Logging and Error Messages

Read the Log

Log in the Application

The log files are displayed in the config menu.

Log as Text Files

FreshRSS logs are located in:

• user related: ./FreshRSS/data/users/*/log.txt
• general/system related: ./FreshRSS/data/users/_/log.txt

More Logging Information

More logs can be generated by enabling 'environment' => 'development' (default: 'production'), in ./FreshRSS/data/config.php

Error Message

If there is an 'Application Problem' or 'Fatal Error', then a HTTP 500 error message is shown with more information.

Often the Cause of Problems

A typical problem is wrong file permissions in the ./FreshRSS/data/ folder so make sure the Web server can write there and in sub-directories.

Common locations for additional logs

Adapt names and paths according to your local setup.

• If using Docker: docker logs -f freshrss
• To check Web server logs on a Linux system using systemd: journalctl -xeu apache2 and if you are using php-fpm: journalctl -xeu php-fpm
• Otherwise, Web server logs are typically located in /var/log/apache2/ or similar
• System logs may also contain relevant information in /var/log/syslog, or if using systemd: sudo journalctl -xe

Running the feed update script (with the same user and PHP version as your Web server) might provide other hints, e.g.: sudo -u www-data /usr/bin/php ./FreshRSS/app/actualize_script.php

Help needed

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