Description

Installs and configures Network UPS Tools.

• NUT

Requirements

• Chef 0.10.10+.

Platform

• Debian, Ubuntu

Tested on:

• Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)
• Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Penguin)

Attributes

The main attributes are listed below. The complete list is documented in the metadata.rb and attributes/default.rb files included with the project.

• node['nut']['mode'] - The mode determines which parts of NUT is to be started.
• node['nut']['devices'] - Serial devices to change to the NUT group
• node['nut']['ups'] - The driver settings for your UPS
• node['nut']['users'] - Determines user access control, authentication and roles
• node['nut']['monitors'] - The monitor configuration

Usage

Add the nut recipe to your run list.

Using knife to add nut to the run list

knife node run_list add [NODE] 'recipe[nut]'

Basic Node Structure

{
    "nut": {
        "mode": "standalone",

        "devices": ["ttyS0"],

        "ups": {
            'cyberpower': {
                "driver": "powerpanel",
                "port": "/dev/ttyS0",
                "desc": "Cyberpower CP1500AVR"
            }
        },

        "users": {
            "vagrant": {
                "password": "vagrant",
                "upsmod master": true
            }
        },

        "monitors": {
            "cyberpower": {
                "system": "cyberpower@localhost",
                "power_value": 1,
                "username": "vagrant",
                "password": "vagrant",
                "role": "master"
            }
        }

    }
}

Running inside vagrant

First you'll need to install Virtual Box, Vagrant and a UPS

Create the cookbook directory

 [ -s cookbooks/nut ] || (mkdir cookbooks && ln -s /vagrant cookbooks/nut)

Start Vagrant

vagrant up