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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions docs/manage/troubleshoot/troubleshoot.md
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Expand Up @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Alternatively you can restart `viam-server` and write logs to a log file by stop
1. Then run `viam-server` with the `-debug` and `-log-file` options and pass in your machine cloud credentials file:

```sh {class="command-line" data-prompt="$" data-output=""}
/usr/local/bin/viam-server -debug -config /etc/viam.json -log-file logs.txt
sudo /usr/local/bin/viam-server -debug -config /etc/viam.json -log-file logs.txt
```

1. Then check the logs file <FILE>logs.txt</FILE>.
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1. Then run `viam-server` with the `-debug` and `-log-file` options and pass in your machine cloud credentials file:

```sh {class="command-line" data-prompt="$" data-output=""}
viam-server -config ~/Downloads/viam.json -debug -log-file logs.txt
sudo viam-server -config ~/Downloads/viam.json -debug -log-file logs.txt
```

1. Then check the logs file <FILE>logs.txt</FILE>.
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions docs/operate/reference/viam-server/_index.md
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Expand Up @@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ cd bin/Linux-amd64 # or Linux-arm64 for ARM-based systems
You can then run the server directly:

```sh {class="command-line" data-prompt="$"}
./viam-server -config /path/to/your/config.json
sudo ./viam-server -config /path/to/your/config.json
```

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You can then run the server directly:

```sh {class="command-line" data-prompt="$"}
./viam-server -config /path/to/your/config.json
sudo ./viam-server -config /path/to/your/config.json
```

### Option 2: Use an older version of the Homebrew tap
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion docs/operate/reference/viam-server/manage-viam-server.md
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Expand Up @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ You can use the following commands to manage `viam-server` on the command line:
Run the following on the command line to start `viam-server`, providing the path to your own configuration file:

```sh {class="command-line" data-prompt="$"}
viam-server -config /path/to/my/config.json
sudo viam-server -config /path/to/my/config.json
```

If you followed the [Installation Guide](/operate/get-started/setup/), your machine's configuration file is available in your <file>~/Downloads/</file> directory, named similarly to <file>viam-machinename-main.json</file>.
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