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Network UPS Tools Overview
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===========================
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Description
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Network UPS Tools is a collection of programs which provide a common
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interface for monitoring and administering UPS, PDU and SCD hardware.
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It uses a layered approach to connect all of the parts.
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Drivers are provided for a wide assortment of equipment. They
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understand the specific language of each device and map it back to a
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compatibility layer. This means both an expensive high end UPS, a simple
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"power strip" PDU, or any other power device can be handled transparently with
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a uniform management interface.
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This information is cached by the network server `upsd`, which then
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answers queries from the clients. upsd contains a number of access
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control features to limit the abilities of the clients. Only authorized
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hosts may monitor or control your hardware if you wish. Since the
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notion of monitoring over the network is built into the software, you
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can hang many systems off one large UPS, and they will all shut down
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together. You can also use NUT to power on, off or cycle your data center
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nodes, individually or globally through PDU outlets.
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Clients such as `upsmon` check on the status of the hardware and do things
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when necessary. The most important task is shutting down the operating
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system cleanly before the UPS runs out of power. Other programs are
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also provided to log information regularly, monitor status through your
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web browser, and more.
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Installing
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If you are installing these programs for the first time, go read the
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<<_installation_instructions,installation instructions>>
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to find out how to do that. This document contains more information on what all
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of this stuff does.
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Upgrading
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When upgrading from an older version, always check the
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<<Upgrading_notes,upgrading notes>> to see what may have
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changed. Compatibility issues and other changes will be listed there to ease
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the process.
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Configuring and using
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Once NUT is installed, refer to the
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<<Configuration_notes,configuration notes>> for directions.
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Documentation
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This is just an overview of the software. You should read the man pages,
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included example configuration files, and auxiliary documentation for the parts
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that you intend to use.
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Network Information
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These programs are designed to share information over the network. In
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the examples below, `localhost` is used as the hostname. This can also
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be an IP address or a fully qualified domain name. You can specify a
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port number if your upsd process runs on another port.
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In the case of the program `upsc`, to view the variables on the UPS called
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sparky on the `upsd` server running on the local machine, you'd do this:
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/usr/local/ups/bin/upsc sparky@localhost
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The default port number is 3493. You can change this with
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"configure --with-port" at compile-time. To make a client talk to upsd
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on a specific port, add it after the hostname with a colon, like this:
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/usr/local/ups/bin/upsc sparky@localhost:1234
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This is handy when you have a mixed environment and some of the systems
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are on different ports.
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The general form for UPS identifiers is this:
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<upsname>[@<hostname>[:<port>]]
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Keep this in mind when viewing the examples below.
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Manifest
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This package is broken down into several categories:
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- *drivers* - These programs talk directly to your UPS hardware.
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- *server* - upsd serves data from the drivers to the network.
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- *clients* - They talk to upsd and do things with the status data.
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- *cgi-bin* - Special class of clients that you can use with your web server.
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- *scripts* - Contains various scripts, like the Perl and Python binding,
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integration bits and applications.
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Drivers
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These programs provide support for specific UPS models. They understand
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the protocols and port specifications which define status information
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and convert it to a form that upsd can understand.
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To configure drivers, edit ups.conf. For this example, we'll have a UPS
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called "sparky" that uses the apcsmart driver and is connected to
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`/dev/ttyS1`. That's the second serial port on most Linux-based systems.
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The entry in `ups.conf` looks like this:
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[sparky]
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driver = apcsmart
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port = /dev/ttyS1
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To start and stop drivers, use upsdrvctl. By default, it will start or
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stop every UPS in the config file:
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/usr/local/ups/sbin/upsdrvctl start
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/usr/local/ups/sbin/upsdrvctl stop
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However, you can also just start or stop one by adding its name:
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/usr/local/ups/sbin/upsdrvctl start sparky
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/usr/local/ups/sbin/upsdrvctl stop sparky
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To find the driver name for your device, refer to the section below
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called "HARDWARE SUPPORT TABLE".
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Extra Settings
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Some drivers may require additional settings to properly communicate
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with your hardware. If it doesn't detect your UPS by default, check the
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driver's man page or help (-h) to see which options are available.
