[CentOS] semi-OT:apcupsd

[m.roth at 5-cent.us]

John R Pierce wrote:
> On 11/17/2017 7:16 AM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
>> I can't seem to find apcupsd for C 6. Just went to epel's website, and
>> not
>> visible. Anyone have a clue?
>>
>
> suggestion, use NUT instead, the Network UPS Tools....  works for all
> sorts of UPS's, not just APC, and supports a master/slave sort of
> network control of power management.
> here's the project site for an overview... http://networkupstools.org/
>
> nut is in EPEL
>
I started looking at that last year... and could not find, in its
documentation, how to set up almost all of what we have: APC rackmount
UPSes with APC's weired RJ-45-toUSB cable. APCUPSd made that very easy,
and was, in fact, the default configuration.

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