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NUTCONF(8)			   NUT Manual			      NUTCONF(8)

NAME
     nutconf - NUT configuration tool

SYNOPSIS
     nutconf --help

     nutconf [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION
     nutconf  tool  is used to create and manipulate NUT configuration files. It
     also supports device scanning (to suggest configuration of devices).

INSTALLATION
     The scanning feature depends on the very same compile time and run time de-
     pendencies as the nut-scanner.

OPTIONS
     -h | -help | --help
	 Display the help text.

     -D
	 Raise the debugging level. Use this option multiple times for more  de-
	 tails. Overrides the optional NUT_DEBUG_LEVEL environment variable.

     -v | --verbose
	 Increase output verbosity (may be used multiple times).

     --is-configured
	 Checks whether NUT was configured, before.

     --system
	 System configuration directory shall be used.

     --local directory
	 Sets alternative configuration directory.

     --get-mode
	 Prints current NUT configuration mode

     --set-mode mode
	 Sets NUT configuration mode.

	 Known modes are:

	 *   standalone

	 *   netserver

	 *   netclient

	 *   controlled

	 *   manual

	 *   none

CONFIGURATION ENTRY SET/ADD OPTIONS
     These options mostly have 2 forms: --set-... or --add-....

     The  difference is that the set options discard previous settings while the
     add options keep them.

     Note that such options may be specified multiple times for one run (to  en-
     able setting multiple entries at once).

     --set-monitor | --add-monitor <arguments>
	 Sets/adds a NUT monitor.

	 *   Arguments:

		 '<ups_ID>' '<host>[:<port>]' '<power_value>' '<user>' '<passwd>' '(\"master\"|\"slave\")'

     --set-listen | --add-listen <address> [<port>]
	 Sets/adds upsd(8) daemon listen address.

     --set-device | --add-device <arguments>
	 Sets/adds a device (typically a UPS).

	 *   Arguments:

		 '<ups_ID>' '<driver>' '<port>' '[<attribute>=<value>]*'

	     The  attribute/value  pairs follow device configuration syntax. De-
	     vices may have very different configuration attributes depending on
	     the driver. Exhaustive description of them is beyond this man  page
	     and may be found in NUT documentation.

     --set-notifyflags | --add-notifyflags <type> <flag>+
	 Sets/adds notification flags for the notification type.

	 *   Notification types are:

	     *	 ONLINE (mains is present)

	     *	 ONBATT (mains is gone)

	     *	 LOWBATT (remaining battery capacity is low)

	     *	 FSD (shutdown was forced)

	     *	 COMMOK (communication with device established)

	     *	 COMMBAD (lost communication with device)

	     *	 SHUTDOWN (system is going down, now)

	     *	 REPLBATT (UPS battery needs replacing)

	     *	 NOCOMM (device is unavailable)

	     *	 NOPARENT (upsmon parent process died, shutdown is impossible)

	     *	 CAL (calibration in progress)

	     *	 NOTCAL (calibration finished)

	     *	 OFF  (UPS  is administratively OFF or asleep, should wake up on
		 command)

	     *	 NOTOFF (UPS is no longer administratively OFF or asleep)

	     *	 BYPASS (on bypass = powered, not protecting)

	     *	 NOTBYPASS (no longer on bypass)

	     *	 ALARM (UPS is in an alarm state (has active alarms))

	     *	 NOTALARM (UPS is  no  longer  in  an  alarm  state  (no  active
		 alarms))

	     *	 OVER (overloaded)

	     *	 NOTOVER (no longer overloaded)

	     *	 TRIM (trimming incoming voltage)

	     *	 NOTTRIM (no longer trimming incoming voltage)

	     *	 BOOST (boosting incoming voltage)

	     *	 NOTBOOST (no longer boosting incoming voltage)

	     *	 OTHER (UPS has at least one unclassified status token)

	     *	 NOTOTHER (UPS has no unclassified status tokens anymore)

	     *	 SUSPEND_STARTING (OS is entering sleep/suspend/hibernate mode)

	     *	 SUSPEND_FINISHED   (OS  just  finished  sleep/suspend/hibernate
		 mode)

	 *   Notification flags:

	     *	 SYSLOG (use syslogd to log the notification)

	     *	 WALL (push a message to users' terminals)

	     *	 EXEC (execute a command)

	     *	 IGNORE (don't act)

     --set-notifymsg <type> <message>
	 Sets message for the specified notification type.

     --set-shutdowncmd <command>
	 Sets command used to shut the system down.

     --set-user | --add-user <arguments>
	 Sets/adds NUT user.

	 *   Arguments:

	     *	 <username> (specifies user name). For upsmon  user,  it  has  a
		 special  form	of upsmon=(primary|master|secondary|slave) which
		 specifies the monitoring mode.

	     *	 password=<passwd> sets password for the user

	     *	 actions=<actions> sets actions (SET, FSD are supported)

	     *	 instcmds=<command> sets instant commands allowed for  the  user
		 (may be used multiple times)

SCANNING OPTIONS
     Availability  of  each  scanning  option depends on availability of various
     3rd-party libraries both at compile time and run time.

