Self Hosted UniFi Network Application Controller Install Tutorial [YouTube Release]

UnpaidWorkerBot · December 6, 2022, 10:19pm

Additional Resources:

Official Documentation UniFi Network - Updating Third-Party, non-Console UniFi Network Applications (Linux - Advanced)

My GitHub script

lawrencesystems/youtubedemos/blob/main/Basic_UniFi_Install.sh

# Based on UI documentation https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/220066768-UniFi-How-to-Install-and-Update-via-APT-on-Debian-or-Ubuntu

# Install base needs and java 11
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install ca-certificates apt-transport-https openjdk-11-jre-headless

# Add Ubiquiti & Mongo to the sources
echo 'deb https://www.ui.com/downloads/unifi/debian stable ubiquiti' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/100-ubnt-unifi.list
echo "deb https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu xenial/mongodb-org/3.4 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-3.4.list

# Add trust for Ubiquiti and Mongo sources
wget -qO - https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-3.4.asc | sudo apt-key add -
sudo wget -O /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/unifi-repo.gpg https://dl.ui.com/unifi/unifi-repo.gpg

# Hold the java version for compatability so it does not break with updates
sudo apt-mark hold openjdk-11-*

# Install the UniFi controller
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install unifi -y

UniFi Network Application 7.3.76
https://community.ui.com/releases/UniFi-Network-Application-7-3-76/85c75fc7-3e0f-4e99-aa90-7068af4f1141

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Timestamps
00:00 UniFi Network Application Installer 7.3.76
02:09 Java 11 Required
02:31 Self Hosted Controll Documentation
02:48 Why Ubuntu 20.04 LTSb
03:25 Dependencies & Requirements
04:03 How To Install
06:29 Restore From Backup
07:04 Web UI Setup

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tek · April 15, 2024, 10:15pm

Thanks for the tutorial. What is the proper way to upgrade the UniFi Network Application Controller once you have it setup on the VM? How often do you recommend to upgrade?

Paul · April 16, 2024, 7:53am

Use AmazedMender16 scripts

https://community.ui.com/questions/UniFi-Installation-Scripts-or-UniFi-Easy-Update-Script-or-UniFi-Lets-Encrypt-or-UniFi-Easy-Encrypt-/ccbc7530-dd61-40a7-82ec-22b17f027776?page=1

tek · April 17, 2024, 1:03am

Thanks Paul but I try to avoid relying on scripts like that. When I followed Lawrence video to install the controller, I manually ran the commands that were in his script. I took a look at the update script in the link you provided and is pretty long and hard to follow. Makes me cautious if it can be trusted.

I backed up my VM and did standard terminal update commands and it seemed to work well. My VM OS and Unifi controller are both updated and I was able to reboot without any issues. I ran:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Seemed to easy, makes we wonder if I’m missing anything.

Paul · April 17, 2024, 7:58am

The scripts can be trusted, AmazedMender16 works for Unifi

The scripts also updates all the dependencies - i.e. when mangodb was upgraded to the next release