Openhab2 on qnap nas cannot find config files (.things, .items, ....)

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  • Platform information: QNAP
    • Hardware: CPUArchitecture/RAM/storage X86/16gb
    • OS: what OS is used and which version QTS 4.4.x
    • Java Runtime Environment: _which java platform is used and what version_jdk 8
    • openHAB version: 2.4

default .qpkg install of 2.4 openhab2
I cannot find the .things/.items etc config files…anywhere.
I have tried to search using: env, printenv, find, and ls. none have found the config files.

Yes I am new to both Linux and openhab2 so be gentle please.
I have manual created things, items, in the paper ui so I know they are out there.

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OpenHAB 2.5 was released last weekend. You may want that instead of a year old version.

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There aren’t any until you make some. There should be folders ready for them, something like /conf/items etc. Or did you install the Demo?

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thank you for the replies, I appreciate it.

I have created both things and items both by discovery and by manually creating them…so…
I did not install the demo and I do have working things and items.
The /share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/.qpkg/OpenHab/conf folders do exist but the only files in any of them are the readme files. no .things or .items in the things and items folders.

They must exist somewhere…right?

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Yeah, poor timing on my part to get it all up and running 1.5 weeks ago. Once I get the locations nailed down I probably will update to 2.5.

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Only if you made them.

Creating Things and Items in PaperUI does not create xxx.things or xxx.items files. Those go into a magical JSONDB store.

These are alternate means to manage Things and Items, not two parts of the same process. The end results are the same - openHAB objects. But the sources are different.

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See, I told you I was green on this. So the paper ui does not generate a .things file…hmm.
Would I be correct in assuming that there is a very well documented way to get the config info from the things I have already discovered and created into the conf folders then? And then the conf folders supersede the “JSONDB store” config info that exists out there?

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Well, not really. xxx.items files etc. are a legacy from OH1. OH2 “native” config is via UI with no user file editing.