</span></code></pre></div><p>The default device password is <code>ubnt</code>. <code>$address</code> is the IP address of the host you are running this container on and <code>$AP-IP</code> is the Access Point IP address.</p><p>When using a Security Gateway (router) it could be that network connected devices are unable to obtain an ip address. This can be fixed by setting "DHCP Gateway IP", under Settings > Networks > network_name, to a correct (and accessable) ip address.</p><h3id=strict-reverse-proxies>Strict reverse proxies<aclass=headerlinkhref=#strict-reverse-proxiestitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h3><p>This image uses a self-signed certificate by default. This naturally means the scheme is <code>https</code>. If you are using a reverse proxy which validates certificates, you need to <ahref=https://docs.linuxserver.io/faq#strict-proxy>disable this check for the container</a>.</p><h2id=usage>Usage<aclass=headerlinkhref=#usagetitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h2><p>To help you get started creating a container from this image you can either use docker-compose or the docker cli.</p><h3id=docker-compose-recommended-click-here-for-more-info>docker-compose (recommended, <ahref=https://docs.linuxserver.io/general/docker-compose>click here for more info</a>)<aclass=headerlinkhref=#docker-compose-recommended-click-here-for-more-infotitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h3><divclass="language-yaml highlight"><pre><span></span><code><spanid=__span-1-1><aid=__codelineno-1-1name=__codelineno-1-1href=#__codelineno-1-1></a><spanclass=nn>---</span>
</span></code></pre></div><h3id=docker-cli-click-here-for-more-info>docker cli (<ahref=https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/cli/>click here for more info</a>)<aclass=headerlinkhref=#docker-cli-click-here-for-more-infotitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h3><divclass="language-bash highlight"><pre><span></span><code><spanid=__span-2-1><aid=__codelineno-2-1name=__codelineno-2-1href=#__codelineno-2-1></a>docker<spanclass=w></span>run<spanclass=w></span>-d<spanclass=w></span><spanclass=se>\</span>
</span></code></pre></div><h2id=parameters>Parameters<aclass=headerlinkhref=#parameterstitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h2><p>Containers are configured using parameters passed at runtime (such as those above). These parameters are separated by a colon and indicate <code><external>:<internal></code> respectively. For example, <code>-p 8080:80</code> would expose port <code>80</code> from inside the container to be accessible from the host's IP on port <code>8080</code> outside the container.</p><h3id=ports-p>Ports (<code>-p</code>)<aclass=headerlinkhref=#ports-ptitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h3><table><thead><tr><thstyle="text-align: center;">Parameter</th><th>Function</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><tdstyle="text-align: center;"><code>8443</code></td><td>Unifi web admin port</td></tr><tr><tdstyle="text-align: center;"><code>3478/udp</code></td><td>Unifi STUN port</td></tr><tr><tdstyle="text-align: center;"><code>10001/udp</code></td><td>Required for AP discovery</td></tr><tr><tdstyle="text-align: center;"><code>8080</code></td><td>Required for device communication</td></tr><tr><tdstyle="text-align: center;"><code>1900/udp</code></td><td>Required for <code>Make controller discoverable on L2 network</code> option</td></tr><tr><tdstyle="text-align: center;"><code>8843</code></td><td>Unifi guest portal HTTPS redirect port</td></tr><tr><tdstyle="text-align: center;"><code>8880</code></td><td>Unifi guest portal HTTP redirect port</td></tr><tr><tdstyle="text-align: center;"><code>6789</code></td><td>For mobile throughput test</td></tr><tr><tdstyle="text-align: center;"><code>5514/udp</code></td><td>Remote syslog port</td></tr></tbody></table><h3id=environment-variables-e>Environment Variables (<code>-e</code>)<aclass=headerlinkhref=#environment-variables-etitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h3><table><thead><tr><thstyle="text-align: center;">Env</th><th>Function</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><tdstyle="text-align: center;"><code>PUID=1000</code></td><td>for UserID - see below for explanation</td></tr><tr><tdstyle="text-align: center;"><code>PGID=1000</code></td><td>for GroupID - see below for explanation</td></tr><tr><tdstyle="text-align: center;"><code>TZ=Etc/UTC</code></td><td>specify a timezone to use, see this <ahref=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones#List>list</a>.