Nut upsdev - Jan 2007 - enumerating UPSes with upsc (was Re: [Nut-upsuser] SNMP/management front-ends)

On 1/2/07, Eric A. Hall <ehall@ehsco.com> wrote:
> I can hack up a Cacti PHP script to monitor UPS state via the upsc client
> in the meantime. I'll have to manually enumerate the UPS names
associated
> with a host target (is there a way to probe for them with upsc now?), but
> otherwise it ought to be pretty straightforward scripting.
NUT developers,

The NUT protocol suppports enumerating UPSes, but this functionality
is not currently in upsc. Does anyone have any objections to adding a
"-l" option or similar to fetch this list via upsc?

We could also emulate "finger" syntax, and use "upsc
@hostname" for to
list UPSes, but that syntax would be more appropriate for listing all
variables from all UPSes (not listing only the names of the UPSes).

-- 
- Charles Lepple

On 1/2/07, Charles Lepple <clepple@gmail.com>
wrote:
> The NUT protocol suppports enumerating UPSes, but this functionality
> is not currently in upsc. Does anyone have any objections to adding a
> "-l" option or similar to fetch this list via upsc?
>
> We could also emulate "finger" syntax, and use "upsc
@hostname" for to
> list UPSes, but that syntax would be more appropriate for listing all
> variables from all UPSes (not listing only the names of the UPSes).
I think a "-l" option sounds good, better than just
"@hostname".

As for "@hostname" listing all variables from all UPSes, I think
"*@hostname" would be a better choice (and it could even be extended
to support real pattern matching in the future, if the need arises).

-- 
Carlos Rodrigues