     Run the tool with the --help option to check which of  the  --scan-...  op-
     tions are actually supported.

     All timeouts are in microseconds.

     --scan-snmp <start IP> <stop IP> [<attribute>=<value>]*
	 Scans for SNMP devices on IP addresses from the specified range.

	 *   Known attributes are:

	     *	 timeout device scan timeout

	     *	 community SNMP community (default: public)

	     *	 sec-level  security level (SNMPv3); one of noAuthNoPriv authNo-
		 Priv, authPriv

	     *	 sec-name  security  name  (SNMPv3);  mandatory   companion   of
		 sec-level

	     *	 auth-password	authentication	password (SNMPv3); mandatory for
		 authNoPriv and authPriv

	     *	 priv-password privacy password (SNMPv3); mandatory for authPriv

	     *	 auth-protocol authentication protocol (SNMPv3): MD5 or SHA, MD5
		 is the default

	     *	 priv-protocol priv. protocol (SNMPv3): DES or AES, DES  is  the
		 default

	     *	 peer-name peer name

     --scan-usb
	 Scans the USB bus for known devices

     --scan-xml-http [<timeout>]
	 Scans for XML/HTTP devices on the network.

     --scan-nut <start IP> <stop IP> <port> [<timeout>]
	 Scans for NUT (pseudo-)devices on the network.

     --scan-avahi [<timeout>]
	 Scans for Avahi devices.

     --scan-ipmi <start IP> <stop IP> [<attribute>=<value>]*
	 Scans for IPMI devices on IP addresses from the specified range.

	 *   Known attributes are:

	     *	 username username (mandatory for IPMI/LAN)

	     *	 password user password (mandatory for IPMI/LAN)

	     *	 auth-type authentication type (see below)

	     *	 cipher-suite-id cipher suite ID (see below)

	     *	 K-g-BMC-key optional second key (???)

	     *	 priv-level priv. level

	     *	 workaround-flags

	     *	 version (1.5 or 2.0)

	 *   Authentication types:

	     Specifies	 the   IPMI   1.5  authentication  type  to  use  (NONE,
	     STRAIGHT_PASSWORD_KEY, MD2, and MD5)  with  the  remote  host  (de-
	     fault=MD5).  This forces connection through the lan IPMI interface,
	     thus in IPMI 1.5 mode.

	     *	 none (authentication is disabled)

	     *	 MD2

	     *	 MD5 (default)

	     *	 plain-password (no ciphering used for password sending)

	     *	 OEM

	     *	 RMCPplus

	 *   Cipher suite IDs:

	     Specifies the IPMI 2.0 cipher suite ID to use.

	     The Cipher Suite ID identifies a set of authentication,  integrity,
	     and confidentiality algorithms to use for IPMI 2.0 communication.

	     The  authentication  algorithm  identifies the algorithm to use for
	     session setup, the integrity algorithm identifies the algorithm  to
	     use  for  session	packet signatures, and the confidentiality algo-
	     rithm identifies the algorithm to use for payload	encryption  (de-
	     fault=3).

	     The following cipher suite IDs are currently supported:
	     +------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
	     | Code | Authentication | Integrity       | Confidentiality |
	     +------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
	     | 0    | None	     | None	       | None		 |
	     +------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
	     | 1    | HMAC-SHA1      | None	       | None		 |
	     +------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
	     | 2    | HMAC-SHA1      | HMAC-SHA1-96    | None		 |
	     +------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
	     | 3    | HMAC-SHA1      | HMAC-SHA1-96    | AES-CBC-128	 |
	     +------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
	     | 6    | HMAC-MD5	     | None	       | None		 |
	     +------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
	     | 7    | HMAC-MD5	     | HMAC-MD5-128    | None		 |
	     +------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
	     | 8    | HMAC-MD5	     | HMAC-MD5-128    | AES-CBC-128	 |
	     +------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
	     | 11   | HMAC-MD5	     | MD5-128	       | None		 |
	     +------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
	     | 12   | HMAC-MD5	     | MD5-128	       | AES-CBC-128	 |
	     +------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
	     | 15   | HMAC-SHA256    | None	       | None		 |
	     +------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
	     | 16   | HMAC-SHA256    | HMAC_SHA256_128 | None		 |
	     +------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
	     | 17   | HMAC-SHA256    | HMAC_SHA256_128 | AES-CBC-128	 |
	     +------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+

     --scan-serial <port>*
	 Scans	for  serial devices (of supported types) on the specified serial
	 port(s).

EXAMPLES
     To set alternative directory for configuration files:

	 :; nutconf --local ~/test/nut/etc

     To add another user (keeping the existing ones):

	 :; nutconf --add-user bart password=qwerty

     To scan USB devices and serial devices (on the first two ports):

	 :; nutconf --scan-usb --scan-serial /dev/ttyS1 /dev/ttyS2

SEE ALSO
     ups.conf(5) nut-scanner(8)

INTERNET RESOURCES
     The NUT (Network UPS Tools) home page: http://www.networkupstools.org/

Network UPS Tools 2.8.5.	   08/04/2026			      NUTCONF(8)

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