMOTE_USER is also used by the scp PROTOCOL:
	The username of the login on the remote server.
REMOTE_USER="ftp name here"

	 The password of the login on your FTP server.  Does not apply to PROTOCOL=scp.
REMOTE_PASSWORD="password here"

	If you need special commands executed when connecting to the FTP server enter them here.
LFTP_COMMANDS=""

thank you for helping :)

[EricClaeys]

Did you look at the Troubleshooting -> Uploads documentation page?

[AstroAdam]

@EricClaeys thank you must of missed that one, seems i have fixed the certificate issue i was having and now im getting cd: Access failed: 550 Can't change directory to /home/jonseyco/public_html/allsky/images: No such file or directory

im not sure why its only erroing for the images directory and not the others i did have to created the images directory i did this on filezilla

i did also create a seprate user in cpanel for ftp this do you think that could be the issue? mabye i should use the admin account
here is my log file

[AstroAdam]

ive used the main account insted of a created one now im getting cd: Login failed: 530 Login authentication failed

[AstroAdam]

back to the issue of cd: Access failed: 550 Can't change directory to /allsky/images: No such file or directory
it seems having a $ sign in the password creates the 540 error

[EricClaeys]

@AstroAdam, the Website on your server should have the same structure as was in the .zip file, and there is no images folder in the .zip file.

Your original IMAGE_DIR="/allsky" was correct. Did you change it to include images?

[AstroAdam]

@EricClaeys hey ive updated to the original IMAGE_DIR="/allsky

but im still getting this error

[AstroAdam]

would it maybe be possible to jump on a discord call sometime no worries if not

[EricClaeys]

@AstroAdam, some servers, like the one I use, don't accept a directory name that begins with /, so try using allsky.
If that doesn't work, see the last section of the Troubleshooting Uploads page.

[AstroAdam]

@EricClaeys im gettings errors running that command nothing uploads

upload.sh: ERROR, RET=1:
FILE_TO_UPLOAD='/tmp/test.txt'
REMOTE_HOST='77.72.1.48'
DIRECTORY='allsky/'
TEMP_NAME='x-30759'
DESTINATION_NAME='test.txt'
<--- 550 Can't change directory to /allsky: No such file or directory
cd: Access failed: 550 Can't change directory to /allsky: No such file or directory

im just going to spin up a linux box tomrrow maybe my host is blocking things

[EricClaeys]

Did you try the test upload explained on the Troubleshooting page? It will tell you what files and directories exist when lftp first connects to the server which will help determine what path to use.

Did you read the first section of the Troubleshooting -> Uploads page? I am pretty sure that will explain how to fix your problem.
Many people who have public_html in the path on their server need to include that in IMG_DIR, for example IMG_DIR="public_html/allsky".
How did you determine to use /allsky?

[AstroAdam]

@EricClaeys Thank you :) the public_html Imade it work the site now loads and shows the normal ui and things but it just says all sky is starting up dose this take while once it’s first setup?

[AstroAdam]

im not sure if this is any use its my console when i load the website

[EricClaeys]

Is the image being updated in the WebUI's "Liveview" page? If not, see the second question in the FAQ Documentation page.

Otherwise,
If the WebUI is correct but not the remote website then either the image isn't being uploaded, or it's uploaded to the wrong location or with the wrong name.

First make sure you are telling it to upload the image in the config.sh file.
Then look in remote_configuration.json on the WebUI's "Editor" page for the imageName setting - is it image.jpg? If not, fix and save it. The file will automatically be uploaded to the server. Once that's done refresh your browser page.

If that didn't fix it then increase the Debug Level in the WebUI to at least 3 and run tail -f /var/log/allsky.log and look for lines saying it's uploading the file. This should happen after every picture. The lines in the log file will probably have FTP in them.

Are there any error messages? If not, log into your server and go to the directory pointed to by the IMG_DIR setting in ftp-settings.sh. Do you see the file, and is it being updated?