</td></tr><tr><tdstyle="text-align: center;"><code>MEM_LIMIT=1024</code></td><td>Optionally change the Java memory limit (in Megabytes). Set to <code>default</code> to reset to default</td></tr><tr><tdstyle="text-align: center;"><code>MEM_STARTUP=1024</code></td><td>Optionally change the Java initial/minimum memory (in Megabytes). Set to <code>default</code> to reset to default</td></tr></tbody></table><h3id=volume-mappings-v>Volume Mappings (<code>-v</code>)<aclass=headerlinkhref=#volume-mappings-vtitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h3><table><thead><tr><thstyle="text-align: center;">Volume</th><th>Function</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><tdstyle="text-align: center;"><code>/config</code></td><td>All Unifi data stored here</td></tr></tbody></table><h4id=miscellaneous-options>Miscellaneous Options<aclass=headerlinkhref=#miscellaneous-optionstitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h4><table><thead><tr><thstyle="text-align: center;">Parameter</th><th>Function</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table><h2id=environment-variables-from-files-docker-secrets>Environment variables from files (Docker secrets)<aclass=headerlinkhref=#environment-variables-from-files-docker-secretstitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h2><p>You can set any environment variable from a file by using a special prepend <code>FILE__</code>.</p><p>As an example:</p><divclass="language-bash highlight"><pre><span></span><code><spanid=__span-3-1><aid=__codelineno-3-1name=__codelineno-3-1href=#__codelineno-3-1></a>-e<spanclass=w></span><spanclass=nv>FILE__MYVAR</span><spanclass=o>=</span
</span></code></pre></div><p>Will set the environment variable <code>MYVAR</code> based on the contents of the <code>/run/secrets/mysecretvariable</code> file.</p><h2id=umask-for-running-applications>Umask for running applications<aclass=headerlinkhref=#umask-for-running-applicationstitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h2><p>For all of our images we provide the ability to override the default umask settings for services started within the containers using the optional <code>-e UMASK=022</code> setting. Keep in mind umask is not chmod it subtracts from permissions based on it's value it does not add. Please read up <ahref=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umask>here</a> before asking for support.</p><h2id=user-group-identifiers>User / Group Identifiers<aclass=headerlinkhref=#user-group-identifierstitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h2><p>When using volumes (<code>-v</code> flags), permissions issues can arise between the host OS and the container, we avoid this issue by allowing you to specify the user <code>PUID</code> and group <code>PGID</code>.</p><p>Ensure any volume directories on the host are owned by the same user you specify and any permissions issues will vanish like magic.</p><p>In this instance <code>PUID=1000</code> and <code>PGID=1000</code>, to find yours use <code>id your_user</code> as below:</p><divclass="language-bash highlight"><pre><span></span><code><spanid=__span-4-1><aid=__codelineno-4-1name=__codelineno-4-1href=#__codelineno-4-1></a>id<spanclass=w></span>your_user
