Hi all, I am porting my OH 2 to OH 3.0.1.
After having fighted a bit with Semantic model, now I’m trying to install bindigs via addons.cfg but they are not installing.
My addons.cfg looks like:
`binding = mqtt,network,samsungtv,amazonechocontrol
ui = basic,paper
misc = openhabcloud`
Is there any setting I have to activate in order for the bindings to self install ?
I don’t know if OH 3 reads those files periodically or only at startup now. I’ve long since abandonded their use as more trouble than they are worth.
You posted no logs nor any indication you’ve even looked in the logs. I’m willing to bet it’s generating all sorts of errors complaining that it can’t find any add-on named “paper”. Adding stuff that doesn’t exist to addons.cfg can prevent OH from installing any of the add-ons (…more trouble than they are worth).
It seems you know what you are talking about 
16:00:52.508 [WARN ] [.core.karaf.internal.FeatureInstaller] - The ui add-on 'paper' does not exist - ignoring it. 16:00:53.715 [ERROR] [.core.karaf.internal.FeatureInstaller] - Failed installing 'openhab-binding-mqtt, openhab-misc-openhabcloud, openhab-binding-network, openhab-binding-amazonechocontrol, openhab-binding-samsungtv': Error: Error downloading mvn:org.openhab.addons.bundles/org.openhab.io.openhabcloud/3.0.1
Do you seggest to use the web-if for binding install ?
In OH 3 I recommend:
| Configuration | Text | UI |
|---|---|---|
| binding installation | always | |
| binding configuration | with few exceptions (e.g. modbus and KNX) | |
| Things | with few exceptions (e.g. modbus and KNX) | |
| Items | always | |
| Sitemaps | preferred | |
| MainUI Pages | always | |
| Rules | no strong preference | no strong preference |
| Persistence | .persit files | everything else |
Personally, I do everything possible through the UI. It’s harder to make syntax errors. It’s obvious what settings are available for each one so you never have to look through docs. Generally, the UI won’t let you do something impossible.