[AstroAdam]

@EricClaeys
the WebUI's "Liveview" page is being updated with the newest image
in the config.sh IMG_UPLOAD="true" and in remote_configuration.json it says "imageName": "image.jpg",

i have updated the debug level to 4 and run the command it says
pi@allskyjonsey:~ $ tail -f /var/log/allsky.log
2024-05-18T14:10:26.579376+01:00 allskyjonsey allsky[3010]: INFO: ----------------------- Running Module allsky_overlay.py -----------------------
2024-05-18T14:10:26.579560+01:00 allskyjonsey allsky[3010]: INFO: Attempting to load allsky_overlay
2024-05-18T14:10:26.579678+01:00 allskyjonsey allsky[3010]: INFO: External Overlay Disabled.
2024-05-18T14:10:26.579758+01:00 allskyjonsey allsky[3010]: INFO: Module allsky_overlay.py ran ok in 0.00s
2024-05-18T14:10:26.579840+01:00 allskyjonsey allsky[3010]: INFO: ----------------------- Running Module allsky_saveimage.py -----------------------
2024-05-18T14:10:26.580008+01:00 allskyjonsey allsky[3010]: INFO: Attempting to load allsky_saveimage
2024-05-18T14:10:26.580109+01:00 allskyjonsey allsky[3010]: INFO: Image /home/pi/allsky/tmp/image-20240518141021.jpg Saved, quality 95
2024-05-18T14:10:26.580215+01:00 allskyjonsey allsky[3010]: INFO: Ignoring watchdog for module saveimage
2024-05-18T14:10:26.580297+01:00 allskyjonsey allsky[3010]: INFO: day flow Complete...
2024-05-18T14:10:27.047268+01:00 allskyjonsey allsky[3017]: *** upload.sh: ERROR: 'image' directory not found!

i can also see the WebUI's there is a new error at the top postData.sh: Unable to upload '/home/pi/allsky/config/settings.json' (3 occurrences, last on May 18, 02:03:56 PM)

[EricClaeys]

For the ERROR: 'image' directory not found message, look at the end of the "ftp-settings.sh file" section of the Settings -> Allsky Website documentation page. It gives an example of what to put in ftp-settings.sh.

For the postData.sh problem, first make sure the remote server has all the directories it should, and then run postData.sh --debug for a better error description.

[AstroAdam]

@EricClaeys thank you for trying to help i think im just going to make a fresh version of allsky then retry this all again
i reviewed the ftp-settings.sh file and the guide and it seems to match then i ran postData.sh --debug it dosnt seem to make any errors

