Meet NUT Server, or Network UPS Tools. It's an open source UPS monitoring tool that runs on many different operating systems and processors. This means you can run the server on Linux, MacOS, or BSD and run the client on Windows, MacOS, Linux, and more. It' perfect for your Pi, server, or desktop. It works with hundreds of UPS devices, PDUs, and many other power management systems.
This is the ultimate guide to configuring Network UPS Tools (NUT). We cover everything from installing and configuring the server on as Raspberry Pi, configuring the client on Windows and Linux, configure a charting and graphing website to visualize NUT data, spin up an additional web site use Docker, and finally set up monitoring and alerting to automate shutdowns of your machine.
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00:00 - Intro
00:28 - What is NUT Server
01:33 - NUT Configurations
01:49 - What will we cover?
02:33 - Required Hardware (UPS)
04:33 - Required Hardware (System)
05:22 - Connecting your UPS
05:50 - Configuring the UPS Driver
11:07 - Configuring upsmon.conf
14:32 - Configuring upsd.conf
15:39 - Configuring nut.conf
16:48 - Configuring upsd.users
18:49 - Restarting services
19:50 - Query UPS with NUT Server
20:52 - Installing nut-cgi web dashboard
20:13 - Configuring hosts.conf
22:14 - Configuring upsset.conf
22:46 - UPS Dashboard
24:26 - WebNut Docker Container
27:50 - WinNUT Windows Client
30:36 - The Tripp Lite UPS Fix dmesg
33:21 - Install NUT Client on a Remote System
34:30 - Configuring upsmon.conf on remote
39:00 - Configuring nut.conf on remote
39:36 - Configuring upssched.conf on remote
41:32 - Configuring upssched-cmd
43:23 - Testing Remote Communication
45:00 - Testing Remove Shutdown
45:47 - Testing my UPS in Production
47:21 - Reviewing the Logs
47:59 - My thoughts of NUT Server
48:47 - Stream Highlight - Ubuntu is the Windows of Linux
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