Homebridge: I cannot find the log files in homebridge

[jeffl78]

I normally type "homebridge" to run if that helps anyone. I tried all the normal commands in homebridge wiki but it just says file cannot be found.

Actually it does this:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo su
root@raspberrypi:/home/pi# tail -f /var/log/homebridge.log
tail: cannot open '/var/log/homebridge.log' for reading: No such file or directory
tail: no files remaining

[camcs1]

If you dont run homebridge as a service the logs are not automatically created.
You can create them by starting homebridge with a command like this
homebridge | tee /var/log/homebridge.log

[cubilon]

I run Homebridge as a service but I can't find any log too.

[jeffl78]

I found what I believe are all the log files but can’t find the token. Does it really say something like “THIS CODE WILL NOT BE REPEATED” in all caps like the read me files says? Also, if I was issued a token and missed it in the old logs and then I got another pin from the developer site, which I did, then would I be given a new token? Additionally, I’m wondering if the token appears in the logs or error logs.

[jeffl78]

I got it working, one just has to check their logs after running the above command and read the logs as homebridge starts and runs and get the token. If you don’t see it in the log completely remove the Oauth client you created at the nest developer site and then make a new one before running it in the homebridge config.json file again.