pi@allskyjonsey:~/allsky $ postData.sh --debug
WEBSITES=remote, WEBSITES_TO_TO=
Uploading '/home/pi/allsky/config/settings.json' to public_html/allsky/viewSettings
Upload output from '/home/pi/allsky/config/settings.json:
257 "/" is your current location
drwx--x--x 26 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 May 15 18:01 .
drwx--x--x 26 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 May 15 18:01 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 18 Apr 28 2023 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 141 Apr 28 2023 .bash_profile
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 376 Apr 28 2023 .bashrc
drwxrwx--x 5 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 Apr 28 2023 .cagefs
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 May 17 01:16 .cl.selector
drwx------ 9 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 May 18 20:27 .cpanel
drwx------ 4 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 Oct 10 2023 .cphorde
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 139 Apr 28 2023 .gemrc
drwxr-x--- 13 jonseyco 65534 4096 Jan 3 17:09 .htpasswds
drwx------ 2 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 Apr 28 2023 .kapps
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 57 Apr 2 00:20 .largefiles.json
-rw------- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 242 May 15 17:54 .lastlogin
-rw-rw---- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 102 Jun 28 2023 .myimunify_id
drwx--x--x 7 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 Feb 4 09:24 .softaculous
drwx------ 2 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 Apr 28 2023 .spamassassin
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 0 Apr 28 2023 .spamassassinenable
drwx------ 2 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 Sep 18 2023 .ssh
drwx------ 2 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 May 15 18:01 .subaccounts
drwx------ 4 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 May 18 01:17 .trash
-rw------- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 684 Apr 28 2023 .wp-toolkit-identifier
lrwxrwxrwx 1 jonseyco jonseyco 34 Apr 28 2023 access-logs -> /etc/apache2/logs/domlogs/jonseyco
drwxr-x--- 4 jonseyco 65534 4096 Apr 23 20:03 adamj.info
drwxr-x--- 3 jonseyco 65534 4096 Apr 23 20:03 countires.jonseycode.com
drwxr-x--- 4 jonseyco 12 4096 May 18 06:21 etc
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 May 15 18:01 jonseycode.com
drwx------ 3 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 May 18 13:13 logs
drwxrwx--- 2 65534 jonseyco 4096 Apr 28 2023 lscache
drwx------ 2 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 Nov 1 2023 lscmData
drwxr-x--x 6 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 May 9 08:31 mail
drwxr-x--- 3 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 Apr 28 2023 public_ftp
drwxr-x--- 14 jonseyco 65534 4096 May 16 15:53 public_html
drwx--x--x 3 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 Feb 4 09:24 softaculous_backups
drwxr-xr-x 5 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 May 14 21:47 ssl
drwxr-xr-x 7 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 May 15 17:56 tmp
lrwxrwxrwx 1 jonseyco jonseyco 11 Apr 28 2023 www -> public_html
---> CWD /public_html/allsky/viewSettings
<--- 250 OK. Current directory is /public_html/allsky/viewSettings
In DIRECTORY=public_html/allsky/viewSettings/:
---> PRET LIST
<--- 200 Ready to proceed
---> PASV
<--- 227 Entering Passive Mode (77,72,1,48,211,64)
---- Connecting data socket to (77.72.1.48) port 54080
---> LIST
<--- 150 Accepted data connection
WARNING: Certificate verification: hostname checking disabled
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 May 18 20:53 .
drwxr-xr-x 9 jonseyco jonseyco 12288 May 18 20:53 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 115 May 16 18:29 README.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 19207 May 11 17:03 allskySettings.php
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 16880 May 11 17:03 custom.css
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 26901 May 11 18:29 options.json
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 2277 May 18 14:03 settings.json
<--- 226-Options: -a -l
<--- 226 7 matches total
---> PRET MLSD
<--- 200 Ready to proceed
---> PASV
<--- 227 Entering Passive Mode (77,72,1,48,209,84)
---- Connecting data socket to (77.72.1.48) port 53588
---> MLSD
<--- 150 Accepted data connection
WARNING: Certificate verification: hostname checking disabled
<--- 226 7 matches total
---> TYPE I
<--- 200 TYPE is now 8-bit binary
---> PRET STOR PostData-28580
<--- 200 Ready to proceed
---> PASV
<--- 227 Entering Passive Mode (77,72,1,48,207,39)
---- Connecting data socket to (77.72.1.48) port 53031
---> STOR PostData-28580
<--- 150 Accepted data connection
WARNING: Certificate verification: hostname checking disabled
<--- 226-File successfully transferred
<--- 226 0.000 seconds (measured here), 8.58 Mbytes per second
---> MFMT 20240518130353 PostData-28580
<--- 213 UTIME OK
---> DELE settings.json
<--- 250 Deleted settings.json
---> TYPE A
<--- 200 TYPE is now ASCII
---> PRET MLSD
<--- 200 Ready to proceed
---> PASV
<--- 227 Entering Passive Mode (77,72,1,48,212,101)
---- Connecting data socket to (77.72.1.48) port 54373
---> MLSD
<--- 150 Accepted data connection
WARNING: Certificate verification: hostname checking disabled
<--- 226 7 matches total
---> TYPE I
<--- 200 TYPE is now 8-bit binary
---> RNFR PostData-28580
<--- 350 RNFR accepted - file exists, ready for destination
---> RNTO settings.json
<--- 250 File successfully renamed or moved
---> QUIT
<--- 221-Goodbye. You uploaded 3 and downloaded 0 kbytes.
<--- 221 Logout.

