Install the Ubiquiti network controller

The official docs are a royal pain, and didn’t actually work that great when I tried them. This did.

I used an ubuntu server virtual machine on my hypervisor for this. First step, ssh into that virtual machine.

ssh username@ip-address

Remember that IP address. You’ll need it to access the controller interface when you’re done.

Install java.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jre-headless
java -version

Pull down the unifi package into the /tmp/ folder and install it.

cd /tmp/
wget https://dl.ui.com/unifi/6.0.22/unifi_sysvinit_all.deb
sudo apt-get install ./unifi_sysvinit_all.deb
cd

When that finishes, the controller should be installed and working. Access the network interface:

https://ip-address-of-server:8443

To start UniFi if the webpage prompt does not appear:

sudo service unifi start

To stop the UniFi service:

sudo service unifi stop

To restart the UniFi service:

sudo service unifi restart

To see the status of UniFi service:

sudo service unifi status

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