Help Uploading to IONOS webhosting

[Skippyinspace]

Hi All,

Probably something simple but I cant seem to get it to work,

I can't seem to get the live image onto my website
The website dir is www.skippyinspace.com/allsky
What should the setting below mean.

What does var mean = Is it an actual directory or is it a directory called var
same for www and HTML

Or do I ignore them as they are the default pi directories?

I assume the WEB_Image directory should be something like

www.skippyinspace.com/allsky
or / allsky (Which is what FileZilla shows it as

Im getting live images on the WebUI

The Images are being saved to the pi at
/home/pi/allsky/tmp

I cant see where the image.jpg is being saved to the webhost if it even is but I cant see any errors on the pi,

If you change the FTP file doe you need to reboot the PI?

Below is what is in the FTP file. (If anyone could fill in the blanks for me it would be greatly appreciated

IMAGE_DIR="/image.jpg/"
WEB_IMAGE_DIR=""

VIDEOS_DIR="/var/www/html/allsky/videos".
VIDEOS_DIR=""
VIDEOS_DESTINATION_NAME=""
WEB_VIDEOS_DIR=""
KEOGRAM_DIR="/var/www/html/allsky/keograms".
KEOGRAM_DIR=""
KEOGRAM_DESTINATION_NAME=""
WEB_KEOGRAM_DIR=""

".
STARTRAILS_DIR=""
STARTRAILS_DESTINATION_NAME=""
WEB_STARTRAILS_DIR=""

My webserver structure is
I believe the default set up but added /allsky/current/tmp

Thanks in advance,

[EricClaeys]

@Skippyinspace, I will answer your questions in a day or two when I am home and have good Internet access. Eric

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________________________________ From: Skippyinspace ***@***.***> Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2022 1:28:27 PM To: thomasjacquin/allsky ***@***.***> Cc: Subscribed ***@***.***> Subject: [thomasjacquin/allsky] Help Uploading to IONOS webhosting (Discussion #1642) Hi All, Probably something simple but I cant seem to get it to work, I can't seem to get the live image onto my website The website dir is www.skippyinspace.com/allsky<http://www.skippyinspace.com/allsky> What should the setting below mean. What does var mean = Is it an actual directory or is it a directory called var same for www and HTML Or do I ignore them as they are the default pi directories? I assume the WEB_Image directory should be something like www.skippyinspace.com/allsky<http://www.skippyinspace.com/allsky> or / allsky (Which is what FileZilla shows it as Im getting live images on the WebUI The Images are being saved to the pi at /home/pi/allsky/tmp I cant see where the image.jpg is being saved to the webhost if it even is but I cant see any errors on the pi, If you change the FTP file doe you need to reboot the PI? Below is what is in the FTP file. (If anyone could fill in the blanks for me it would be greatly appreciated IMAGE_DIR="/image.jpg/" WEB_IMAGE_DIR="" VIDEOS_DIR="/var/www/html/allsky/videos". VIDEOS_DIR="" VIDEOS_DESTINATION_NAME="" WEB_VIDEOS_DIR="" KEOGRAM_DIR="/var/www/html/allsky/keograms". KEOGRAM_DIR="" KEOGRAM_DESTINATION_NAME="" WEB_KEOGRAM_DIR="" ". STARTRAILS_DIR="" STARTRAILS_DESTINATION_NAME="" WEB_STARTRAILS_DIR="" My webserver structure is I believe the default set up but added /allsky/current/tmp Thanks in advance, — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#1642>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AT2PYK3YWZAGJCAH264GP2DV5YQEXANCNFSM6AAAAAAQJ4HTV4>. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[Skippyinspace]

