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Apcupsd in pfSense



Last modified: May 15, 2012

Contents
1 - Summary
2 - Dependencies
3 - Apcupsd installation
4 - Service configuration
5 - Apcaccess example
6 - Website status
7 - Service check


1 - Summary

This guide will show you how to install apcupsd in pfSense. Apcupsd is used for
power management and controlling of APC UPS's. This has been tested in pfSense
2.0.1 i386.


2 - Dependencies

Log into the pfSense website. Navigate to the System menu, then click on
Advanced. Click on the box next to Enable Secure Shell. Click on Save at the
bottom of the page.

Enable Secure Shell
Make sure that msmtp with TLS is already copied in and configured. Msmtp is an SMTP client used to send email We will use it to send email notifications. SSH in as the admin user and select option 8 to get to the shell. Add the following to the tcsh profile file. setenv PACKAGESITE ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/ports/`uname -m`/\ packages-8.1-release/Latest/ export PACKAGESITE # cd ~ # cp /etc/skel/dot.tcshrc /etc/skell/dot.tcshrc.example # vi /etc/skel/dot.tcshrc # cp /etc/skel/dot.tcshrc /root/.tcshrc You will also need some information about the UPS and the UPS cable. Model number UPS cable type The serial port or USB ports will need to be enabled in the BIOS of the computer. You can find out the serial port or USB port information by typing out the following. In FreeBSD 8.1 uart is used instead of sio. # dmesg | grep -E "(sio[0-9]|uart[0-9]|American Power Conversion)" uart0: <16550 or compatible> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0 uart0: [FILTER] In this case we are using the serial port. 3 - Apcupsd installation Install the apcupsd package. # pkg_add -r apcupsd 4 - Service configuration Find where the apcupsd daemon was installed to. # pkg_info -L apcupsd-* | grep sbin /usr/local/sbin/apcupsd /usr/local/sbin/apcaccess /usr/local/sbin/apctest /usr/local/sbin/smtp Edit /etc/rc so that the apcupsd service will start when the system starts up. Add the following after the line with /etc/rc.start_packages. echo -n 'Starting custom applications:' echo -n ' apcupsd'; /usr/local/sbin/apcupsd --kill-on-powerfail echo '.' # cp /etc/rc /etc/rc.original # vi /etc/rc Find where the configuration file should be put. # strings /usr/local/sbin/apcupsd | grep apcupsd.conf Cannot perform killpower without authentication data. Please set ip:user:pass for \ DEVICE in apcupsd.conf. ## apcupsd.conf v1.1 ## /usr/local/etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf You can modify the apccontrol script to send email notifications for different UPS events. # pkg_info -L apcupsd-* | grep apccontrol /usr/local/man/man8/apccontrol.8.gz /usr/local/etc/apcupsd/apccontrol # cp /usr/local/etc/apcupsd/apccontrol /usr/local/etc/apcupsd/apccontrol.example # vi /usr/local/etc/apcupsd/apccontrol You can create your own configuration file. Here is a simple example. This uses an APC UPS 940-0024C serial cable. In FreeBSD /dev/cuau0 is used instead of /dev/cuad0. ## apcupsd.conf v1.1 ## UPSCABLE 940-0024C UPSTYPE apcsmart DEVICE /dev/cuau0 LOCKFILE /var/spool/lock UPSCLASS standalone UPSMODE disable # pkg_info -L apcupsd-* | grep apcupsd.conf /usr/local/etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf.sample # cp /usr/local/etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf.sample /usr/local/etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf # cp /usr/local/etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf /usr/local/etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf.example # vi /usr/local/etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf Start the apcupsd service. # /usr/local/sbin/apcupsd --kill-on-powerfail # cat /var/run/apcupsd.pid 23750 5 - Apcaccess example This command prints the UPS model number, software version, status, load percentage, battery charge and other information. # /usr/local/sbin/apcaccess status localhost APC : 001,050,1208 DATE : 2012-05-15 16:45:30 -0500 HOSTNAME : server.test.com VERSION : 3.14.8 (16 January 2010) freebsd UPSNAME : UPS_IDEN CABLE : APC Cable 940-0024C MODEL : Smart-UPS 750 UPSMODE : Stand Alone STARTTIME: 2012-05-15 16:45:14 -0500 STATUS : ONLINE LINEV : 120.9 Volts LOADPCT : 21.4 Percent Load Capacity BCHARGE : 100.0 Percent TIMELEFT : 50.0 Minutes MBATTCHG : 10 Percent MINTIMEL : 5 Minutes MAXTIME : 0 Seconds MAXLINEV : 120.9 Volts MINLINEV : 120.2 Volts OUTPUTV : 120.9 Volts SENSE : High DWAKE : 000 Seconds DSHUTD : 090 Seconds DLOWBATT : 02 Minutes LOTRANS : 106.0 Volts HITRANS : 127.0 Volts RETPCT : 000.0 Percent ITEMP : 30.1 C Internal ALARMDEL : 5 seconds BATTV : 27.5 Volts LINEFREQ : 60.0 Hz LASTXFER : Line voltage notch or spike NUMXFERS : 0 TONBATT : 0 seconds CUMONBATT: 0 seconds XOFFBATT : N/A SELFTEST : NO STESTI : 336 STATFLAG : 0x07000008 Status Flag REG1 : 0x00 Register 1 REG2 : 0x00 Register 2 REG3 : 0x00 Register 3 MANDATE : 07/15/09 SERIALNO : AS0929141177 BATTDATE : 07/15/09 NOMOUTV : 120 Volts NOMBATTV : 24.0 Volts EXTBATTS : 0 FIRMWARE : 651.18.D APCMODEL : FWD END APC : 2012-05-15 16:46:08 -0500 6 - Website status Make the following changes to be able to view the apcupsd status on the pfSense website. Create the following page that displays the results of the apcaccess status command. <?php require("guiconfig.inc"); $pgtitle = array(gettext("Status: Apcupsd")); $apcaccess = "/usr/local/sbin/apcaccess"; include("head.inc"); ?> <style> pre { border: 2px solid #435370; background: #F0F0F0; padding: 1em; font-family: courier new, courier; white-space: pre; line-height: 10pt; font-size: 10pt; } </style> </head> <body> <?php include("fbegin.inc"); $shell_output = array(); $output = exec($apcaccess ." status localhost", $shell_output); echo "<pre>".implode($shell_output, '<br/>')."</pre>"; ?> </body> </html> # vi /usr/local/www/status_apcupsd.php Modify the following include file to have the following. $status_menu[] = array("Apcupsd", "/status_apcupsd.php"); # cp /usr/local/www/fbegin.inc /usr/local/www/fbegin.inc.example # vi /usr/local/www/fbegin.inc Here is what the new menu looks like. Under the Status menu, click on Apcupsd.
Status menu
The status page shows the output from apcaccess.
Apcupsd status
7 - Service check Reboot your computer. SSH in as the admin user and select option 8 to get to the shell. Check to see that the apcupsd service is running. That's is, now you have apcupsd running in pfSense. # shutdown -r now # cat /var/run/apcupsd.pid 54710

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