No config file found

[alexvotofuture]

Using release 3.2.1 (installed with Pip on my RasPi per install instructions), when I try to run aprsd sample-config > ~/.aprs/config.yml or aprsd sample-config > ~/.config/aprsd/config.yml the sample config file is generated and copied to the folder, but when I attempt to run aprsd server I keep receiving an error stating:

"No config file found!! run aprsd sample-config"

and the server fails to initialize.

On release 3.2.2 (also installed via Pip) the sample config file will not copy at all, and I receive an error beginning with "WARNING". I also tried following along with KM6LYW's video using a much earlier version and virtualenv, but had a similar issue related to the config file not being found.

How do I correctly copy the sample-config file to a folder where it can be found and get the server to locate it in 3.2.1 or 3.2.2?

Please forgive me if I've made an obvious error - I'm not a coder by profession, just a HAM and hobbyist who's played with RasPi and Arduinos a bit before. I've been trying for months to build something like this, and just came upon your solution, so I'm excited to get this working to play with it. Thanks!

[hemna]

First off, running aprsd sample-config dumps the config to standard out, so you can see the config. You can simply redirect that to a file.

aprsd sample-config > aprsd.conf aprsd server -c ./aprsd.conf

The standard place where aprsd looks for it's config is in ~/.config/aprsd/aprsd.conf

So you can simply do this:

mkdir ~/.config/aprsd aprsd sample-config > ~/.config/aprsd/aprsd.conf aprsd server

[alexvotofuture]

Thank you so much for the detailed instructions, @hemna! Followed them and finally got the server up and running. These could definitely be useful in the readme/docs. Closing the issue.