Noob question - WebUI has all images, videos, etc but website only has latest image

[rbotero1976]

Hello All

I'm putting together an allsky system based on an ASI120MM which I had lying around on a Raspberry Pi 3B+. I'm no Linux expert but have had Weewx running on another Raspberry for over 8 years now: http://weather.boterosanchez.co.uk/

I installed the latest version and last night did the first all night run of the system - including trying to upload to a sub-domain I have created here: http://allsky.boterosanchez.co.uk/

My camera is still not in its dome but it ran all night as it was pristine clear. This morning I have all images in the WebUI folders, including timelapse, keograms, startrails, etc. BEAUTIFUL!

But both my local at http://192.168.X.X/allsky and http://allsky.boterosanchez.co.uk/ only have the portal and latest image on display. No historic images, videos, keograms, startrails are making it to either.

I suspect this is an issue with my ftp-settings.sh? I tried to make things simpler this morning by just trying to get the local website running and changed the ftp-settings.sh to local but still no luck.

I have searched the forum for pointers and ran the test.sh file and I can connect without issues to my online folder where I created /videos, /startrails, /keograms folders.

For my weather website I use SFTP to upload files. For allsky I have started with FTP (since my SFTP port is not default) but I don't think this is the issue.

Happy to provide a copy of my ftp-settings.sh file if that would help.

Thank you to Thomas (and Eric) for putting all together!

Roberto

[EricClaeys]

@rbotero1976 Roberto, welcome to Allsky! I think you'll enjoy it.
A couple things for clarification.

1. When you say "portal" are you referring to the "allsky-portal" package, also known as the WebUI, that allows viewing a Liveview, Camera Settings, and other links on the left side of the screen? There is also an "allsky-website" package that is typically used to provide Internet access to the latest image as well as all startrails, keograms, and timelapse.
2. Do you have (or want) both a local Allsky Website on your Pi, AND one on http://allsky.boterosanchez.co.uk/ ? Assuming both, let's get the remote site working first, then the local site.
3. Did you run "website/install.sh" to install the Allsky Website on your Pi?

I just looked at http://allsky.boterosanchez.co.uk/ and it says "Allsky software is not running" which means your Pi successfully transferred that image, which is good. Set the Debug Level to 4 in the WebUI then restart Allsky. Then run: tail -f /var/log/allsky.log and when you see lines about uploading the file, check if there are any error messages. If not, look at the remote website and the new image should appear.

[rbotero1976]

Many thanks Eric!

Please see below.

@rbotero1976 Roberto, welcome to Allsky! I think you'll enjoy it. A couple things for clarification.

1. When you say "portal" are you referring to the "allsky-portal" package, also known as the WebUI, that allows viewing a Liveview, Camera Settings, and other links on the left side of the screen? There is also an "allsky-website" package that is typically used to provide Internet access to the latest image as well as all startrails, keograms, and timelapse.

By portal I meant front page of allsky-website (index.php). All files from last night are accessible in WebUI but only front page and latest image are being refreshed in local and remote website.

2. Do you have (or want) both a local Allsky Website on your Pi, AND one on http://allsky.boterosanchez.co.uk/ ? Assuming both, let's get the remote site working first, then the local site.

Thought of trying getting local website up and running first and then remote but even local only refreshes /current/image.jpg

3. Did you run "website/install.sh" to install the Allsky Website on your Pi?

Yes, installed as per Wiki instructions.

I just looked at http://allsky.boterosanchez.co.uk/ and it says "Allsky software is not running" which means your Pi successfully transferred that image, which is good. Set the Debug Level to 4 in the WebUI then restart Allsky. Then run: tail -f /var/log/allsky.log and when you see lines about uploading the file, check if there are any error messages. If not, look at the remote website and the new image should appear.

Below extract from .log file. Allsky is running right now. Had switched it off earlier after I wrote my first post. Images should be of the inside of my backyard ROR as it's raining tonight!

Apr 20 18:47:31 allsky allsky.sh[4550]: > !!! Adjusting minAcceptableMean by -24 to 98
Apr 20 18:47:31 allsky allsky.sh[4550]: === next exposure=46869564 (multiply by
4.687) [last_exposure_us=10000000, minAcceptable=98, mean=23]
Apr 20 18:47:31 allsky allsky.sh[4550]: > Stopped trying: hit max exposure limit of 10.0 sec, mean 23
Apr 20 18:47:31 allsky allsky.sh[4550]: > Saving DAY image 'image-20230420184711.jpg'
Apr 20 18:47:31 allsky allsky.sh[4550]: > Sleeping 5.0 sec from histogram exposure
Apr 20 18:47:31 allsky allsky.sh[4550]: > Image took 75.3 ms to save (average
69.1 ms).
Apr 20 18:47:31 allsky allsky.sh[7217]: DEBUG: saveImage.sh DAY /home/allsky/tmp/image-20230420184711.jpg EXPOSURE_US=10000000 BRIGHTNESS=50 MEAN=23 AUTOEXPOSURE=0 AUTOGAIN=0 AUTOWB=0 WBR=53 WBB=90 TEMPERATURE=10 GAIN=0 GAINDB=1.00 BIN=1 FLIP=0 BIT_DEPTH=8
Apr 20 18:47:33 allsky allsky.sh[7247]: upload.sh: FTP '/home/allsky/tmp/image-20230420184711.jpg' to 'image.jpg', TEMP_NAME=SaveImage-11351
Apr 20 18:47:36 allsky allsky.sh[4550]: STARTING EXPOSURE at: 2023-04-20 18:47:36 @ 10.0 sec
Apr 20 18:47:36 allsky allsky.sh[4550]: > Exposure set to 10.0 sec, timeout: 25000 ms
Apr 20 18:47:36 allsky allsky.sh[7247]: upload.sh: FTP '/home/allsky/tmp/image-20230420184711.jpg' finished

[EricClaeys]

@rbotero1976 Roberto, I really like your skies! No clouds. LOL
Everything is running as intended. You can set the Debug Level back to what it was.

The Allsky Website on the Pi and/or on a remote server only displays the most recent image. On the left are the icons to display startrails, timelapse, and keograms - current and archived.

You, and anyone who has access to your Pi, can view all images via the WebUI's "Images" link. No one has ever asked for all images to be viewable via the Website. I suspect friends and family wouldn't find it all that useful - the timelapse effectively allows people to view all images.

[rbotero1976]

Hi Eric - thanks! :-)

But shouldn't the timelapse, startrails and keogram that were generated this morning after last night's capture - that I can see in WebUI - have uploaded to allsky.boterosanchez.co.uk?

If I click on any of those online, the directories are empty. Same for the local website. Yet, I can view the timelapse in WebUI.

Roberto

[rbotero1976]

Here's the timelapse from last night for example as downloaded from WebUI:

allsky-20230419_compressed.mp4

[EricClaeys]

@rbotero1976 Make sure UPLOAD_VIDEO, UPLOAD_STARTRAILS, and UPLOAD_KEOGRAM are "true" in config/config.sh. The files are always created but only uploaded if their corresponding UPLOAD_* setting are "true".

[rbotero1976]

Well, this morning I had a timelapse, keogram and startrails of the inside of my RoR online! I don't know what happened the morning before when it didn't upload. I've had the upload arguments set to TRUE from the start.
Anyway, thank you very much again Eric! Now I just need to mount my allsky camera properly.

Roberto