Installation Unifi Controller

Install debian ISO CD with minimum stable release.

Login and entrance terminal
1.  apt-get install sudo
2.  nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
edit with root password login previlledge

login via ssh to make easy setup
1. download unfi debian package
2. sudo dpkg -i unifi_sysvinit_all.ded

if found an error, do the following

 sudo apt-get install -f


To be auto start unifi,

 sudo apt-get install haveged

This worked.

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**New -update for newest version debian.

Instructions from UI community

 

1) Copy the link location of the script.

2) SSH into your Ubuntu/Debian machine, and login as root. ( Ubuntu | sudo -i | Debian | su )

2a) Make sure the ca-certificates package is installed.

apt-get update; apt-get install ca-certificates wget -y

3) Download the script by executing the following command. ( change it to your wanted version )

wget https://get.glennr.nl/unifi/install/unifi-5.13.32.sh

Install the latest and greatest UniFi Network Controller with 1 line. ( copy paste )

rm unifi-latest.sh &> /dev/null; wget https://get.glennr.nl/unifi/install/install_latest/unifi-latest.sh && bash unifi-latest.sh

3a) Remove cdrom sourcelist

 nano vi /etc/apt/sources.list

# cdrom .

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3b) install sudo

apt-get install sudo

4) Now run the script with the command below.

bash unifi-5.13.32.sh

The script has multiple options:

Option: --help

Shows script options and information.

Option: --skip

Skip any kind of manual input.

Option: --skip-install-haveged

Skip installation of haveged.

Option: --add-repository

Add UniFi Repository if --skip is used.

Option: --custom-url [argument]

Manually provide a UniFi Network Controller download URL. ( argument is optional )

example: --custom-url https://dl.ui.com/unifi/5.13.29/unifi_sysvinit_all.deb

Option: --v6

Run the Let's Encrypt script in IPv6 mode.

Option: --email [argument]

Specify what email address you want to use for Let's Encrypt renewal notifications.

example: --email glenn@glennr.nl

Option: --fqdn [argument]

Specify what domain name ( FQDN ) you want to use, you can specify multiple domain names with : as separator,.

Example: --fqdn glennr.nl:www.glennr.nl

Option: --server-ip [argument]

Specify the server IP address manually.

example: --server-ip 1.1.1.1

Option: --retry [argument]

Specify how many times the Let's Encrypt should retry the challenge/hostname resolving.

example: --retry 5

Option: --external-dns [argument] 

Use external DNS server to resolve the FQDN.

example: --external-dns 1.1.1.1

Option: --force-renew

Force renew the certificates.

Option: --dns-challenge

Runs the Let's Encrypt script in DNS mode instead of HTTP.

Example command to run the script:

The example command installs the UniFi Network Controller with Let's Encrypt certificates without any input from the user for glennr.nl and www.glennr.nl with email address glenn@glennr.nl for the renewal notifications.

bash unifi-5.13.29.sh --skip --fqdn glennr.nl:www.glennr.nl --email glenn@glennr.nl

5) Once the installation is completed browse to your controller.

https://ip.of.your.server:8443