movetos3 log · SFTP Gateway Support

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The movetos3.log file is located here:

/var/log/sftpgw/movetos3.log

This file logs output of the incron service, which listens for file events.

The uploads folder (and its subfolders) are monitored by the incron service. File events such as IN_CLOSE_WRITE trigger the movetos3 script, which moves files to S3.

If files are getting stuck in the uploads directory, tail the log file:

sudo su
tail -f /var/log/sftpgw/movetos3.log

Then, create a test file in an SFTP user's uploads directory:

cd /home/robtest/home/robtest/uploads/
touch test.txt

If there is no log output at all, try re-registering the SFTP user's uploads folder in incron:

usersetup robtest

Or try restarting the incron service:

service incrond restart

If you do see log output, see if there are any errors which might give a clue as to what's happening on the server side. For example, the EC2 instance might not have IAM permissions to write to the S3 bucket.