</span></code></pre></div><h2id=docker-mods>Docker Mods<aclass=headerlinkhref=#docker-modstitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h2><p><ahref="https://mods.linuxserver.io/?mod=unifi-controller"title="view available mods for this container."><imgalt="Docker Mods"src="https://img.shields.io/badge/dynamic/yaml?color=94398d&labelColor=555555&logoColor=ffffff&style=for-the-badge&label=unifi-controller&query=%24.mods%5B%27unifi-controller%27%5D.mod_count&url=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Flinuxserver%2Fdocker-mods%2Fmaster%2Fmod-list.yml"></a><ahref="https://mods.linuxserver.io/?mod=universal"title="view available universal mods."><imgalt="Docker Universal Mods"src="https://img.shields.io/badge/dynamic/yaml?color=94398d&labelColor=555555&logoColor=ffffff&style=for-the-badge&label=universal&query=%24.mods%5B%27universal%27%5D.mod_count&url=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Flinuxserver%2Fdocker-mods%2Fmaster%2Fmod-list.yml"></a></p><p>We publish various <ahref=https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-mods>Docker Mods</a> to enable additional functionality within the containers. The list of Mods available for this image (if any) as well as universal mods that can be applied to any one of our images can be accessed via the dynamic badges above.</p><h2id=support-info>Support Info<aclass=headerlinkhref=#support-infotitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h2><ul><li><p>Shell access whilst the container is running:</p><divclass="language-bash highlight"><pre><span></span><code><spanid=__span-6-1><aid=__codelineno-6-1name=__codelineno-6-1href=#__codelineno-6-1></a>docker<spanclass=w></span><spanclass=nb>exec</span><spanclass=w></span>-it<spanclass=w></span>unifi-controller<spanclass=w></span>/bin/bash
</span></code></pre></div></li><li><p>To monitor the logs of the container in realtime:</p><divclass="language-bash highlight"><pre><span></span><code><spanid=__span-7-1><aid=__codelineno-7-1name=__codelineno-7-1href=#__codelineno-7-1></a>docker<spanclass=w></span>logs<spanclass=w></span>-f<spanclass=w></span>unifi-controller
</span></code></pre></div></li><li><p>Container version number:</p><divclass="language-bash highlight"><pre><span></span><code><spanid=__span-8-1><aid=__codelineno-8-1name=__codelineno-8-1href=#__codelineno-8-1></a>docker<spanclass=w></span>inspect<spanclass=w></span>-f<spanclass=w></span><spanclass=s1>'{{ index .Config.Labels "build_version" }}'</span><spanclass=w></span>unifi-controller
</span></code></pre></div></li><li><p>Image version number:</p><divclass="language-bash highlight"><pre><span></span><code><spanid=__span-9-1><aid=__codelineno-9-1name=__codelineno-9-1href=#__codelineno-9-1></a>docker<spanclass=w></span>inspect<spanclass=w></span>-f<spanclass=w></span><spanclass=s1>'{{ index .Config.Labels "build_version" }}'</span><spanclass=w></span>lscr.io/linuxserver/unifi-controller:latest
</span></code></pre></div></li></ul><h2id=updating-info>Updating Info<aclass=headerlinkhref=#updating-infotitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h2><p>Most of our images are static, versioned, and require an image update and container recreation to update the app inside. With some exceptions (ie. nextcloud, plex), we do not recommend or support updating apps inside the container. Please consult the <ahref=#application-setup>Application Setup</a> section above to see if it is recommended for the image.</p><p>Below are the instructions for updating containers:</p><h3id=via-docker-compose>Via Docker Compose<aclass=headerlinkhref=#via-docker-composetitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h3><ul><li><p>Update images:</p><ul><li><p>All images:</p><divclass="language-bash highlight"><pre><span></span><code><spanid=__span-10-1><aid=__codelineno-10-1name=__codelineno-10-1href=#__codelineno-10-1></a>docker-compose<spanclass=w></span>pull
</span></code></pre></div></li></ul></li><li><p>You can also remove the old dangling images:</p><divclass="language-bash highlight"><pre><span></span><code><spanid=__span-14-1><aid=__codelineno-14-1name=__codelineno-14-1href=#__codelineno-14-1></a>docker<spanclass=w></span>image<spanclass=w></span>prune
