Re: [Apcupsd-users] Multiple Instances of apcupsd for Different UPSs in Ubuntu

[Nick L. <nl...@gm...>]

Thanks for the info - I will use this approach.

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> On Mar 18, 2015, at 02:48, Ted Mittelstaedt <te...@mi...> wrote:
> 
> Hi Nick,
> 
>> On 3/17/2015 5:27 PM, Nick Looper wrote:
>> Hi All -
>> 
>> I'm running apcupsd 3.14.13 (compiled it, as the latest version
>> wasn't available via the regular ubuntu sources).  It works perfectly
>> for one UPS, but I'm trying to get it to work with a few other UPSs.
>> 
>> I've vfd that with the appropriate changes to apcupsd.conf, I can
>> address the different UPSs one at a time.
>> 
>> Per the manual, I know that I need different copies of apcupsd.conf
>> for each UPS.  I've also created separate script dirs and files that
>> the respective .conf files can reference.
>> 
>> The challenge is how to start multiple instances of apcupsd.
> 
> As the manual details, you just run apcupsd with and -f and -P options
> to specify different PID files and conf files.
> 
> Make sure you can do this by hand at the command prompt before
> messing with init scripts.  A ps or top output should show the
> multiple instances.
> 
>> The
>> sample init.d script in the manual is for Redhat, and I'm not really
>> sure what modifications to make so it will work in ubuntu (running
>> 14.04.2).
> 
> There are a couple ways to do it but here is one:
> 
> Download apcupsd port source:
> 
> http://askubuntu.com/questions/28372/how-do-i-get-the-source-code-of-packages-installed-through-apt-get
> 
> Look through that to see how the person who created the package did it,
> they had to write an init script.
> 
> The rest of the info you need is here:
> 
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBootupHowto
> 
> Once you see how the porter did it, just use his script as a template to
> create multiple init scripts, one for each apcupsd instance, the only 
> difference between them is each specifies a different config and pid, etc.
> 
> Ted
> 
>> Is anyone else successfully monitoring multiple UPSs in ubuntu?
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
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