Can't read config-file despite it existing.

[Ge0rges]

Hello all.

I'm trying to set my global configuration file to /etc/goaccess/goaccess.conf. For some reason go access -p /etc/goaccess/goaccess.conf simply returns the help text, and using --config-file= returns that the file doesn't exist (it does). Here's terminal output.

root:~# goaccess -p --config-file=/etc/goaccess/goaccess.conf 

GoAccess - version 1.3 - Nov 15 2019 14:44:43
Config file: --config-file=/etc/goaccess/goaccess.conf

Fatal error has occurred
Error occurred at: src/settings.c - get_config_file_path - 129
Unable to open the specified config file. No such file or directory

root:~# ls -la /etc/goaccess/goaccess.conf 
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21124 Mar 26 10:20 /etc/goaccess/goaccess.conf
root:~# sudo goaccess -p --config-file=/etc/goaccess/goaccess.conf 

GoAccess - version 1.3 - Nov 15 2019 14:44:43
Config file: --config-file=/etc/goaccess/goaccess.conf

Fatal error has occurred
Error occurred at: src/settings.c - get_config_file_path - 129
Unable to open the specified config file. No such file or directory

root:~# sudo goaccess -p /etc/goaccess/goaccess.conf 

GoAccess - 1.3
(help text)

[allinurl]

Could you please try with the latest version?

[Ge0rges]

Now getting

root:~# goaccess -p /etc/goaccess/goaccess.conf
Config file: /etc/goaccess/goaccess.conf
GoAccess - version 1.4.6 - Mar  1 2021 03:28:28

Fatal error has occurred
Error occurred at: src/goaccess.c - initializer - 1385
No input data was provided nor there's data to restore.

[allinurl]

You have to specify a log to parse. You can add it to the command line or to your /etc/goaccess/goaccess.conf. e.g.,

root:~# goaccess /path/to/access.log -p /etc/goaccess/goaccess.conf

[Ge0rges]

Got it, thought that was just setting the global config file. thanks!