</span></code></pre></div></li></ul><h3id=via-docker-run>Via Docker Run<aclass=headerlinkhref=#via-docker-runtitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h3><ul><li><p>Update the image:</p><divclass="language-bash highlight"><pre><span></span><code><spanid=__span-15-1><aid=__codelineno-15-1name=__codelineno-15-1href=#__codelineno-15-1></a>docker<spanclass=w></span>pull<spanclass=w></span>lscr.io/linuxserver/unifi-controller:latest
</span></code></pre></div></li><li><p>Stop the running container:</p><divclass="language-bash highlight"><pre><span></span><code><spanid=__span-16-1><aid=__codelineno-16-1name=__codelineno-16-1href=#__codelineno-16-1></a>docker<spanclass=w></span>stop<spanclass=w></span>unifi-controller
</span></code></pre></div></li><li><p>Delete the container:</p><divclass="language-bash highlight"><pre><span></span><code><spanid=__span-17-1><aid=__codelineno-17-1name=__codelineno-17-1href=#__codelineno-17-1></a>docker<spanclass=w></span>rm<spanclass=w></span>unifi-controller
</span></code></pre></div></li><li><p>Recreate a new container with the same docker run parameters as instructed above (if mapped correctly to a host folder, your <code>/config</code> folder and settings will be preserved)</p></li><li><p>You can also remove the old dangling images:</p><divclass="language-bash highlight"><pre><span></span><code><spanid=__span-18-1><aid=__codelineno-18-1name=__codelineno-18-1href=#__codelineno-18-1></a>docker<spanclass=w></span>image<spanclass=w></span>prune
</span></code></pre></div></li></ul><h3id=via-watchtower-auto-updater-only-use-if-you-dont-remember-the-original-parameters>Via Watchtower auto-updater (only use if you don't remember the original parameters)<aclass=headerlinkhref=#via-watchtower-auto-updater-only-use-if-you-dont-remember-the-original-parameterstitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h3><ul><li><p>Pull the latest image at its tag and replace it with the same env variables in one run:</p><divclass="language-bash highlight"><pre><span></span><code><spanid=__span-19-1><aid=__codelineno-19-1name=__codelineno-19-1href=#__codelineno-19-1></a>docker<spanclass=w></span>run<spanclass=w></span>--rm<spanclass=w></span><spanclass=se>\</span>
</span></code></pre></div></li><li><p>You can also remove the old dangling images: <code>docker image prune</code></p></li></ul><divclass="admonition warning"><pclass=admonition-title>Warning</p><p>We do not endorse the use of Watchtower as a solution to automated updates of existing Docker containers. In fact we generally discourage automated updates. However, this is a useful tool for one-time manual updates of containers where you have forgotten the original parameters. In the long term, we highly recommend using <ahref=https://docs.linuxserver.io/general/docker-compose>Docker Compose</a>.</p></div><h3id=image-update-notifications-diun-docker-image-update-notifier>Image Update Notifications - Diun (Docker Image Update Notifier)<aclass=headerlinkhref=#image-update-notifications-diun-docker-image-update-notifiertitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h3><divclass="admonition tip"><pclass=admonition-title>Tip</p><p>We recommend <ahref=https://crazymax.dev/diun/>Diun</a> for update notifications. Other tools that automatically update containers unattended are not recommended or supported.</p></div><h2id=building-locally>Building locally<aclass=headerlinkhref=#building-locallytitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h2><p>If you want to make local modifications to these images for development purposes or just to customize the logic:</p><divclass="language-bash highlight"><pre><span></span><code><spanid=__span-20-1><aid=__codelineno-20-1name=__codelineno-20-1href=#__codelineno-20-1></a>git<spanclass=w></span>clone<spanclass=w></span>https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-unifi-controller.git
</span></code></pre></div><p>The ARM variants can be built on x86_64 hardware using <code>multiarch/qemu-user-static</code></p><divclass="language-bash highlight"><pre><span></span><code><spanid=__span-21-1><aid=__codelineno-21-1name=__codelineno-21-1href=#__codelineno-21-1></a>docker<spanclass=w></span>run<spanclass=w></span>--rm<spanclass=w></span>--privileged<spanclass=w></span>multiarch/qemu-user-static:register<spanclass=w></span>--reset