Uploading '/home/pi/allsky/tmp/data.json' to public_html/allsky
Upload output from '/home/pi/allsky/tmp/data.json:
257 "/" is your current location
drwx--x--x 26 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 May 15 18:01 .
drwx--x--x 26 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 May 15 18:01 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 18 Apr 28 2023 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 141 Apr 28 2023 .bash_profile
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 376 Apr 28 2023 .bashrc
drwxrwx--x 5 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 Apr 28 2023 .cagefs
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 May 17 01:16 .cl.selector
drwx------ 9 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 May 18 20:27 .cpanel
drwx------ 4 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 Oct 10 2023 .cphorde
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 139 Apr 28 2023 .gemrc
drwxr-x--- 13 jonseyco 65534 4096 Jan 3 17:09 .htpasswds
drwx------ 2 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 Apr 28 2023 .kapps
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 57 Apr 2 00:20 .largefiles.json
-rw------- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 242 May 15 17:54 .lastlogin
-rw-rw---- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 102 Jun 28 2023 .myimunify_id
drwx--x--x 7 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 Feb 4 09:24 .softaculous
drwx------ 2 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 Apr 28 2023 .spamassassin
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 0 Apr 28 2023 .spamassassinenable
drwx------ 2 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 Sep 18 2023 .ssh
drwx------ 2 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 May 15 18:01 .subaccounts
drwx------ 4 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 May 18 01:17 .trash
-rw------- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 684 Apr 28 2023 .wp-toolkit-identifier
lrwxrwxrwx 1 jonseyco jonseyco 34 Apr 28 2023 access-logs -> /etc/apache2/logs/domlogs/jonseyco
drwxr-x--- 4 jonseyco 65534 4096 Apr 23 20:03 adamj.info
drwxr-x--- 3 jonseyco 65534 4096 Apr 23 20:03 countires.jonseycode.com
drwxr-x--- 4 jonseyco 12 4096 May 18 06:21 etc
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 May 15 18:01 jonseycode.com
drwx------ 3 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 May 18 13:13 logs
drwxrwx--- 2 65534 jonseyco 4096 Apr 28 2023 lscache
drwx------ 2 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 Nov 1 2023 lscmData
drwxr-x--x 6 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 May 9 08:31 mail
drwxr-x--- 3 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 Apr 28 2023 public_ftp
drwxr-x--- 14 jonseyco 65534 4096 May 16 15:53 public_html
drwx--x--x 3 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 Feb 4 09:24 softaculous_backups
drwxr-xr-x 5 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 May 14 21:47 ssl
drwxr-xr-x 7 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 May 15 17:56 tmp
lrwxrwxrwx 1 jonseyco jonseyco 11 Apr 28 2023 www -> public_html
---> CWD /public_html/allsky
<--- 250 OK. Current directory is /public_html/allsky
In DIRECTORY=public_html/allsky/:
---> PRET LIST
<--- 200 Ready to proceed
---> PASV
<--- 227 Entering Passive Mode (77,72,1,48,207,98)
---- Connecting data socket to (77.72.1.48) port 53090
---> LIST
<--- 150 Accepted data connection
WARNING: Certificate verification: hostname checking disabled
drwxr-xr-x 9 jonseyco jonseyco 12288 May 18 20:53 .
drwxr-x--- 14 jonseyco 65534 4096 May 16 15:53 ..
-rw------- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 11 May 17 01:18 .ftpquota
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 3943 May 16 18:29 NoThumbnail.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 746 May 16 18:29 README.md
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 2644 May 16 18:29 allsky-favicon.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 1738 May 16 18:29 allsky-font.css
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 2774 May 16 18:29 allsky-logo.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 4146 May 16 18:29 allsky.css
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 42 May 16 18:29 analyticsTracking.js
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 52789 May 16 18:29 animate.min.css
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 5557 May 17 16:11 configuration.json
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 26725 May 16 18:29 controller.js
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 113 May 18 20:53 data.json
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 May 16 18:29 fonts
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 12962 May 16 18:29 functions.php
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 1096 May 16 18:29 getForecast.php
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 May 18 16:55 image
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 885706 May 18 17:16 image-20240518171637.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 1117775 May 18 17:18 image-20240518171809.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 1404923 May 18 17:19 image-20240518171941.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 1402477 May 18 17:21 image-20240518172114.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 1277103 May 18 17:22 image-20240518172246.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 1290093 May 18 17:24 image-20240518172418.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 1167024 May 18 17:25 image-20240518172551.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 1351004 May 18 17:27 image-20240518172723.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 1374769 May 18 17:29 image-20240518172853.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 1370676 May 18 17:30 image-20240518173026.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 1368205 May 18 17:32 image-20240518173158.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 924328 May 18 17:33 image-20240518173331.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 1190057 May 18 17:35 image-20240518173506.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 1407520 May 18 17:36 image-20240518173639.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 1406046 May 18 17:38 image-20240518173812.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 159976 May 17 16:53 image.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 9897 May 16 18:29 index.php
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 May 17 15:48 keograms
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 14784 May 16 18:29 loading.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 119183 May 16 18:29 moment.js
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 61201 May 16 18:29 ng-lodash.min.js
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 1237 May 16 18:29 show_thumbnails.php
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 May 17 15:48 startrails
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 11 May 16 18:29 version
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 May 18 04:35 videos
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 May 18 20:54 viewSettings
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonseyco jonseyco 7655 May 16 18:29 viewSettings.php
drwxr-xr-x 4 jonseyco jonseyco 4096 May 16 18:29 virtualsky
<--- 226-Options: -a -l
<--- 226 46 matches total
---> PRET MLSD
<--- 200 Ready to proceed
---> PASV
<--- 227 Entering Passive Mode (77,72,1,48,209,16)
---- Connecting data socket to (77.72.1.48) port 53520
---> MLSD
<--- 150 Accepted data connection
WARNING: Certificate verification: hostname checking disabled
<--- 226 46 matches total
---> TYPE I
<--- 200 TYPE is now 8-bit binary
---> PRET STOR PostData-1899
<--- 200 Ready to proceed
---> PASV
<--- 227 Entering Passive Mode (77,72,1,48,210,187)
---- Connecting data socket to (77.72.1.48) port 53947
---> STOR PostData-1899
<--- 150 Accepted data connection
WARNING: Certificate verification: hostname checking disabled
<--- 226-File successfully transferred
<--- 226 0.000 seconds (measured here), 0.90 Mbytes per second
---> MFMT 20240518195440 PostData-1899
<--- 213 UTIME OK
---> DELE data.json
<--- 250 Deleted data.json
---> TYPE A
<--- 200 TYPE is now ASCII
---> PRET MLSD
<--- 200 Ready to proceed
---> PASV
<--- 227 Entering Passive Mode (77,72,1,48,207,86)
---- Connecting data socket to (77.72.1.48) port 53078
---> MLSD
<--- 150 Accepted data connection
WARNING: Certificate verification: hostname checking disabled
<--- 226 46 matches total
---> TYPE I
<--- 200 TYPE is now 8-bit binary
---> RNFR PostData-1899
<--- 350 RNFR accepted - file exists, ready for destination
---> RNTO data.json
<--- 250 File successfully renamed or moved
---> QUIT
<--- 221-Goodbye. You uploaded 1 and downloaded 0 kbytes.
<--- 221 Logout.

