Latest available version is 7.0.23.
- UniFi Network Application 7.0.23 for Debian/Ubuntu Linux and UniFi Cloud Key
- Release notes
- How to install and update via APT on Debian or Ubuntu
Java 9 and later are not yet supported. We support MongoDB 3.6 since Unifi 5.13.10, older UniFi Network Application versions only support up to MongoDB 3.4. Minimum supported device firmware for U6-Series devices is 5.29.0, UAP/USW is 4.0.9, and for USG it's 4.4.34.
If you are installing in a VM or a headless server, you may encounter entropy issues. This could be anything from slow service start/restart to complete service failure. The fix is to install
haveged. https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-setup-additional-entropy-for-cloud-servers-using-haveged
As of UniFi Network Application version 5.9, if using Cloud Access, the host system/device requires outbound
8883/tcpto be open/unrestricted.
You can change some Unifi settings by editing /usr/lib/unifi/data/system.properties.
Unifi installs a systemd service unifi.service:
To stop the UniFi service:
sudo systemctl stop unifiTo restart the UniFi service:sudo systemctl start unifiTo see the status of UniFi service:sudo systemctl status unifi
How to access the controller (I have not configured any DNS records yet):
https://<ip-address>:8443- WORKS, with an insecure certificate warning- https://:8443 - does not work, because the domain uses HSTS so the browser disallows the connection since it is insecure
I have downloaded the Easy Install scripts by Glenn R. into the files/ directory.
For now I'm not using them, just drawing inspiration from them.
Note that Glenn R. has published two scripts, one for
installing
and one for updating Unifi.
Easiest way is to SSH into the Unifi device (you'll need username/password):
UBNT-BZ.v4.3.20# set-inform http://<ip-address>:8080/inform
Adoption request sent to 'http://<ip-address>:8080/inform'. Use the controller to complete the adopt process.
- https://www.smarthomebeginner.com/move-unifi-controller/
- https://www.tim-kleyersburg.de/articles/unifi-network-for-homeoffice/
- https://miketabor.com/install-ubiquiti-unifi-controller-cloud/
- Adoption methods
- Chrome extension "Device Discovery Tool"
At the moment Ubiquiti does not support arm64, hence it is not available via the repo. A download and manual installation will be necessary for this. https://community.ui.com/questions/apt-get-Unable-to-find-expected-entry-ubiquiti-binary-arm64-Packages/30a08d62-e5a9-49bb-b5f7-fa4f55bdd17f
I found what looks like good instructions here:
https://station.eciton.net/running-unifi-controller-on-arm64-or-ppc64el.html
(my own implementation in this role is heavily based on this blogpost).
/usr/lib/unifi/logs/server.log
/usr/lib/unifi/logs/mongod.log
The line 127.0.0.1 localhost (arbitrary spaces) should exist in your /etc/hosts file,
otherwise you will most likely see controller startup issues.
Our hostname role assumes that this line already exists in the file.
I have not added any check for this line.
Notes on some particularly tricky settings.
DNS server settings can be set for both WAN and LAN (DHCP server). It seems our "old" behaviour is best emulated by setting DNS for LAN, but setting DNS for WAN might also be useful. https://reddit.com/r/Ubiquiti/comments/9qgl1w/settings_networks_wan_dns_server/
It was necessary to use multiple sites in order to manage two networks with two separate routers (I tried without using sites, but then nothing made sense).
- https://www.ui.com/download/unifi/
- https://community.ui.com/releases/UniFi-Network-Application-6-5-54/d717f241-48bb-4979-8b10-99db36ddabe1
- https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/220066768-UniFi-How-to-Install-and-Update-via-APT-on-Debian-or-Ubuntu
- https://community.ui.com/questions/UniFi-Installation-Scripts-or-UniFi-Easy-Update-Script-or-UniFi-Lets-Encrypt-or-Ubuntu-16-04-18-04-/ccbc7530-dd61-40a7-82ec-22b17f027776
- https://reddit.com/r/Ubiquiti/comments/da6dpq/setup_unms_and_unifi_network_controller_on/
- https://gist.github.com/codeniko/381e8be3b0236a602e02f0a9fac13b3d