Error: socket file "/var/tmp/mattermost_local.socket" doesn't exists, please check the server configuration for local mode

Troubleshooting
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i’m getting this error even i have configured the settings in config.json
“EnableLocalMode”: true,
“LocalModeSocketLocation”: “/var/tmp/mattermost_local.socket”, please help in this

2

Did you also restart the server? This change cannot be applied on the fly, the Mattermost application server needs to be restarted for the change to be effective.

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yes , i did that, still getting error

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What deployment method are you using? Is this a docker setup f.ex.? If so, the socket only exists inside the container and cannot be accessed from the outside by default. You would have to map the file to your host in order to use mmctl from the host directly. Alternatively you can run docker exec -ti <containerid> mmctl --local ....