I took the package from the debian unstable repository. The cgi common gateway interface defines a way for a web server to interact with external contentgenerating programs, which are often referred to as cgi programs or cgi scripts. For that to happen, we will need a small document describing it. Apcupsd can be used for power management and controlling most of apcs ups models, including smartups models as well as most simple signalling models such as backups and backupsoffice during a power failure or other event, apcupsd can execute a script of actions to take, such as broadcast a wall message to all users that there is a power problem, send an email alert or report, or. See details in this post if you have an apc ups, another option is to use apcupsd, which is a more advanced tool to manage your apc ups ups protects the computer from usually instantaneous, but often dangerous surge of electricity, just connecting computer with the ups usually. To use this, you will need a machine with an internet connection.
It doesnt have to be named cgi bin, but it has to accomplish the same thing, and should not be located anywhere someone could upload a virus. Webmin, usermin, virtualmin, cloudmin, linux, system administration. My custom annoyme script a script named annoyme, placed in etc apcupsd which creates a flag file named upsshutdown. The cgi programs will install to the distribution appropriate apache directory and the configuration files in etc apcupsd are installed with.
Maybe you need to decide on which one to use, or alias one of them to something other than cgi bin drav sloan apr 24 14 at 1. Apcupsd works with most of apcs smartups models as well as most simple signalling models such a backups, and backupsoffice. Bash shell script for logginggraphing apcupsd on debian jessie. Depending on your internet connection, you may download either of the following. Apcupsd works with most of apc\s smartups models as well as most simple signalling models such a backups, and backupsoffice. It controls and monitors the status of ups and allows your computer to run for a specified length of time on ups power, and then executes a controlled shutdown in the case of an. Introduction, installation, configuration, and statistics. I even tried moving my hello or should i say hellp script into usrlocalapache2 cgi bin still 403.
It is the simplest, and most common, way to put dynamic content on your web site. How to fix you dont have permission to access cgibin. To get the apcupsd information to display on an iis v6. During a power failure, apcupsd will inform the users about the power failure and that a shutdown may occur.
It also contains a workaround for an ups firmware issue that causes killpower to execute repeatedly in a loop, resulting in the ups continually cycling power. When you access the domain, youll see apaches default page. Apcupsd ups control software list apcupsdannounce archives. Apcupsd is a program for monitoring upses and performing a graceful computer shutdown in the event of a power failure. If you have a ups dedicated to your ubuntu workstation, ubuntu power management can meet your requirements. But i have issues getting the web interface to work as it used to on centos 7. Adding this directive scriptalias cgi bin usrlocalapache2 cgi bin didnt seem to do anything. This image has been designed to allow monitoring an uninterruptible power supplies ups.
Perl files in virtualhosts cgi bin are always downloaded debian 6 and apache2 0. This entry was posted in releases on january 31, 2014 by admin. Users of all previous versions are encouraged to upgrade. Cgi programs now packaged separately the cgi monitoring programs are now packaged separately in apcupsd multimon. The bts contains patches fixing 2 bugs, consider including or untagging them. I own the domain and have a dns entry to connect it to my instances ip.
Stack overflow for teams is a private, secure spot for you and your coworkers to find and share information. Apcupsd ups control software browse apcupsd stable3. If the submitter of this bug report would like us to include his idea in the apcupsd release, we will be glad to do so. To actually use them, you must copy or move them to your actual cgi bin directory, which on many systems is located in homed cgi bin. Since there is no standard location for cgi bin, the rpm will place the binary cgi programs in the directory etc apcupsd cgi. Most notable are usb compatibility for mac os x lion and a fix for missing andor spurrious status values on newer backups cs usb models.
It runs on linux, mac osx, win32, bsd, solaris, and other oses. It is built on and for the arm achitecture it has been built and tested on a raspberry pi3 it uses the apc ups daemon and provides the following features connection to the ups through the host usb or remotely. Apcupsd ups control software list apcupsdusers archives. Download apcupsd cgi packages for centos, debian, fedora, opensuse, openwrt, ubuntu. The package should be updated to follow the last version of debian policy standardsversion 4. The latter presents a statuspage in a webbrowser which is also fancy to have. I had to reinstall apcupsd latest version i could find because i could not write the batteryinstalldate into the eeprom. Apcupsd can be used for power mangement and controlling most of apcs ups models on unix and windows machines. How do i configure and use my apc smartups under debina ubuntu rhel centos fedora scientific linux operating system for power management. I installed a debian on an aws ec2 instance and install apache from debian repos. Installation and configuration of a apc ups using apcupsd. Apt simplifies the process of managing software on unix.
If power is not restored my server must shutdown when the battery is exhausted. How do i configure apache 2 to run perl cgi scripts. You probably should ask the creator of this blog, its not an official proxmox blog. I decided to update the apcupsd cgi scripts package also. Looks like the cgi scripts rely on tcp wrappers that were deprecated in centos 8. Apcupsd apc ups daemon can be used for power mangement and controlling most of apc\s ups models. For this to work you must have cgi enabled in your apache configuration and the cgi directory should be pointed at usrlib cgi bin.