Introduction last revision 05302003 this document describes the process to build net snmp5. It works under linux and most unix systems, as well as win32. Hey there, my name is ben, and i have a smartups 3000 with a network management card installed. Apr 17, 2017 the ups is connected via serial to a raspberry pi running apdupsd apcupsd a daemon for controlling apc upses which works fine as i can poll it manually.
Log on to the piaf box i use putty and run this command to install it. But avoid asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers. Alternativeopen source ups monitoring utility hardforum. Once you have added all this in you can test apcupsdstats by running it from the command line, and via snmp by appending the appropriate snmp oid to the snmpwalk commands shown previously. Bug 346271 halt initscript does not properly handle apcupsd shutdowns. Utilities for sctp stream control transmission protocol mipv6d. Apcupsd ups monitoring daemon ub cse it service catalog. Renaming the variable in apcupsd to mib lowercase fixes the issue.
Sep 24, 2009 once youve done that, set up your users rpm tree using rpmdevsetuptree from rpmdevtools and rpm install the apcupsd srpm as your own user. When starting up, the application connects to a apcupsd network server mostly under linuxwindows, that is directly connected to the ups. Upon receiving a request, it processes the request s, collects the requested information andor performs the requested operation s and returns the information to the sender. The voltage is plotted on a web page and email or telephone alarms can be sent to anyone concerned about power fluctuations. It runs on linux, mac osx, win32, bsd, solaris, and other oses. To get information about your ups status, use the command. Once youve done that, set up your users rpm tree using rpmdevsetuptree from rpmdevtools and rpm install the apcupsd srpm as your own user. The first two versions 1 and 2c provide for simple authentication using a community string. I have read about how this snmp can effect my servers, i do some studying before i ask here, so please help me on this. However, on win32 systems, there is no unix system log file, so if something goes wrong, look in the file c. The net snmp agent daemon supports all three versions of the snmp protocol. I have generated some basic cacti templates for apcupsd. I need to present an apc ups unit to solarwinds orion sam.
This man page only documents the hardwarespecific features of the snmpups driver. Apc upses provided you have the apcupsd 8 daemon installed, properly configured and running. May 03, 2011 ive been meaning to rewrite an internal tool we i use at work to manage our apc pdus. Upsname important if you will be setting up two or more upses. Netsnmp module for apcupsd this is netsnmp module for monitoring apc upses without snmp support. In addition, the agent can be queried for a listing of the installed rpm packages on the system, a listing of currently running processes on the system, or the network configuration of the system.
This string is a shared secret between the agent and any client utilities. After reading man nf, it seems that net snmp can not send traps about cpuidle rate. Glen pittpladdy blog apcupsd stats on cacti via snmp. Monitoring a apc ups with a raspberry pi 4 fullys blog. It can access status information from any apc ups attached to the. In my case, i use an apc ups apc back ups br1500gi rs 1500va li which is physically connected via usb with an ubuntu file and backup server host name atlas, ip 192.
Apr 11, 2019 the exact behavior and configuration of the software may differ depending on the version of apcupsd you are using, as well as what linux distribution and version you are using. Setup apcupsd for multiple networkenabled apc upses on el6. This script provides perfomance data and range monitoring for a wide series of data, it comes with a builtin help. Setup apcupsd for multiple networkenabled apc upses on. Apcupsd ups control software apcupsdusers apcupsd snmp. Upon receiving a request, it processes the requests, collects the requested information andor performs the requested operations and. Linux comes with gpl licensed open source apcupsd server daemon that can be used for power mangement and controlling most of apcs ups models on linux, bsd, unix and mswindows operating systems. It reads output from apcupsd sbinapcaccess and writes it into appropriate oids like upses with builtin snmp support. Ive been meaning to rewrite an internal tool we i use at work to manage our apc pdus.