but the website is just saying allsky is starting you can see this at jonseycode.com/allsky

[EricClaeys]

Since you only have a Remote Website and not a local one the WEB_*_DIR variables should not be used. And the *_DESTINATION_NAME variables should not be used with an Allsky Website because the Website looks for files with a certain name. The documentation shows the correct entries.

The image directory and all the IMAGE-YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.jpg files on the server should be removed.

After you have made those changes, please attach the top half of your ftp-settings.sh file.

As you said, postData.sh works so I
The message in the WebUI about it is probably from when you had the wrong path, so you can clear that message.

[AstroAdam]

@EricClaeys i have cleared the image directory and all the IMAGE-YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.jpg files on my server

PROTOCOL="ftp"

IMAGE_DIR="public_html/allsky"
WEB_IMAGE_DIR="image"

VIDEOS_DIR="public_html/allsky/videos"
VIDEOS_DESTINATION_NAME="videos"
WEB_VIDEOS_DIR=""

KEOGRAM_DIR="public_html/allsky/keogram"
KEOGRAM_DESTINATION_NAME="keograms"
WEB_KEOGRAM_DIR=""

STARTRAILS_DIR="public_html/allsky/startrails"
STARTRAILS_DESTINATION_NAME="startrails"
WEB_STARTRAILS_DIR="startrails"

[EricClaeys]

@AstroAdam,
I could use some feedback please, to improve Allsky so others don't make the same mistake.

A couple posts ago I said

For the ERROR: 'image' directory not found message, look at the end of the "ftp-settings.sh file" section of the Settings -> Allsky Website documentation page. It gives an example of what to put in ftp-settings.sh.

I'm assuming you did that, and yet your ftp-settings.sh page still doesn't match the documentation, which is cause the problem you're seeing.

Do you have a suggestion on how I could improve that documentation page so it's clearer what should be done?

[AstroAdam]

@EricClaeys its ok nothing is wrong with your documentation

i have now copied the example from Settings -> Allsky Website into my ftp-settings.sh im guessing i should still put public_html in front of each directory my ftp-setting.sh page

	# How will files be uploaded?
PROTOCOL="ftp"

	# The directory where the current image should be copied to.
IMAGE_DIR="public_html/allsky"

	# The directory where the timelapse video should be uploaded to.
VIDEOS_DIR="public_html/allsky/videos"

	# The directory where the keogram image should be copied to.
KEOGRAM_DIR="public_html/allsky/keogram"

	# The directory where the startrails image should be copied to.
STARTRAILS_DIR="public_html/allsky/startrails"

[EricClaeys]

@AstroAdam, that looks right. Is everything working now?

