Kinda hard to magically divine what you can't work out specifically, but here's how I do it FWIW
# this assumes your weewx-data is under /home/pi/weewx-data sudo apt install rsyslog sudo cp /home/pi/weewx-data/util/rsyslog.d/weewx.conf /etc/rsyslog.d/weewx.conf sudo systemctl restart rsyslog The result is the logs will be under the directory /var/log/weewx - doesn't get much simpler than that :-) Lastly - if you used a packaged installation of weewx the rsyslog.d config file to copy into place would be /etc/weewx/rsyslog.d/weewx.conf The wiki page is perhaps a bit dated in my opinion. The simple steps above are plenty good enough these days... On Tuesday, May 27, 2025 at 9:04:35 AM UTC-7 Gordon Train wrote: > I installed using pip, and l am using a venv environment. > > I have tried following the instructions > https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/logging but l can't work out how to > get it to write logs. > > Gordon > > On Tue, 27 May 2025, 16:52 vince, <vince...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> What in particular are you struggling with? >> >> On Tuesday, May 27, 2025 at 2:17:50 AM UTC-7 GordonT wrote: >> >>> Just a note to say the system has been performing perfectly since adding >>> the rtc to the Pi. >>> >>> I have struggled to get any logs working >>> >>> On Sunday, 25 May 2025 at 12:49:56 UTC+1 Tom Keffer wrote: >>> >>>> Totally forgot that package installs include a udev rule. >>>> >>>> For how to read the log, see section *Log messages >>>> <https://www.weewx.com/docs/5.1/usersguide/monitoring/#log-messages>* in >>>> the documentation. >>>> >>>> On Sun, May 25, 2025 at 2:25 AM GordonT <trai...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks for the help. >>>>> >>>>> 1) l found a udev rule, 60-weewx.rules. l didn't write it so assume >>>>> the installation did. I don't know why it didn't show up as /dev/vantage >>>>> earlier but working now. >>>>> >>>>> 2) The Pi having incorrect time and date at boot seems to be the >>>>> issue, l have seen no issues so far after installing an rtc. >>>>> It appears to corrupt the vantage pro2 logger which l can only solve >>>>> by clearing the memory, which results in lost data. >>>>> >>>>> Where do l find the log ? I found a reference to /var/log/syslog but >>>>> can't find any relevant log. I have set debug=1 in the conf. >>>>> >>>>> Overall l find weewx very good and hopefully can get rid of my old PC >>>>> with weatherlink. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> On Saturday, 24 May 2025 at 19:33:45 UTC+1 Tom Keffer wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> 1. If the Vantage is showing up as /dev/vantage, you added a udev >>>>>> rule. Perhaps you forgot about it? See *Installing a udev script >>>>>> <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/Troubleshooting-the-Davis-Vantage-station#installing-a-udev-script>* >>>>>> >>>>>> 2. If you did not have an RTC, then the Pi uses the last recorded >>>>>> time, which as you noted, could be the previous day. See the *Time >>>>>> <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/Raspberry-Pi#time>* section in >>>>>> the article about RPis. >>>>>> >>>>>> If you have any additional problems, be sure to include a log. >>>>>> >>>>>> -tk >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sat, May 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM GordonT <trai...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Firstly when l installed it the vantage showed up as /dev/ttyUSB0 >>>>>>> but now its /dev/vantage, has something changed ? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I also had an issue where after a period it would stop downloading >>>>>>> any data from the vantage, normally after a boot of the pi. I noticed >>>>>>> when >>>>>>> the pi was booted, connected to the Internet but no rtc, the pi time >>>>>>> would >>>>>>> be the same as when it was shutdown until it got the current time from >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> Internet. In this period the vantage would show the time from the pi, >>>>>>> which >>>>>>> could be from the previous day. 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