NUT Driver Selection

arrmo

OK, got it all working on my side … script updates my "device" file, dummy-ups reads it, all is good => except one thing, of course ... :(

It seems that pfSense keeps overriding my manual driver change (ups.conf), so on upgrade (and perhaps reboot) my settings are lost. Is there a way to avoid this?

Thanks.

dennypage

I'll see about adding support for dummy when I next rev the package. Can you post the ups.conf that you are using please? Thanks.

dennypage

Actually, it would be helpful to see your entire NUT config. You can PM me if you prefer. Thanks.

arrmo

Hi,

All I have changed is /usr/local/etc/nut/ups.conf. It's below (it's not very exciting … LOL),

[APC]
driver=dummy-ups
port=/var/tmp/nutDummyUPS/nutDummyUPS.dev

The driver is dummy-ups, and port is just the file name it points to.

Thanks!

arrmo

FYI, this seems to be somewhat changed … is that correct? It's not getting overwritten on reboot / upgrade (yay!), but does happen some other times.

Should I add this to redmine, just so it's captured?

Thanks!

arrmo

Hi,

OK, my mistake - another issue blocked me seeing this. It's still the same … ;).

Is there a file I can edit to store my desired ups.conf file? Asking because restarting some other services (like OpenVPN), resets the ups.conf file => I have to go in and edit it every time ... :(.

Thanks!

dennypage

Not currently. I'll be working on a package rev next weekend.

arrmo

Awesome - thanks so much! Just yell if I can do anything at all to help out!

dennypage

If you want to help test the changes, PM me an email address and I will send you the files for testing.

Thanks,
Denny

dennypage

FYI: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=115349.msg742746#msg742746

dennypage

The nut package with dummy has been released.

arrmo

Thanks!!! Do you know what pfSense release this is bundled in?

dennypage

The current NUT package should be available for 2.3 and later. Let me know if you don't see it in your available packages.

arrmo

Ahh - gotcha … so not a pfSense update per se, rather just update the (nut) package - correct? And yes, I see 2.7.4_4 now ... is that the correct one?

BTW, do I need to undo the patches I tested out, or will this overwrite them (blow them away)? That would be easiest of course ... ;-).

Thanks again for all the help.

dennypage

The new release is version 2.7.4_5. It will overwrite the files I sent you.

arrmo

Perfect - thanks!