Synology plus APC Easy UPS (power chute) (hackertalks.com)

submitted 5 days ago by jet@hackertalks.com to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Setting up a Synology server, I made the mistake of just buying a UPS that had a USB plug on the back thinking oh this is a solved problem, it must just work. No no far from it.

So the UPS I mistakenly purchased is not compatible with Synology. SRV1KI-E wants to run this weird program called PowerChute.

Anyone have success marrying this into the Synology ecosystem?

It also has a RS 232 serial port, I wonder if there's an off-the-shelf device that would speak serial but output power state via the network or USB.

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[-] jet@hackertalks.com 1 points 5 days ago

AND their Synology drive client requires administrative permission to install on Mac OS, and on Windows. Why? Why.....

[-] tal@lemmy.today 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I'd guess that those OSes may not permit arbitrary software without administrative privileges to initiate shutdowns. That's the case on Linux.

[-] jet@hackertalks.com 1 points 5 days ago

Oh the synology drive is a file system syncing utility, it provides local caching of a remote file system and then syncs the files back. It's not the software that shuts down the computer

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago

To run a service outside the user context, probably.

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