RaspBerry move the log file

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Hi, by default, on which path are the log files recorded?
I would still like to move them to a disk drive to avoid wear on the SDcard, what is the procedure?

Best regards.

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https://documentation.storj.io/resources/faq/redirect-logs

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Hello,
I stopped the node, I added the following string to the config.yaml file:

log.output: /mnt/usb/storj_log/node.log

I restarted the node, but there is no log file on the path set.

What does it miss…

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Don’t substitute the host filesystem location in the config.yaml setting…

It should actually be

log.output: "/app/config/node.log"

The log will then be accessible at the storage node’s configuration directory. From your post… it looks like that would be:

/mnt/usb/node.log

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Perfect. It works.

Thanks.

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Hi I have a pi4 with 2 Storj Nodes, one HDD each. Now I want the log files on a USB stick and not on the HDD’s. how could i do that

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You can bind an additional mountpoint to the container and change either config.yaml or add an --log.output option to point logs to the other location inside the container.
For example, your USB stick is statically mounted to /mnt/logs, in the docker run command you bind this mountpoint to the /app/logs folder inside the container, the option log.output should be updated like this:

log.output: /app/logs/storagenode.log

Or add it to the docker run as an argument, i.e.

docker run .... --mount type=bind,source=/mnt/logs,destination=/app/logs ... storjlabs/storagenode:latest --log.output /app/logs/storagenode.log

But I would suggest to place your logs on the disk with data, like described in the Guide above. If your USB stick would fail - your logs will not be available and node could crash.

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