[Homebridge Server] ERROR: No 'config.json' found!

[Slip7000]

HI all

I'm also new to this Homebridge home automation and having problems starting my Homebridge.

My initial aim is to have a Homebridge server running on a Mac with a MQTT server to control my Sonoff's in my home that I have loaded with @arendst custom firmware.

So I loaded the Homebridge via this guide https://github.com/nfarina/homebridge
and got this error:

MQTT:.homebridge MQTT$ homebridge
[12/21/2016, 3:53:07 PM] Loaded plugin: homebridge-server
[12/21/2016, 3:53:07 PM] Registering platform 'homebridge-server.Server'
[12/21/2016, 3:53:07 PM] ---
[12/21/2016, 3:53:07 PM] Loaded config.json with 1 accessories and 1 platforms.
[12/21/2016, 3:53:07 PM] ---
[12/21/2016, 3:53:07 PM] Loading 1 platforms...
[12/21/2016, 3:53:07 PM] [Homebridge Server] Initializing Server platform...
[12/21/2016, 3:53:07 PM] [Homebridge Server] !!!
[12/21/2016, 3:53:07 PM] [Homebridge Server] !!!
[12/21/2016, 3:53:07 PM] [Homebridge Server] ERROR: No 'config.json' found!
[12/21/2016, 3:53:07 PM] [Homebridge Server] Please specify the path of your 'config.json'! E.g.: '-U /home/pi/.homebridge'

But the config.json file is in the .homebridge

Please assist

[radinsky]

Please read README and follow instructions:

Once you've installed a Plugin or two, you can run Homebridge again:

$ homebridge
Couldn't find a config.json file [snip]
However, Homebridge won't do anything until you've created a config.json file containing your accessories and/or platforms. You can start by copying and modifying the included config-sample.json file which includes declarations for some example accessories and platforms. Each Plugin will have its own expected configuration; the documentation for Plugins should give you some real-world examples for that plugin.

NOTE: Your config.json file MUST be inside of .homebridge, which is inside of your home folder. On MacOS and Linux, the full path for your config.json would be ~/.homebridge/config.json. Any error messages will contain the exact path where your config is expected to be found.

[Slip7000]

@radinsky thank you for the quick reply.
The config.json file is definitely in the .homebridge folder. If I remove it and try to start homebridge it runs and with the config_sample.json file.

Maybe my config file is not correct. This is what my config file consist of:

{
"bridge": {
"name": "Homebridge",
"username": "CC:22:4D:E3:DE:30",
"port": 51826,
"pin": "031-45-154"
},

"description": "This is an example configuration file with one fake accessory and one fake platform. You can use this as a template for creating your own configuration file containing devices you actually own.",

"accessories": [
    {
       
    }
],

"platforms": [
    {
	"platform": "Server",
	"port": 8765,
	"name": "Homebridge Server",
	"log" : "/Users/MQTT/Documents/MQTT LOGS"
    }
]

}

This is the screenshot of the config file in the .homebridge folder

[Slip7000]

This is the homebridge running with no config file in .homebridge

[gismo141]

I have fixed this issue in my current release of the homebridge-server-plugin.
Please update and the plugin should now successfully retrieve your config.json.

[Slip7000]

Thank you for everybody's help ! Got it working! well its not giving me an error anymore. I removed the brackets in my config file and now its working after the update.