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    [SOLVED] Just FYI: current update seams to break NUT dependancies

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    • rzrR
      rzr Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team @FritzGerald
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      @FritzGerald said:

      @rzr Just for curiosity.

      As far as I understand you assess the risk as low for the nut package - and only for that - to use ci-repo. I am fine with that for my personal servers.

      • Would you consider to integrate this into "stable" branch?

      yes it's the plan, we usually test packages in ci repos for a couple of weeks and once we're happy of the packages set it goes to testing repo, then users can officially test it (and based on feedback (or absence of feedback) then everything lands in update repo after a week or more (it depends on risk or hurry)..

      • What would be the next steps on our side to support this?

      I think nothing should be done your side you did your job before the testing window, early feedback is always appreciated (as long people know what they are doing 😉 )

      But If I were you, just to be safe i would keep trace of packages i have installed from ci or testing repo, in case anything is not going as expected, you can still reinstall those packages from update channel.

      • How long would does that roughly take?

      It depends usually a couple of weeks, but this next batch might be a bit longer because there is a long waited feature planned.

      Check the future announcement in the forum.

      Thank again!

      thank you for the detailed howto, if there is traction for this feature maybe it worth documenting officially, I'll ask product managers.

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        FritzGerald @rzr
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        @rzr Great. Thank you!

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          rzr Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team @FritzGerald
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          Package landed in testing repo please check the related announcement:

          https://xcp-ng.org/forum/topic/9964/xcp-ng-8-3-updates-announcements-and-testing/432

          Then please confirm the issue is gone by editing post topic with "[SOLVED]" prefix

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            cobordism
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            Just for the record, I get the same snmp errors with OpenIPMI instead of nut.

            # yum update --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=xcp-ng-base,xcp-ng-updates 
            Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
            Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
            Excluding mirror: updates.xcp-ng.org
             * xcp-ng-base: mirrors.xcp-ng.org
            Excluding mirror: updates.xcp-ng.org
             * xcp-ng-updates: mirrors.xcp-ng.org
            Resolving Dependencies
            --> Running transaction check
            ---> Package net-snmp.x86_64 1:5.7.2-52.1.xcpng8.3 will be updated
            ---> Package net-snmp.x86_64 1:5.9.3-8.1.xcpng8.3 will be an update
            ---> Package net-snmp-agent-libs.x86_64 1:5.7.2-52.1.xcpng8.3 will be updated
            ---> Package net-snmp-agent-libs.x86_64 1:5.9.3-8.1.xcpng8.3 will be an update
            ---> Package net-snmp-libs.x86_64 1:5.7.2-52.1.xcpng8.3 will be updated
            --> Processing Dependency: libnetsnmp.so.31()(64bit) for package: OpenIPMI-2.0.23-2.el7.x86_64
            ---> Package net-snmp-libs.x86_64 1:5.9.3-8.1.xcpng8.3 will be an update
            --> Finished Dependency Resolution
            Error: Package: OpenIPMI-2.0.23-2.el7.x86_64 (@xcp-ng-base)
                       Requires: libnetsnmp.so.31()(64bit)
                       Removing: 1:net-snmp-libs-5.7.2-52.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (@xcp-ng-updates)
                           libnetsnmp.so.31()(64bit)
                       Updated By: 1:net-snmp-libs-5.9.3-8.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-updates)
                          ~libnetsnmp.so.40()(64bit)
                       Available: 1:net-snmp-libs-5.7.2-33.el7_5.2.x86_64 (xcp-ng-base)
                           libnetsnmp.so.31()(64bit)
                       Available: 1:net-snmp-libs-5.7.2-51.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-base)
                           libnetsnmp.so.31()(64bit)
                       Available: 1:net-snmp-libs-5.7.2-51.2.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-base)
                           libnetsnmp.so.31()(64bit)
                       Available: 1:net-snmp-libs-5.7.2-51.3.xcpng8.3.x86_64 (xcp-ng-base)
                           libnetsnmp.so.31()(64bit)
            
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            • rzrR
              rzr Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team @cobordism
              last edited by rzr

              @cobordism said:

              yum update --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=xcp-ng-base,xcp-ng-updates

              It's currently in testing and will move to updates if everything (not only nut) is ok:

              yum install --disablerepo=* \
                 --enablerepo=xcp-ng-base,xcp-ng-updates,xcp-ng-testing  nut
              
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                FritzGerald
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                Hi, I just wanted to comment that the provided packages work for all my server. Thank you!

