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graceful-shutdown

For machines connected to UPS without ability to send shutdown signal.

This script shuts down the machine if no network is detected for x amount of time.

Set it up as a service

  • Create a service file sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/gracefulShutdown.service Content:

    [Unit]
Description=Graceful shutdown

[Service]
ExecStart=/PATH/TO/graceful-shutdown/gracefulShutdown.sh
RuntimeDirectory=checkPowerSupply
Restart=on-failure
User=USER

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

  • rename /PATH/TO the the location of shell script

  • replace USER with actual user

  • start and enable service sudo systemctl enable gracefulShutdown.service sudo systemctl start gracefulShutdown.service

Options

The script contains 2 important variables INTERFACE & MINUTES

INTERFACE (default eth0): the interface your device is connected with (see full list with ip link show)

MINUTES (default 10): the minutes the script waits until it sends the shutdown signal