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# Looking to the logs
While using openHAB, we will need to look the the logs generated by the software.
While using openHAB, you may need to look at the logs generated by the software to see if there are any issues that need your attention.
Two log files are going to interest us.
Two log files are going to interest us which are openhab.log and events.log
The events.log file contains what is happening on the Openhab event bus like sensors changing states, very handy for writting rules as you can see things changing in realtime.
The other file openhab.log shows the output of all bindings and addons and allows you to fault find issues with a binding.
Before asking for help on the forum, it is worth checking openhab.log for clues as to what is causing any issues as this will result in getting help much faster.
To find them:
To watch the logs in realtime with a openhabian based setup use the below linux command which can be done via SSH with a program called putty from a windows or mac machine.
CTRL+C will close the stream.
You can also use SAMBA/network shares to open or copy the file directly.
```text
tail -f /var/log/openhab2/openhab.log -f /var/log/openhab2/events.log
```
Bindings can have the level of detail increased or decreased on a per binding basis and this is done with the Karaf console.
To find them if you are not using Openhabian:
- open the finder,
- navigate to your home folder,