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                  Kajetan321 @FritzGerald
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                  @FritzGerald Thank you for taking the time to write up the install procedure. I was able to follow it on my end and it seems to be working. What commands do you use to set the three services to start up automatically at boot up? Right now if I reboot and run upsc apc@localhost it throws an error until I manually do:

                  upsdrvctl start
                  systemctl start nut-server.service
                  systemctl start nut-monitor.service
                  
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                    FritzGerald @Kajetan321
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                    @Kajetan321 Hi, sorry. I am away from office and I can't tell you that off the top of my head right now. I get back to you during the week.

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                      FritzGerald @FritzGerald
                      last edited by FritzGerald

                      Hi @kajetan321, it has been a little while when setting this up. And I have to admit, that I am not sure weather the upcoming instructions are complete. So please take it as an indication:

                      #################################
                      Add Service for ups-driver
                      #################################

                      nano /etc/systemd/system/ups-driver.service
                      
                      [Unit]
                      Description=NUT UPS Driver
                      After=network-online.target
                      Wants=network-online.target
                      Before=nut-server.service
                      
                      [Service]
                      Type=oneshot
                      ExecStart=/usr/sbin/upsdrvctl start
                      ExecStop=/usr/sbin/upsdrvctl stop
                      RemainAfterExit=yes
                      
                      [Install]
                      WantedBy=multi-user.target
                      

                      ###################################
                      Add Requirement for nut-server
                      #################################

                      mkdir -p /etc/systemd/system/nut-server.service.d
                      nano /etc/systemd/system/nut-server.service.d/ups-driver.conf
                      
                      [Unit]
                      Requires=ups-driver.service
                      After=ups-driver.service
                      

                      ###################################
                      Add Requirement for nut monitor
                      #################################

                      mkdir -p /etc/systemd/system/nut-monitor.service.d
                      nano /etc/systemd/system/nut-monitor.service.d/nut-server.conf
                      
                      [Unit]
                      Requires=nut-server.service
                      After=nut-server.service
                      

                      ###################################
                      Enable services
                      ###################################

                      systemctl daemon-reload
                      systemctl enable ups-driver.service
                      systemctl enable nut-server.service
                      systemctl enable nut-monitor.service
                      
                      systemctl start nut-monitor.service
                      

                      ###################################
                      Anaylze tools
                      ###################################

                      systemctl list-dependencies nut-monitor.service
                      systemd-analyze critical-chain nut-monitor.service
                      systemctl show nut-monitor.service -p Requires -p Wants -p After
                      systemctl show nut-server.service -p Requires -p Wants -p After
                      

                      Please let me know if it works, since I then would update my documentation above

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                        Kajetan321 @FritzGerald
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                        @FritzGerald Understood. Thanks for posting. I will get back to this as soon as I have some time.

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                          Kajetan321 @FritzGerald
                          last edited by Kajetan321

                          @FritzGerald I followed the procedure outline above. I did not see any errors when following the procedure however when I rebooted and then ran "upsc apc@localhost" I got "Error: Connection failure: Cannot assign requested address"

                          When I run "sudo systemctl status nut-server" I get " Active: inactive (dead)"

                          Running

                          upsdrvctl start
                          systemctl start nut-server.service
                          systemctl start nut-monitor.service
                          

                          fixes the issue. It looks like nut-server still does not start automatically at boot. How would I troubleshoot this further? I'm not a Linux system admin 😞

                          Gemini suggested rebooting and running "journalctl -u nut-server.service -b 0" which resulted in "-- No entries --"

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                            FritzGerald @Kajetan321
                            last edited by FritzGerald

                            @Kajetan321

                            I looked into my server and I think I forget some points.