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For example, the usbhid-ups driver allows you to use USB serial numbers to
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distinguish between units via the "serial" configuration option. To use this
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feature, just add another line to your ups.conf section for that UPS:
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[sparky]
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driver = usbhid-ups
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port = auto
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serial = 1234567890
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Hardware Compatibility List
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The <<HCL,Hardware Compatibility List>> is available in the source directory
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('nut-X.Y.Z/data/driver.list'), and is generally distributed with packages.
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For example, it is available on Debian systems as:
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/usr/share/nut/driver.list
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This table is also available link:http://www.networkupstools.org/stable-hcl.html[online].
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If your driver has vanished, see the link:FAQ.html[FAQ] and
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<<Upgrading_notes,Upgrading notes>>.
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Generic Device Drivers
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NUT provides several generic drivers that support a variety of very similar models.
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- The `genericups` driver supports many serial models that use the same basic
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principle to communicate with the computer. This is known as "contact
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closure", and basically involves raising or lowering signals to indicate
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power status.
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This type of UPS tends to be cheaper, and only provides the very simplest
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data about power and battery status. Advanced features like battery
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charge readings and such require a "smart" UPS and a driver which
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supports it.
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See the linkman:genericups[8] man page for more information.
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- The `usbhid-ups` driver attempts to communicate with USB HID Power Device
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Class (PDC) UPSes. These units generally implement the same basic protocol,
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with minor variations in the exact set of supported attributes. This driver
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also applies several correction factors when the UPS firmware reports values
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with incorrect scale factors.
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See the linkman:usbhid-ups[8] man page for more information.
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- The `blazer_ser` and `blazer_usb` drivers supports the Megatec / Q1
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protocol that is used in many brands (Blazer, Energy Sistem, Fenton
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Technologies, Mustek and many others).
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See the linkman:blazer[8] man page for more information.
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- The `snmp-ups` driver handles various SNMP enabled devices, from many
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different manufacturers. In SNMP terms, `snmp-ups` is a manager, that
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monitors SNMP agents.
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See the linkman:snmp-ups[8] man page for more information.
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- The `powerman-pdu` is a bridge to the PowerMan daemon, thus handling all
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PowerMan supported devices. The PowerMan project supports several serial
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and networked PDU, along with Blade and IPMI enabled servers.
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See the linkman:powerman-pdu[8] man page for more
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information.
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- The `apcupsd-ups` driver is a bridge to the Apcupsd daemon, thus handling
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all Apcupsd supported devices. The Apcupsd project supports many serial,
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USB and networked APC UPS.
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See the linkman:apcupsd-ups[8] man page for more information.
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UPS Shutdowns
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upsdrvctl can also shut down (power down) all of your UPS hardware.
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WARNING: if you play around with this command, expect your filesystems
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to die. Don't power off your computers unless they're ready for it:
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/usr/local/ups/sbin/upsdrvctl shutdown
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/usr/local/ups/sbin/upsdrvctl shutdown sparky
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You should read the <<UPS_shutdown,Configuring automatic UPS shutdowns>>
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chapter to learn more about when to use this feature. If called at the wrong
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time, you may cause data loss by turning off a system with a filesystem
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mounted read-write.
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Power distribution unit management
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NUT also provides an advanced support for power distribution units.
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You should read the <<Outlets_PDU_notes,Configuring automatic UPS shutdowns>>
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chapter to learn more about when to use this feature.
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Network Server
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`upsd` is responsible for passing data from the drivers to the client
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programs via the network. It should be run immediately after `upsdrvctl`
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in your system's startup scripts.
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`upsd` should be kept running whenever possible, as it is the only source
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of status information for the monitoring clients like `upsmon`.
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Monitoring client
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`upsmon` provides the essential feature that you expect to find in UPS
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monitoring software: safe shutdowns when the power fails.
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In the layered scheme of NUT software, it is a client. It has this
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separate section in the documentation since it is so important.
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You configure it by telling it about UPSes that you want to monitor in
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upsmon.conf. Each UPS can be defined as one of two possible types:
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Master
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This UPS supplies power to the system running `upsmon`, and this system is also
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responsible for shutting it down when the battery is depleted. This occurs
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after any slave systems have disconnected safely.
