Nut upsuser - Apr 2023 - nut server without nut-client/monitor?

Would it be at all useful to have just the nut "server" components
installed
and running on a machine without a nut-monitor service running?


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Orion Poplawski via Nut-upsuser <nut-upsuser at alioth-lists.debian.net>
writes:
> Would it be at all useful to have just the nut "server"
components installed
> and running on a machine without a nut-monitor service running?
It really depends on your goals and your overall plan.

Generally, upsd and drivers just accumulate state and provide it to
clients, so they don't tend to be truly useful by themselves.

You could run a custom client that logs and reports state against upsd.

You could run upsmon across the network.  However, the shutdown process
assumes upsmon is local.

However, there's a normal plan, and if what you are doing is even sort of
normal, it's likely best to do the normal thing, unless you can
articulate why you want something different.

So:

  0) Read some stuff on the web:
     https://xyproblem.info/
     https://dontasktoask.com/ (not quite on point)
     
  1) Tell us your situation and what you want to accomplish.

  2) Tell us why, after having read the docs, you are heading towards a
  non-standard setup.

On 06.04.23 17:01, Orion Poplawski via Nut-upsuser
wrote:
>Would it be at all useful to have just the nut "server" components
installed
>and running on a machine without a nut-monitor service running?
I do have this on my home router. The router is connected to UPS via USB, 
but (AFAIK) it doesn't have any way to shut down itself. 
It provides UPS service to my NAS and home PC. So, I have nut-server there.

The only reason I'd have client or monitor there would be to look at UPS
state
or log it.

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