From bc3954faf7e837ec3e2f969bd235f017e912d94a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tdfountain <174762217+tdfountain@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2025 03:06:32 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Document prerequisites to NUT (#38159)

* Document the prerequisites to the NUT integration

* Clarify reason for static IP or DNS name

* Remove code characters around username and pasword
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 source/_integrations/nut.markdown | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/source/_integrations/nut.markdown b/source/_integrations/nut.markdown
index 3483af1bd10..1c4b98e0c6d 100644
--- a/source/_integrations/nut.markdown
+++ b/source/_integrations/nut.markdown
@@ -27,6 +27,20 @@ This integration supports hardware devices compatible with
 NUT. NUT's hardware compatibility list is available from the [Network
 UPS Tools](https://networkupstools.org/) website.
 
+## Prerequisites
+
+You must have a NUT server configured to monitor one or more supported
+power device(s).
+
+It is not possible to automatically detect a NUT server IP address
+change. You should therefore configure the NUT server with a static
+IP address, assign a fixed IP address reservation with DHCP, or use
+DNS as appropriate for your network.
+
+In addition, you will need a username and password for
+this integration to log into the NUT server if authentication is
+required.
+
 {% include integrations/config_flow.md %}
 
 Setting up the integration requires the following information: