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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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            • dennypageD
              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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                  • dennypageD
                    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. 😊

                    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 👍 👍 👍

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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
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                              @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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                              • dennypageD
                                dennypage
                                last edited by

                                @netboy

                                And now it works!

                                😊

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                                  netboy @dennypage
                                  last edited by

                                  @dennypage I have to really thank you very much for such quick feedbacks in this forum. I have learned a lots from you and NUT documentation.

                                  Here is my finale!

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                                  Need to drink scotch now....Bye

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                                  • dennypageD
                                    dennypage @netboy
                                    last edited by

                                    @netboy You’re welcome. Glad you got everything working.

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