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If your UPS is plugged directly into a system's serial port, the `upsmon`
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process on that system should define that UPS as a master.
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For a typical home user, there's one computer connected to one UPS.
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That means you run a driver, `upsd`, and `upsmon` in master mode.
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Slave
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This UPS may supply power to the system running `upsmon`, but this system can't
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shut it down directly.
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Use this mode when you run multiple computers on the same UPS. Obviously, only
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one can be connected to the serial port on the UPS, and that system is the
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master. Everything else is a slave.
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For a typical home user, there's one computer connected to one UPS.
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That means you run a driver, upsd, and upsmon in master mode.
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Additional Information
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More information on configuring upsmon can be found in these places:
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- The linkman:upsmon[8] man page
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- <<BigServers,Typical setups for big servers>>
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- <<UPS_shutdown,Configuring automatic UPS shutdowns>> chapter
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- The stock `upsmon.conf` that comes with the package
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Clients
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Clients talk to upsd over the network and do useful things with the data
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from the drivers. There are tools for command line access, and a few
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special clients which can be run through your web server as CGI
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programs.
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For more details on specific programs, refer to their man pages.
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upsc
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`upsc` is a simple client that will display the values of variables known
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to `upsd` and your UPS drivers. It will list every variable by default,
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or just one if you specify an additional argument. This can be useful
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in shell scripts for monitoring something without writing your own
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network code.
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`upsc` is a quick way to find out if your driver(s) and upsd are working
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together properly. Just run `upsc <ups>` to see what's going on, i.e.:
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morbo:~$ upsc sparky@localhost
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ambient.humidity: 035.6
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ambient.humidity.alarm.maximum: NO,NO
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ambient.humidity.alarm.minimum: NO,NO
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ambient.temperature: 25.14
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...
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If you are interested in writing a simple client that monitors `upsd`,
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the source code for `upsc` is a good way to learn about using the
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upsclient functions.
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See the linkman:upsc[8] man page and
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<<nut-names,NUT command and variable naming scheme>> for more information.
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upslog
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`upslog` will write status information from `upsd` to a file at set
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intervals. You can use this to generate graphs or reports with other
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programs such as `gnuplot`.
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upsrw
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`upsrw` allows you to display and change the read/write variables in your
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UPS hardware. Not all devices or drivers implement this, so this may
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not have any effect on your system.
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A driver that supports read/write variables will give results like this:
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$ upsrw sparky@localhost
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( many skipped )
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[ups.test.interval]
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Interval between self tests
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Type: ENUM
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Option: "1209600"
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Option: "604800" SELECTED
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Option: "0"
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( more skipped )
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On the other hand, one that doesn't support them won't print anything:
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$ upsrw fenton@gearbox
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( nothing )
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`upsrw` requires administrator powers to change settings in the hardware.
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Refer to linkman:upsd.users[5] for information on defining
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users in `upsd`.
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upscmd
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Some UPS hardware and drivers support the notion of an instant command -
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a feature such as starting a battery test, or powering off the load.
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You can use upscmd to list or invoke instant commands if your
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hardware/drivers support them.
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Use the -l command to list them, like this:
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$ upscmd -l sparky@localhost
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Instant commands supported on UPS [sparky@localhost]:
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load.on - Turn on the load immediately
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test.panel.start - Start testing the UPS panel
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calibrate.start - Start run time calibration
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calibrate.stop - Stop run time calibration
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...
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`upscmd` requires administrator powers to start instant commands.
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To define users and passwords in `upsd`, see
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linkman:upsd.users[5].
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CGI Programs
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The CGI programs are clients that run through your web server. They
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allow you to see UPS status and perform certain administrative commands
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from any web browser. Javascript and cookies are not required.
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These programs are not installed or compiled by default. To compile
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and install them, first run `configure --with-cgi`, then do `make` and
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`make install`. If you receive errors about "gd" during configure, go
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get it and install it before continuing.
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You can get the source here:
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http://www.libgd.org/
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In the event that you need libpng or zlib in order to compile gd,
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they can be found at these URLs:
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http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/pngcode.html
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http://www.gzip.org/zlib/
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Access Restrictions
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The CGI programs use hosts.conf to see if they are allowed to talk to a
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host. This keeps malicious visitors from creating queries from your web
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server to random hosts on the Internet.
