# Network UPS Tools: example ups.conf # # --- SECURITY NOTE --- # # If you use snmp-ups and set a community string in here, you # will have to secure this file to keep other users from obtaining # that string. It needs to be readable by upsdrvctl and any drivers, # and by upsd. # # --- # # This is where you configure all the UPSes that this system will be # monitoring directly. These are usually attached to serial ports, but # USB devices and SNMP devices are also supported. # # This file is used by upsdrvctl to start and stop your driver(s), and # is also used by upsd to determine which drivers to monitor. The # drivers themselves also read this file for configuration directives. # # The general form is: # # [upsname] # driver = # port = # < any other directives here > # # The section header ([upsname]) can be just about anything as long as # it is a single word inside brackets. upsd uses this to uniquely # identify a UPS on this system. # # If you have a UPS called snoopy, your section header would be "[snoopy]". # On a system called "doghouse", the line in your upsmon.conf to monitor # it would look something like this: # # MONITOR snoopy@doghouse 1 upsmonuser mypassword master # # It might look like this if monitoring in slave mode: # # MONITOR snoopy@doghouse 1 upsmonuser mypassword slave # # Configuration directives # ------------------------ # # These directives are common to all drivers that support ups.conf: # # driver: REQUIRED. Specify the program to run to talk to this UPS. # apcsmart, bestups, and sec are some examples. # # port: REQUIRED. The serial port where your UPS is connected. # /dev/ttyS0 is usually the first port on Linux boxes, for example. # # sdorder: optional. When you have multiple UPSes on your system, you # usually need to turn them off in a certain order. upsdrvctl # shuts down all the 0s, then the 1s, 2s, and so on. To exclude # a UPS from the shutdown sequence, set this to -1. # # The default value for this parameter is 0. # # nolock: optional, and not recommended for use in this file. # # If you put nolock in here, the driver will not lock the # serial port every time it starts. This may allow other # processes to seize the port if you start more than one by # mistake. # # This is only intended to be used on systems where locking # absolutely must be disabled for the software to work. # # maxstartdelay: optional. This can be set as a global variable # above your first UPS definition and it can also be # set in a UPS section. This value controls how long # upsdrvctl will wait for the driver to finish starting. # This keeps your system from getting stuck due to a # broken driver or UPS. # # The default is 45 seconds. # # # Anything else is passed through to the hardware-specific part of # the driver. # # Examples # -------- # # A simple example for a UPS called "powerpal" that uses the blazer_ser # driver on /dev/ttyS0 is: # # [powerpal] # driver = blazer_ser # port = /dev/ttyS0 # desc = "Web server" # # If your UPS driver requires additional settings, you can specify them # here. For example, if it supports a setting of "1234" for the # variable "cable", it would look like this: # # [myups] # driver = mydriver # port = /dev/ttyS1 # cable = 1234 # desc = "Something descriptive" # # To find out if your driver supports any extra settings, start it with # the -h option and/or read the driver's documentation.