</span></code></pre></div><p>Once registered you can define the dockerfile to use with <code>-f Dockerfile.aarch64</code>.</p><h2id=versions>Versions<aclass=headerlinkhref=#versionstitle="Permanent link">¶</a></h2><ul><li><strong>01.01.24:</strong> - Deprecate.</li><li><strong>05.09.23:</strong> - Add deprecation warning as per <ahref=https://info.linuxserver.io/issues/2023-09-06-unifi-controller>https://info.linuxserver.io/issues/2023-09-06-unifi-controller</a>.</li><li><strong>04.09.23:</strong> - Bump JRE to 17 to support v7.5.</li><li><strong>02.05.23:</strong> - Cleanup <code>apt-get install</code> during build to reduce image size.</li><li><strong>18.03.23:</strong> - Add mongoless branch.</li><li><strong>10.03.23:</strong> - Test writing to /run/unifi and symlink to /config/run if it fails.</li><li><strong>20.02.23:</strong> - Migrate to s6v3, install deb package on build, fix permissions.</li><li><strong>23.01.23:</strong> - Exclude <code>run</code> from <code>/config</code> volume.</li><li><strong>30.11.22:</strong> - Bump JRE to 11.</li><li><strong>01.06.22:</strong> - Deprecate armhf.</li><li><strong>23.12.21:</strong> - Move min/max memory config from run to system.properties.</li><li><strong>22.12.21:</strong> - Move deb package install to first init to avoid overlayfs performance issues.</li><li><strong>13.12.21:</strong> - Rebase 64 bit containers to Focal.</li><li><strong>11.12.21:</strong> - Add java opts to mitigate CVE-2021-44228.</li><li><strong>11.06.21:</strong> - Allow for changing Java initial mem via new optional environment variable.</li><li><strong>12.01.21:</strong> - Deprecate the <code>LTS</code> tag as Unifi no longer releases LTS stable builds. Existing users can switch to the <code>latest</code> tag. Direct upgrade from 5.6.42 (LTS) to 6.0.42 (latest) tested successfully.</li><li><strong>17.07.20:</strong> - Rebase 64 bit containers to Bionic and Mongo 3.6.</li><li><strong>16.06.20:</strong> - Add logrotate.</li><li><strong>02.06.20:</strong> - Updated port list & descriptions. Moved some ports to optional.</li><li><strong>14.11.19:</strong> - Changed url for deb package to match new Ubiquity domain.</li><li><strong>29.07.19:</strong> - Allow for changing Java mem limit via new optional environment variable.</li><li><strong>23.03.19:</strong> - Switching to new Base images, shift to arm32v7 tag.</li><li><strong>10.02.19:</strong> - Initial release of new unifi-controller image with new tags and pipeline logic</li></ul><asideclass=md-source-file><spanclass=md-source-file__fact><spanclass=md-icontitle="Last update"><svgxmlns=http://www.w3.org/2000/svgviewbox="0 0 24 24"><pathd="M21 13.1c-.1 0-.3.1-.4.2l-1 1 2.1 2.1 1-1c.2-.2.2-.6 0-.8l-1.3-1.3c-.1-.1-.2-.2-.4-.2m-1.9 1.8-6.1 6V23h2.1l6.1-6.1-2.1-2M12.5 7v5.2l4 2.4-1 1L11 13V7h1.5M11 21.9c-5.1-.5-9-4.8-9-9.9C2 6.5 6.5 2 12 2c5.3 0 9.6 4.1 10 9.3-.3-.1-.6-.2-1-.2s-.7.1-1 .2C19.6 7.2 16.2 4 12 4c-4.4 0-8 3.6-8 8 0 4.1 3.1 7.5 7.1 7.9l-.1.2v1.8Z"/></svg></span><spanclass="git-revision-date-localized-plugin git-revision-date-localized-plugin-date">March 14, 2024</span></span><spanclass=md-source-file__fact><spanclass=md-icontitle=Created><svgxmlns=http://www.w3.org/2000/svgviewbox="0 0 24 24"><pathd="M14.47 15.08 11 13V7h1.5v5.25l3.08 1.83c-.41.28-.79.62-1.11 1m-1.39 4.84c-.36.05-.71.08-1.08.08-4.42 0-8-3.58-8-8s3.58-8 8-8 8 3.58 8 8c0 .37-.03.72-.08 1.08.69.1 1.33.32 1.92.64.1-.56.16-1.13.16-1.72 0-5.5-4.5-10-10-10S2 6.5 2 12s4.47 10 10 10c.59 0 1.16-.06 1.72-.16-.32-.59-.54-1.23-.64-1.92M18 15v3h-3v2h3v3h2v-3h3v-2h-3v-3h-2Z"/></svg></span><spanclass="git-revision-date-localized-plugin git-revision-date-localized-plugin-date">February 11, 2019</span></span></aside></article></div><script>vartarget=document.getElementById(location.hash.slice(1));target&&target.name&&(target.checked=target.name.startsWith("__tabbed_"))</script></div><buttontype=buttonclass="md-top md-icon"data-md-component=tophidden><svgxmlns=http://www.w3.org/2000/svgviewbox="0 0 24 24"><pathd="
