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      netboy @dennypage
      last edited by netboy

      @dennypage Thanks
      Followed your advice and it works now ....
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      I added users to the upsd.users and "pointed" the hosts.conf and upsmon.conf on the raspberry pi.
      The raspberry pi shows the drop down but when I select the one nothing shows up! Other drop down works like a charm.
      Any other config I must change in netgate?

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      The selection of "netgate UPS" does nothing and shows connection failure

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      • dennypageD
        dennypage @netboy
        last edited by

        @netboy said in NUT server and UPS general question:

        The selection of "netgate UPS" does nothing and shows connection failure

        I note that in one location you have "netgateUPS" and in another you have "netgate UPS". FWIW, I recommend that you stay away from spaces in names.

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          netboy @dennypage
          last edited by netboy

          @dennypage Hey dennypage the drop down shows the description as listed in Raspberry Pi hosts.conf

          MONITOR netgateUPS@192.168.0.1 "Netgate UPS"

          IMHO, I do not think this is the issue.

          FYI, i have added the following user in netgate config:
          [monslave]
          password = {somepassword}
          upsmon slave

          Added the following in upsmon.conf in raspberry pi;

          MONITOR netgateUPS@192.168.0.1 0 monslave {pswd for monslave} slave

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          • dennypageD
            dennypage @netboy
            last edited by

            @netboy Please post your upsd.users and upsmon.conf from both systems.

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              netboy @dennypage
              last edited by netboy

              @dennypage
              Sure here we go...

              Masked password as xxxx, yyyy and zzzz - BTW there are no spaces in my password:

              netgate - upsd.users

              [admin]
              password = xxxxx
              actions = set
              actions = fsd
              instcmds = ALL

              [monmaster]
              password = yyyyy
              upsmon master

              [monslave]
              password = zzzzz
              upsmon slave

              pi- upsd.users

              [admin]
              password = nnnnnn
              actions = set
              actions = fsd
              instcmds = ALL

              [monmaster]
              password = uuuuuuu
              upsmon master

              [monslave]
              password = xxxxx
              upsmon slave

              netgate - upsmon.conf
              blanks no entries

              pi - upsmon.conf
              MONITOR netgateUPS@192.168.0.1 0 monslave zzzzz slave

              Am I missing MONITOR entries in upsmon.conf in netgate?

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                dennypage @netboy
                last edited by

                @netboy said in NUT server and UPS general question:

                netgate - upsmon.conf
                blanks no entries

                Based upon your prior screenshots, upsmon.conf on the pfSense system cannot be empty.

                Also, please post ups.conf from both systems.

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                  netboy @dennypage
                  last edited by

                  @dennypage
                  I added the following to

                  netgate - upsmon.conf
                  MONITOR netgateUPS@localhost 1 monmaster yyyyy master

                  negate - ups.conf
                  blanks no entries

                  pi- ups.conf
                  [powerStrip]
                  driver = usbhid-ups
                  port = auto
                  vendorid = "051d"
                  productid = "0002"
                  desc = "APC BE600M1 600VA UPS"

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                  • dennypageD
                    dennypage @netboy
                    last edited by

                    @netboy said in NUT server and UPS general question:

                    I added the following to
                    netgate - upsmon.conf
                    MONITOR netgateUPS@localhost 1 monmaster yyyyy master
                    negate - ups.conf
                    blanks no entries

                    Something is wrong. ups.conf cannot be empty, and you should not need to edit upsmon.conf.

                    Let's restart from the ground up and make sure we have a known, stable base.

                    Go to Services -> UPS -> Settings.

                    • Set "UPS Type" to "Local USB"
                    • Set "UPS Name" to "ups"
                    • Uncheck the "Enable notifications" box
                    • Set "Driver" to "usbhid".
                    • Clear any content in "Extra Arguments to driver"
                    • Clear any content in all sections of "Advanced sections"

                    After doing this, press save.

                    Then, log in via terminal and execute the following:

                    cat /usr/local/etc/nut/ups.conf
                    cat /usr/local/etc/nut/upsd.conf
                    cat /usr/local/etc/nut/upsd.users
                    cat /usr/local/etc/nut/upsmon.conf
                    

                    And post the complete output of each.

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                      netboy @dennypage
                      last edited by netboy

                      @dennypage
                      masked passwords

                      [22.05-RELEASE][admin@router2100.tttt.local]/root: cat /usr/local/etc/nut/ups.conf
                      [ups]
                      driver=usbhid-ups
                      port=auto
                      [22.05-RELEASE][admin@router2100.tttt.local]/root: cat /usr/local/etc/nut/upsd.conf
                      LISTEN 127.0.0.1
                      LISTEN ::1
                      [22.05-RELEASE][admin@router2100.tttt.local]/root: cat /usr/local/etc/nut/upsd.users
                      [admin]
                      password=xxxxx
                      actions=set
                      instcmds=all
                      [local-monitor]
                      password=xxxxx
                      upsmon master
                      [22.05-RELEASE][admin@router2100.tttt.local]/root: cat /usr/local/etc/nut/upsmon.conf
                      MONITOR ups 1 local-monitor xxxxx master
                      SHUTDOWNCMD "/sbin/shutdown -p +0"
                      POWERDOWNFLAG /etc/killpower
                      [22.05-RELEASE][admin@router2100.tttt.local]/root:

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                      • dennypageD
                        dennypage @netboy
                        last edited by dennypage

                        @netboy Okay, that looks much better.

