UPS monitoring

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This will describe how to configure a APC UPS with Ubuntu

Installation

sudo apt-get install apcupsd apcupsd-cgi

Update the apcupsd to set it to configured

sudo vi /etc/default/apcupsd
# ISCONFIGURED=no
ISCONFIGURED=yes

Now edit the configuration file

sudo vi /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf

Change the cable type, and then the type and the device

# UPSCABLE smart
UPSCABLE usb
# UPSTYPE apcsmart
# DEVICE /dev/ttyS0
UPSTYPE usb
DEVICE

sudo apcupsd start
sudo apcaccess status