                            First and foremost I have to say, modifying the systemd files can make you system unbootable! It should not happen, but there is chance since we are also modifying some "natively shipped files". So an update can break your working configuration again and that is not the fault of XCP-NG!!!

                            That said I assume that after a reboot (prior to any of any input of yours) if you enter:

                            systemctl status ups-driver.service nut-server.service nut-monitor.service
                            

                            you will see that "ups-driver.service" is loaded and active, but the 2 other services are not. If thats the case I think I can help you since it is related to a dependency problem during boot up. Please do the following:

                            Remove "nut-driver.target" dependency from "nut-server.service" by calling

                            nano /lib/systemd/system/nut-server.service
                            

                            and remove nut-driver.target from routine. I prefer to duplicate and comment the to be modified rows to keep the original code. It then should look like this. DO NOT COPY AND PASTE, read, compare and modify carefully!

                            
                            [Unit]
                            Description=Network UPS Tools - power devices information server
                            #After=local-fs.target network.target nut-driver.target
                            After=local-fs.target network.target
                            # We don't Require drivers to be successfully started! This would be
                            # a change of behavior compared to init SysV, and could prevent from
                            # accessing successfully started, at least to audit a system.
                            #Wants=nut-driver.target
                            Wants=
                            # The `upsd` is a networked service (even if bound to a `localhost`)
                            # so it requires that the OS has some notion of networking already.
                            # Extending the unit does not require *this* file to be edited, you
                            # can instead drop in an additional piece of configuration, e.g. add
                            # a `/etc/systemd/system/nut-server.service.d/network.conf` with:
                            #   [Unit]
                            #   Requires=network-online.target
                            #   After=network-online.target
                            Requires=network.target
                            Before=nut-monitor.service
                            PartOf=nut.target
                            
                            [Service]
                            EnvironmentFile=-/etc/ups/nut.conf
                            SyslogIdentifier=%N
                            # Note: foreground mode by default skips writing a PID file (and
                            # needs Type=simple); can use "-FF" here to create one anyway:
                            ExecStart=/usr/sbin/upsd -F
                            ExecReload=/usr/sbin/upsd -c reload -P $MAINPID
                            
                            [Install]
                            WantedBy=nut.target
                            

                            Afterwards enable nut.target:

                            systemctl enable nut.target
                            

                            Then call:

                            systemctl daemon-reload
                            systemctl start nut.target
                            systemctl start nut-monitor.service
                            

                            Now it should work even after reboot

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                              Kajetan321 @FritzGerald
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                              @FritzGerald Thank you for the follow up. It looks to me like none of the three services are running after a reboot.

                              Executing

                              systemctl status ups-driver.service nut-server.service nut-monitor.service
                              

                              Results in:

                              ● ups-driver.service - NUT UPS Driver
                                 Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/ups-driver.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)
                                 Active: inactive (dead)
                              
                              ● nut-server.service - Network UPS Tools - power devices information server
                                 Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/nut-server.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
                                Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/nut-server.service.d
                                         └─ups-driver.conf
                                 Active: inactive (dead)
                              
                              ● nut-monitor.service - Network UPS Tools - power device monitor and shutdown controller
                                 Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/nut-monitor.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
                                Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/nut-monitor.service.d
                                         └─nut-server.conf
                                 Active: inactive (dead)
                              
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                                FritzGerald @Kajetan321
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                                @Kajetan321
                                I think you forgot

                                systemctl enable --now ups-driver.service
                                
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                                  Kajetan321 @FritzGerald
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                                  @FritzGerald

                                  Thanks! Running

                                  systemctl enable --now ups-driver.service
                                  

                                  got ups-driver.service going, then following the instructions you provided earlier got the rest of the two services running, even after a reboot.

                                  I'm now able to run upsc apc@localhost and get the correct output listing all the properties of the UPS even after a reboot.

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                                    FritzGerald @Kajetan321
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                                    @Kajetan321 Thank you for the feedback. I will update the sections above to ease installation for others

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                                      FritzGerald
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                                      So, for everyone who wants to install NUT as a service follow these steps. Modifying the systemd files can make you system unbootable! It should not happen, but there is chance since we are also modifying some "natively shipped files". So an update can break your working configuration again and that is not the fault of XCP-NG!!!

