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 Scripts.
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