Linux power line monitor overview this document describes how to set up a linux computer with apcupsd connected to an apc uninterruptible power supply to monitor the state of the ac powerline. Net snmp is a suite of applications used to implement snmp v1, snmp v2c and snmp v3 using both ipv4 and ipv6. Oracle linux uninterruptible power supply oracle community. Much to my surprise, there seemed to be lack of good snmp resources including how to install mibs and determine the oids i needed. Jan 10, 2018 using a raspberry pi 3, well add network features snmp and email alerts to a tripp lite ups. The precise list of affected models is unknown, but the backups br models are. Can not get apcupsd working homeseer message board. I am new to snmp and perl, but not to linux and sysadmin. Add email alerts and snmp monitoring to an ups via a. The most common cause of problems is either improper configuration of the. A simple solution would be to have cron invoke a bash script that will check the top output for cpu idle % and send trap via snmptrap if it exceeds your threshold. How to use apc ups with two or more computers master slave. Sep 17, 2008 the section regarding the apcupsds networkbased protocols net, snmp, pcnet would be most beneficial to you at this point.
The section regarding the apcupsds networkbased protocols net, snmp, pcnet would be most beneficial to you at this point. Dependency failed for bareos file daemon service centos 7. The resulting packages are untested since i dont have a centos 8 system with an apc ups hooked up to it. How to use apc ups with two or more computers master. The net snmp agent in red hat enterprise linux provides a wide variety of performance information over the snmp protocol. If you enjoyed this video please like and subscribe to my channel. This is net snmp module for monitoring apc upses without snmp support. Once you have added all this in you can test apcupsd stats by running it from the command line, and via snmp by appending the appropriate snmp oid to the snmpwalk commands shown previously.
Netsnmp snmptrapd configuration ub cse it service catalog. Am33,am34 mn10300,mn103e0hra the same procedure can be followed to build the net snmp stack for other matsushita family of processors also. Upstype this needs to be set to snmp to enable network access to the upss stats device this is where we tell the apcupsd daemon where to find the ups. Drivers exist for reading battery capacity without installing apcupsd. Here about 30 popular apc upses, apcupsd network information, apcupsd releases, release notification sites such as apcupsd, a daemon for controlling apc upses. If you have just bought a stateoftheart smart ups with a usb or ethernet interface, and you are running a current version of red hat or suse linux, then apcupsd is very nearly plugandplay and you will have to read only the basic users guide. Monitoring performance with netsnmp red hat enterprise. Created attachment 3292 details, diff change mib to mib to build with latest net snmp attached patch corrects this issue. Apcupsd is a program for monitoring upses and performing a graceful computer shutdown in the event of a power failure. Apcupsd works with most of apcs smartups models as well as most simple signalling models such a backups, and backupsoffice. This is needed for apcupsd to be able to issue the killpower command to the ups so that the ups shuts off the power. For information about the core driver, see nutupsdrv8.
The exact behavior and configuration of the software may differ depending on the version of apcupsd you are using, as well as what linux distribution and version you are using. This manual is divided into parts which increase in technical depth as they go. How to send snmp traps from my linux machine to a splunk. The equinux apc tracker is a apcups compatible client application, that powers off a macintosh client computer regularly once power is interrupted. It also contains a workaround for an ups firmware issue that causes killpower to execute repeatedly in a loop, resulting in the ups continually cycling power. Using a raspberry pi 3, well add network features snmp and email alerts to a tripp lite ups. It reads output from apcupsd sbin apcaccess and writes it into appropriate oids like upses with builtin snmp support. This script uses only snmp, no other binaries needed to run ups uses snmpv1 that you can configure from the web interface. The latest net snmp defines mib which is then used as a replacement in references to xmib in the apcupsd code. Oracle linux uninterruptible power supply 667147 jul 22, 2012 8. Ive been trying to do this for the past three days. The ups is connected via serial to a raspberry pi running apdupsd apcupsd a daemon for controlling apc upses which works fine as i can poll it manually. To accomplish the same thing on freebsd systems, make sure you have a smartups and that your ups shutdown grace period is set sufficiently long so that you system will power down usually 2 minutes. Usb is connected to computer and ethernet plug is connected to ups.