Proxmox and UPS: Graceful Shutdown

Proxmox and UPS: Graceful Shutdown

Having a battery backup system (UPS) is essential for home servers hosting multiple services. But it’s not enough for the UPS to supply power for a few minutes: the critical part is that, in case of a prolonged outage, the entire system shuts down in a controlled and orderly manner. In this article I document how I deployed a solution based on NUT on Proxmox to achieve this. …

July 25, 2025 · 5 min