Unifi Controller in a Proxmox Container
Maybe better yet:
- install: https://github.com/tteck/Proxmox/raw/main/ct/unifi-v4.sh
- update: https://github.com/tteck/Proxmox/blob/main/misc/unifi-update.sh
UniFi Controller Ports
This is not an exhaustive list.
Incoming traffic:
- TCP, port 8080 for HTTP, for devices to report
- TCP, port 8443 for HTTPS, GUI
- UDP, port 3478 for STUN.
UniFi Device Defaults
UniFi device with settings reset:
- has ssh credentials ubnt/ubnt;
- expects to find unifi controller at
http://unifi:8080/inform
Hence there is a benefit of having the controller on host unifi
Sources
- UniFi Network - Add new devices
- UniFi - Layer 3 Adoption for Remote UniFi Network Applications
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiZDit-xNvk
- https://proxmox-openvz.blogspot.com/2019/09/installing-ubiquiti-unifi-controller-as.html
- https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Command_line_tools
Download container template
In Proxmox Datacenter\server\local open Template, download Ubuntu-20 container template
Create container
I used:
- Ubuntu 20 template
- Disk: 8GB
- Cores: 1
- RAM: 2GB
- Swap: 512MB
- Net: DHCP
Upgrade Container
Usual apt update/upgrade
Download install script
Read UniFi Installation Script.
Then
root@unicon:~# wget https://get.glennr.nl/unifi/install/unifi-6.0.28.sh
--2020-10-24 11:44:03-- https://get.glennr.nl/unifi/install/unifi-6.0.28.sh
Resolving get.glennr.nl (get.glennr.nl)... 51.38.48.41
Connecting to get.glennr.nl (get.glennr.nl)|51.38.48.41|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 149804 (146K) [text/x-sh]
Saving to: ‘unifi-6.0.28.sh’
unifi-6.0.28.sh 100%[=================================================================>] 146.29K 104KB/s in 1.4s
2020-10-24 11:44:06 (104 KB/s) - ‘unifi-6.0.28.sh’ saved [149804/149804]
root@unicon:~# chmod a+x unifi-6.0.28.sh
Controller Setup
Point browser at https://unicon:8443
Step 1/6: Name controller: Apricot960
etc
Set DHCP Server Option 43
Unifi L3 Adoption with DHCP Option 43
- Identify unifi controller host name and IP:
alex@latitude7490:~$ nslookup
> server 192.168.10.1
Default server: 192.168.10.1
Address: 192.168.10.1#53
> unicon
Server: 192.168.10.1
Address: 192.168.10.1#53
Name: unicon.lan
Address: 192.168.10.11
-
Use the above URL to derive a hex value for DHCP option 43: 01:04:c0:a8:0a:0b
-
Update DHCP server setting.
Add DNS Alias
Make sure UniFi controller is at DNS name unifi.
Allow for root to ssh
Edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and add
PermitRootLogin yes
and then
systemctl restart sshd
Picking the Version of the Ubiquiti Controller
Note stable here:
root@unicon:/etc/apt/sources.list.d# cat 100-ubnt-unifi.list
deb https://www.ui.com/downloads/unifi/debian stable ubiquiti
3 Years later
MongoDB 3.6 got obsolete:
oot@unicon:~# apt update
Get:1 https://dl.ui.com/unifi/debian stable InRelease [2292 B]
E: Repository 'https://dl.ui.com/unifi/debian stable InRelease' changed its 'Codename' value from 'unifi-7.5' to 'unifi-8.0'
N: This must be accepted explicitly before updates for this repository can be applied. See apt-secure(8) manpage for details.
Do you want to accept these changes and continue updating from this repository? [y/N] Y
Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease [114 kB]
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease [114 kB]
Ign:5 https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu xenial/mongodb-org/3.6 InRelease
Get:6 https://dl.ui.com/unifi/debian stable/ubiquiti amd64 Packages [714 B]
Hit:7 https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu xenial/mongodb-org/3.6 Release
Err:8 https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu xenial/mongodb-org/3.6 Release.gpg
The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG 58712A2291FA4AD5 MongoDB 3.6 Release Signing Key <packaging@mongodb.com>
Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/universe amd64 Packages [1140 kB]
Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/universe amd64 Packages [915 kB]
Fetched 2286 kB in 13s (178 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
10 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu xenial/mongodb-org/3.6 Release: The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG 58712A2291FA4AD5 MongoDB 3.6 Release Signing Key <packaging@mongodb.com>
W: Failed to fetch https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu/dists/xenial/mongodb-org/3.6/Release.gpg The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG 58712A2291FA4AD5 MongoDB 3.6 Release Signing Key <packaging@mongodb.com>
W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
Downloaded latest version of the Installation Script and ran it. It gave me an opportunity to update MondoDB to 4.4. Outstanding!
Configure UniFi controller for remote logging to syslog server
In GUI: Setting / System / Advanced / Remote Logging Location pick Remote Server, check syslog, enter server IP address.