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--- apcupsd [2011/09/02 12:13] – [Daemon] aorth
+++ 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.
-===== Installation =====
+===== 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
+<code>tar zxf apcupsd-3.14.7.tar.gz
-$ cd apcupsd-3.14.7
+cd apcupsd-3.14.7
-$ ./configure --enable-usb --enable-cgi
+./configure --enable-usb --enable-cgi
-$ make</code>
+make
-Because I am afraid of doing ''make install'' I will make my own RPM using checkinstall:
+sudo make install</code>
-<code>$ sudo /usr/sbin/checkinstall -R
-$ sudo rpm -i --test -vv ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/apcupsd-3.14.7-1.x86_64.rpm
-$ sudo rpm -i --force ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/apcupsd-3.14.7-1.x86_64.rpm</code>
-Add the daemon to the default runlevels:
+===== Configuration ======
-<code>$ sudo chkconfig --level 2345 apcupsd on</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:
 <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 the following settings (leave ''DEVICE'' blank for auto detection):
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 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.
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 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:
 ===== Troubleshooting =====