NUT (or APCUPSD): Connect QNAP NAS as slave
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Dear All,
I operate two parallel pfSense machines on two separate power supplies. Each is secured by an APC UPS. However, additional devices are also connected to the APC UPS. In particular, I would like to connect a pfSense machine with a QNAP NAS in such a way that the APC USB cable is connected to one of the devices (would perfer the pfSense, but I am open to do it the other way round, if required) but both will power down upon a power failure during the timespan the UPS can bridge.
Having read Jim Pringle's last post on NUT (topic=53308), I have tried various firewall rules along with other settings which seemed to make sense to me. However, I did not get a setup to work. I sense that various persons do not get such situation solved also (e.g., topic=72721, in German topic=68746).
Could someone please be so kind as to post a list of settings that are likely to work - and explicitly point out which device is master and which is slave in the example settings?
Thank you very much!
Michael Schefczyk
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Dear All,
the following solution does seem to work:
- install NUT package at pfsense
- create NAT rule:
Firewall: NAT: Port Forward
If: LAN
Proto: TCP
Src. addr: *
Scr. ports: *
Dest. addr: (IP of pfSense)
Dest. ports: 3493
NAT IP: 127.0.0.1
NAT Ports: 3493- in NUT package add remote access user "admin" with password "123456" (values fixed by QNAP)
- in NUT package under local UPS settings name UPS "qnapups" (branding thanks to value fixed by QNAP) and pick settings so that pfSense recognizes your locally conneted UPS
- in QNAP device set "Network-UPS-Slave" and enter IP of pfSense - UPS will show up.
Michael Schefczyk
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Thank you! This worked perfectly for me. Now to find the setting/config file on the QNAP NAS so I can change the UPS name to something other than "qnapups"
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Uuuh, you exhume an old thread. :)
@Cino said in NUT (or APCUPSD): Connect QNAP NAS as slave:
Now to find the setting/config file on the QNAP NAS so I can change the UPS name to something other than "qnapups"
After an Update, QNAP overwrite the custom configs. It`s better to use the default values of QNAP.
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@mike69 said in NUT (or APCUPSD): Connect QNAP NAS as slave:
Uuuh, you exhume an old thread. :)
@Cino said in NUT (or APCUPSD): Connect QNAP NAS as slave:
Now to find the setting/config file on the QNAP NAS so I can change the UPS name to something other than "qnapups"
After an Update, QNAP overwrite the custom configs. It`s better to use the default values of QNAP.
I try not to reply to old/stale threads but being this one was a how-to. It made sense too.
You are right about the settings would get overwritten after an update. My OCD doesn't like the name tho.. lol. Maybe someday QNAP will allow that setting to be user-configurable.
