Apcupsd¶
Description¶
Apcupsd is a dockerized Python script that will send data from apcupsd to influxdb. You can then visualize the influxdb data in Grafana/Prometheus.
Install/Setup¶
First you need to install apcupsd
on your host. The command will vary depending on what Linux OS you are using. After you install apcupsd
on your host, there are some changes that need to take place in your apcupsd.conf
file. Again, the location of this file varies by OS, however, for Ubuntu based systems you can find this file in /etc/apcupsd/
.
By default acpupsd
it is set to listen on 127.0.0.1
. DockSTARTer (DS) does not run containers on host
mode so your container will not be able to communicate with your apcupsd
service. You need to open the apcupsd.conf
file and search for NISIP
. You need to change the IP address listed there to your local IP. Once you do this, you need to restart your apcupsd
service so new settings take place.
The docker image DS uses makes uses of NOMPOWER
on your UPS. If your UPS does not have NOMPOWER
, you will need to add an override to your existing DS installation and set a new environment variable called WATTS
under environment
which will need to equal the rated max power for your UPS, e.g: 1000
. To find whether your UPS has NOMPOWER
or not, you can run apcaccess | grep "NOMPOWER"
.
Here is a great guide for exporting the influxdb data to Grafana. Just scroll down to the UPS Dashboard
bit.