[AstroAdam]

@EricClaeys nope the website says all sky is starting up and in the webui i can see the camera
dose the website say the same thing for you if you try to load it? should i try a spin up a cheap vps from a diffrent hosting company and see if it works?

[AstroAdam]

could the ftp-settings.sh be cached as i try to change it so much? what would happen if i deleted it and resaved it?

[EricClaeys]

I also see the "Starting up" image on your website.
ftp-settings.sh is re-read every picture so change you make are immediate. It won't help to delete and recreate it.
Try running

tail -f /var/log/allsky.log

again. You should see lines like these for every image:

May 19 15:57:29 allsky-test allsky[1126]: saveImage.sh DAY /home/pi/allsky/tmp/image-20240519155724.jpg
    DATE=20240519 TIME=155724 AUTOEXPOSURE=1 sAUTOEXPOSURE=(auto) EXPOSURE_US=837 sEXPOSURE=837
    us (0.837 ms) AUTOGAIN=0 sAUTOGAIN= GAIN=1 AUTOWB=1 sAUTOAWB=(auto) WBR=2.500000 WBB=1
    MEAN=0.579441 BIN=1 FLIP=none BIT_DEPTH=0 FOCUS=43 DARKFRAME=0 eOVERLAY=0
May 19 15:57:32 allsky-test allsky[1126]: upload.sh: FTP '/home/pi/allsky/tmp/image-20240519155724.jpg' to 'image.jpg'

[AstroAdam]