                                      As prerequisite it requires the installation and testing of this step-by-step guide https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/104253. Make sure everything runs before proceeding to the following steps! Now:

                                      #################################
                                      Remove "nut-driver.target" dependency
                                      #################################
                                      Remove "nut-driver.target" dependency from "nut-server.service" by calling

                                      nano /lib/systemd/system/nut-server.service
                                      

                                      and remove nut-driver.target from routine. I prefer to duplicate and comment to keep the modified rows in the original code. It then should look like this. DO NOT COPY AND PASTE, read, compare and modify carefully!

                                      [Unit]
                                      Description=Network UPS Tools - power devices information server
                                      #After=local-fs.target network.target nut-driver.target
                                      After=local-fs.target network.target
                                      # We don't Require drivers to be successfully started! This would be
                                      # a change of behavior compared to init SysV, and could prevent from
                                      # accessing successfully started, at least to audit a system.
                                      #Wants=nut-driver.target
                                      Wants=
                                      # The `upsd` is a networked service (even if bound to a `localhost`)
                                      # so it requires that the OS has some notion of networking already.
                                      # Extending the unit does not require *this* file to be edited, you
                                      # can instead drop in an additional piece of configuration, e.g. add
                                      # a `/etc/systemd/system/nut-server.service.d/network.conf` with:
                                      #   [Unit]
                                      #   Requires=network-online.target
                                      #   After=network-online.target
                                      Requires=network.target
                                      Before=nut-monitor.service
                                      PartOf=nut.target
                                      
                                      [Service]
                                      EnvironmentFile=-/etc/ups/nut.conf
                                      SyslogIdentifier=%N
                                      # Note: foreground mode by default skips writing a PID file (and
                                      # needs Type=simple); can use "-FF" here to create one anyway:
                                      ExecStart=/usr/sbin/upsd -F
                                      ExecReload=/usr/sbin/upsd -c reload -P $MAINPID
                                      
                                      [Install]
                                      WantedBy=nut.target
                                      

                                      #################################
                                      Add Service for ups-driver
                                      #################################

                                      nano /etc/systemd/system/ups-driver.service
                                      
                                      [Unit]
                                      Description=NUT UPS Driver
                                      After=network-online.target
                                      Wants=network-online.target
                                      Before=nut-server.service
                                      
                                      [Service]
                                      Type=oneshot
                                      ExecStart=/usr/sbin/upsdrvctl start
                                      ExecStop=/usr/sbin/upsdrvctl stop
                                      RemainAfterExit=yes
                                      
                                      [Install]
                                      WantedBy=multi-user.target
                                      

                                      ###################################
                                      Add Requirement for nut-server
                                      #################################

                                      mkdir -p /etc/systemd/system/nut-server.service.d
                                      nano /etc/systemd/system/nut-server.service.d/ups-driver.conf
                                      
                                      [Unit]
                                      Requires=ups-driver.service
                                      After=ups-driver.service
                                      

                                      ###################################
                                      Add Requirement for nut monitor
                                      #################################

                                      mkdir -p /etc/systemd/system/nut-monitor.service.d
                                      nano /etc/systemd/system/nut-monitor.service.d/nut-server.conf
                                      
                                      [Unit]
                                      Requires=nut-server.service
                                      After=nut-server.service
                                      

                                      ###################################
                                      Enable services
                                      ###################################

                                      systemctl daemon-reload
                                      systemctl enable ups-driver.service
                                      systemctl enable nut.target
                                      systemctl enable nut-server.service
                                      systemctl enable nut-monitor.service
                                      
                                      systemctl start nut-monitor.service
                                      

                                      ###################################
                                      Analyze & debugging commands
                                      ###################################

                                      systemctl list-dependencies nut-monitor.service
                                      systemd-analyze critical-chain nut-monitor.service
                                      systemctl show nut-monitor.service -p Requires -p Wants -p After
                                      systemctl show nut-server.service -p Requires -p Wants -p After
                                      
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