httppower(8)

1httppower(8)                       powerman                       httppower(8)
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NAME

6       httppower - communicate with HTTP based power distribution units
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SYNOPSIS

9       httppower [--url URL]
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DESCRIPTION

12       httppower is a helper program for powerman which enables it to communi‐
13       cate with HTTP based power distribution units.  It is run interactively
14       by the powerman daemon.
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OPTIONS

17       -u, --url URL
18              Set the base URL.
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INTERACTIVE COMMANDS

21       The following commands are accepted at the httppower> prompt:
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23       auth user:pass
24              Authenticate  to  the base URL with specified user and password,
25              using ``basic'' HTTP authentication which  sends  the  user  and
26              password over the network in plain text.
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28       seturl URL
29              Set the base URL.  Overrides the command line option.
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31       get [URL-suffix]
32              Send  an  HTTP  GET to the base URL with the optional URL-suffix
33              appended.
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36              Send an HTTP POST to the base URL with the  optional  URL-suffix
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FILES

41       /usr/sbin/httppower
42       /etc/powerman/powerman.conf
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ORIGIN

46       PowerMan  was  originally  developed  by Andrew Uselton on LLNL's Linux
47       clusters.  This software is open source and distributed under the terms
48       of the GNU GPL.
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