NUT on pfSense

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Jim Klimov edited this page Nov 10, 2023 · 3 revisions

Some discussions about getting (USB) devices connected:

https://forum.netgate.com/topic/183961/nut-package-2-8-1-and-above
https://forum.netgate.com/topic/102959/nut-package-2-8-0-and-below
https://github.com/networkupstools/nut/issues/2159
https://forum.netgate.com/topic/183698/nut-disconnects-eaton-smart1500lcd -- in particular, how to investigate and set up USB quirks on FreeBSD/pfSense platforms
https://forum.netgate.com/topic/162961/nut-with-riello-sentinel-pro-2200-usb-connection-cant-make-it-work

Welcome to the Network UPS Tools (NUT) project Wiki, and feel free to contribute tricks and insights.

While there are several good entries in the menu, ones referenced most frequently in issue discussions include:

Building NUT for in-place upgrades or non-disruptive tests
Technicalities: Customizing (NUT) config files and scripts delivered by packaging
Links to distribution packaging recipes and repository sections
Troubleshooting upsdrvctl drivers not starting ("insufficient permissions on everything") possibly due to nut-driver-enumerator (NDE) services having been there before you with NUT 2.8.x
Changing NUT daemon debug verbosity
Building NUT integration for Home Assistant
Running NUT in an LXC container
Troubleshooting eventual disconnections (Data stale) and CyberPower Systems (CPS) know-how
NUT for Windows
NUT HCL and DDL
Code contributions, PRs, PGP and DCO

Also keep in mind the documentation links from NUT website and the FAQ in particular.