how_to_debug.md

How to debug

In case Zigbee2mqtt isn't working as expected the following tips can help you in finding the problem.

Enabling logging

Zigbee2mqtt debug logging

To enable debug logging for zigbee2mqtt add the following in your configuration.yaml

advanced:
  log_level: debug

zigbee-shepherd debug logging

To enable debug logging for zigbee-shepherd start zigbee2mqtt with: DEBUG=zigbee-shepherd* npm start. For more information about zigbee-shepherd debug logging see: zigbee-shepherd debug messages.

All debug logging

To enable debug logging for both Zigbee2mqtt and zigbee-shepherd start Zigbee2mqtt with DEBUG=* npm start.

Docker

To enable debug logging in the Zigbee2mqtt Docker container add -e DEBUG=* to your docker run command.

Change log level during runtime

See MQTT topics and message structure