                        Now add this

                        [monuser]
                        password = secret
                        upsmon slave
                        

                        to "Additional configuration lines for upsd.users" in the Advanced settings section.

                        Now go to this post and follow the instructions to allow access to the NUT port from the LAN interface. I recommend that you choose option 1.

                        Following that, you can confirm operation by going to the pi and executing the following command:

                        upsc ups@192.168.0.1
                        [Based on prior posts, I am assuming that 192.168.0.1 is the LAN IP address of your pfSense firewall]

                        When you run the upsc command, you should see all the variables of your UPS displayed.

                        Lastly, for the pi end, put this in upsmon.conf:

                        MONITOR ups@192.168.0.1 0 monuser secret slave
                        
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                          netboy @dennypage
                          last edited by

                          @dennypage I guess the MONITOR must be like below (see bold) - correct - Probably you have a typo?

                          MONITOR ups@192.168.0.1 0 monuser secret slave

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                            dennypage @netboy
                            last edited by

                            @netboy said in NUT server and UPS general question:

                            I guess the MONITOR must be like below (see bold) - correct - Probably you have a typo?
                            MONITOR ups@192.168.0.1 0 monuser secret slave

                            You are correct. I copied and pasted from another example. Sorry about that.

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                              netboy @netboy
                              last edited by netboy

                              @netboy SUCCESS!!!
                              I had to make an entry in hosts.conf for pi

                              MONITOR ups@192.168.0.1 "Netgate UPS"

                              Worked. I sincerely thank you very much for all your help.

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                                netboy @netboy
                                last edited by

                                @netboy Probably last question....

                                I want to shutdown everything attached to ups in netgate only when "battery low" in ups - How do I configure this functionality

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                                  dennypage @netboy
                                  last edited by

                                  @netboy said in NUT server and UPS general question:

                                  I want to shutdown everything attached to ups in netgate only when "battery low" in ups - How do I configure this functionality

                                  Well, you are in luck... that is the default behavior of NUT. ๐Ÿ˜Š

                                  Anything else connected to the UPS that is capable of running NUT would monitor the master on pfSense just like the setup you did for the pi, with the exception being that they would use power value 1 rather than power value 0. Like so:

                                  MONITOR ups@192.168.0.1 1 monuser secret slave
                                  

                                  All the hosts will shut down when the UPS declares a low battery situation. You can read more here.

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                                    netboy @dennypage
                                    last edited by

                                    @dennypage ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‘

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                                      netboy @netboy
                                      last edited by netboy

                                      @netboy Since synology also uses NUT I am struggling to MONITOR the same using raspberry pi..... Created a user in

                                      /usr/syno/etc/ups/upsd.users

                                      [monslave]
                                      password = xxxxxx
                                      upsmon slave

                                      Opened port 3493

                                      Included entries in pi upsmon.conf :
                                      MONITOR ups@{syn IP} 0 monslave xxxxxx slave

                                      and hosts.conf:
                                      MONITOR ups@{syn IP} "Synology UPS"

                                      But get "access error"
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                                      Any suggestions....

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                                      • dennypageD
                                        dennypage
                                        last edited by

                                        @netboy Synology uses a hard-coded username/password for remote NUT access. You can either use their hard-coded values for monitoring (strongly recommended), or try to hand edit Synology's generated files. Note that if you go the hand-edit route, the files will overwritten by DSM whenever an OS update occurs and you will need to re-edit the files.

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                                          netboy @dennypage
                                          last edited by netboy

                                          @dennypage I used the built in user and configured my raspberry pi upsmon.conf as follows

                                          MONITOR ups@{syn IP} 1 monuser secret slave
                                          [used 1 above ok?]

                                          Tried this as well [ 0 ] with same results.
                                          MONITOR ups@{syn IP} 0 monuser secret slave

                                          Tried pinging from raspberry pi and get the access denied mesg:

                                          root@raspberrypi:/home/piNUT# upsc ups@{syn IP}
                                          Init SSL without certificate database
                                          Error: Access denied

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                                            netboy @netboy
                                            last edited by

                                            @netboy Never mind was able to mine your forum and I found a post from you here

                                            "egardless of the username/password, if you host on the Synology, you need explicitly list the IP address of pfSense in the list of permitted remote hosts in the Synology (Control Panel -> Hardware & Power -> UPS). This may have been why you were getting permission denied previously."

                                            And now it works!

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