I use a RasberryPi connected to my UPS running NUT to monitor and send a ssh shutdown to my SmartOS system..
On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 11:52 PM, Patrick Mooney <[email protected]> wrote: > John, > Device passthrough into an LX zone is not likely to achieve the result > you desire. We do not provide meaningful emulation of the device > interfaces which UPS-related Linux programs would expect. This > includes aspects such as ioctls, major/minor numbering, and > appropriate entries in devfs/procfs/sysfs. > > I believe that some folks drop a minimal pkgsrc footprint into the GZ > in order to install some of the UPS-interfacing software which is > available. That may be the best approach. > > With regards, > > --Patrick > > > On 3 June 2016 at 22:40, John Croix <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm currently sitting in the dark in my house without power, pondering > the need for an automatic means to shutdown my SmartOS server. When power > went off, I raced upstairs to manually shut it down prior to draining the > UPS, and I'd like to avoid a repeat scenario. > > > > It seems like the best way to do this might be to have a dedicated LX > zone that runs the APC UPS daemon software. I can use it to touch a file > when required, and, in the global zone, monitor the file system for the > presence of that file. When the file appears, a power off command is > issued. I just need to be able to have the local zone access the UPS via > USB connection. Access to the LX file system from the global zone for > monitoring is obviously not an issue. > > > > In short, I need to find out how to do the following: > > Determine which device in the global zone the UPS is attached to via > USB cable > > Pass the device down to a local zone (I assume via some zonecfg > commands) > > Determine which device to point the daemon to in the local zone > > Can anybody provide some info concerning the above issues? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > John > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > -- Greg http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregtreantos ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
