Proxomox - NUT Client.md

Proxomox - NUT Client - Synology NAS.md

Configuring Proxmox VE node as client for remote NUT server running on Synology NAS

Network UPS Tools User Manual

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• Use Shell on Proxmox Node to install NUT

apt-get install nut

• Edit /etc/nut/nut.conf using vi

vi /etc/nut/nut.conf

Modify the last line

x to delete existing characters

i to insert characters. ESC to go back to command mode

MODE=netclient

:q! to quit without saving if you fuck it up

:wq to save and quit when you get it right

• Edit /etc/nut/upsmon.conf using vi

vi /etc/nut/upsmon.conf

There won't be an existing line, look for the other MONITOR example comments and add after that.

MONITOR <system> <powervalue> <username> <password> ("master"|"slave")

<system> is [email protected]

monuser and secret are the default <username> <password> for a Synology NAS

<powervalue> is going to be 1 unless you have multiple UPS's

Since you're monitoring your NAS you are in slave mode

MONITOR [email protected] 1 monuser secret slave

• Enable monitoring services to start up with the machine:

sudo systemctl enable nut-client
sudo systemctl enable nut-monitor

• Start monitoring:

sudo systemctl start nut-client
sudo systemctl start nut-monitor

• Verify monitoring:

systemctl status nut-client
systemctl status nut-monitor

• To check UPS status: upsc <name>@<address> for remote UPS

upsc [email protected]

This will return a bunch of your UPS info if everything is working correctly

• Confirm clients are connecting:

upsc -c ups

Instead of calling upsmon start after configuration it might be better to start services right away:

sudo systemctl enable nut-client
sudo systemctl enable nut-monitor

sudo systemctl start nut-client
sudo systemctl start nut-monitor

systemctl status nut-client
systemctl status nut-monitor

Also connect to NUT server and check that clients are registering as connected
upsc -c ups

Instead of calling upsmon start after configuration it might be better to start services right away:

sudo systemctl enable nut-client
sudo systemctl enable nut-monitor

sudo systemctl start nut-client
sudo systemctl start nut-monitor

systemctl status nut-client
systemctl status nut-monitor

Also connect to NUT server and check that clients are registering as connected upsc -c ups

Nice, I've amended this now.

I did it all step by step!
But it doesn't work. It shows the data.