Added script to monitor upsc status and reboot as necessary

playbooks/nut-server.yaml

@@ -136,6 +136,21 @@
         src: /root/ansible/templates/nut-telegraf.conf.j2
       become: true
       become_method: sudo
+    - name: Verify monitoring template is deployed
+      ansible.builtin.template:
+        dest: /home/pi/nutmon.sh
+        src: /root/ansible/templates/nutmon.sh.j2
+        mode: '0755'
+
+    - name: Ensure monitoring script is scheduled
+      ansible.builtin.cron:
+        name: "Check on the UPS"
+        minute: "*/5"
+        job: "/home/pi/nutmon.sh"
+        user: root
+        state: present
+      become: true
+      become_method: sudo
 
     - name: Enable and restart services
       ansible.builtin.service:

templates/nutmon.sh.j2

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+upsname="{{ upsname }}"
+retries=5
+retry_delay=30
+
+# Check dependencies
+which upsc >/dev/null || exit 1
+
+upsstat=1 # just to bootstrap the loop
+
+while [ $upsstat -ne 0 ]; do
+ upsc $upsname
+ upsstat=$?
+ if [ $upsstat -eq 1 ]; then
+  let retries=retries-1
+  if [ $retries -le 0 ]; then
+   reboot
+  fi
+  sleep $retry_delay
+ fi
+done