Is there a way to get something like fronttail to view my log on a windows install of OpenHAB? Where you can filter by keyword or phrase?
I know i read that frontail is not supported on Windows… will it ever be?
I am slowly migrating over from my RPI to windows 10 and running the log:tail over karaf sucks when trying to locate a specific item or event.
Any ideas of what to use as a log viewer for my system?
How are you trying to use the logviewer? IMHO using it from the dashboard works ( on Android and Windows etc.), it is not working when connected via myopenhab!
[Edit:] Sorry, I missed the part the you move the openHAB instace onto a Windows machine. THe only possitve comment I found is this.
I know of no similar tool for Windows. However, if you are watching for a specific event, you can use grep in the karaf console. For example, if I just want log statements that include “foo” you can run log:tail | grep foo.
I have just switch over to using Windows as well and after doing some searching around I found Tailviewer for Windows, its open source and can be found here https://github.com/Kittyfisto/Tailviewer. So far it has been working very well.
To run Logstation as a service I used NSSM.
Basically it allows any executable to run as a service.
Its a little tricky to setup but once done it works.
With LogStation being a JAVA app you need to use Java as the application and Logstation as the Arguments for the App.
Here’s a screenshot of what i’ve done.
I’m no expert but let me know if you have trouble and i will try to help but please read and understand what NSSM is before asking me.
Note: i have no affiliation with NSSM or LogStation. I just found they provided a solution that worked for me.