no worries ian

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On Mon, 12 Sep 2022, 04:24 EricClaeys, ***@***.***> wrote: @Skippyinspace, I will answer your questions in a day or two when I am home and have good Internet access. Eric ________________________________ From: Skippyinspace ***@***.***> Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2022 1:28:27 PM To: thomasjacquin/allsky ***@***.***> Cc: Subscribed ***@***.***> Subject: [thomasjacquin/allsky] Help Uploading to IONOS webhosting (Discussion #1642) Hi All, Probably something simple but I cant seem to get it to work, I can't seem to get the live image onto my website The website dir is www.skippyinspace.com/allsky< http://www.skippyinspace.com/allsky> What should the setting below mean. What does var mean = Is it an actual directory or is it a directory called var same for www and HTML Or do I ignore them as they are the default pi directories? I assume the WEB_Image directory should be something like www.skippyinspace.com/allsky<http://www.skippyinspace.com/allsky> or / allsky (Which is what FileZilla shows it as Im getting live images on the WebUI The Images are being saved to the pi at /home/pi/allsky/tmp I cant see where the image.jpg is being saved to the webhost if it even is but I cant see any errors on the pi, If you change the FTP file doe you need to reboot the PI? Below is what is in the FTP file. (If anyone could fill in the blanks for me it would be greatly appreciated IMAGE_DIR="/image.jpg/" WEB_IMAGE_DIR="" VIDEOS_DIR="/var/www/html/allsky/videos". VIDEOS_DIR="" VIDEOS_DESTINATION_NAME="" WEB_VIDEOS_DIR="" KEOGRAM_DIR="/var/www/html/allsky/keograms". KEOGRAM_DIR="" KEOGRAM_DESTINATION_NAME="" WEB_KEOGRAM_DIR="" ". STARTRAILS_DIR="" STARTRAILS_DESTINATION_NAME="" WEB_STARTRAILS_DIR="" My webserver structure is I believe the default set up but added /allsky/current/tmp Thanks in advance, — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub< #1642>, or unsubscribe< https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AT2PYK3YWZAGJCAH264GP2DV5YQEXANCNFSM6AAAAAAQJ4HTV4 >. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***> — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1642 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AOAZSOAKRZ7GRYEWK2UB5HDV52O5HANCNFSM6AAAAAAQJ4HTV4> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[EricClaeys]

@skipyinspace,

All operating systems, including Linux and Windows, have the concept of a filesystem to hold files, and directories that group files and other directories. They also have a concept of a "root" or topmost point of the filesystem, where everything is below that point. In Linux, the root is /, and directories are separated by / (e.g., /a/b/c) whereas Windows uses \. Windows also has drive letters, but each drive has a root: C:\, D:\, etc. In the example of /a/b/c, a and b are directories because they have a / after their name. c could be a directory OR a file.
It's the same with /var/www/html.

There's an important distinction between a URL and a directory.
In your case, www.skippyinspace.com/allsky is a website URL, not a directory. However, when a user goes to that URL the IONOS server translates it into some directory on the server, then looks in that directory for the specified file (index.php in our case). Typically the www.skippyinspace.com URL would get translated to the root directory of your space on the IONOS server, and www.skippinspace.com/allsky would get translated to the allsky sub-directory.

I also use IONOS and when coming in via FTP, I'm automatically put into the root directory. I created a sub-directory called allsky and copied everything in there. Because that directory is in the root of my server (whose URL is eccssw.com), the URL to my allsky directory is eccssw.com/allsky. I use IMAGE_DIR="allsky" in ftp-settings.sh.
In your post you had IMAGE_DIR="/image.jpg/". image.jpg is the name of a FILE, but the IMAGE_DIR variable expects the name of a DIRECTORY. Change it to "allsky" withOUT any / (IONOS doesn't allow /allsky for some reason - it took me quite a while to realize that).

Because the videos, keograms, and startrails directories are under allsky, their settings are VIDEOS_DIR="allsky/videos", KEOGRAMS_DIR="allsky/keograms", and STARTRAILS_DIR="allsky/startrails".
Use HOSTNAME="www.skippyinspace.com".

If you ALSO installed the Allsky Website on your Pi, it was put in /var/www/html/allsky. var is a directory in the Pi's root directory, and www is a directory in var, etc. People that ONLY have an Allsky Website on their Pi use PROTOCOL="local", then set IMAGE_DIR="/var/www/html/allsky", VIDEOS_DIR="/var/www/html/allsky/videos", etc. Alsky then knows to simply copy the files to those directories, instead of uploading them somewhere off the Pi.

The WEB_*_DIR variables in ftp-settings.sh are for people like me that have two Allsky Websites - one on the Pi and one on a remote server. In this case, I set PROTOCOL="ftp" and set the IMAGE_DIR, VIDEOS_DIR, ... to point to the directory on the server, PLUS I set the WEB_*_DIR variables to point to the location on the PI where Allsky should ALSO copy the files to, which is /var/www/html/allsky....
If you only have the Website on IONOS, then don't use the WEB_*_DIR variables.

The WebUI doesn't use any of the above - it simply looks for /home/pi/allsky/tmp/image.jpg which is created for every picture. That's why it works when the Websites may not.

Because the Allsky Website can be on the Pi OR on a remote server, we have to tell it where the image is. On the Pi we use fileName="/current/tmp/image.jpg". "/current" is an alias for "/home/pi".
For remote websites, the image is uploaded to the "allsky" directory which is where the Website resides, so it simply looks in that directory for the "image.jpg" file, hence it uses fileName="image.jpg".

Let me know if you need more info.

[Skippyinspace]

Thank you, That looks to be it working. One of the issues was I missed the setting loading image to web setting Changed that to true and followed your instructions. The other issue I have is my internet seems to be a bit dodgy so it seems not to be working when its just a case that I have lost internet! Will do a few more indoor tests and then get it focused and get the dome put in place. Hopefully, by the end of the weekend, It will be in position. Thanks for your help IAn

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On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 2:30 AM EricClaeys ***@***.***> wrote: @skipyinspace, All operating systems, including Linux and Windows, have the concept of a filesystem to hold files, and directories that group files and other directories. They also have a concept of a "root" or topmost point of the filesystem, where everything is below that point. In Linux, the root is /, and directories are separated by / (e.g., /a/b/c) whereas Windows uses \. Windows also has drive letters, but each drive has a root: C:\, D:\, etc. In the example of /a/b/c, a and b are directories because they have a / after their name. c could be a directory OR a file. It's the same with /var/www/html. There's an important distinction between a *URL* and a *directory*. In your case, www.skippyinspace.com/allsky is a *website URL*, not a directory. However, when a user goes to that URL the IONOS server translates it into some directory on the server, then looks in that directory for the specified file (index.php in our case). Typically the www.skippyinspace.com URL would get translated to the root directory of *your* space on the IONOS server, and www.skippinspace.com/allsky would get translated to the allsky sub-directory. I also use IONOS and when coming in via FTP, I'm automatically put into the root directory. I created a sub-directory called allsky and copied everything in there. Because that directory is in the root of my server (whose URL is eccssw.com), the URL to my allsky directory is eccssw.com/allsky. I use IMAGE_DIR="allsky" in ftp-settings.sh. In your post you had IMAGE_DIR="/image.jpg/". image.jpg is the name of a FILE, but the IMAGE_DIR variable expects the name of a DIRECTORY. Change it to "allsky" withOUT any / (IONOS doesn't allow /allsky for some reason - it took me quite a while to realize that). Because the videos, keograms, and startrails directories are under allsky, their settings are VIDEOS_DIR="allsky/videos", KEOGRAMS_DIR="allsky/keograms", and STARTRAILS_DIR="allsky/startrails". Use HOSTNAME="www.skippyinspace.com". If you ALSO installed the Allsky Website on your Pi, it was put in /var/www/html/allsky. var is a directory in the Pi's root directory, and www is a directory in var, etc. People that ONLY have an Allsky Website on their Pi use PROTOCOL="local", then set IMAGE_DIR="/var/www/html/allsky", VIDEOS_DIR="/var/www/html/allsky/videos", etc. Alsky then knows to simply copy the files to those directories, instead of uploading them somewhere off the Pi. The WEB_*_DIR variables in ftp-settings.sh are for people like me that have two Allsky Websites - one on the Pi and one on a remote server. In this case, I set PROTOCOL="ftp" and set the IMAGE_DIR, VIDEOS_DIR, ... to point to the directory on the server, PLUS I set the WEB_*_DIR variables to point to the location on the PI where Allsky should ALSO copy the files to, which is /var/www/html/allsky.... If you only have the Website on IONOS, then don't use the WEB_*_DIR variables. The WebUI doesn't use any of the above - it simply looks for /home/pi/allsky/tmp/image.jpg which is created for every picture. That's why it works when the Websites may not. Because the Allsky Website can be on the Pi OR on a remote server, we have to tell it where the image is. On the Pi we use fileName="/current/tmp/image.jpg". "/current" is an alias for "/home/pi". For remote websites, the image is uploaded to the "allsky" directory which is where the Website resides, so it simply looks in that directory for the "image.jpg" file, hence it uses fileName="image.jpg". Let me know if you need more info. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1642 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AOAZSOHIE23TMOWNYIJ3SY3V57KLZANCNFSM6AAAAAAQJ4HTV4> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[EricClaeys]

@Skippyinspace Ian, if your Internet is spotty, try increasing IMG_UPLOAD_FREQUENCY in config/config.sh. That will decrease the chance of overlapping uploads.