UPS Tools (Network UPS Tools) Setup Guide#

This guide covers the installation of a NUT Server on a central VM (230) and the configuration of NUT Clients (Proxmox nodes) to ensure graceful shutdowns across your infrastructure.

1. NUT Server Installation (VM 230)#

1.1. Prerequisites & Software#

# Verify USB visibility (Ensure USB passthrough is configured in Proxmox)
lsusb

# Install NUT suite
apt update && apt install nut nut-client nut-server -y

1.2. Ubuntu 24.04 (NUT 2.8.1) Library Fix#

If USB scanning fails on Ubuntu 24.04, create the following symlinks: