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Adding a second UPS? #22

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narcico asked this question in Q&A
Jul 23, 2025 · 1 comments · 1 reply
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Current version of nut_webgui connects to a single NUT server, and monitor all UPS devices from that server.

However, if you have to use multiple NUT servers, you can use the repeater driver. For example:

Server A: /etc/nut/ups.conf

[apc_ups_A]
    # ...
    # ...
    # ...

# dummy-ups in repeater mode
# Ups show-ups in Server A, and all information is read from Server B via the network.
# For more details see: https://networkupstools.org/docs/man/dummy-ups.html#_repeater_mode_2
[apc_ups_B]
    driver = dummy-ups
    port = "apc_ups_name@server_b_address:3493"
    desc = "ups from other server"

When you connect to Server A with nut_webgui, you should be able to see UPS from Server B. Thi…

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