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APC UPSD Input Plugin

This plugin gathers data from one or more apcupsd daemon over the NIS network protocol. To query a server, the daemon must be running and be accessible.

Introduced in: Telegraf v1.12.0 Tags: hardware, server OS support: all

Global configuration options

Plugins support additional global and plugin configuration settings for tasks such as modifying metrics, tags, and fields, creating aliases, and configuring plugin ordering. See CONFIGURATION.md for more details.

Configuration

# Monitor APC UPSes connected to apcupsd
[[inputs.apcupsd]]
  # A list of running apcupsd server to connect to.
  # If not provided will default to tcp://127.0.0.1:3551
  servers = ["tcp://127.0.0.1:3551"]

  ## Timeout for dialing server.
  timeout = "5s"

Metrics

  • apcupsd
    • tags:
      • serial
      • ups_name
      • status (string representing the set status_flags)
      • model
    • fields:
      • status_flags (status-bits)
      • input_voltage
      • load_percent
      • battery_charge_percent
      • time_left_ns
      • output_voltage
      • internal_temp
      • battery_voltage
      • input_frequency
      • time_on_battery_ns
      • cumulative_time_on_battery_ns
      • nominal_input_voltage
      • nominal_battery_voltage
      • nominal_power
      • firmware
      • battery_date
      • last_transfer
      • number_transfers

Example Output

apcupsd,serial=AS1231515,status=ONLINE,ups_name=name1 time_on_battery=0,load_percent=9.7,time_left_minutes=98,output_voltage=230.4,internal_temp=32.4,battery_voltage=27.4,input_frequency=50.2,input_voltage=230.4,battery_charge_percent=100,status_flags=8i 1490035922000000000

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