Where to find things¶
Location of WeeWX components¶
Here is a summary of the layout for the different install methods, along with the symbolic names used for each component. These names are used throughout the documentation.
Component | Symbolic name | Nominal value |
---|---|---|
WeeWX root directory | WEEWX_ROOT |
/ |
Executables | BIN_ROOT |
/usr/share/weewx/ |
Configuration directory | CONFIG_ROOT |
/etc/weewx/ |
Skins and templates | SKIN_ROOT |
/etc/weewx/skins/ |
SQLite databases | SQLITE_ROOT |
/var/lib/weewx/ |
Web pages and images | HTML_ROOT |
/var/www/html/weewx/ |
Documentation | DOC_ROOT |
/usr/share/doc/weewx/ |
Examples | EXAMPLE_ROOT |
/usr/share/doc/weewx/examples/ |
User directory | USER_ROOT |
/usr/share/weewx/user/ |
Component | Symbolic name | Nominal value |
---|---|---|
WeeWX root directory | WEEWX_ROOT |
/ |
Executables | BIN_ROOT |
/usr/share/weewx/ |
Configuration directory | CONFIG_ROOT |
/etc/weewx/ |
Skins and templates | SKIN_ROOT |
/etc/weewx/skins/ |
SQLite databases | SQLITE_ROOT |
/var/lib/weewx/ |
Web pages and images | HTML_ROOT |
/var/www/html/weewx/ |
Documentation | DOC_ROOT |
/usr/share/doc/weewx-x.y.z/ |
Examples | EXAMPLE_ROOT |
/usr/share/doc/weewx-x.y.z/examples/ |
User directory | USER_ROOT |
/usr/share/weewx/user/ |
Component | Symbolic name | Nominal value |
---|---|---|
WeeWX root directory | WEEWX_ROOT |
/ |
Executables | BIN_ROOT |
/usr/share/weewx/ |
Configuration directory | CONFIG_ROOT |
/etc/weewx/ |
Skins and templates | SKIN_ROOT |
/etc/weewx/skins/ |
SQLite databases | SQLITE_ROOT |
/var/lib/weewx/ |
Web pages and images | HTML_ROOT |
/var/www/html/weewx/ |
Documentation | DOC_ROOT |
/usr/share/doc/weewx-x.y.z/ |
Examples | EXAMPLE_ROOT |
/usr/share/doc/weewx-x.y.z/examples/ |
User directory | USER_ROOT |
/usr/share/weewx/user/ |
Component | Symbolic name | Nominal value |
---|---|---|
WeeWX root directory | WEEWX_ROOT |
~/weewx-data |
Executables | BIN_ROOT |
varies |
Configuration directory | CONFIG_ROOT |
./ |
Skins and templates | SKIN_ROOT |
skins/ |
SQLite databases | SQLITE_ROOT |
archive/ |
Web pages and images | HTML_ROOT |
public_html/ |
Documentation | DOC_ROOT |
docs/ |
Examples | EXAMPLE_ROOT |
examples/ |
User directory | USER_ROOT |
bin/user/ |
Note
In the locations above, relative paths are relative to WEEWX_ROOT
.
Absolute paths begin with a forward slash (/
). The tilde character
~
represents the HOME
directory of the user.
Location of executables in a pip install¶
If you use a pip install, the location of the executables will depend on how the pip installation was done.
Install method | Commands | Location of executables |
---|---|---|
Virtual environment (recommended) |
python3 -m venv ~/ve source ~/ve/bin/activate pip3 install weewx |
~/ve/bin/ |
pip, no sudo, with --user |
pip3 install weewx --user |
~/.local/bin/ |
pip, no sudo, no --user |
pip3 install weewx |
~/.local/bin/ |
pip with sudo (not recommended) |
sudo pip3 install weewx |
/usr/local/bin/ (1) |
Virtual environment with --user |
python3 -m venv ~/ve source ~/ve/bin/activate pip3 install weewx --user |
Not allowed |
(1) Checked on Ubuntu 22.02 and Rocky v9.1
Log files¶
In the default configuration, WeeWX writes its status to the system log. This is where to find the system log for each platform.
/var/log/syslog
Note
You need root permission to view the log.
/var/log/messages
Note
You need root permission to view the log.
/var/log/messages
Note
You need root permission to view the log.
/var/log/syslog
Note
On macOS, the log file is likely to contain only severe log messages.
If the default for your system is inconvenient, or does not provide the logging fidelity that you require, then you may want to consider logging to a separate, rotating log file. See the wiki article Logging to rotating files.