@EricClaeys i have ran the command

pi@allskyjonsey:~ $ tail -f /var/log/allsky.log
2024-05-19T22:28:33.169192+01:00 allskyjonsey allsky[709]: INFO: Attempting to load allsky_overlay
2024-05-19T22:28:33.169288+01:00 allskyjonsey allsky[709]: INFO: External Overlay Disabled.
2024-05-19T22:28:33.169385+01:00 allskyjonsey allsky[709]: INFO: Module allsky_overlay.py ran ok in 0.00s
2024-05-19T22:28:33.169482+01:00 allskyjonsey allsky[709]: INFO: ----------------------- Running Module allsky_saveimage.py -----------------------
2024-05-19T22:28:33.169565+01:00 allskyjonsey allsky[709]: INFO: Attempting to load allsky_saveimage
2024-05-19T22:28:33.169670+01:00 allskyjonsey allsky[709]: INFO: Image /home/pi/allsky/tmp/image-20240519222824.jpg Saved, quality 95
2024-05-19T22:28:33.169772+01:00 allskyjonsey allsky[709]: INFO: Ignoring watchdog for module saveimage
2024-05-19T22:28:33.169898+01:00 allskyjonsey allsky[709]: INFO: night flow Complete...
2024-05-19T22:28:34.963897+01:00 allskyjonsey allsky[722]: upload.sh: FTP '/home/pi/allsky/tmp/image-20240519222824.jpg' to 'public_html/allsky/image-20240519222824.jpg', TEMP_NAME=SaveImage-24226
2024-05-19T22:28:36.567976+01:00 allskyjonsey allsky[722]: upload.sh: FTP '/home/pi/allsky/tmp/image-20240519222824.jpg' finished
2024-05-19T22:29:56.529893+01:00 allskyjonsey allsky[986]: Executing sunwait poll exit angle -6.0000 51.6N 01.2W > /dev/null
2024-05-19T22:29:56.537006+01:00 allskyjonsey allsky[986]: -----
2024-05-19T22:29:56.537483+01:00 allskyjonsey allsky[986]: STARTING EXPOSURE at: 2024-05-19 22:29:56   @ 4.4 sec
2024-05-19T22:29:56.627699+01:00 allskyjonsey allsky[986]:  > Running: libcamera-still --output '/home/pi/allsky/tmp/image-20240519222956.jpg' --timeout 1 --nopreview --width 4608 --height 2592 --shutter 4404227 --analoggain 8 --quality 95
2024-05-19T22:30:03.018288+01:00 allskyjonsey allsky[986]:   > Got:    shutter_us: 4.4 sec, gain: 8.000, mean: 0.106, target mean: 0.200, diff (target - mean): 0.094
2024-05-19T22:30:03.018627+01:00 allskyjonsey allsky[986]:   > index: 0, meanHistory[]=0.105 exposureLevelHistory[]=178, newNean=0.105
2024-05-19T22:30:03.018721+01:00 allskyjonsey allsky[986]:   > index: 1, meanHistory[]=0.099 exposureLevelHistory[]=178, newNean=0.303
2024-05-19T22:30:03.018808+01:00 allskyjonsey allsky[986]:   > index: 2, meanHistory[]=0.106 exposureLevelHistory[]=185, newNean=0.621
2024-05-19T22:30:03.018894+01:00 allskyjonsey allsky[986]:   > New mean target: 0.107, mean_forecast: 0.113, mean_diff (newMean - target mean): 0.093, idx=2, idxN1=1
2024-05-19T22:30:03.018995+01:00 allskyjonsey allsky[986]:   > ExposureChange clipped to 3 (diff from last change: -4)
2024-05-19T22:30:03.019083+01:00 allskyjonsey allsky[986]:   > ++++++++++ Prior image mean good - no changes needed, mean=0.106, target mean=0.200 threshold=0.100
2024-05-19T22:30:03.535094+01:00 allskyjonsey allsky[986]:   > Saving NIGHT image 'image-20240519222956.jpg'
2024-05-19T22:30:03.537173+01:00 allskyjonsey allsky[986]:   > Sleeping: 85.6 sec
2024-05-19T22:30:03.542925+01:00 allskyjonsey allsky[784]: saveImage.sh NIGHT /home/pi/allsky/tmp/image-20240519222956.jpg DATE=20240519 TIME=222956 AUTOEXPOSURE=1 sAUTOEXPOSURE=(auto) EXPOSURE_US=4404227 sEXPOSURE=4.4 sec AUTOGAIN=0 sAUTOGAIN= GAIN=8 AUTOWB=0 sAUTOAWB= WBR=2.500000 WBB=2 BRIGHTNESS=0 MEAN=0.105885 FULLMEAN=0.089986 BIN=1 FLIP=none BIT_DEPTH=0 DARKFRAME=0 eOVERLAY=0
2024-05-19T22:30:05.775484+01:00 allskyjonsey allsky[803]: INFO: Loading config /home/pi/allsky/config/settings.json
2024-05-19T22:30:05.776108+01:00 allskyjonsey allsky[803]: INFO: Running night flow...

[EricClaeys]

We're close. This line is key:

Upload.sh: FTP '/home/pi/allsky/tmp/image-20240519222824.jpg' to 'public_html/allsky/image-20240519222824.jpg

It has the "from" file name correct, but not the "to" name - it should be public_htm/allsky/image.jpg.

There is a setting in config.sh with ORIGINAL in its name (I don't remember the full name) that when set to "true" will upload the file using the "original" name, which is the name the image file has when on the Pi. You set this to "true" and likely didn't know what it did. Set it to "false".

I suggest reading the Settings documentation pages before making other changes, so you understand what you are changing.

FYI, a LOT of people have made similar mistakes with the Website settings, so in the next Allsky release many of those settings are gone and it will be much easier and less error prone to configure the Websites. And the tools will check for more problems and alert you when found. These changes are a result of watching people like you who have struggled with the settings. I blame Allsky for being too complex, not the people who are using Allsky.

Thanks for sticking with me.
Eric

[AstroAdam]

@EricClaeys its now working thank you i just need to fix the quality of the timelapse not sure why the quality went down it used to look very clear in the web ui for Timelapse

[EricClaeys]

@AstroAdam,
a few (?) months ago several of us noticed that our timelapse quality seemed to be a lot worse, but we hadn't changed anything. We even tried increasing the bitrate to 20,000 and it helped some but not enough. Adding -level 3.1 to the timelapse EXTRA_PARAMETERS fixed it.

We never could determine what changed.

[AstroAdam]

@EricClaeys i think i found the issue for some reason i must of set the TIMELAPSEWIDTH and TIMELAPSEHEIGHT to 100 i have now updated this to a better number i will report back

[EricClaeys]

You can run generateForDay.sh --timelapse YYYYMMDD to recreate a timelapse anytime.