[SOLVED] Log Viewer UI

Hello there,

where is the Log Viewer UI in openHAB 2.5? The URL in the second screenshot is not available like it was in openHAB 2.4 i think.
Do I have to install it on my system?

Thx,
Mark (-310)


People using openHABian also can install the frontail log viewer from the openhabian-config menu… OpenHAB itself has no log viewer UI.

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I don’t recall logviewer being a part of OH.
If you use openHABian, have a look at frontail, that’s the recommended tool as of today.
(ok, Bruce beat me by a couple of seconds)

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And you beat me before I could add a frontail link.

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thanks for your great work in the community @mstormi @Bruce_Osborne :slight_smile:

I installed npm and frontail but it even does not work.

End of the log:

651 verbose Linux 4.19.75-v7+
652 verbose argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "i" "frontail" "-g"
653 verbose node v13.3.0
654 verbose npm  v6.13.1
655 error code EISGIT
656 error path /usr/lib/node_modules/frontail
657 error git /usr/lib/node_modules/frontail: Appears to be a git repo or submodule.
658 error git /usr/lib/node_modules/frontail
659 error git Refusing to remove it. Update manually,
659 error git or move it out of the way first.
660 verbose exit [ 1, true ]
646 silly install generateActionsToTake
647 timing stage:rollbackFailedOptional Completed in 2ms
648 timing stage:runTopLevelLifecycles Completed in 16892ms
649 verbose stack Error: /usr/lib/node_modules/frontail: Appears to be a git repo or submodule.
649 verbose stack     at /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-install-checks/index.js:138:15
649 verbose stack     at callback (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/graceful-fs/polyfills.js:295:20)
649 verbose stack     at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (fs.js:165:5)
650 verbose cwd /home
651 verbose Linux 4.19.75-v7+
652 verbose argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "i" "frontail" "-g"
653 verbose node v13.3.0
654 verbose npm  v6.13.1
655 error code EISGIT
656 error path /usr/lib/node_modules/frontail
657 error git /usr/lib/node_modules/frontail: Appears to be a git repo or submodule.
658 error git /usr/lib/node_modules/frontail
659 error git Refusing to remove it. Update manually,
659 error git or move it out of the way first.
660 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

I think it would be really cool if one of the next openHAB versions will have a built-in log viewer.
Something like this is just annoying…

It won’t, that’s what openHABian is good for.
Why don’t you use that ? frontail install via menu.

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I dont have openHABian on my system. i know it is reccomented and i have less problems like this right now but I have installed more things than OH2 on it.

You can still install openHABian on top and start frontail install from the menu.
It’s exactly this situation we want to avoid - a user to install “his” OS, fail and ask for support which has to be individual because noone knows his setup.
BTW it isn’t recommend to install stuff beyond OH on the box for the same reason (and a number of others such as dependencies).

Just follow the instructions for “Other Linux systems”

Haven’t been so involved with openhabian yet.
You helped me a lot!

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