Hi,
Can anyone help me redirect the USB connection of my APC UPS to a new LXC container using the Debian 12 template? I've tried variations of lxc.mount.entry but none seem to work, when I check in the container I get:
Checks on the host show:
The current config for the container is:
FYI, I want to use a container as I don't want mess about installing apache2 to get the cgi working, and keep PvE itself clean.
I've also checked other threads on the forum that try to do something similar, but none of them have helped - and are old so I did not want to reply on them.
Can anyone help me redirect the USB connection of my APC UPS to a new LXC container using the Debian 12 template? I've tried variations of lxc.mount.entry but none seem to work, when I check in the container I get:
Code:
root@EDDIE:~# lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 051d:0003 American Power Conversion UPS
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
root@EDDIE:~# apt list apcu*
Listing... Done
apcupsd-cgi/stable,now 3.14.14-3.1+b1 amd64 [installed]
apcupsd-doc/stable,now 3.14.14-3.1 all [installed]
apcupsd/stable,now 3.14.14-3.1+b1 amd64 [installed]
root@EDDIE:~# systemctl status apcupsd
* apcupsd.service - UPS power management daemon
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/apcupsd.service; disabled; preset: enabled)
Active: inactive (dead)
Docs: man:apcupsd(8)
root@EDDIE:~# apctest
2023-12-14 10:03:03 apctest 3.14.14 (31 May 2016) debian
Checking configuration ...
sharenet.type = Network & ShareUPS Disabled
cable.type = USB Cable
mode.type = USB UPS Driver
Setting up the port ...
apctest FATAL ERROR in apctest.c at line 319
Unable to open UPS device.
If apcupsd or apctest is already running,
please stop it and run this program again.
apctest error termination completed
UPSTYPE usb
DEVICE /dev/usb/hiddev0
# POLLTIME <int>
# Interval (in seconds) at which apcupsd polls the UPS for status. This
# setting applies both to directly-attached UPSes (UPSTYPE apcsmart, usb,
# dumb) and networked UPSes (UPSTYPE net, snmp). Lowering this setting
root@EDDIE:~# ls /dev
console core fd full initctl log mqueue null ptmx pts random shm stderr stdin stdout tty tty1 tty2 urandom usb zero
root@EDDIE:~# ls /dev/usb
hiddev0
root@EDDIE:~# ls /dev/usb/hiddev0
/dev/usb/hiddev0
root@EDDIE:~#Checks on the host show:
Code:
root@ned:~# pveversion
pve-manager/8.1.3/b46aac3b42da5d15 (running kernel: 6.5.11-7-pve)
root@ned:~# dmesg | grep 'UPS'
[292295.458409] usb 1-5: Product: Smart-UPS 750 FW:COM 02.1 / UPS.05.I
[292295.461339] hid-generic 0003:051D:0003.0002: hiddev0,hidraw0: USB HID v1.00 Device [American Power Conversion Smart-UPS 750 FW:COM 02.1 / UPS.05.I] on usb-0000:00:14.0-5/input0
root@ned:~# lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 051d:0003 American Power Conversion UPS
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hubThe current config for the container is:
Code:
root@ned:~# cat /etc/pve/nodes/ned/lxc/101.conf
arch: amd64
cores: 1
features: nesting=1
hostname: EDDIE
memory: 512
net0: name=eth0,bridge=vmbr0,firewall=1,hwaddr=BC:24:11:1F:83:CB,ip=dhcp,type=veth
ostype: debian
rootfs: local-zfs:subvol-101-disk-0,size=8G
startup: order=1
swap: 512
unprivileged: 1
lxc.cgroup2.devices.allow: c 189:* rwm
lxc.mount.entry: /dev/usb/hiddev0 dev/usb/hiddev0 none bind,optional,create=fileFYI, I want to use a container as I don't want mess about installing apache2 to get the cgi working, and keep PvE itself clean.
I've also checked other threads on the forum that try to do something similar, but none of them have helped - and are old so I did not want to reply on them.
