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--- apcupsd [2009/08/26 09:12] – 172.26.0.166
+++ apcupsd [2011/09/02 12:42] (current) – aorth
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 The HPC's head node is connected to an APC battery backup unit which has a USB cable that can be used for monitoring power status. The [[http://www.apcupsd.org|APC UPS Daemon]] is configured on the server to monitor for power interuptions and notify the computer of the status.  If power is off too long it can instruct the computer to shut down.
-===== Configuration =====
+===== Installation (RPM) =====
+Download pre-compiled RPMs for Enterprise Linux 5 from the EPEL project: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/x86_64/repoview/apcupsd.html
+===== Installation (manual) =====
+Download source from: http://www.apcupsd.com/
+<code>tar zxf apcupsd-3.14.7.tar.gz
+cd apcupsd-3.14.7
+./configure --enable-usb --enable-cgi
+make
+sudo make install</code>
+===== Configuration ======
 ==== Daemon ====
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 After the software is installed, there are two files which need attention:
-=== /etc/apcupsd/hosts.conf ===
+==== /etc/apcupsd/hosts.conf ====
-Make sure to list the the localhost and give it a name.  This is used for remote monitoring and also for checking the status via the multimon CGI script: http://hpc.ilri.cgiar.org/cgi-bin/multimon.cgi
+Make sure to list the the localhost and give it a name.  This is used for remote monitoring and also for checking the status via the multimon CGI script:
 <file># Network UPS Tools - hosts.conf
 #
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 MONITOR 127.0.0.1 "ILRI-HPC"</file>
-=== /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf ===
+==== /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf ====
-The defaults are ok, but make sure the daemon is configured to use ''UPSTYPE usb'', and leave the ''DEVICE'' blank for auto detection.
+The defaults are ok, but make sure the daemon is configured to use the following settings (leave ''DEVICE'' blank for auto detection):
-<file>UPSTYPE usb
+<file>UPSCABLE usb
+UPSTYPE usb
 DEVICE</file>
-==== Web monitoring interface ====
+==== Web monitoring interface (optional) ====
+The ''apcupsd'' package comes with a web-based frontend to the daemon which monitors battery status and generates graphs.  The files need to be placed in the filesystem where Apache has been configured to allow scripts to run.
+Copy the CGI scripts:
+<code>$ cd /etc/apcupsd
+$ sudo cp multimon.cgi upsimage.cgi upsstats.cgi /var/www/cgi-bin/</code>
+Check the status by visiting http://hpc.ilri.cgiar.org/cgi-bin/multimon.cgi
+===== Startup =====
+Add the daemon to the default runlevels:
+<code>sudo chkconfig --level 2345 apcupsd on</code>
+===== Testing =====
+Make sure the daemon is stopped, then run:
-The ''apcupsd'' package comes with a web-based frontend to the daemon which monitors battery status and generates graphs.  The files need to be placed in the filesystem where Apache has been configured to allow scripts to run.  This is usually a ''cgi-bin'' folder.  Copy the contents of ''/etc/apcupsd/cgi/'' to ''/var/www/cgi-bin/'' and then you can try to check the status by visiting http://hpc.ilri.cgiar.org/cgi-bin/multimon.cgi
 ===== Troubleshooting =====