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If you get error messages that say "Access to that host is not
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authorized", you're probably missing an entry in your hosts.conf.
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upsstats
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`upsstats` generates web pages from HTML templates, and plugs in status
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information in the right places. It looks like a distant relative of
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APC's old Powerchute interface. You can use it to monitor several
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systems or just focus on one.
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It also can generate IMG references to `upsimage`.
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upsimage
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This is usually called by upsstats via IMG SRC tags to draw either the
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utility or outgoing voltage, battery charge percent, or load percent.
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upsset
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`upsset` provides several useful administration functions through a web
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interface. You can use `upsset` to kick off instant commands on your UPS
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hardware like running a battery test. You can also use it to change
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variables in your UPS that accept user-specified values.
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Essentially, `upsset` provides the functions of `upsrw` and `upscmd`, but
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with a happy pointy-clicky interface.
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`upsset` will not run until you convince it that you have secured your
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system. You *must* secure your CGI path so that random interlopers
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can't run this program remotely. See the `upsset.conf` file. Once you
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have secured the directory, you can enable this program in that
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configuration file. It is not active by default.
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Version Numbering
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The version numbers work like this: if the middle number is odd, it's a
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development tree, otherwise it is the stable tree.
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The past stable trees were 1.0, 1.2, 1.4, 2.0, 2.2 and 2.4, with the
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latest stable tree designated 2.6. The development trees were 1.1, 1.3,
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1.5, 2.1 and 2.3. As of the 2.4 release, there is no real development
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branch anymore since the code is available through a revision control
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system (namely Subversion) and snapshots.
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Major release jumps are mostly due to large changes to the features
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list. There have also been a number of architectural changes which
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may not be noticeable to most users, but which can impact developers.
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Backwards and Forwards Compatibility
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The old network code spans a range from about 0.41.1 when TCP support
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was introduced up to the recent 1.4 series. It used variable names
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like STATUS, UTILITY, and LOADPCT. Many of these names go back to the
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earliest prototypes of this software from 1997. At that point there
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was no way to know that so many drivers would come along and introduce
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so many new variables and commands. The resulting mess grew out of
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control over the years.
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During the 1.3 development cycle, all variables and instant commands
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were renamed to fit into a tree-like structure. There are major groups,
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like input, output and battery. Members of those groups have been
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arranged to make sense - input.voltage and output.voltage compliment
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each other. The old names were UTILITY and OUTVOLT. The benefits in
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this change are obvious.
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The 1.4 clients can talk to either type of server, and can handle either
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naming scheme. 1.4 servers have a compatibility mode where they can
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answer queries for both names, even though the drivers are internally
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using the new format.
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When 1.4 clients talk to 1.4 or 2.0 (or more recent) servers, they will
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use the new names.
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Here's a table to make it easier to visualize:
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[options="header"]
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| 4+| Server version
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| *Client version* | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.0+
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| 1.0 | yes | yes | yes | no
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| 1.2 | yes | yes | yes | no
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| 1.4 | yes | yes | yes | yes
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| 2.0+ | no | no | yes | yes
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|=============================================
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Version 2.0, and more recent, do not contain backwards compatibility for
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the old protocol and variable/command names. As a result, 2.0 clients can't
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talk to anything older than a 1.4 server. If you ask a 2.0 client to
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fetch "STATUS", it will fail. You'll have to ask for "ups.status"
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instead.
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Authors of separate monitoring programs should have used the 1.4 series
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to write support for the new variables and command names. Client
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software can easily support both versions as long as they like. If upsd
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returns 'ERR UNKNOWN-COMMAND' to a GET request, you need to use REQ.
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Support / Help / etc.
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If you are in need of help, refer to the
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<<Support_Request,Support instructions>> in the user manual.
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Hacking / Development Info
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Additional documentation can be found in:
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- the linkdoc:developer-guide[Developer Guide],
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- the linkdoc:packager-guide[Packager Guide].
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Acknowledgements / Contributions
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The many people who have participated in creating and improving NUT are
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listed in the user manual <<Acknowledgements,acknowledgements appendix>>.
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