Automated NUT Server Install
Here’s a quick way to automate your battery backups and UPSes with and open source service called NUT server and a raspberry Pi.
NUT Server Install script
Be sure to check out (and star) the repo with an automated NUT server install!
⭐ https://github.com/dzomaya/NUTandRpi
Instructions
Be sure you have a raspberry pi or any machine running Debian / Ubuntu Linux.Then plug in your UPS via USB and then SSH into your Pi.
Then download th script.
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wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dzomaya/NUTandRpi/main/scripts/nutinstall.sh
Make the script executable.
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sudo chmod +x nutinstall.sh
Run the script.
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sudo ./nutinstall.sh
Answer a few questions.
Be sure to keep your SNMP community string safe and treat this like a password.
You can now access NUT in a browser by going to:
http://yourRasberryPiIPaddress/cgi-bin/nut/upsstats.cgi
You can also query your device using SNMP
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snmpwalk -v2c -c yourSNMPv2cCommunity yourRasberryPiIPaddress .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.1.3.2.4.1.2
Advanced
To see advanced configuration and configuring NUT Server and NUT client, see my Network UPS Tools (NUT) Ultimate Guide.
Join the conversation
I figured I’d share my quick #homelab video on the open source NUT Server here too! pic.twitter.com/e7wA0fNGk4
— Techno Tim (@TechnoTimLive) November 29, 2022
Links
⚙️ See all the hardware I recommend at https://l.technotim.live/gear
🚀 Don’t forget to check out the 🚀Launchpad repo with all of the quick start source files